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    Review Questions 1. What were the three forms of English madrigals? Describe each type. - Madrigal Proper‚ in this form‚ the madrigal was through-composed. It used quite a bit of word-painting‚ which is the matching of music to the words in the text. There also is The Ballet‚ which is a piece in which dancers tell a story through their movements and the music. Lastly‚ there is The Ayre‚ with is a form of madrigal that is performed in a number of different ways‚ including with or without

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    Table of Contents BACKGROUND OF THE RENAISSANCE ERA 1 THE ‘REBIRTH’ OF RENAISSANCE MUSIC 3 THE FAMOUS COMPOSERS 4 SACRED AND SECULAR VOCAL GENRES IN THE RENAISSANCE 10 SACRED VOCAL GENRES: 10 SECULAR VOCAL GENRES: 10 INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC: 11 CHARACTERISTICS OF RENAISSANCE MUSIC 14 Words and Music 14 Texture 14 Rhythm and Melody 15 RENAISSANCE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 16 Recorders and flutes 17 Shawm 17 Dulcian 17 References 18 BACKGROUND OF THE

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    How did music begin? What did the first music sound like? Music is all around us and is a large part of many of our lives. It exists in every culture across the globe. Yet‚ we often don’t stop to think about how music came to occupy this position. Who first thought of music? Who produced the first melodies and songs? How did music develop as such an important aspect of our lives? The search for answers to these questions leads us thousands of years into the past. Harper playing before Shu Scholars

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    Folk music and rap music sound very different from one another. It would be difficult to compare the music of folk-legend Pete Seeger to the music of The Notorious B.I.G. from just listening to them. Despite this‚ folk music and rap music are very similar. This is because both genres aim to make the public aware of the many problems going on at the respective times. The social contexts and political messages are similar between folk music and rap music as both genres create social awareness through

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    Music History and Appreciation 1 Journal #1 MUS K101 T2 Hildegard von Bingen “Play of Virtues” At the beginning of the song‚ it wasn’t singing instead she was talking. Then she started to sing right after she was done talking. I couldn’t follow the translation because it sounded like Latin or French. I kept listening to it over and over but I couldn’t understand what the words meant. She does have the most beautiful voice though. She sounds like an opera singer. I noticed when she

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    possession using music mostly from the hand-held mbira. British rule highly disapproved of this‚ and in turn left many Zimbabweans alienated form their ancient culture.[1] There are several different types of traditional Shona musics‚ including mbira‚ singing‚ and drumming. Very often‚ this music is accompanied by dancing and participation by the audience.[2] In Shona music‚ there is little distinction between the performer and the audience; both are actively involved in the music making‚ and both

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    CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Music of any period reflects‚ in its own way‚ some of the same influences‚ tendencies‚ and generative impulses that are found in the other arts of that time (Donna‚ 2005). Thus the word "baroque‚" usually used despairingly by eighteenth-century art critics to describe the art and architecture of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries‚ came to be applied also to the music of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. After some years after the death of Johann

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    Music expresses and affects emotion; it has the power to move a grown man to tears‚ to trigger thoughts‚ to invoke joy‚ sorrow‚ anger or love. Music can manipulate the emotions and incite immoral thoughts or actions. By nature‚ music is morally neutral and a good. Over time however‚ immorality has seeped into the music industry‚ leading to music which is immoral. Music has begun to glorify sex and to embrace immorality as a good. Hundreds of new songs and genres are contain lyrics and rhythm which

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    Tragedies & Music When a tragedy caused by a minor occurs‚ it is not uncommon for people to analyze the music that minor was listening to prior to the event. Who is responsible for this influence? The musician(s)? The parent(s)? The minor? The record label? Should we even bother to look at the music or should we look elsewhere for an explanation? “Music is intended to bring people together for socialization and friendships‚” says Hast‚ Scott‚ and Cowdery. Music has the power to do many

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    AS Music History Project 4: Baroque ensemble music: 1. What is meant by rondeau form? Discuss its origins and main sections. Why was repetition so important for Baroque composers? Rondeau form is where the opening passage in the tonic key keeps coming back around‚ the most common pattern generally being ABACA. The A section is called the refrain or rondeau and the non-A passages are called episodes or couplets. The rondeau form originated in France‚ and was first the name of a medieval song with

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