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    Religion ’s Profound Effect on Musical Development Religion has been an important part of man ’s life. Man has allowed religion to control and influence his life in many different ways‚ affecting both his behavior and his actions. So its not surprising that music‚ one of man ’s earliest expressive forms‚ has also been influenced by religion. Religion has had an effect on man ’s music all throughout history‚ from the early Egyptians to even now. So it is only natural that Western music should

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    of music during the Middle Ages was the Gregorian chant‚ named for Pope Gregory I. This music was used in the Catholic Churches to enhance the services. It consisted of a sacred Latin text sung by monks without instrumentation. The chant is sung in a monophonic texture‚ which means there is only one line of music. It has a free-flowing rhythm with little or no set beat. The chants were originally all passed through oral tradition‚ but the chants became so numerous that the monks began to notate

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    Polson Essay 2 Descriptive Essay Eng032-02 Williams Brice Stadium appears to be just another college football stadium‚ but one step through those gates proves it’s a loud exciting and full of heart place. From the band playing‚ cheers and chants being yelled. The smell of stadium food and the garnet and black color that surrounds you will leave you with the feelings of excitement and a love of college football. Williams Brice Stadium is home to the University of South Carolina Gamecocks

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    Hawaiian folk music is a traditional music in Hawaii which includes several varieties of chanting‚ called mele‚ and the music meant for highly-ritualized dance‚ called hula. It was functional‚ used to express praise‚ communicate genealogy and mythology and accompany games‚ festivals and other secular events. Language and text meaning are important determinants of Hawaiian music. Mele or chanting was the poetry that could be brought into existence only through music. It is simple in melody and rhythms

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    family has started doing her favorite holiday again‚ Tet. “As with every tet…” (Lai‚258). Even though they are not home‚ in Vietnam‚ they still have their traditions. In addition‚ her mother continues to “chant” for her father to come home. “She chants every night…” (Lai‚234). Mother still chants for her husband to be safe and come home even though she is in a new place. When people are away from their home one thing that could make them feel at home is to do their traditions as their home

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    The Raymond Carver Review 2 Influences of Feminism and Class on Raymond Carver’s Short Stories Vanessa Hall‚ New York City College of Technology‚ CUNY Class—economic circumstance; problems of being in the first generation of one’s family to come to writing—its relationship to works of literature: the great unexamined. —Tillie Olsen‚ Silences 288 In the essay “Fires” (1982)‚ Raymond Carver writes about the difficulty of “pin[ning] down with any…certainty” the influences on his writing

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    (Koopman). Thus‚ the very first form of music was a cappella. A cappella music is simply defined as music without instrumental accompaniment (Eichenwald). However‚ this includes a wide variety of music forms. The most significant of these are gregorian chants‚ barbershop quartets‚ doo-wop groups‚ and modern pop a cappella. I was introduced to a cappella music through YouTube‚ watching a modern group known as Pentatonix perform an a cappella rendition of the Evolution of Music. I immediately

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    done in the future whilst giving an opportunity to test what has been achieved against the framework of the existing plan. However‚ it is universally acknowledged that not only is planning far from simple but also that few organizations plan well (Piercy‚ 1997). As Cell C‚ we intend using our marketing plan as a road map‚ to plan our course and help us reach our goals/destination. Typically a marketing plan should consist of information about the company and its products or services‚ marketing activities

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    (450-1450) Genres: Gregorian Chant‚ Secular music‚ Church Music Time period: Church was the center of the musical scene at this time period‚ most music at the beginning was just vocal and sacred because instruments were not allowed in church at this point in time. As time progressed secular music began to pick up because people wanted to be able to have music outside of church and generally wanted something with a strong steady beat that they could dance to. Gregorian Chant was also developed at this

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