Music of the USA History The music of the United States reflects the country’s multi-ethnic population through a diverse array of styles. Among the country’s most internationally-renowned genres are hip hop‚ blues‚ country‚ rhythm and blues‚ jazz‚ barbershop‚ pop‚ techno‚ and rock and roll. After Japan‚ the United States has the world’s second largest music market with a total retail value of 3‚635.2 million dollars in 2010 and its music is heard around the world. Since the beginning
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COMM401 Tensions in defining rhetoric * Substance versus surface * Literal versus figurative * Stable situations versus unstable situations * Normal versus poetic * Argument versus style * Everyday versus rare * Reflective versus constructive Rhetoric * “…that power which‚ of all the faculties which belong to the nature of man‚ is the source of most of our blessings.” Isocrates * Plato: “rhetoric is the knack of producing pleasure in the audience” * Aristotle:
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Mathematics in medieval Islam 1 Mathematics in medieval Islam In the history of mathematics‚ mathematics in medieval Islam‚ often termed Islamic mathematics or Arabic mathematics‚ is the mathematics developed in the Islamic world between 622 and 1600‚ during what is known as the Islamic Golden Age‚ in that part of the world where Islam was the dominant religion. Islamic science and mathematics flourished under the Islamic caliphate (also known as the Islamic Empire) established across the
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Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch‚ rhythm‚ dynamics‚ and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική . The creation‚ performance‚ significance‚ and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions‚ through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and subgenres‚ although the dividing lines and relationships
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©Copyright 2003 Timothy S. Hughes Groove and Flow: Six Analytical Essays on the Music of Stevie Wonder Timothy S. Hughes A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Washington 2003 Program Authorized to Offer Degree: Music University of Washington Graduate School This is to certify that I have examined this copy of a doctoral dissertation by Timothy S. Hughes and have found that it is complete
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African American culture African American culture in the United States includes the various cultural traditions of African ethnic groups. It is both part of and distinct from American culture. The U.S. Census Bureau defines African Americans as "people having origins in any of the Black race groups of Africa."[1] African American culture is indigenous to the descendants in the U.S. of survivors of the Middle Passage. It is rooted in Africa and is an amalgam of chiefly sub-Saharan African and
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Since its founding in the 1930s‚ the Rastafarian movement has grown to the point where it has become a major cultural and political force in Jamaica. During its existence‚ the movement has challenged Jamaica ’s neo-colonialist society ’s attempts to keep whites at the top and blacks at the bottom of the socio-economic structure. Because of its controversial actions‚ the movement has evoked responses from observers that range from "hostility" to "curiosity" (Forsythe 63). On one hand‚ Rastafarians
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Chapter 11 Multiple Choice 1. Ikea‚ the Swedish furniture chain‚ insists that all its stores carry the basic product line with little room for adaptation to local tastes. If research of the U.S. market showed that Americans preferred larger beds than their Swedish counterparts‚ which of the following strategies would be advisable to Ikea? a. standardization. b. new product development. c. adaptation. d. withdraw from market. e. lower
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Louis Armstrong “The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings” Louis Armstrong Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment “Little Louis” Armstrong was born — like so many who shaped American music — poor‚ black‚ and on the far side of the American Dream. His date of birth was August 4‚ 1901‚ although he believed that he was born on the Fourth of July‚ 1900. He never knew his father‚ who abandoned the family when Armstrong was an infant‚ and his mother‚ Maryann‚ worked at whatever jobs she could
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History of mathematics A proof from Euclid’s Elements‚ widely considered the most influential textbook of all time.[1] The area of study known as the history of mathematics is primarily an investigation into the origin of discoveries in mathematics and‚ to a lesser extent‚ an investigation into the mathematical methods and notation of the past. Before the modern age and the worldwide spread of knowledge‚ written examples of new mathematical developments have come to light only in a few locales
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