Essay Portion 1) Describe the three basic types of music heard in original scores during the silent film era and cites specific examples from The Birth of a Nation. (10 points) Music is an important form of art; it has always been utilized by each and every culture for entertainment purpose. Earlier in the silent film era‚ music was generally not included in the films but played in the beginning or at the end to entertain the audience. Later music was used in the form of background score to provide
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pop music a type of music‚ usually played on electronic instruments‚ that is popular with many people because it consists of short songs with a strong beat and simple tunes that are easy to remember. Pop music is often simply called pop. rock ’n’ roll a type of music that was popular in the 1950s and combined simple blues structures played on guitars with strong regular beats soul music a type of African-American music that developed in the 1960s‚ combining r & b with pop‚
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Introduction Music is an art form and source of power. Many forms of music reflect culture and society‚ as well as‚ containing political content and social message. Music as social change has been highlighted throughout the 20th century. The word reggae represents a style of popular music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960’s and quickly emerged as the country’s dominant music. In Jamaica during the 1970s and 1980s reggae developed out of the Ghetto’s of Trench town and expressed the
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Trap music is based on use of the 808 Roland drum machine‚ pitched and re-sampled hiphop/rap vocals‚ pipe flutes‚ gangsta synth leads‚ and various FX. Similar to rap without the main vocal‚ Trap music has been gaining lots of attention from major DJ’s and labels. Although‚ the style originated many years ago‚ Trap music has recently been making a new school comeback in many new forms such as “Trap”‚ “Chirp”‚ “SeaPunk”‚ “PsyTrap”‚ and “TrapStep”. Earliest known examples can be found by artists such
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Unit 3 – Music of the Baroque 1. Name two important visual artists (such as painters) and also two important writers of literature (such as poets) from the Baroque Period. Do not name musicians. (Visual Artists) - Peter Paul Rubens & Artemisia Gentileschi / (Writers)- John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont 2. Write a paragraph about “The Baroque Style”. The baroque style was very well suited to the wishes of the aristocracy‚ who were enormously rich and powerful during the seventeenth and eighteenth
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Chapter 15 notes music Which instrument heard in Susato’s Three Dances is a cross between a woodwind and a brass instrument? Cornetto Farmer’s Fair Phyllis is set for _______ voices. four The principal genres of Renaissance secular music were the chanson and the motet. false Tielman Susato was well known for his work as: a music printer. b) a composer. c) an. instrumentalist d) all of the above The madrigal flourished principally in France. b) False The Susato dances are
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1101 13 July 2011 The Music of the Night In operas‚ either people love them or hate them. Play and song writer Andrew Lloyd Webber portrays a new light on opera in the famous musical The Phantom of the Opera. In scene five of the musical where the Phantom of the Paris Opera House sings a romantic melody entitled “The Music of The Night” to the orphaned ballerina dancer Christine Daae‚ he is telling her to “Close [her]
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Luke Barnes Music History 1 4/21/2018 Highlife Music Highlife music is always changing‚ going through style changes‚ instrument changes‚ and changes in the area of Africa that it is popular. Highlife music is also very hard to define in one sentence or to put it into one category. It can loosely be defined as Africa’s popular music and the soul of a lot of musicians in Africa. It is difficult to determine when highlife music started; Authors of Highlife music hypothesize it being originated anywhere
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MICRO ENVIRONMENT/ INDUSTRY ANALYSIS The environment which is close to business and affects its capacity to work is called micro or operational environment. Industry is a group of companies which offer same or similar product or services. These products and services are close substitutes of each other. It consists of: 1 Suppliers Supplier are the people who supply raw materials and required components to the companies. Increasing prices and reducing the quality of their products are potential
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Music Lit Essay Questions 8 December 2012 1. The multi-movement cycle is when one piece comprises three or four movements For example‚ the classical era symphony‚ sonata‚ string quartet‚ and concerto all follow this cycle. THe Sonata-allegro form is a structural pattern used by composers first in the 18th century as a means to organize their music. Some people like to compare it to a basic essay format which has in introduction with a thesis‚ supporting body paragraphs‚ and conclusion that
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