Name: Kellie Rong Section Instructor (GSI): Antonette Marilyn Adiova Musicology 139 (Fall 2011) Paper #1: World Music CD Report Newly Arranged Chinese Folk Songs is an anthology of Chinese folk music that originated from both Northern and Southern China. Featuring opera singer and concert soloist‚ Dr. Mei Zhong’s operatic soprano vocals along with young composer‚ Dr. TingYi Ma’s fusion of modern atonal music and traditional Chinese tunes‚ the arrangements in this CD bring forward a blend of
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to pass their dances down to their students. The lineages of dance and dancers are now traceable back several generations. Current Styles of Dance in Korea (1) In modern Korea‚ there are at least six different kinds of dance: – Court‚ Folk‚ Shamanistic‚ Confucian‚ Buddhist‚ Modern concert dance Today‚ these classifications usually refer to the style of dance rather than the occupation‚ class‚ or religion of the dancers. National dance academies teach these forms. Current
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Characteristics of Folk Literature Setting Character Plot Theme Style Folktales employ certain characteristics or conventions common to virtually all tales. The most familiar involve the setting‚ character‚ plot‚ theme and conflict‚ and style. A. Setting Most folktale settings remove the tale from the real world‚ taking us to a time and place where animals talk‚ witches and wizards roam‚ and magic spells are commonplace. The settings are usually unimportant and
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The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. DuBois W. E. B. Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folk is a work in African American literature and an American classic. In this work Du Bois proposes that "The problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line." His concepts of life behind the veil of race and the resulting "double-consciousness‚ this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others‚" have become touchstones for thinking about race in America. In addition to these
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trying to limit the violence and were more about the almighty dollar before anything. The gangs that did not join People or Folks in the late 70s basically went through hell on the streets; they were surrounded on all sides by gangs that would team up to destroy them. Since Folk and People nation gangs consisted of mostly the biggest gangs in the city‚ gangs that were not Folk or People were being crushed by both sides in certain neighborhoods. starting early gang violence has been calming the lives
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Du Bois‚ W. E. B. The Souls of Black Folk. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co.; [Cambridge]: University Press John Wilson and Son‚ Cambridge‚ U.S.A.‚ 1903; In The souls of black folk Du Bois examines the years immediately following the Civil War‚ he relates this to his experiences as a schoolteacher in rural Tennessee‚ and then he turns his attention to critique materialism in the city of Atlanta where the attention to gaining wealth threatens to replace all other considerations. Rather‚ Du Bois argues
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The Elements of Dance What is Dance? Dance is the art form in which human movement becomes the medium for sensing‚ understanding‚ and communicating ideas‚ feelings‚ and experiences. Dance provides a way of learning—one that develops communication abilities‚ problem solving techniques‚ and creative and critical thinking skills along with kinesthetic abilities. At its core‚ the goal of dance education is to engage students in artistic experiences through the processes of creation‚ performance and
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remain the same. Appalachian Folk Music Celtic folk tunes were derived from their roots in the Appalachians. Many of the sub-genres that came from this area eventually turned into country music. Fiddling Short bow saw stroke Became waltzes and polkas in the following century (19th century) Lined out hymnody New England Colonial Music Began with pilgrim colonists Roman Catholicism Bay Psalm Book (Cambridge‚ MA - 1640) became standard by New England churches Secular Folk Music Instrumental music‚ as
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infatuated with folk music. Folk music’s foundations were laid in the early part of the twentieth century by the International Workers of the World‚ or the IWW. The first members of the IWW penned songs as part of the effort to establish workers equality and rights‚ and would sing protest songs while marching in demonstrations. However‚ during the Red Scare following WWI‚ state and federal authorities raided the IWW offices and shut down the organization. Folk music was rescued
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is the fourth studio album of the famous Chinese folk singer Gong Lin Na‚ which was recorded in China in 2007. The producer is Gong’s husband‚ Robert Zollitsch. Jing Ye Si is originally one of the most famous Chinese poems by the great poet Li Bai inTang Dynasty. Gong was born in Gui Yang Province‚ which has a great population of different minority ethnic groups compared to other provinces. As a result‚ Gong absorbed the rich nutrition from the folk cultures of Chinese minority ethnic groups in her
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