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    here today because I want to tell you all about Indonesian Traditional music call “ Keroncong” . The history of Keroncong music itself was started when the Portugese invaded Indonesia in the 16th century‚ this music was first introduced by the sailors and the slaves on the portugese ship as known as “Fadu”. But weakening Influence of the portugese in the 17th century did not make “Keroncong” disappear from Indonesia. This music just continued to grow in Indonesia. In the early 19th century some Indonesian

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    It is arguable that some Romantic music made greater demands upon its listeners than did music of previous historical periods. What were those demands? Why did these changes come about? And what strategies can you formulate for listening to this music today? In consideration of the musical changes present in the Romantic era‚ this essay will contend that these changes are very much related to the wider social and technological changes in society around that time. Thus‚ it is important

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    There are many different types of music in the world‚ and each one is different because of certain characteristics that help to make that genre stand apart from all the others. One of these genres is Jazz. Jazz is a type of music that was created mainly by black Americans during the early twentieth century‚ and is a combination of American and African tribal music. There are many different characteristics that set Jazz apart from every other kind of music‚ but there are three main distinctions; the

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    Motown music was created in the suburbs of Detroit‚ Michigan in the late 1950s. Motown was born when Berry Gordy founded his record company Tamla Records‚ a branch of which was called Motown. Gordy‚ an entrepreneur and visionary‚ helped write and produce many early songs of the type. The company became a big hit in the midwest and eventually all across America. Gordy‚ being an african-american man in the 1950s‚ was a huge believer in Civil Rights. He recorded and put out Martin Luther King‚ Jr’s

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    OVERVIEW OF CHINESE COMPANY LAW (I) Legal characteristics of Modern Company A modern company has a set of legal characteristics: 1. Independent legal personality 2. Limited liability 3. Transferability of shares / interests 4. Centralised Management 5. Investor Ownership These characteristics respond to the economic exigencies of the large modern business. 1. Independent Legal Personality Meaning: - Independent from investors and the management; - Counter-party in corporate

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    blues‚ and R&B music. Jazz musicians also improvise over a harmonic progression‚ known as changes which are a series of chords played in a strict rhythmic sequence. Composers also arrange triads into patterns called progressions. At the main points in the melody‚ the triads give the song a sense of forward movement ("progression"). Composers traditionally wrote progressions using only three or four different triads. However the jazz musicians of the "Bebop Era" revolutionized music by creating progressions

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    right. It is true that modern country music has adopted many characteristics of other music varieties. But while some contemporary music has branched out into other genres‚ a good deal of it has kept all the twang and texture of what some people consider to be real country. The country music of today has not abandoned the authenticity of the country music of yesteryear; rather it has expanded the entire genre allowing for greater variation and more popularity. Country music originated from the

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    There weren’t enough seats‚" says James Knowlson‚ Beckett’s friend and official biographer. They also couldn’t have realised that this play‚ beginning its shoestring-budget run on 5 January 1953‚ was going to be seen as one of the pivotal moments in modern drama. International appeal So why has Waiting for Godot proved so durable? How has Beckett’s work outlasted the other iconoclasts and angry young writers of the 1950s and 1960s? "I would suggest the answer lies in its ambiguities. So much is suggested

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    Christianity and the Modern Music Industry Christon Linstad Regent University October 7th‚ 2011 Abstract Christianity and contemporary music has had a long love/hate relationship. Music is often charged with being a corrupter of today’s youth and a challenger of Christian moral values. The fear of corruption is still evident today by the campaign Tipper Gore led to put warning labels on recordings that contain offensive material. On November 1‚ 1985‚ before the hearing ended‚ the RIAA

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    Romantic and Modern Composers As social and political views changed throughout history‚ a revolution in the art world followed. Artists use their pieces to explain their point of view‚ this includes writers‚ painters‚ and especially musicians. The end of the French Revolution inspired hope and visions for the future‚ which musicians responded by entering the Romantic period. In order to compare musicians in the Romantic period and those in the modern era‚ we must look into the stylistic choices

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