decided to write you this letter in order to update you on the current events that have occurred in my life recently. Two days ago‚ I attended a baroque sinfonia at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music‚ directed by Adam Gilbert‚ director of the early music program. The program consisted of selections from The Fairy Queen‚ originally composed by Henry Purcell. The overall performing environment was quite outstanding. It was great that the performers were on an elevated stage
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Listeners Casual Listeners • Most common • Likes having music playing‚ filling the environment with sounds • Views music primarily as a mood enhancer or as pleasant part of the environment • Johann Sebastian Bach - Air from Suite No.3 in D major o Slow and relaxing pace – often used for meditation Referential Listeners • Relate music almost exclusively to outside experiences • These external references are so strong that the music is not really heard anymore; instead‚ the listener is caught
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Political” Through Contemporary Music Marlene Denice Elwell 28th April 2009 Term Paper Final Essay Prompt: While effectively and originally incorporating selected sources and your own analysis‚ how can it be argued that “the political” may be (or may not be) understood through contemporary music and/or contemporary music can be (or not be) understood through “the political”? Perceiving John Lennon as “A Threat”: To Whom? To provide an understanding of music‚ politics‚ as well as their reciprocal
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Oliver Sacks‚ a professor at Columbia University Medical Center‚ studied how music can manipulate and affect people in various ways in his article The Power of Music. The outcomes of each subject were very different and diverse. Dr. Sacks investigates the power of music by having individual experiences with musicians‚ patients‚ and everyday people‚ and finds a reason for each reaction to why it moves the people to its heights and depths of emotion. Sacks introduces the first issue which is Parkinsonism
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Often times when people hear about Hip Hop/Rap music‚ they’ll paint a picture in their heads of black men cussing‚ guns‚ marijuana‚ lots of gold‚ and girls looking like prostitutes. Parents and teachers put an image in their kid’s head that Rap music is “bad”‚ and they don’t want their kids to be influenced by something that is negative. With the way Rap music is advertised in the US‚ I would have to agree with that looking at it from an average parent’s point of view. But what people don’t
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RAGTIME MUSIC PROJECT What is Ragtime Music? Ragtime was a relatively brief-lived musical form‚ its popularity lasting for about twenty years‚ but it was an essential link between earlier forms of “Negro music‚” European (“classical”) music‚ and jazz. It was defined at the time by its then-revolutionary use of syncopation‚ or it’s “ragged rhythm‚” which refers to its rhythmically broken up melodies. Its rhythms made it lively and springy‚ and therefore ideal for dancing. How/Why it started
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wish to develop. Select a topic that is suitable and narrow enough for a one-paragraph development. Topic: Why Music changes peoples mood. 2. Second‚ list and number the ideas you will use to support and develop the main idea. Supporting ideas: 1. When people are sad they usually listen to sad songs. 2. When someone is angry they will usually listen to metal or rock music. 3. Music can change your emotions by what genre you’re listening too. 4... 3. Third‚ arrange and re-number the supporting
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A Genealogy of Rock Music Today‚ the term Rock Music brings about images of wild hotel parties‚ pyrotechnics‚ drugs‚ plane crashes and iconic frontmen. However‚ in order to form a real understanding of how rock music came to be the legendary style that it is today‚ we must understand its origins. Rock music is rooted deep in America’s most trivial times- in the songs of African American slaves- from the Mississippi Delta right up to the Mason-Dixon line‚ it is a simple musical styling that is
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The Music of Thailand The music of Thailand reflects its geographic position at the intersection of China‚ India‚ Indonesia and Cambodia‚ and reflects trade routes that have historically included Persia‚ Africa‚ Greece and Rome. Thai musical instruments are varied and reflect ancient influence from far a field - including the klong thap and khim (Persian origin)‚ the jakhe (Indian origin)‚ the klong jin (Chinese origin)‚ and the klong kaek (Indonesian origin). Classical music Thai classical
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1000 - 1250 “O viridissima virga” from Introduction to Early Music (An) by Hildegard von Bingen Composed ca. 1140 - 1179 1251 – 1500 “Non avra ma’pieta questa mia donna” from Discover Early Music by Francesco Landini Composed ca. 1335 - 1397 1501 – 1750 “Concerto Concerto No. 1 in E major Op. 8 No. 1 RV 269‚ ’La primavera’: I. Allegro” from youtube by Antonio Vivaldi Performed by Nigel Kennedy/English Chamber Orchestra Composed 1723 1751 – 2000 “Symphony No. 41 in C
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