Fred Kim Mr. Gillespie IB Music 12 April‚ 2011 Musical Links Investigation Music is a form of communication that varies distinctively among different countries just as each country has their own language. However‚ music does not only vary with region‚ but also with time period and the neighboring musical cultures. To investigate how two very distinct and different musical cultures can be connected through their musical qualities‚ I will compare the similarities and differences between romantic
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Writing Assignment 1: My Musical Identity Music‚ in all its complexity can be seen as a living‚ breathing mechanism that has the ability to sink deep down into one’s soul and create feelings of awe‚ excitement and wonder. Music speaks to and connects people of all cultures‚ backgrounds and ideologies‚ creating a common bond between various members of the human species. When listening to a beautifully composed piece of music‚ I myself cannot help but feel connected to the instruments‚ the artists
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ensembles‚ leadership roles‚ and community events‚ I have aspired to spread my love of music to those currently surrounding me and to those who will surround me as my musical career continues. Throughout my four years of high school‚ I have always enjoyed being involved in as many music ensembles as possible. Each group helped me grow as a musical leader
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Musical Hallucination Tinnitus is a case in which the affected person hears some sounds that is not really exist like buzzing or hissing. While musical hallucinations is the case in which the affected person hears a phantom music in his head and he realize that this song is not played in reality. The difference between them is the phantom sounds they receive; tinnitus receives phantom sounds rather than music due to abnormality in the ear and hearing. Musical hallucinations receive phantom music
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Historical and Cultural context of the Musical Hairspray The Buddy Dean Show which was a teen dance show in Baltimore is memorialized in the musical and film by John Waters‚ Hairspray. The plot of this story revolves around an attempt in which teens from both backgrounds in Baltimore integrate successfully in a teen dance show called The Corny Collins show. There was a massive cultural revolution in musical taste in the ‘50s and ‘60s that was signalled by teens from the big band sound of rock and
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CLASSIFICATION All musical instruments can be divided into four major classes: aerophones‚ chordophones‚ electrophones and percussion. The biggest and the most versatile class is aerophones which can be further subdivided into free aerophones and pipe aerophones. On the next level free aerophones fall into those with free reed and with beating reed. Beating reed aerophones are represented by single reed (organ pipes) and double reed (human voice) instruments. Free reed instruments
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4/26/2010 Creative Presentation – Les Miserables as a Musical Les Miserables (Les Mis for short) is a musical that was composed in 1980 by the French composer Claude-Michel Schonberg with the libretto‚ or text‚ by Alain Boublill and lyrics by Herbert. It is one of the most performed and well-known musicals in the world. On October 8‚ 2006 Les Miserables celebrated 21 years on London’s West End and became the longest running West End musical in history‚ reaching 9‚500 performances. The show continues
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The musical production Rent is Jonathan Larson’s adaptation of Puccini’s ‘La Boehme’‚ and was set in New York in the early 1980s (Encyclopedia of World Biography‚ n.d.). The musical has a variety of characters: straight‚ gay‚ lesbian‚ cross-dressing‚ and bisexual. Many of the cast’s characters have HIV/AIDS. Larson personally identified with the musical‚ as he too had several friends that had HIV/AIDS who had then later passed away from the disease (Encyclopedia of World Biography‚ n.d.). HIV/AIDS
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Glossary of musical terminology From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This is a list of musical terms that are likely to be encountered in printed scores‚ music reviews‚ and program notes. Most of the terms are Italian (see also Italian musical terms used in English)‚ in accordance with the Italian origins of many European musical conventions. Sometimes‚ the special musical meanings of these phrases differ from the original or current Italian meanings. Most of the
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A musical have more dancing than opera. Opera rarely needs to dance. 2. A musical is almost always performed in the language of its audience‚ while opera is no words to be speak in the performance of an opera. 3. An opera is drama set to music. In an opera‚ the moods‚ emotions and feelings are heightened. It combined vocal music which includes solos‚ ensembles and chorus and instrumental music which is played by the orchestra with costumes‚ stage action and scenic effects. However musical is a
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