from music of the past. As explained in chapter four of the A History of the Music in American Life by Ronald Davis‚ Jamestown is the founding spot of American music. Yet compositions were not conceived until the early eighteenth century with the musical compositions by the drastically differing composers‚ Billings and Hopkinson. Francis Hopkinson was a popular composer of the time but does not change or influence music in society of today. William Billings is an original composer‚ writing from the
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This year at PXHS there was a great musical called the Music Man. The musical was truly serious and hilarious. There were many phrases and jokes being said that I did not understand‚ but the adults did. I saw that the people who played the characters practiced hard on the dancing‚ singing and acting. They had to memorize many lines‚ especially Harold Hill and Marian Paroo. The musical took place in River City. It was a story about a librarian/piano teacher and a traveling salesman. At first‚ they
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American theatre of the Harlem Renaissance in search of the right direction Contents Introduction 3 1 Blackface minstrelsy: the ancestors of Black theatre 4 2 Black musical theatre: From Broadway to Harlem nightclubs and back 5 2.1 The special role of musical theatre 5 2.2 Vaudeville and the first black musical comedies (1880-1910) 6 2.3 The Term of Exile (1910-1920) 7 2.4 Shuffle Along - Back to Broadway (1921-1929) 8 3 Black Drama: In search of the right direction 9 3.1 Protest
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chose for this assignment is for the company VIRUS TI. This company is a musical instrument company that creates synthesizers used for live performance and studio recording. The ad was taken from the October 2013 issue of Sound On Sound magazine. Sound On Sound is a magazine about audio recording technology‚ it targets professional audio engineers‚ audio enthusiasts and music production as a hobbyists. This ad depicts a musical artist on stage in front of a microphone with their hand raised in the
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html). In the musical‚ there is little to no dialogue which is a direct representation of musical theater. Hip-hop teaches ideas in the musical because it mixes historical facts with an upbeat tempo‚ which in return the audience will be more likely to remember the facts or the words that accompany the beat. This musical is attractive to younger audiences because it mixes historical facts‚ that may not always be fun to learn‚ with a tempo that is “Ketchy”. An example from the musical Hamilton is in
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 4. Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 4 Foreword Paul Dunmall’s ‘Big Key’ – an all-embracing musical vision At many points in his career‚ renowned British saxophonist Paul Dunmall has been asked about his approach to improvisation – what his „concept‟ is; how and why he plays the way he does. That is a very big‚ important‚ and dauntingly difficult
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This genre came out the mix of cultures living on the Caribbean coast in the colonial era. Every musical genre in Colombia has its own dance‚ and cumbia is no exception. The dance is based in cumbia’s roots as a courtship ritual‚ and is performed by male and female pairs of dancers‚ usually in a group. Women wear long ruffled skirts that were once typical
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The Black Crook is a musical theatre which had been conform into modern ‘book musical.’ It was said that in summer of 1866‚ in the lower Broadway of New York City had been the busiest for them. With the congested traffic‚ temperature slowly rising and with the typical citizens walking around with such a busy road. Post-Civil War business had also boomed in this time period‚ in order terms there was in an increase with the city’s working and middle class population. With masses of people‚ they
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Musical Instruments of Visayas 1. Kudyapi (guitar of flute) A kudyapi is a stringed instrument similar to a lute; it features two strings that are manipulated when the instrument is played. The kudyapi is made of wood‚ and most measure between four and six feet long. The instrument is native to the Philippines‚ where many residents learn to play the traditional instrument. Traditionally‚ a man with the plan of proposing to a woman would firstly have to impress her with his musical skills on the
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Alfred Rosenberg were more focused on education‚ media‚ and the visual arts. At the largest musical gathering held by the Nazis‚ the 1938 Reichsmusiktage‚ Goebbels was remarkably vague in specifying Nazi music goals. Although some loose guidelines were put in place‚ the definition of ‘degenerate’ music continued to change through the lifespan of the regime. One reason for this failure to establish concrete musical standards was the continuing in-fighting between officials responsible for music regulation
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