“The Mikado” Jenny Ayers June 8‚ 2013 Music Appreciation Summer 2013 Having never before attended an opera‚ and not sure what to expect‚ I found myself both entertained and pleasantly satisfied by the operatic comedy of “The Mikado”. The performance took place at Wallace Hall at Gadsden State Community College‚ George Wallace location. I attended the 7:30 performance on Saturday‚ June 8th. The performance lasted a little under three (3) hours‚ and I found myself laughing and pleased
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Langston Hughes Poetry Langston Hughes was an American poet and innovator of the art form of jazz poetry. I will analyze and give some insight into the meaning of his poets for the point known as the Harlem Renaissance. “The Nergo Speaks of the River” Speaking for the people of Africa. The "I" of this poem links people of African descent to an ancient and life-giving force‚ the rivers. By asserting that he has "known rivers ancient as the world‚" the writer states the people of African
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In the 1980s‚ Cassandra Wilson was one of the most ingenious‚ original‚ and enthralling musicians working in the progressively difficult-to-expound world of jazz. Cassandra Wilson won two Grammy awards; One for her album New Moon Daughter in 1996‚ and one in 2010 for her song Loverly. The American jazz musician and Grammy award winner released an album in the year of 1999 called Traveling Miles. Traveling Miles is purportedly Cassandra’s salute to Miles Davis‚ who was a well respected American jazz
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Lester Young: The “Sweet” Jazz Saxophonist Influential jazz tenor saxophonist‚ Lester Young led a revolution that changed the way the saxophone is played until this very day. He Inspired through his bright and airy tunes that sharply contrasted the loud and boisterous sounds of his counterparts (Pener 121). Young was known for many of his groundbreaking tunes such as “All of Me”‚ and “Lester Leaps In”. As a result of his very different approach to playing the tenor saxophone‚ he influenced many
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B.B. King performed a full blues concert‚ but based off his performance and the crowd reactions‚ you would not think he was performing anything sad. Though his style is traditionally blues‚ each song performed‚ with the exception of “Love Me Tender”‚ had an upbeat vibe to it. He played a total of nine songs with almost all of them ending with the same melody that the Blues are known for. The acoustics of the venue‚ Nick’s Uptown‚ were pretty good. There was only a slight echo‚ but for the audience
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Joni Mitchell : Shadows and Light Joni Mitchell is an accomplished musician‚ songwriter‚ poet and painter. In her own words: “I looked like a folksinger‚ even though the moment I began to write‚ my music was not folk music. It was something else that had elements of romantic classicism to it.” Hard to classify‚ Mitchell has pursued her ways of self-expression‚ heedless of commercial outcomes. She connected with a huge audience in the mid-Seventies when a series of albums – Court and Spark
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F. Scott Fitzgerald purposefully uses his self-named “double-vision” to describe setting‚ characterization‚ and values across the events of the three nights; he does this by using vivid adjectives and descriptions. In Chapter 1‚ the first specific night the reader is introduced to is Tom Buchanan’s party. This party only has 4 physical guest and a “fifth guest” on the telephone. The atmosphere is described as “tense” and racist discussions “broke out… violently”. Dichotomizing this is Gatsby’s party
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Baden Powell was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. He fused classical guitar technique with popular harmony and swing. He composed in many styles including Bossa Nova‚ Samba‚ Brasilian Jazz‚ Latin Jazz and Popular Brasileira. He was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1937 and started guitar lessons in the 1940s with famous choro guitarist Jayme Florence. By the age of fifteen he had developed into a virtuoso and started accompanying singers and bands in bars and clubs. Around 1955 Powell formed the Hotel
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Rachmaninoff stated‚ “Music is enough for a lifetime‚ but a lifetime is not enough for music.” Essential to all nationalities‚ generations‚ and people‚ music can make your soul soar‚ put you to sleep‚ or bring you to your knees in tears. All din and clamor goes silent. Every eye is riveted on the conductor. The baton lifts. Suddenly‚ in a myriad of melodies‚ harmonies‚ timbre‚ and texture‚ a whole new realm is unraveled. The extraordinary feeling of unwinding and renewing your mind by listening to
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"Harlem" (page 959) According to this poem‚ is there an answer to the question asked in the first line: "What happens to a dream deferred?" Explain how the poem does or does not answer the question. This poem was written in 1951‚ approximately twenty years after the end of the Harlem Renaissance. It is the only poem in this chapter on the Harlem Renaissance that was written years after its end. How is the content of the poem possibly related to Harlem and the Harlem Renaissance within a post-Renaissance
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