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    Baroque Era and Rock Music

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    Baroque Era and Rock Music To understand the correlation between Rock music and the Baroque Era‚ one must look more in-depth towards each culture’s history and social norms. The Baroque Era’s musical style was prevalent during 1600 - 1750. It can be described as a time when the music went hand in hand with the architecture‚ paintings‚ and literature of its time. It was a time when musicians brought out more intense emotions within their Rock music‚ which was created during the 1950’s in the United

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    Originated in the early 1950’s‚ rocknroll was known to be the world’s most popular and multicultural form of music. Therefore‚ Rock being a mixture of all the American music that came before it‚ then dominated the music industry but also extremely influenced everything from politics to social norms. This suggests music had moved away from its roots in Blues and country music and grew into something bigger known simply as rock. Rocknroll lost much of the rebelliousness that had initially given

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    As famine led to civil turmoil in central and western Afro-Eurasia‚ bands of pastoral nomads from the Inner Eurasian plains increasingly endangered the societies of the riverine cities. Transhumant herders advanced on the cities seeking provisions for themselves and their herds. The ability of nomads and transhumant herders to adapt more quickly to the changing environmental conditions became the facilitator for the rise of new territorial states‚ which would adopt new skills that allowed them to

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    Rock and Roll has influenced everyone’s life whether we like it or not. It is a style of music that has been around since the early 50’s‚ born out of a combination of Gospel‚ Blues‚ Jazz and Country music. In the early days‚ Rock and Roll was a new form of music that had a very simplistic sound which also introduced the electric guitar for the first time‚ combined with a drummer and bassist. Since then‚ it has been drastically changed and evolved into a multitude of different genres including

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    Sex‚ Drugs‚ and Rock and Roll Rock and Roll is a genre of music that is known for its earsplitting music and people of the partying atmosphere. During the 1950’s and 1960’s these partying people were better known as "hippies‚" easy going‚ laid back‚ just here to have a good time. Thinking back to 1951‚ Alan Freed discovered Rock and Roll; Freed was a disc jockey that obviously loved music. Nowadays we look at rock and roll as a past era that dominated the musical world at one time. Families

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    once said‚ “Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe‚ wings to the mind‚ flight to the imagination‚ and charm and gaiety to life and to everything” (“BrianyQuote”) The musicians of the twentieth and twenty-first century would agree with Plato. In addition to giving wings to the mind‚ music gives a way of expression. Many artists in time used their music as a way to express their needs‚ thoughts‚ and wants. The established bands that rings in the backs of every rock and roll lover’s minds

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    Nikki Ocampo Ms. Davis Humanities 11 June 4th‚ 2013 Peace‚ Love‚ and Rock nRoll Music is the backbone to every culture and society; when the culture begins to evolve so does the music. Throughout history we have constantly seen that music reflects the common beliefs and ideals of the people of that era. The most prominent example of this is Rock and Roll‚ which was a product of The Vietnam War in the 1960s. The music rebelled against the conformist sound of the 50s and evolved into the emotional

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    Context In 1950’s America‚ the equality of man envisioned by the Declaration of Independence was far from a reality. People of color — blacks‚ Hispanics‚ Asians — were discriminated against in many ways‚ both overt and covert. The 1950s were a turbulent time in America‚ when racial barriers began to come down due to Supreme Court decisions‚ like Brown v. Board of Education; and due to an increase in the activism of blacks‚ fighting for equal rights. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ a Baptist minister

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    African American‚ or sometimes known as Afro-American; Black American; or Black people‚ is a group of American who partially or fully descended from African people. According to U.S Census Bureau‚ Afro-American is the second largest race in U.S which is 13.3% in 2016. It was increased since the beginning of 20th century which was only 9%. Even though they are the second largest race‚ they still face the biggest issue in the world: racism. It has began when Afro-American people was used as slave

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    hesis Popular music was recorded and marketed as a Counterculture which opposed the normal‚ functional‚ and unexciting Culture that was dominant in society; by being outside of that which was in power‚ Counterculturalists argued‚ they were able to see what was "real" and to implement a "progressive" worldview in which moral correctness brought us gradually closer to a utopian state. This marketing mirrored the process of adolescents‚ the main audience for popular music‚ who first reject the

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