Kate Kloppenburg Jose Jimenez English 102 18 March 2013 Jazz and Electronic Dance Music Old Fashioned versus Modern Jazz and Electronic Dance Music‚ also known as EDM‚ are two very different types of music; but they have multiple similarities as well. Jazz has multiple sub-genres‚ brass and stringed instruments‚ and swingy‚ bluesy rhythms. Electronic Dance Music is generated from the computer‚ using various sounds ranging from an electric guitar to swords clashing. Jazz music is the mother of all
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West Side Story is the modern take on the well-known William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliette‚where Tony and Maria replaced Romeo and Juliette and are involved in New York street gangs. On the harsh streets of the upper west side‚ two gangs battle for control of the turf. The situation becomes complicated when a gang member falls in love with a rival’s sister.Jerome Robbins(Director and choreographer)‚ Arthur Laurents(Author) and Leonard Bernstein(Composer) came together with the idea to write a
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This genre is best characterized by the use of acoustic and traditional country and folk instruments. For example in the steel pedal guitar can be plays the lead riff in “Country Roads” by John Denver. It can also be heard in “Wild Horses” by the Flying Burrito Brothers. Along with the pedal steel guitar another essential of country and folk rock is a acoustic guitar which can be heard through these albums and is the base for this genre. John Denver used Guild and Yamaha guitars‚ Neil Young played
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Word Count:1‚256 Birds of the Devil The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov starts with a visit from the devil to Moscow. The devil takes many forms in the story and is known as the foreigner‚ the professor‚ Woland and the devil. The novel alternates between two settings; 1930’s Moscow and Jerusalem of Pontius Pilate. The devil and his entourage which consist of; a grotesquely dressed valet Koroviev‚ a mischievous‚ fast talking cat Behemoth‚ the fanged hit man Azazello‚ the pale-faced Abdonna
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What is ethnomusicology? It comes from the word‚ ¡§ethnographic¡¨‚ which is the study of music within its social content and it is an account based on research. It documents traditional music and focuses on what the meaning of music is. ¡§ethnomusicological research also involves history‚ and for many studies history is the focus. Often ethnomusicologists study cultures other than their own‚ a situation that distinguishes this field from most historical musicology¡¨ (Meyers‚ 1992: 3). In this essay
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MMusic of Middle Ages - divided into 2 parts: early middle ages 400-1000‚ and late middle ages 1000-1400‚ paid for by the church Characteristics of Medieval Music- Christianity had huge impact‚ most surviving music is liturgical music Middle Ages Music The Middle Ages saw the emergence of great changes in English culture including the music played during the Middle Ages. The violent times of the Dark Ages had led to a primitive society lacking in elegance or refinement. The Medieval music of
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Michelle Y. Lee Dr. Macfarlane December 17‚ 2012 Music Theory III Music Theory III Final Paper Beethoven Sonata No. 27 (e minor) This piece is highly unusual for Beethoven Sonatas. One‚ although it was written at the start of his late period‚ this sonata had only two movements‚ the first being extremely short. Secondly‚ this was the first that Beethoven started writing his tempo markings in German‚ as though implying that this Sonata was more personal. Beethoven has also remarked on this piece
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The orchestra as we know it now did not exist before the 17th century. At the start of this century the orchestra was just beginning and developing on from the renaissance era where orchestras had only just began to be used rarely and only in tiny groups‚ with a small range of instruments. The main factors influencing this development include: instrumental technology‚ different classes of the public‚ playing techniques‚ economics‚ the role of music directors and changes in musical tastes. The
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whether music is beneficial in the way one thinks‚ or if music is a form of distraction‚ in his article “Does Music Really Help You Concentrate?”. Burnett uses experiments from multiple researchers on how the human brain has a “medium level of syncopation in music to elicit a pleasure response and associated body movement in individuals” (Maria Witek and colleagues). Explained by Burnett‚ it is the beat of the music one is listening to and how their brain reacts to it;
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The varieties of jazz dance reflect the diversity of American culture. Jazz dance mirrors the social history of the American people‚ reflecting ethnic influences‚ historic events‚ and cultural changes. Jazz dance has been greatly influenced by social dance and popular music. But‚ like so much that is “from America”‚ the history of jazz dance begins somewhere else. The origins of jazz music and dance are found in the rhythms and movements brought to America by African slaves. The style of African
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