Introduction Music is found in every known culture‚ past and present‚ varying wildly between times and places. Since all people of the world‚ including the most isolated tribal groups‚ have a form of music‚ it may be concluded that music is likely to have been present in the ancestral population prior to the dispersal of humans around the world. Consequently music may have been in existence for at least 50‚000 years and the first music may have been invented in Africa and then evolved to become
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yourself as a teen in the 1960’s. John F. Kennedy has recently been assassinated and the country is devastated. You turn on some new music released by the Beatles and suddenly‚ you are lost in the music that is sweeping the nation. You almost forget the fact that the popular president has been assassinated. The Beatles’ and many other artists’ music is still listened to and replicated today. The Beatles were a group of four men that created very popular music in the 1960’s. The British invasion was a
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Soul is a music genre that originated in the United States in the 1950’s and early 1960’s. Origionally‚ a version of gospel‚ soul was the major black musical form of the 1960’s and 70’s and remained evident in various hybrid styles since‚ for example‚ neo-soul and soul jazz. It combines elements of African- American gospel music‚ rythem and blues and often Jazz. It was used to signify music with a greater sense of authenticity and sincerity. In the 1960’s as the genre developed‚ soul was a merger
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Since the late 1980’s rap music has been called the Anti Christ in our culture‚ because of it’s so-called influence in people’s life. People swear up and down that the music is why people‚ specially the youth resort to violent crimes. I think by saying this they are trying to cover up the real truth by giving simple answers. Rap is defined as a style of popular music consisting of improvised rhymes performed to a rhythmic accompaniment. The first rap song was made in the late 70’s‚ the songs were seven
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The Music world in the 1960’s: What was it like? The music in the 60’s was influenced by feminism and Black Power. The sixties were full of dancing‚ boom boxes‚ and discos! The music back then was a mix of jazz and pop. It was a time of funky hairstyles‚ short skirts and energetic dancing! The most popular style of music in the 60’s was ‘roots rock’. Roots rock combined elements of folk music‚ blues‚ country and rock ’n’ roll. There were many popular artists like the Beatles‚ the Rolling Stones
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Unit 3 – Music of the Baroque 1. Name two important visual artists (such as painters) and also two important writers of literature (such as poets) from the Baroque Period. Do not name musicians. (Visual Artists) - Peter Paul Rubens & Artemisia Gentileschi / (Writers)- John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont 2. Write a paragraph about “The Baroque Style”. The baroque style was very well suited to the wishes of the aristocracy‚ who were enormously rich and powerful during the seventeenth and eighteenth
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Music Concert Review Adam Kapasi Last month‚ on Friday‚ January‚ 30‚ 2015‚ at 7:30 in the evening my friends and I attended a concert‚ Wind Symphony‚ in downtown Toronto. It was at the Edward Johnson Building McMilan Theatre‚ 80 Queens Park. The concert was conducted by the University of Toronto band and the conductor was Tony Gomes. The two musicians that played my instrument were Brian Burell‚ and Caleb Michalski. The layout is that there were clarinets in the front to the left and
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MATRIC MUSIC 2014 SET WORK Franz Schubert Der Erlkönig The Romantic Era The romantic period in music extended from about 1820 to 1900. Among the most significant musicians were Franz Schubert‚ Robert Schumann‚ Clara Wieck Schumann‚ Frederic Chopin‚ Franz Liszt‚ Felix Mendelssohn‚ Hector Berlioz‚ Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky‚ Antonin Dvorak‚ Johannes Brahms‚ Giuseppe Verdi‚ Giacomo Puccini‚ Richard Wagner and
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During the 1960’s and 1970’s rock music took the nation by storm‚ again. With its new wave of music‚ evident in the more dynamic tempos and uplifting sound‚ rock and roll had a much more impactful message to spread than it had in the 1950’s. In the 1950’s the music was simply made for fun‚ whilst in the 60’s and 70’s‚ although the music was still fun‚ in was proving a much more specific criticism on racial disputes. There was a notable spilt in the industry between black rock and roll and white rock
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I have never thought that music alone without lyrics can have certain meaning and create some kind of emotion. As both of my parents don’t have a special like on music‚ I am growing up without familiarity with all different types of music. I just used to listen to songs which have pretty melody and lyrics. To be honest‚ I have never paid much attention to rhythm‚ beat and rests because I feel like lyrics and melody are the only things that make me to like certain song. Before I take this class and
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