The Evolution of Folk Music Almost all of the music that we hear today can be traced back in one way or another to folk music. The evolution of folk music is rich in history and it is easy to see how the current events and the times created the changes that were to occur. Folk music got its roots from Anglo-American Folk Music and later evolved into what was known as the blues and continues to influence much of the music that is written to this day. Many artists have had major impacts on the music
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One of the most prolific and world renowned composers of his time‚ during the Baroque era‚ was Johann Sebastian Bach. The German composer has composed over 1000 known works throughout his musical career which included pieces for organ and over 300 cantatas. Most notably‚ his works for organ are among his most revered and well known. Bach was known for not just his compositional skills but his performing skills on organ‚ keyboard‚ and violin. His use of harmony and contrapuntal techniques paved the
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Book Report of “The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian By Lloyd Alexander” Lloyd Alexander start to writing for adults and his stories is always based on what he likes‚ them he star writing for young people. Most of his books are wrote with reality and fantasy in which the last one has a lot of impossible things to happen in the real world and doesn’t mean anything‚ he don’t feel these way about it‚ his point of view about fantasy is a simple form‚ a way to try to express things about real people
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Pakistani Folk Dances: Dances are traditionally part of the lives of people especially in Pakistan. Dance for Pakistanis is so important that people can communicate with each other and tell a story without uttering a word but rather dancing to send those messages. Folk dances are still popular in Pakistan and vary according to region such as: • Bhangra -Punjab • Luddi - Punjab • Dhammal - Performed at Sufi shrines/ dargahs in Punjab and Sindh • Attan - Folk dance of Pashtuns tribes of
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What is Folk Music? Folk music originated from many cultures around the world. Each culture adopted rhythms and beats from family and cultural rituals. The family of string instruments applied the music with common harmonies. Other variations of instruments‚ from homemade to daily items were used in addition to create a more original beat. The region of Great Britain‚ or the Celtic race inspired many of today’s top beats in folk music . The music originated among the common people of a nation passing
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Music History Essay Johann Sebastian Bach – Air (Part of Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major) In this essay I will examine the characteristics of a masterpiece called Air‚ written by Johann Sebastian Bach in the early 18th century. Bach’s Air on its own is not a complete composition. It’s the second movement of his famous suite that all together contains of five movements. Air has a typical property of suite – A‚ A‚ B‚ B scheme. It means that the movement is divided into two parts – A and
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own lines of poetry or ornamenting the melody in order to express and elaborate the message from the original hymn. A very well known adopter of the cantata was Johann Sebastian Bach; a Lutheran himself‚ his cantatas consisted of five to eight movements‚ some consisting of solo or duet arias and some consisting of fully ensemble choruses. 2. The collegium musicum was a collection of university students from the
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The last sentence “The WInchester House stands as a haunting monument to a broken heart” of the article “Whispers From The Grave” by Scholastic Scope‚ can mean many things. A possible meaning for this sentence is that the Winchester House is very popular and many people go to visit it because of its past with ghost haunting it and how Sarah Winchester was very sad and depressed while living in that house from her daughter and husband dieing. “But Sarah’s happiness was short-lived. Just 42 days after
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Cantata BWV 1 “Wie Schön Leuchtet der Morgenstern” Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach held various musical positions all over what is now Germany. From the year 1723 until his death in 1750 he served as cantor and director of music in Liepzig. His job here was very structured and kept him busy; being the head of music at four churches ‚ he had to compose a cantata for every Sunday and adhere to the ways of the church. It was here‚ and under these circumstances that Cantata BWV 1‚ “Wie
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Robert Gray is an Australian poet whose work is closely linked with nature. He grew up in the post ww11 era‚ and lives on the north coast. The poems ‘The Meatworks’‚ and ‘Flames and Dangling Wire’‚ express how he feels about life‚ his experiences and his beliefs. His poetry has such an enduring nature because it can be understood in so many different contexts‚ and includes universal themes which remain relevant to societies past‚ present and future. In ‘The meatworks’ Gray presents a vivid and
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