Ragtime‚ Blues and Jazz Whenever we think of classical music‚ Jazz will always came up to our mind and when we talking about Jazz‚ we somehow always relate it to Blues and Ragtime since they are the ones that gave birth to Jazz. The similarities between Ragtime and Blues are that they both came from African American background‚ but they are not related. They are two different style of music The Blues came before Ragtime‚ it was born during the days of slavery and more likely playing as church
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female blues singer known as “The Empress of the Blues”. She started her career by singing in tent shows in 1912‚ alongside another blues specialist Ma Rainey. Bessie influenced other singers including Aretha Franklin‚ Nina Simone‚ Frank Sinatra‚ Billie Holiday‚ Dinah Washington and Janis Joplin. Bessie Smith was married to Jack Gee on June 7‚ 1923. She made her first record with Columbia records “Downhearted Blues” in 1923. It was a hit selling 780‚000 copies. It was the best selling blues record
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Jazz and blues are musical genres or styles that can also be regarded as two distinct American musical traditions. They are interrelated most likely because of the fact that they originated from the American South. The confusion in discerning the two genres is probably because of the numerous music crossovers that artists do these days. Hailing from New Orleans‚ jazz music was first known as “jass” then later dropped the two “ss” into “zz” which means “cool.” During the later part of the 19th century
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black paper it was less of a bright yellow. | C.|NH3 + BTB|A4|The mixture is a lighter royal blue under white paper and a darker royal blue under black paper. The mustard yellow would be an acidic indicator and the royal blue a basic indicator. | D.|HCl + blue dye|A5|The mixture also turned green instantly. Under white paper it is a nice emerald color and slightly darker under black paper. | E.|Blue dye + NaOCl|A6|The mixture is fairly similar to NH3+BTB. It’s a little lighter under white paper
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their lives to shed a light on expectations that the social order forces on different classes and types of people in American society. Blue is mentioned intermittently with Blanche and consistently in association with Stanley’s cold‚ lower-class status. Blanche’s main color‚ however‚ is white in accordance with her namesake and‚ ironically‚ her lying habits. What does blue mean? Is it winter‚ coldness and sadness? Stanley’s character can certainly be attributed with these negative connotations; his low
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THE GREAT GATSBY In his most fully realized artistic achievement‚ Fitzgerald creates a rich pattern of evocative language and some equally provocative symbols to carry the weight and meaning of his ideas. In this presentation I will be showing how three of these symbols are used to represent what Fitzgerald views as the most pressing problem of his society; the dangerous reality of pursuing dreams obsessively. I will be looking primarily at the valley of ashes‚ T K Eckleburg and the green light
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Sunny Side‚” The Carter Family (1927) - hillbilly o guitar style‚ first chorus form (has verse & chorus)‚ optimistic lyrics‚ low pitch • “Crossroad Blues‚” Robert Johnson (1937) – race music/classical blues • “Mannish Boy‚” Muddy Waters (1955) – blues more into R&B o hyper-masculinism‚ stylistic features → call-and-response‚ away from older blues format‚ backing instruments (harmonica‚ drum set‚ guitar‚ shouts)‚ single line guitar • “Mama‚ He Treats Your Daughter Mean‚” Ruth Brown (1953) – R&B
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Evolution of Music Music and literature have always helped shape civilization. People have always written and sang about the times. Socio-political conditions have always had strong effects on people. This is especially so with African Americans. African Americans have been through some rough times‚ dating back to when they were torn from their homeland of Africa to become slaves‚ all the way up until the present where African Americans are still somewhat oppressed in some areas. However‚ many
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William Christopher Handy (W.C. Handy) was born on November 16‚ 1873‚ in a log cabin built by his grandfather. The town was called Florence‚ Alabama.He was considered the “Father of the Blues.” His parents were Elizabeth Brewer and Charles Barnard Handy. His father was a pastor and much of Handy’s musical style was influenced by the songs he sang and played in church. His father‚ however‚ believed that musical instruments were tools of the devil (Wikipedia). This inspired Handy even more to play
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By most accounts‚ Bessie Smith was a rough‚ crude‚ violent woman. She was also one of the greatest Blues singers of the 1920s. The road that took her to the title “Empress of the Blues” was not an easy one. It was certainly not one of the romantic "rags to riches" tales that Horatio Alger made popular during her time. For a young black woman from the South the journey was anything but easy‚ and it would require a special kind of person‚ and Bessie Smith was definitely that. She was a woman who fought
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