Funeral Oration of Pericles In the reading of the Funeral Oration of Pericles‚ I do not believe what Pericles says about Athens. I believe he made his speech to boost morale for his people and for the soldiers‚ and to keep the war going. In the Funeral Oration of Pericles‚ they were there to honor the fallen soldiers and to have a burial for them‚ but Pericles made it about the war. He used it to boost morale for the soldiers‚ to get them excited and to give them a reason to keep fighting
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The Influence of 1920 Blues and Jazz on Modern Music Mark Carter The Influence of 1920 Blues and Jazz on Modern Music This paper is will try to show how the music that started with singing of old songs by the slaves to influences the music that the world listens to today. Shaping the music of Rock and Roll‚ Country and Western‚ and Easy Listening that influences every aspect of society’s everyday life are Blues and Jazz. In an interview many years ago on television‚ heard by this
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The Delta Blues was one of the first inspirations for rock n roll. It is entangled in African American history and still is today. The Delta blues has a rich history‚ and unique musical style which is incomparable. The Delta Blues was first created in the Mississippi Delta when slaves worked grueling hours. They were brought from African countries and took music from their homeland with them. As they labored away‚ they found comfort in the music. The musical traditions of multiple African cultures
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to tell‚ and they are all repetitive. Memoir is a historical account written from personal knowledge or special sources. Each chapter in the book Mo’meta blues starts with a question that QuestLove asks himself‚ so he creates his book to be both memoir‚ and anti memoir in addition those questions makes his book to be unique. Mo’meta blues book is a memoir because most of the questions that the chapter starts with‚ are in the past tense. That indicates they are all coming from the history. Furthermore
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Listening to these differently categorized styles of music‚ I realized that this music has more than what meets the eye. When listening to the Blues portion of the lesson‚ I was amazed by its organization and unique sounds that people usually seem to overlook. The most common instruments used in blues music include guitars (usually made of steel)‚ harmonicas‚ and trumpets. Occasionally‚ the music also incorporated drums and bass. With these instruments‚ musicians discovered various ways to combine
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Four weddings and a funeral‚ directed by Mike Newell‚ is a quite amusing film that takes place mainly in London and the Home Countries. This acclaimed British romantic comedy is focused on the intermittent romance between a charming‚ but bumbling Englishman -Charles- and a beautiful American woman -Carrie-‚ who seem to always run into each other at weddings. The story begins with the wedding of Angus and Laura‚ at which Charles is the best man. At this wedding‚ Charles meets Carrie for the first
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Ara Cho Ethno 50A 803-672-412 October 14‚ 2011 Seeing Ragtime and Blues as Parents of Jazz Jazz is a music genre that has complex characteristics and history of development and thus many musicians and scholars face troubles in defining what jazz is. In general‚ jazz is believed to have born in New Orleans. Jazz developed for the pleasure of the social dancers. According to the “Understanding Jazz: What Is Jazz?” of John F. Kennedy center for the Performing Arts‚ Jazz was created mainly
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are used in the genres of country‚ blues‚ rock and hip hop music. Amongst these genres‚ there are also subgenres that display these differences as well. By observing a variety of songs‚ we are able to hear and distinguish between these genres. In country music‚ we can compare Jimmie Rodgers’ “Blue Yodel No 1 (T For Texas)” to Rednex’s “Cotton Eye Joe”. Jimmie Rodgers is one of the first country singers and is also known as “The Father of Country Music”. In his “Blue Yodel No 1 (T For Texas)” song‚
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documentary Where the Blues Began chronicles the land and the people of the Mississippi delta throughout the origins of “America’s most distinctive song style‚” the blues. Music was a central part of African American culture in the Mississippi Delta‚ playing important roles in joyous occasions‚ social gatherings‚ as well as serving practical
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Gathering Blue By Lois Lowry Thesis Statement: Knowing one’s identity is a way of fulfilling one’s life purpose Introduction: The uniqueness of one’s personality‚ character and abilities defines his identity. Knowing one’s distinctiveness is a grueling process. A person must have enough strength and perseverance to surpass obstacles. He must be able to accept whatever mistake he does and learn from it. Gradually‚ the person will be able to know his true identity once he reaches a certain point
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