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    fact is that he shares his birthday with the american rapper G-Eazy‚ who was born May 24‚ 1989. Bob Dylan’s hometown is Hibbing‚ Minnesota and he was born into Judaism but then later converted to Christianity. He plays a wide variety of music such as folk‚ blues‚ rock‚ and country. He also uses different instruments such as the guitar‚ keyboards‚ harmonica‚ and most importantly‚ his vocals. He took up the guitar and the harmonica and decided that he really liked it. He was enrolled at The University

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    Other folk songs are the drinking songs sung during carousals like the tagay (Cebuano and Waray); dirges and lamentations extolling the deeds of the dead like the kanogon (Cebuano) or the Annako (Bontoc). A type of narrative song or kissa among the Tausug of Mindanao‚ the parang sabil‚ uses for its subject matter the exploits of historical and legendary heroes. It tells of a Muslim hero who seeks death at the hands of non-Muslims. The folk narratives‚ i.e. epics and folk tales are

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    proper and it was often danced to as well as sung. The Ayre: This form of madrigal is performed in a number of different ways‚ including with or without accompaniment. 2. What were chorales? Why were they popular? often based on traditional folk songs. One reason the chorale gained such a foothold was that the printing press allowed for the publishing of hymnbooks. 3. What is a consort? William Byrd‚ an Englishman born in 1543‚ was one composer who created consort music. 4. Who was Guillaume

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    Traditional Chinese music‚ generally speaking‚ is Chinese folk music. China is multi-ethnic and multi-cultural nation and music plays a significant role in the revolution of Chinese culture. The traditional music‚ passing through thousands of years of development‚ still maintains it’s unique characters and brought about a series of massive effects on contemporary music as well. In this day and age‚ music in China‚ mixed various elements which including classical and modern‚ from western and traditional

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    (GANGSTER) In every city under the sun my name is the axis of the educational circle of crime and philosphy. Had it not been for me no prisons would have been built and no guns or bombs would have been created. I am the courge that creates resolution in man‚ I am the source that provokes orginalty of thought‚ I am the hand that moves mans hands. I am Gangster Everlasting! I am the Gangster that people fight in order to keep themselves alive. If they cease struggling against me slofullness

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    ugliness”. These were the words of Margaret Kilgallen‚ a talented street artist that felt that the true garbage or “mind garbage” was to be found on commercial billboards. Growing up in the small town of Kensington‚ Maryland‚ Kilgallen was introduced to folk traditions such as Amish quilting and banjo playing; she became adept at the banjo herself. After a BA in studio art and printmaking at Colorado College‚ she moved to San Francisco‚ where she found inspiration in the city’s hand-painted shop signs

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    H h h hhlj jl k k k j h g f cv b n m k j pnmt3Pxet’s been said that the compositions of Glasgow-based folk artist Alasdair Roberts sound as if they were written hundreds of years ago. This is certainly testament to the Will Oldham protégé’s nigh-on two-decade quest to promote the communal and social aspect of folk music‚ rather than the confessional and personal approach taken by many acoustic guitar-wielding singer/songwriters who have popularized the genre in recent decades. While Roberts has

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    ------------------------------------------------- Mozart and dance From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The Grosse Redoutensaal (Grand Ballroom) of the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna‚ where much of Mozart ’s dance music was first performed. The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote a great deal of dance music. This article covers the types of dances that Mozart wrote‚ their musical characteristics‚ and their reception by the public both in Mozart ’s day and in modern times. Mozart ’s dance

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    Explore the circumstances surrounding the composition of the last movement of the Drum Roll Symphony. How was the piece received at its first performance? Haydn wrote Symphony 103 (nicknamed the Drum Roll Symphony due to the long roll on the kettle drums at the start of the 1st movement) in the winter of 1794/1795 during his second visit to London. The success and popularity Haydn experienced in London during his first visit made him eager to return‚ along with the demand from Salomon that he

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    Emmett Till‚ a black boy who was accused of flirting with a white girl. Other songs such as “Blowin in the Wind‚” “The Times they are A Changing‚” and “A Hard Rains a Gonna Fall” all have political and social meaning behind them. He said that “the folk songs showed me…that songs can say something human.” (Dylan‚ 86) about his social commentary pieces. Bob Dylan was also a major player in the anti-war protests‚ sparked by the Vietnam War. His anti-war songs influenced activists‚ mostly college students

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