The word music comes from the Greek mousikê (tekhnê) by way of the Latin musica. It is ultimately derived from mousa‚ the Greek word for muse. In ancient Greece‚ the word mousike was used to mean any of the arts or sciences governed by the Muses. Later‚ in Rome‚ ars musica embraced poetry as well as instrument-oriented music. In the European Middle Ages‚ musica was part of the mathematical quadrivium: arithmetics‚ geometry‚ astronomy and musica. The concept of musica was split into four major kinds
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Costen’s In spirit and in truth: the music of African American worship basically explains how African Traditional Religions are the anchor for music in African American Liturgy. Costen starts her book by explicitly describing the ways of life of the African people. Africans live segregated within their respective clans or tribes‚ and each tribe has its own religious values and traditions. Although there is diversity within and between African communities‚ Africans remain united in terms of both their
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Udokoro Mr. Coates Music Appreciation Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Concert The performance of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Ebenezer Baptist Church was amazing. The performance taught me that there is a difference between listening to an orchestra play on TV versus watching them life. the life experiencing will always stick to your memory because you were actually there to experience the feeling. I really enjoyed it. The show made me enjoy and appreciate classical music. It was en experiencing
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that there have been times when through music I have felt a “presence” when hearts have met hearts. HOW MUSIC CAN TOU C H THE HEART Talk presented by Pauline Greig ood afternoon...and thank you Sabina and Sharon for inviting me to share with you my theme...Heart to heart with music. As we are an MSC Parish we are asked “To be on earth the Heart of God”. So I thought I would share with you a story of “His Heart” coming to me through music. When I was a little girl I was given
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indecent. African-American musicians originally applied "funk" to music with a slow‚ mellow groove‚ then later with a hard-driving‚ insistent rhythm because of the word’s association with sexual intercourse. This early form of the music set the pattern for later musicians. The music was slow‚ sexy‚ loose‚ riff-oriented and dance able. Funky typically described these qualities.(wikipedia) There are so many different kinds of music throughout the world‚ even in this country alone. There’s rock and
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was a sad love song that became a popular hit in the 1920’s‚ specifically 1926. Due to how the man was treating her with such disrespect‚ Smith sings about leaving the man she loves. Her music was considered to be classical blues based on the African American blues genre. Long before Smith’s time‚ this type of music with its sad and negative tone was already being played. For instance‚ “Flow My Tears” was written around the 1600’s which was during the Renaissance period. This was considered popular
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sparingly‚ but starting in the late 18th century‚ Italian terms for volume (dynamics) started to be widely used by composers regardless of their nationality. It is important to remember that dynamics can refer to the overall loudness or softness of music‚ as well as to the process of gradual change between volume levels. Volume‚ therefore‚ not only covers the loudness or softness of sound at a particular point in time‚ but more importantly‚ also refers to the infinitely subtle shadings that are possible
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Music Report On Friday 7th March 2010‚ at 8 pm‚ organized a big concert to celebrate the 200 anniversary of the birth of Frederic Chopin. This invitation was open to all students of the college‚ which had the opportunity to hear two concerts for piano‚ of the great Polish composer. The concert brings together two music teachers of the College: soloist and piano: Ms. Tatiana Papageorgiou and Mr. Dimitris Toufexis‚ piano and conducting and as well as the orchestra of Deree. The concert took place
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Post Viewing Assignment - Sound of Music The Sound of Music was generally based on the first section of Maria’s book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers (published in 1949)‚ there were many alterations and added details. A few of the details were‚ One‚ Maria came to the von Trapp family in 1926 as a tutor for one of the children‚ Maria‚ who was recovering from scarlet fever was not at all a governess to the children. Two‚ Maria and the Captain were married in 1927‚ 11 years before the
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Matt Crane 8-19-06 Music Back in the late 1960s‚ disco originated as a combination of many instruments played together. It was in 1969 when Jerry Butler released his latest song ‘Only the Strong Survive’ that we got our very first disco song. This was the birth of disco but then it was a form of music which hadn’t been named. Four years and many songs later on the 13th of September 1973‚ Vince Aletti wrote an article in the Rolling Stone Magazine which gave this music form its name “DISCO”
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