... the Baroque period through the 20th Century period. Each of these different musical periods has its own distinctive style and sound that was shaped and influenced by the style of music that was popular during the period before. The most important factor that influenced how each period developed its characteristic, however, were certain composers who truly sculpted the style of ... Composers started to be employed by members of the aristocratic court instead of the church and instead of writing pieces that were somber, serious, and spiritually introspective, composers began writing music ...

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... advance in worldwide transportation and communication and with increasingly mobile societies, it seems not only appropriate but also necessary to develop a global perspective of music. A global perspective of music is a sense of the lifestyles, traditions, values and the music of several nations and cultures throughout the world. An awareness of the diversity within our national boundaries that has contributed significantly and beneficially to ... It can have universal appeal; may be remembered through decades, generations, and perhaps centuries; and has a degree of substance that challe...

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... in worldwide transportation and communication and with increasingly mobile societies, it seems not only appropriate but also necessary to develop a global perspective of music. A global perspective of music is a sense of the lifestyles, traditions, values and the music of several nations and cultures throughout the world. An awareness of the diversity within our national boundaries that has contributed significantly and beneficially to ... It can have universal appeal; may be remembered through decades, generations, and perhaps centuries; and has a degree of substance that challenges th...

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... peak, or emotional point in a song. The rhythms of his songs were consistent, not straying to far from a 4/4 time. His interest of travel and adventure was greatly reflected in his music, as different genres could be heard blended together into the songs preformed. Ron Hynes, like Ian, had a very simple instrumentation during his performance. While Ian switched to several instruments, Ron ... the first nations within Canadian folk, as well as from the continents whose people shaped the country itself. Strands of traditional African, Asian, and most recognizable European music can be hea...

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... it was common, it also had dances involved and social gathers and had complex call-and-response patterns. The film also documented instrumental music where you can see the drum or the flute; It also featured mbaqanga which is a famous South African dance combined with traditional elements ... of chanting and drumming and the film also featured a lot of maskanda also known as Zulu folk music. It also featured snapping which I really enjoyed; very creative it reminded me of Jackson five's vocal choirs. This film showed and also defended ... his real life experiences, his daily happiness a...

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... had declared himself a "voluntary Negro" by the 1920's. This movement influenced the hipsters of the 1940's and the beats of the 1950's. The article presents an examination of the blues music of musician B. B. King in terms of how King reflected race relations and racial politics in the U.S. in the 1960's, a period when King became a commercially successful popular musician rather than ... a respected musician in a niche genre of popular music. This commercial success is attributed to a new popularity of King among white music fans. Statements from King's autobiography discussing a 1968...

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... found new ways to make their musical ideas represent people, things, and dramatic situations as well as emotional states and even philosophical ideas. The music of the 20th century was not only there to entertain the people but it was used to influence the listeners; the artist had a goal to ... pictures of colorful images of cowboy's on horseback riding into town. This was evident in his "Billy the Kid" composition. Copland's works has affected music in many way which he has received numerous awards. A breakthrough in American jazz was when composer and classical musician collaborate wi...

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... because it provide young high school, and college students the information and resources needed to be an effective teacher. There are over three hundred and fifty National Associations for Music Educators on a collegiate level. MENC in the United States. And the CMENC also is a huge resource for college students to work on their networking, and building up very ... national association. There are over one thousand members of the organization teaching in private schools, public schools, colleges and universities. CAMPT offers variety of music programs for all fields of music. The last an...

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... in the Southern American states, to their situation , their sorrows and oppression, their hopes and aspirations. It is distinguished from all other genres of music by it's characteristic rhythms, close harmonies and distinctive melodies, and the involvement of improvisation. The tone of jazz is low, and it revolves heavily ... other very easily, however, jazz composers have knowledgeable control over the overlapping notes that are used in a piece in order to give the music it's unique quality. We can say that the white men running this "Battle Royal- are the composers. They have full c...

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... for example, the top 40, they may need to listen to it a few times before judging whether they like it or not. This type of music is, on the whole, easy to listen to and appreciate. It can also, especially with teenagers, play an important social role, for example, when ... problem an "uninitiated" listener encounters is that he has to learn to "listen" to the music. In general, in mainstream commercial pop music, an artist tries to earn as much money as possible by writing music in a certain manner and style which is fashionable, and which the top 40 listener can quickly ... appreciat...

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... United States alone, are racked next to field recordings of Thai hill tribes". According to the definition supposedly used, "world music" consists of the vast majority of music in the world, both in terms of production volume and the various types of music, as opposed to an obscure branch of miscellaneous sounds largely ignored by western consumers. To restrict your listening to English ... of the article, with the author making a strong and impassioned argument that we, as westerners, are allowing our ignorance and fear of the unknown to distort our attitudes towards any music that may...

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... of his fans, a few to the point where they boycotted his performances. Armstrong would have appreciated modern Hip-Hop because the creators of the music are enabled to state their actual feelings in their own words without fear of ruining their careers. The ability to state his opinions and be a ... popular performer would have excited Armstrong greatly. For example the popular music artists Macklemore & Ryan Lewis created a song about an extremely polarizing issue, gay marriage named "Same Love." This song offended some people, yet ... from being played on YouTube 95 million times (Sne...

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... spread of commercial radio, also occurred during this period. The developments of more affordable and better-quality gramophone discs made recordings more popular than sheet music in sales, and the introduction of amplification and electric recording led to the development of crooning, the intimate vocal style perfected by singer such as Bing ... example to show how Elvis influence other musicians when Joe played the song "Rocking Around the World" on Woodstock Festival. All the styles in dressing and music were similar to Elvis". By the time Elvis Presley recorded "Heartbreak Hotel" in ...

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... clothing made especially for them, while fans of punk rock may choose to adorn themselves with patches. Listeners who prefer the same kinds of music are thus given a visual way of expressing their preference, and an aid in identifying those who share their choices. While the members of ... the same group may dress and behave in like manners, there are additional factors that could contribute to why they chose that type of music in the first place. A survey was given out to the Tuesday/Thursday History of Rock class questioning each student's three favorite songs and ... to target its a...

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... artist/performer and its relationship with the ever-expanding companies responsible for this technology. The developing technology of recording has been a huge influence on music. One of the earliest examples was the proliferation of jazz and later blues across America. Although essentially "folk" musics of the United States their ... to approach recording in a creative, non-scientific way. He used studio equipment and effects to greatly add to or in some cases create the music he produced. He tweaked the tape recorders to get more level on tape, placed mics close to sources rather than a...

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... tradition that would sustain their needs and last the ages. It is important to commemorate slave achievements because many of their essential practices have created art forms, styles of music, ways of religious worship, and traditions that are with the American culture to this day. Montgomery 2 Storytelling/folklore The African tradition of professional entertainment dates back to ancient ... and change, social structure and social conflict are captured in the relationship between the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the stories the slaves tell" (Botkin, xii). Montgomery 3 Music The ...

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... the history of jazz as a narrative of progress. Their accounts show jazz evolving from a boisterous type of dance music into forms of increasing complexity, gradually rising in prestige to become an artistic tradition revered around the world. Certainly attitudes towards the music have changed dramatically. In 1924 an editorial writer for The New York Times called jazz "a return to the humming ... ". In keeping with this general theme of progress, historians have emphasized innovation as a primary force driving jazz forward, identifying new techniques, concepts and structures that presum...

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... played are piano, drums, guitar, and bass. In comparison to traditional Jazz most felt the higher the number of members equaled the higher quality of music, well this is not the case with these four gentlemen BOB JAMES, NATHAN EAST, HARVEY MASON and LARRY CARLTON have connected and complemented each others ... is kept with the bass guitar. The band did a wonderful job of fooling the listener by utilizing the rhythm displacement giving the allusion of the music speeding up. As I touched on earlier the band paid homage to its predecessors with the use of scat singing an element that unfortu...

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... capture the final moments of Jazz musician Charles Mingus's life through a historical realist narration and performance of significant life events. It is directed by Delroy Lindo and has an original music score composed by Muziki Roberson. The play Mingus Remixed takes the stance of an autobiographical narrative told by Charles Mingus himself and presents its plot through an inner dialogue between ... ," when thinking about his mixed heritage and "just like Duke" in realizing his lifelong passion to play like Duke Ellington and his new found security in Jazz music. Lastly the play resolv...

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... dwellers to go to the country. Family life transformed as well, as teenagers were given new social opportunities. During the 1920s, musical culture changed when jazz won a wide following. Jazz music was a blend of West African and Latin rhythms, African American spirituals and blues, and European harmonies. Joseph "King" Oliver helped to spread jazz northward with his creation of the Creole ... Jazz Band. As this happened, white musicians began incorporating jazz into their music, while big bands, both black and white popularized it for dancing. Quite possibly the greatest cultural chan...

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