Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is the world’s foremost manufacturer of guitars‚ basses‚ amplifiers and related equipment. With an illustrious history dating back to 1946‚ Fender has touched and transformed music worldwide and in nearly every genre: rock n’ roll‚ country and western‚ jazz‚ rhythm and blues and many others. Everyone from beginners and hobbyists to the world’s most acclaimed artists and performers have used Fender instruments and amps‚ and legendary Fender instruments such
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Opera Term Paper The Development of The Rock Musical In the Late 20th Century Rock opera in its narrow definition seems to be a purely British phenomenon‚ possibly because at the time of its arrival England‚ as opposed to the United States‚ had not found its musical theater voice yet: while musical theater was booming in the United States from the early twentieth century onwards‚ England didn’t develop a popular musical tradition until the late 1960s‚ when Andrew Lloyd
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movie “High School Musical” was released in January 2006‚ debuting near the bottom of the Top 200 in the United States. Seven weeks later‚ after the Disney Channel premiere of the movie‚ it hit #1. Disney knew that the movie was going to be big‚ but no one could expect that this musical‚ with a cast of six unknown actors would become a worldwide phenomenon. The promotion of the movie started on New Year’s Eve in Disney Channel‚ introducing the cast and playing some musical segments of the movie
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From West Side Story to Spring Awakening: The Evolution of the American Musical Broadway‚ also known as The Great White Way‚ no matter how you chose to describe it‚ they describe a place that for over one hundred years has put on the most spectacular musicals in the world. From Ancient Greece to the Globe Theatre and finally to Broadway‚ these places have all been known for being “the” place for plays and musicals. “Broadway is the street in New York that has come to symbolize live theater entertainment
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Chicago Black Sox Scandal Baseball‚ like many other things in the early nineteen hundreds‚ was quickly becoming popular. Almost every American at was a fan of baseball‚ which meant that any gamblers who were excellent at guessing could make a very large sum of money by picking the winning team. Some people‚ however‚ did not feel the need to guess‚ but simply rig the game‚ which is how the Chicago Black Sox Scandal of 1919 came about. It started out with a group of gamblers who came up with the
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notorious scandal in baseball history. Eight players from the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the series against the Cincinnati Reds. Details of the scandal and the extent to which each man was involved have always been unclear. It was‚ however‚ front-page news across the country and‚ despite being acquitted of criminal charges‚ the players were banned from professional baseball for life. The players on Charles Comiskey’s 1919 Chicago White Sox team were paid a measly sum compared to what many
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Learning to play a musical instrument is important – We all remember when we were young‚ going around and hitting things and calling it music - even if it wasn’t. We all remember going out with friends‚ and dancing and singing to our favourite song. We all remember the many different musical instruments that music teacher’s threw at us. We all remember thinking ‘this is pointless‚ how can music ever help us?’ Where some people believe that music isn’t important‚ I believe that music does help
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Music of Latin America Mayan Musical Traditions Mayan musical traditions are characterized by a hybrid nature of pre and post Encounter traditions‚ instrumentation‚ beliefs‚ practice and performance. Today someone can examine contemporary Mayan music to identify these European and indigenous characteristics. This paper is about the scholarly literature and musical selections of Mayan music to confirm the premise of hybridization. The social context of Mayan music today
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B4 6 December 2012 The Effects of Race on the city of Chicago Chicago has been known for its violence. Many claim that it is due to class while others think it is due to race. Research of gangs typically does not include the role of race‚ though a closer look at gangs in Chicago tells a story of hatred between races. Frederic Thrasher‚ an experienced sociologist of gang research‚ followed Robert Park‚ a noted liberal and leader of the Chicago Urban League‚ in arguing that gangs were the problem
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of women in the musical life of the 19th century. Due: 4 October 2012 The 19th century was an era of change. There were lots of progression in technology‚ science‚ and philosophy that gradually turned European society away from the past centuries. Women’s status in the 19th century Europe also changed. Many of the 19th century women were able to have a profession as they received higher and wider education‚ and also allowed to have more participation in society. In the musical life of 19th century
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