. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 4. Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 4 Foreword Paul Dunmall’s ‘Big Key’ – an all-embracing musical vision At many points in his career‚ renowned British saxophonist Paul Dunmall has been asked about his approach to improvisation – what his „concept‟ is; how and why he plays the way he does. That is a very big‚ important‚ and dauntingly difficult
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Describe: Imaginative‚ artistic‚ captivating and breathe taking are a few words to describe the true beauty of Indigenous Australian art‚ music and dance. These three aspects of the Indigenous culture are also part of the Torres Strait Island culture who "together make up 2.4% of the Australian population" (Macklin‚ 2004). These people express their personal experiences and the Indigenous Australian history through art work‚ dance and song. For example‚ an art piece may be about the creation of
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the idea to write a musical based on Romeo and Juliette.The story was originally planned to be call East Side Story and was going to be about a Jewish boy and a Italian Catholic girl. Due to other priorities they only started planning again after six years had gone by and changed the name of the musical and the theme. Finally West Side Story(WSS) opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on the 26th September 1957 and it was performed over 700 times before going on tour. The musical is historically known
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Alfred Rosenberg were more focused on education‚ media‚ and the visual arts. At the largest musical gathering held by the Nazis‚ the 1938 Reichsmusiktage‚ Goebbels was remarkably vague in specifying Nazi music goals. Although some loose guidelines were put in place‚ the definition of ‘degenerate’ music continued to change through the lifespan of the regime. One reason for this failure to establish concrete musical standards was the continuing in-fighting between officials responsible for music regulation
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Bob Fosse is a choreographer‚ dancer and director best known for Tony Award-winning musicals including Chicago and Cabaret. Bob Fosse was born in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ on June 23‚ 1927. A trained dancer‚ Fosse achieved success as a choreographer and director of stage and screen musicals. Fosse took an early interest in dance‚ displaying unusual skill. His parents supported his interest‚ enrolling him in formal dance training. By his early teens‚ Fosse was dancing professionally in local nightclubs.
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Analyzing The Entire Film "Chicago" (2002) Understanding movies comes from describing and analyzing the cinematic‚ theatrical‚ and literary elements that combine to create meaning. These steps create a basic understanding of the artistic and technical elements found in moviemaking. In addition‚ the major characteristics of different film genres and classic movies will be analyzed. The purpose of this paper is analyzing the Academy Award winning film Chicago. This paper will describe the six
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Rent is personally one of my all time favorite productions. It is a Broadway musical and motion picture that is set in New York City’s East Village during a time period when HIV and AIDS was a common issue. This musical expresses many other issues through its content. Most of these issues are things that the characters must learn to deal with and try to fix throughout the span of the film. Some of the problems depicted are the characters struggling with drugs‚ understanding sexuality‚ paying their
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of musical history is the Medieval Era‚ otherwise known as the Middle Age Period. During this period‚ the Church was the center of social life‚ learning‚ and the arts. In the early centuries of the Christian Church‚ Saint Gregory‚ who was Pope at that time‚ arranged and collected choral works in the form of chants‚ now called the Gregorian chant. This is music composed with a single melodic line. Polyphony‚ on the other hand‚ is music with two or more melodic lines in one harmony. The musical notation
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inspirational figure in the world of theatre. His beautiful music and recent musical theatre takes on older films has captured many people’s love. Many‚ many people‚ whether knowingly or unknowingly‚ have heard a version of one of Andrew’s songs. The following is a quick overview of his active life and compositions. Youth and First Creations Born in 1948‚ Webber was raised in South Kensington‚ London‚ England by a very musical family. His father was an organist and composer‚ teaching at England’s Royal
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Monteverdi’s Lamento della ninfa is an excellent example of what a lament should be. A lament is always an expression of grief or sorrow and usually over a loss of love. This loss of love may be due to the death of the loved one or betrayal (such is this case). The lament is not a complaint about unhappy or unrequited love‚ but it is a manifestation of sadness. In most cases‚ Lamento della ninfa included‚ the lamenter is tormented simultaneously by the past‚ present‚ and future: the memories
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