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    (Canto 30‚ lines 40-41). Yet another Ancient Greek story helps to support how Dante was influenced by works done by Virgil. Soon afterward‚ Dante notices‚ “a soul shaped like a lute‚” (Canto 30‚ line 49). This is another simile that gives one a clear picture of the soul’s‚ or Master Adamo’s‚ disproportioned body. The lute is also a reference to Ancient Greece‚ where the instrument was played often and even popped up in many mythological stories. Master Adamo is one of the counterfeiters of coins

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    Essays on the Origins of Western Music by David Whitwell Essay Nr. 138: Music of the Renaissance Banquet From a musical perspective‚ the most important music heard at Renaissance banquets was that heard when the banquet was concluded. The brief concerts‚ that is to say the moment when music was actually listened to by contemplative listeners‚ which were always specified as taking place “after the tables were cleared‚” were really an important step toward today’s

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    air vibrating. – Trumpet‚ Flute‚ Organ etc. Membranophone -sound produced by a vibrating membrane Idiophone -Sound caused by the body of the instrument vibrating (cowbell‚ wood blocks) Chordophone -Sound produced by a vibrating string. *Lute- Has a body and a neck *Zither- Only has a body Listening -Listen beyond the surface -What different sounds are there - How is it organized Music Stuff -Where is it from? -Genre -Composed or improvised -Metric or non metric -Instrumentation

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    American culture is highly complex because the United States is a country of immigrants. Along with indigenous cultures‚ there are numerous sub-cultures. The United States’ music culture is a result of mixed musical cultures. Also‚ new immigrants continue to bring their own culture into the country. 1. What two areas have preserved traditional Anglo music? New England and the Southern Appalachians have preserved traditional Anglo music more than any other region. 2. Where is Appalachia? Appalachia

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    in the Medieval period? 13. What are the secular genres of the Medieval Period? 14. What are the sacred genres of the Medieval period? 15. Who are the main Medieval composers? 16. The difference between a cantata and a sonata; 17. Know what a lute (a kind of stringed instrument) looks like; 18. Dates of the Baroque Period; 19. Characteristic qualities of harmony during the Classical period; 20. The names of the sections of a Classical Sonata-Allegro form; 21. The Romantic Period dates 22

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    Sadness of Christ John Skelton (1460-1529) A ballade of the Scottysshe Kynge Sir Thomas Wyatt(1503-1542) My Lute Awake! Once‚ As Methought‚ Fortune Me Kissed They Flee From Me The restful place ! renewer of my smart It may be good‚ like it who list In faith I wot not what to say There Was Never Nothing More Me Pained Patience ! though I have not Though I Cannot Your Cruelty Constrain Blame Not My Lute My Pen ! Take Pain The heart and service to you proffer’d Is It Possible? And Wilt Thou Leave Me Thus

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    Strozzi: Begli occhi Barabara Strozzi (1619-1677) was an Italian Baroque singer and composer. It had been suggested that Strozzi was a courtesan ‚ and while it is ture she possessed the srtistic skills of this profesion – singing‚ playing the lute and writing poetry- it still remains a theory. Her singing and overall musical talents were praised by her contemporaries ‚ noting her “bold and graceful singing”. She published many of her compositions throughout her life one of them even dedicating

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    ballad of Sir Patrick Spence‚ This night‚ so tranquil now‚ will not go hence Unroused by winds‚ that ply a busier trade Than those which mould yon cloud in lazy flakes‚ Or the dull sobbing draft‚ that moans and rakes Upon the strings of this Æolian lute‚ Which better far were mute. For lo! the New-moon winter-bright! And overspread with phantom light‚ (With swimming phantom light o’erspread But rimmed and circled by a silver thread) I see the old Moon in her lap‚ foretelling The coming-on of

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    last count. It can be done on the spot‚ traveling forwards and backwards or diagonally in the basic form. The carriage of the dancers is quite erect and dignified. The music for Zapin comes from an ensemble of traditional instruments which include the lute (gambus)‚ gypsy-type bongos (marwas) and the violin. There are no hard and fast rules as to the number of dancers that perform. However because of the very interactive nature of this dance‚ it is usually performed in pairs. The dancers can then play

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