The Music of Brazil Brazilian culture is a culture that is has a very diverse nature. An ethnic and cultural mixing occurred during the colonial period between with the Native Americans‚ Portuguese and Africans forming the bulk of Brazilian culture. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Italian‚ German‚ Spanish‚ Arab and Japanese immigrants settled in Brazil and played an important role in creating a multicultural country. “Although Brazil is considered the fifth largest country in the world
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born January 27‚ 1756 as the seventh child of a musical family. Mozart’s mother and father’s names were Anna Maria and Leopold. Leopold was a musician with ambition while Anna Maria has a good sense of humor to balance him out. They had seven children‚ but only 2 lived beyond infancy (Wolfgang and his older sister Maria Anna). He was born in Salzburg‚ or modern day Austria. Mozart’s father was a successful violinist and renowned composer of the
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Introduction Music is an art form and source of power. Many forms of music reflect culture and society‚ as well as‚ containing political content and social message. Music as social change has been highlighted throughout the 20th century. The word reggae represents a style of popular music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960’s and quickly emerged as the country’s dominant music. In Jamaica during the 1970s and 1980s reggae developed out of the Ghetto’s of Trench town and expressed the
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CUBAN MUSIC Cuba is a small communist country in the Caribbean. Though they may not have a lot of money and property‚ Cubans are among the most cheerful‚ musical and outgoing people on earth. The unique sound of Cuban music traces back to the Yoruban and Congolese cultures in West Africa. Over thousands of slaves were brought over during the 1880s‚ and along with them their styles of music. A few of the instruments brought over are still used in Cuban music today such as the bata drums. After
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LESSON 7: PUNK‚ DISCO‚ GLAM ROCK‚ REGGAE‚ CUMBIA AND HARD ROCK Reggae A Jamaican music genre which originated from the ska and rocksteady. The word reggae means rags‚ ragged. This also mean ragged dance music. The music style of reggae has an offbeat rhythm‚ syncopated‚ and staccato chords. Reggae music use also stringed instruments like guitar‚ bass guitar and piano. For the percussion‚ reggae use snare drums and tom0tom drums. Horns are also used like the saxophone‚ trumpet and trombone. Some
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Period: Block of time connected with music and chord progressions leading to a PAC; usually an antecedent phrase (ending with an HAC) and consequent phrase (ending with a PAC) once you get to the end of a period‚ the PAC offers a sense of completion Periodicity: Difference between Baroque and Classical music (In Baroque compositions‚ the melody always continues and in Classical compositions‚ the melody will be a set number of measures and will have individual phrases following Empfindsam Style:
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Alicia Conquering Bear Dr. Miller ENG 135.01 Composition 1 June 2011 The Music Essay When we hear‚ music what do we normally think about? Do we hear the beat of it‚ the guitar‚ the drums? Or do we simply get lost in the lyrics? To be honest‚ I love listening to music just so it can fill the silence. I know that sometimes silence is good‚ but then again it can be deafening. Listening to silence can go either way because we can either like it or hate it. Silence is golden even I know that but
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The Romanticism time period brought forth an iconic work of music; Beethoven’s‚ Symphony No. 5‚ 1st Movement. Beethoven was born in Germany in 1770‚ and wrote his fifth symphony by the year 1807‚ and it premiered in 1808. The symphony is in the C minor and is famous for its motifs‚ long and sustained crescendos‚ and sonata form. Motifs are sounds that are repeated throughout the song in different ways. The piece opens with a four note motif. Beethoven also includes long crescendos that elevate
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Born on April 8 1924‚ Pandit Kumar Gandharva (original name: Shivaputra Siddharamaiyya Komkali) was the leading intellectual among Hindustani Classical Musicians. His original style and his refusal to stay within the confines of the Gharana tradition of Hindustani music made him a controversial figure. The name Kumar Gandharva is a title given to him when he was a child prodigy; a Gandharva is a musical spirit in Hindu mythology Although no one has seriously questioned his dedication‚ understanding
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ON MARCH 6TH 2013.[Filmaginares‚Tango en skai‚little fugue‚Granada‚Evening at Granada and Homenaje] On the 6th of March 2013‚ the Eastman Quitar Quartet of the Eastman School of Music(University of Rochester)performed at the lobby of the Drake Library at the college at Brockport(Music at Noon). The programme lasted for an hour and a half .It started with the introduction of the Group to the audience by Mr. Salowey‚ a Reverend at 12:15.He introduces the four members of the group
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