perform at least one song in a language besides English every year - in my four years in this choir‚ we were given songs in Latin‚ French‚ Hebrew‚ and Basque. While all of these songs contained specific challenges for native‚ monolingual American English speakers - in the Hebrew piece‚ for example‚ many people had trouble producing what (in hindsight) appeared to be a pharyngeal approximant‚ a phone which is much more evident in Semitic languages than in English - the song in Basque was perhaps
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Frankie‚ the song is you! I hear music and when I look at you‚ the beautiful theme of every dream I ever knew. Down deep in my heart‚ I hear it play. I feel it start then melt away. I hear music when I touch your hand‚ a beautiful melody from some enchanted land. Down deep in my heart‚ I hear it say‚ is it today? I alone have heard this lovely strain. I alone have heard this glad refrain. Must it be forever inside of me? Why can’t I let it go? Why can’t I let you know? Why can’t I let you know the
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within the Sui‚ Tang and Song Dynasties China flourished as one of the world’s most cosmopolitan societies under the Sui‚ Tang and Song Dynasties. Officials governed effectively‚ economic development grew and farmers fed people‚ merchants and manufacturers prospered. Confucianism and Daoism was the government foundation‚ social structure and culture. Agriculture remained the foundation for the economy. Strong central government continued with powerful emperors and educated bureaucracy
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Colin Stone 10 October 2012 3.05 Free Writing Practice Dr. Cooper Margaret Atwood’s “Siren Song” is written with a crafty yet concise one-sided dialogue with a tone of an almost dark and malicious sense of humor. It is a clever work containing one of the three alluring Sirens‚ alluding to Homer’s The Odyssey‚ successfully captivating a mariner’s attention to “save” her. The poet starts the slow and soft with an appealing cry and by using the device of enjambment‚ is able to speed up and introduce
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What is Art songs? The human voice is a natural instrument with unique capabilities. Speech and music have been combined since the earliest times‚ so that Song is probably one of the oldest musical forms. Simple definitions for song might be "a piece of music performed by voice‚ with or without instrumental accompaniment‚" or "a poem set to music." The German word for such classical song is Lied (singular) and Lieder (plural)‚ so that you will hear the terms "art song‚" "lied" and "lieder" used
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Stories and songs from 1965-1972 One Vietnam story I found interesting is from a Vietnam Veteran himself. His name was Allen J. Adrian‚ Sioux Falls‚ SD. He describes to us how he voluntarily signed up for the U.S Marine Corps. Once he was in his training camp he said he would regret being there. He would ask himself questions on why did he do it and how can he get out of it. He said that once he accepted the fact that he had to stay‚ he adjusted to the changes and feelings. He uses the Vietnam War
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Bangladeshi Folk Song Preface Folk Music songs and music of a community‚ uninfluenced by any sophisticated musical rules or any standard Music styles. Bangladesh has a rich folk music‚ which includes both religious and secular songs. Folk music may be described as that type of ancient music‚ which springs from the heart of a community‚ based on their natural style of expression‚ uninfluenced by the rules of classical music and modern popular songs. Any mode or form created by the combination of
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particularly songs. There were many songs that stood out‚ like Patti Smith’s “People have the Power”‚ and many of John Lennon’s songs like “Give Peace a Chance.” However the one song that I eventually picked for this assignment was written and sung by Peter Seeger‚ called “Bring Em Home‚” (found at: http://folkmusic.about.com/od/toptens/tp/Top10Protest.htm). Seeger’s song specifically reflects about the Vietnam War‚ as it references the conflict on multiple occasions throughout the song. Peter Seeger’s
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love‚ where there is sexual chemistry and passion‚ and then there’s also the kind of love you feel for your family or a close friend. Either way its love and its special and we all need it in our lives. The assignment we were given is to analyze love songs from a specific decade. The objective of this is to determine how communication in and about relationships has transformed over the years‚ as well as to show how standards that define good communication and good relationship has changed. The decade
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responses did you have to the song the first time you listened to it? Why do you think you had this response? When listening to the song the first time I experienced hatred and sadness. And I believe that I experienced this due to my connection to the song. Like how I was abandoned by a parent and how my life has been about me fighting with myself. While listening to the song‚ what happened to your appreciation level? Did it increase or decrease? Why? My appreciation for this song individually greatly increased
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