Describe the environment in which artists lived under Communism in the Soviet Union. Three examples of Soviet composers and musicians who made a lasting impact in the world of music included Sergei Prokofiev‚ Dmitri Shostakovich‚ and Mstislav \"Slava\" Rostropovich. These artists helped introduce the music of high culture to the Soviet masses and sometimes became internationally recognized. Musicians were called on to compose music that could be understood by the masses and uplift the Soviet people
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American music form born in the 20th century‚ including jazz‚ rhythm and blues‚ rock and roll‚ and hip-hophhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhThe blues is one of America’s greatest musical treasures. A roots music form that evolved out of African-American work songs‚ field hollers‚ spirituals‚ and country string ballads more than a century ago‚ the blues is the foundation of virtually every major American music form born in the 20th century‚ including jazz‚ rhythm and blues‚ rock and roll‚ and hip-hhhhhThe
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John Coltrane John Coltrane the Experimental Musician Jazz‚ taking its roots in African American folk music‚ has evolved‚ metamorphosed‚ and transposed itself over the last century to become a truly American art form. More than any other type of music‚ it places special emphasis on innovative individual interpretation. Instead of relying on a written score‚ the musician improvises. For each specific period or style through which jazz has gone through over the past seventy years‚ there is almost
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encounter with jazz music during World War II led to increased nationalism‚ steps toward equality‚ and a change in culture. Before the introduction of jazz music‚ the Great Depression negatively impacted the lives of the Americans. With the Great Depression‚ there was a major decline in America’s economy‚ which also led to the decline in social stability. Many Americans lived a life in poverty and faced many struggles. The Americans were living their lives in hardships‚ which
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Many people knew Louis Armstrong as the “first real genius of jazz”(Shipton 26). He was born in New Orleans‚ Louisiana on August 4‚ 1901. Louis was the illegitimate son of William Armstrong and Mary Est “Mayann” Albert. He was abandoned by his father‚ a boiler stoker‚ shortly after his birth and was raised by his paternal grandmother. Then‚ at the age of five‚ he was returned to the care of his mother‚ who at the time worked as a laundress. Together with his mom‚ they moved to a better area of New
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and Coltrane did indeed find work as a laborer in a sugar-refining factory. A couple of months later he enrolled in the Ornstein School of Music on 19th and Spruce Streets. In Philadelphia John Pg. 2 Coltrane could hear a lot of the blues and jazz which weren’t often broadcast in the South further extending his experience and horizons. He continued to practice his sax alone in his room until he was drafted into the Navy band in 1945. He returned to Philadelphia in 1946 after being discharged
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John Coltrane The ever growing love that I have for jazz was started because a friend told me to buy a John Coltrane CD the summer before my freshman year in college. For as long as I have known my friend he has always been interested in music and has played drums for the majority of his life. He had a few albums of Coltrane ’s and would always tell me I would love them. I remember the first time I heard that piercing voice that Coltrane gets out of his tenor saxophone. I took a trip out to
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of Joplin’s rags. And among all of the ragtime artists from that time‚ Scott Joplin is the most prominent and has left a lasting impression. Scott Joplin can be considered as a Post-Romantic Impressionist‚ as his style of Ragtime lead into an era of Jazz and modern music. In 1899‚ Joplin published his most famous ragtime: “Maple Leaf Rag”‚ it was known as one of the most iconic and famous ragtime’s ever made His other famous works are: “The Entertainer”‚ “Peachirine Rag”‚ and “The Easy Winners”. He
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From the time Tatum was born on Oct. 13‚ 1909 in Toledo‚ Ohio‚ he was destined for revolutionizing jazz. He was born with a blind eye and the other partially blind‚ but his ears were his way of seeing the world. He could sit down and play the same music meant for four hands. He was unbeatable at any piano competition. His influence on jazz will be forever respected by jazz pianists (and non-pianists) worldwide. As a child‚ Art received a little formal training for piano at Toledo School of Music
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music. Jazz was the start of it all. Jazz triggered many different types of music‚ such as rock and roll and rhythm and blues. Jazz started the revolution of music in America‚ which prompted the racial integration of society. This transformation of society began largely due to one man. He was perhaps one of the most famous Jazz musicians and composers of all time. His name was Duke Ellington. He was a very clean musician‚ well spoken‚ and very well educated. He was already big into the Jazz industry
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