Papers on Music and Musicians
Music Before It Was Recorded
Words: 292 - Pages: 2.... chant, wrote after the great Pope Gregory. It signified the religious aspect of the early to middle ages. Chants were performed as a ritual of praying and were very popular in these times.
An organum was the earliest sacred music performed in churches and many other religious stages. It could be sung in polyphonic, monophonic, or homophonic. Homophonic consists of a singer and accompaniment. Polyphonic has many contributing factors, singers, instruments, and back up singers.
Pallastrena composed many sacred masses of the Renaissance. A mass is a religious gathering of performer that sings praise to the heavens. Acupela is one perf .....
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Dave Matthews' "Dancing Nancies"
Words: 972 - Pages: 4.... the drums, the new band created a sound that almost laughed in the face of modern pop rock and quickly rose to the charts. The debut of “Dancing Nancies” on the band's first professional album entitled, Under the Table and Dreaming, was a prime example of what Dave Mathews Band was capable of.
“Dancing Nancies” encompasses life in its theme by raising an important question about it, “Could I have been anyone other then me?” Some people would read this question and see nothing more then a simple sentence. Perhaps focusing on the media exposure, they are often the ones who fail to grasp true understanding of the music. Other .....
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Woodstock Music And Art Fair
Words: 334 - Pages: 2.... well, but a
permit had already been purchased to have a concert, so not much could be
done about it.
Although the conditions were terrible, (Lack of food, sparse
sanitation facilities, drugs and alcohol, mud, to name a few) there were no
violent acts at the festival.
DRUGS
Drugs were a problem at the festival, nearly ninety percent of the
people there were smoking marijuana. There were no violence problems
though. Approximately one hundred percent of the 33 people arrested were
charged with drug-related charges.
FOOD
Food shortage was a problem since so many people showed up who the
festival organizers wree not prepare .....
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Adam Sandler's "What The Hell Happened To Me?": How Music Affects Culture
Words: 674 - Pages: 3.... out in the long run. The song shows how these traits
affect how people grow up, and what they value in life. For example, the song
talks about selling lemonade, eating popcorn, and watching parades. Then it goes
on to say he's "only happy when [he's] drinking JD" The point is that people are
changing because of society and our culture's lack of certain elements, such as
respect and discipline.
Values. The values presented by this song include the value of respect and
discipline, and the need for more strict ways to keep a young mind safe of
destruction. These values are presented in the line "I only did the things that
Mama said I shoul .....
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History Of Rock And Roll
Words: 717 - Pages: 3.... playing elaborate shows with spectacular stage performances in front of thousands of people in large arenas really angered punk bands. Punk songs were generally simple and rather short. The lyrics told the way the members of the band felt. They played small shows and did not put on any elaborate performances.
The Sex Pistols were the epitome of a punk band. They were discovered in an antifashion clothing store in London called Sex by Malcolm McLaren, the store’s owner. Johnny Rotten, the band’s lead singer, was found while singing along to the jukebox. Sid Vicious, bassist, never learned to play bass. Their sound was exactly what McL .....
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Gangsta Rap: Crime
Words: 621 - Pages: 3.... Doggy Dog or Ice Cube talk of sex, violence, beatings, and
suicide.
Hollywood, the country's Mecca for TV and movies, is another
contaminated disaster area. This area has given us hero's such as Clint
Eastwood, Humphrey Bogart, and Bruce Willis. Once filmmakers would evoke sexual
interests through eye contact or a touch of the leg. Today cinematographers
resort to graphic sexual acts and horrific beatings. A poll by Newsweek stated
that sexual moderation and fidelity are normal for both married people and for
those who live together. In contrast, 7 out of 8 televised sexual encounters
involve extramarital sex (Newsweek, 1994). Th .....
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The Beatles
Words: 830 - Pages: 4.... the foundation for what would later be the most famous rock band ever. The
original band members were as follows : John Lennon, vocals and guitar ; Paul
McCartney, vocals ; George Harrison, guitar ; Pete Best, drums ; Stuart
Sutcliffe, bass guitar.
In March of 1961, the Beatles began to play at the club that would
later be nicknamed "The Home of the Beatles". The Cavern Club, which's premises
comprised a small group of cellars below a seven story warehouse which had
originally been used as an air raid shelter during the war. Later, Alan Sytner,
a jazz fan decided to open it up as a new jazz club. After a few years, he sold
it to Ray Mc .....
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Rap Music
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era where the slightiest thing could upset any one,like teaching
masturbation in public schools or teaching about the creation of the world
in christian point of view. We, the society are trying the screen
everything, to protect are children from being harm. But its harm we are
inflecting on are soon to be leaders of the world,for example tring to
banned sex education from the schools,screening the TV from harmful life
scaring scenes of nudity,music being edited because of the used of the word
"NIGGER" "BITCH" "JEW" "HOE" etc. Now rap singers are just telling stories
about drug dealing, getting beat up by police officers,gangland sla .....
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A Cappella? Is That How You Spell It?
Words: 1180 - Pages: 5.... that the Italian a cappella is preferred over
the Latin a capella (one "p") yet both are technically correct. Why do those
dictionaries muddy the waters with two spellings?
The phrase was first used in Italian Catholic churches, where Latin was the
language for sacred text. Thus, the Latin spelling for 'in the style of the
chapel' - a capella - has some historical basis. However, most other musical
terms - forte, accelerando, and many others - are Italian in origin. Since the
Italian spelling is more consistent with other musical terms, it has been used
more frequently.
Given the difficulty of spelling our favorite style of music, w .....
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Progression Of Music From The 1940's To The Present
Words: 1014 - Pages: 4.... to be known as Rock &
Roll. Many of the artists took advantage of the Electric guitar, developed for
popular music in the 1930's but never really became popular until the 50's.
Rock & Roll was a combination of many music styles in an upbeat sort of fashion.
One example of when country had an impact on Rock & Roll was with Bill Haley and
Jerry Lee Lewis. Jerry's career was huge, with his hits like "Whole Lotta
Shakin' goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire". That is, his career was huge,
until the it was made public that he fell in love with a married his 13 year old
cousin. In 1957 Rock & Roll had been turned upsidedown when Buddy Holly h .....
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