Costen’s In spirit and in truth: the music of African American worship basically explains how African Traditional Religions are the anchor for music in African American Liturgy. Costen starts her book by explicitly describing the ways of life of the African people. Africans live segregated within their respective clans or tribes‚ and each tribe has its own religious values and traditions. Although there is diversity within and between African communities‚ Africans remain united in terms of both their
Premium Atlantic slave trade Slavery Gospel music
on April 8 1924‚ Pandit Kumar Gandharva (original name: Shivaputra Siddharamaiyya Komkali) was the leading intellectual among Hindustani Classical Musicians. His original style and his refusal to stay within the confines of the Gharana tradition of Hindustani music made him a controversial figure. The name Kumar Gandharva is a title given to him when he was a child prodigy; a Gandharva is a musical spirit in Hindu mythology Although no one has seriously questioned his dedication‚ understanding and
Premium
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Music of any period reflects‚ in its own way‚ some of the same influences‚ tendencies‚ and generative impulses that are found in the other arts of that time (Donna‚ 2005). Thus the word "baroque‚" usually used despairingly by eighteenth-century art critics to describe the art and architecture of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries‚ came to be applied also to the music of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. After some years after the death of Johann
Premium Baroque music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Informative Outline Topic: Music Influence General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about music and how it influences our lives Thesis: Knowing Music or playing an instrument has a lot of positive effects over people. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Show of hands. How many people have music on their ipads? (kids raise hands). Well this equates to an incredibly fastgrowing industryThe music business B. Reason to listen: Music has made a huge impact on our lives
Premium The Reader
Malthus and Africa Africa‚ being a third world country with much economic oppression‚ is currently being debated in the General Assembly about whether or not it should have population control. Many experts believe that‚ if not controlled‚ the rate of the increasing population of Africa will have disastrous effects. Over two hundred years ago‚ a man by the name of Thomas Robert Malthus wrote an essay on the effects of population and the food supply titled "An Essay on the Principle of Population
Premium Population World population Third World
The Mayans believed that the world was full of spirits and ghost‚ that every creation had an unseen power. A mountain can hold a deity and a rock a spirit‚ much like animism. It is to their belief that ghosts come out at night and spirits roam the jungle. To get in touch with the supernatural‚ such as the jaguar spirit or other transformations‚ the shaman (a priest who uses magic for certain purposes) would use hallucinogenic plants found in the jungle with a doobie. Mayans believed
Premium Ritual Mesoamerica Spirit
Intercultural Communication or Cross-Cultural Communication is about people from different Cultures/ethnicities/religion/societies that interact with each other‚ when you leave your country you are likely to experience how important is to communicate with people who comes from different backgrounds of societies and speaks different languages. If there are two people with different cultures and they have to communicate it will not be a convenient interaction due to their different cultural backgrounds
Premium Cross-cultural communication Culture Communication
Reggae is the most internationally famous style of Caribbean music. Reggae‚ which is one of the world’s most influential music‚ was originated in Jamaica around the mid 1960’s. At first reggae was first performed by and for poor Jamaican’s‚ but quickly became popular throughout the Caribbean and around the world. Most reggae songs deal with social concerns and religious beliefs of the Afro-Caribbean awareness of the Rastafarian religion. The term reggae is also applied today to reggae’s precursor
Premium Reggae Bob Marley Jamaica
------------------------------------------------- Music of Indonesia The music of Indonesia demonstrates its cultural diversity‚ the local musical creativity‚ as well as subsequent foreign musical influences that shaped contemporary music scenes of Indonesia. Nearly thousands of Indonesian islands having its own cultural and artistic history and character.[1] This results in hundreds of different forms of music‚ which often accompanies dance and theater. The musics of Java‚ Sumatra‚ Bali‚ Flores and other
Premium Indonesia Gamelan Orchestra
Jíbaro Music: Explain the Complex Culture of East Caribbean Music is one of the most common topics that we talk about all the time because we all have our favorite music. Especially‚ Caribbean has numerous carnivals‚ which must have lots of different music. I always find South American music has lot of energy and passion; it makes people want to dance right the way. And‚ I am particularly interested in the diversity of Caribbean music. There are plenty unique musical instruments of Caribbean at
Premium Music Musical instrument Puerto Rico