1. Describe some of the influence of Latin music in the US in the early part of the twentieth century.…
The item I chose to do was my clarinet as my object and the Cittern as my object from The Met. I have chosen these two objects, because they have a lot in common as they are both musical instruments. The cittern was made roughly in 1685 made by German man, Joachim Tielke. The material used to make this was cypress, ivory, ebony, parchment, and brass. The cittern is 24 ⅞ in by 9 5/16 in. Also, this was made in Hamburg, Germany, so it is a german instrument. This was used to play music during church services and ceremonies such as weddings and funerals. But a lot of aristocrats played this, and then become more popular between the sixteenth and seventeenth century. It is mainly a folk instrument, which why it was then created into what we call…
Mark Sullivan, “‘More Popular Than Jesus’: The Beatles and the Religious Far Right Author(s),” Popular Music 6/3 (October 1987): 313–26.…
The poem writer, Audre Geraldine Lorde was born on February 18, 1934, in New York City. She was one of the leading African-American poet who her voice gave support with regards to racism, gender and sexuality. Her love for poetry writing started from her young age as a teenager. She also attended school at the Hunter College, she worked very hard in other to support herself throughout her school years to support. And later on, after she graduated from college in 1959, she went further in the pursuit of her master’s degree for Library science from Columbia University in 1961.…
Senior year is like listening to a broken radio that repeats the same phrase over and over again. As an incoming freshman in college, we are still unable to throw this broken radio out. We've been forced to listen to the phrase "How are you going be successful in college?" I believe that everyone has a different definition of being successful in college. For me, being successful in college is keeping up with my grades and living my life to the fullest.…
“.....and suddenly she’s there. Really there. A flesh-and-blood person, not a specter” (Forman 52). In the book Where She Went by: Gayle Forman, the sequel to If I Stay is told from Adam’s perspective not Mia’s. When Mia left for Juilliard after the crash, her and Adam tried to keep in touch. After a while, Mia cut him off and essentially broke up with him. Now it’s three years later and Adam is a huge rockstar and Mia is finally getting her career going. Adam is in New York to do some recording and Mia is there playing at Carnegie Hall. Adam finds himself at Carnegie hall listening to her play, and ends up seeing Mia backstage. They end up exploring New York together. After reading Where She Went, the reader can evaluate characters, formulate questions and predict what might happen next.…
I composed my piece in the following way; my goal was to create a composition based around the genre of reggae which is a strand of Caribbean music. After some research into…
The essay will describe the key musical and stylistic features of the Rock genre during the 1960s with the ‘Merseybeat’ genre as the foundation of 60s rock. The essay will set out why the Beatles and the social phenomenon of the “British invasion” are crucial to development of the emergence and reception of Anglo-American Rock music during the 1960s.…
In the story, repetition and strands of music take on a role of a character for Connie, offering a safe haven for a troubled girl.…
Mia isn’t really sure how to view the world because she’s very different from the rest of her family who are punk, rock type of people who have totally different views and beliefs on the world. Mia is pretty much a quiet individual who keeps to herself. Mia is also basically trying to figure out life and is trying to find her way and her place in the world. That’s what she’s…
If I were making a soundtrack to my life, I would pick the song“Listen to Mama’s Words” by Jay Zhou, “ Father” by Chopstick Brother, “One Likes Summer the Other Likes Autumn” by Weiqi Fan, the music “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s and “Nocturne” by Chopin.…
Music is a big part of people’s lives and it can be accessed so easily. People can hear music anywhere they go on their phones. Many people like to listen to music whenever they are doing other tasks. Others feel that the music distracts them from the work they are performing. In my opinion, I do not like listening to music when I am working on certain tasks that require thinking or concentration because do not concentration. I love listening to music in my free time. If there is music on while I am doing a task, then I am more likely to be paying attention to the music than concentrating on the task. When I listen to music, I like to pay attention to the lyrics even though I already know them word by word. Don’t you want to find out whether…
From my early childhood, all the way until now and I am sure to the future and beyond I have been fascinated by music. I have loved to listening to, playing, singing, and writing music as well. I can vividly remember when I was very young in our family room we had a stereo and my family and I would dance and play along to music. I specifically remember The Beatles and The Eagles. I had a small plastic snare drum that I use to use until sadly I stepped on it. Both of my Uncles played music and were in a band themselves. My Uncle Ed was a drummer and my Uncle Ronnie was a guitarist and a singer. I remember going to concerts for their band a t a young age as well.…
Music has been around for ages and has influenced multitudes of people culturally, socially, and economically. Music brings people together, and likewise can separate them. In the United States, music is easily accessible. With the technology we have today, music can be heard with the click of a button. Today, the internet has become greatly influential on how music is spread amongst people. The internet (e.g. streaming services online) is affecting the music industry in positive and negative ways with the amount of money or revenue being brought in. To listen to a song today, you don’t have to buy or download it. You simply stream it. (Woodruff, “Can the Music “) According to PBS’ Judy Woodruff, “that has led to a profound shift in the industry…
Mia Hall, who is one of the most important main characters, is seventeen years old, plays the cello, and is mostly a quiet person. Mia loves classical music and practiced on her cello whenever she had the chance. Mia’s parents and her eight year old brother Teddy are also main characters in the story. Mia’s father, Denny, was in a band up until her younger brother Teddy was three weeks old. He realized at that point that he didn’t want to be like that anymore and needed to change for his family. Denny went back to grad school to become a teacher and changed the way he dressed completely, from “rocker” to “old school sophisticated”. He began wearing suits and ties and Mia hated this change. Mia’s mother, Kat, is very protective of others, very loyal, and has quite a bad mouth. Kat loves rock music and does not approve of Mia’s love for classical music but grows to respect her passion for it. Mia and her mother have a close relationship and Kat always offers her best advice to Mia. Mia’s brother, Teddy, is nine years younger than her. Teddy looks just like his parents, with blonde hair and light eyes, while Mia is the complete opposite with dark hair and dark eyes. He looks up to Mia and she is the only person who can do certain things with Teddy, like read the nest chapter of the Harry Potter books to him before bed. Adam Wilde is Mia’s boyfriend, they have been together for over…