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Known Appalachian Song Writers Musicians And Singers
649 wordsAppalachian Musicians And Singers and The Songs They Write Growing up in Appalachia and around its music has made a great impact only life. I can remember, as if it were yesterday sitting on grandpa's front porch with my family singing along with Hillbilly songs on the radio. Alongwith entertaining the music eased the tensions of living a meager existence in Appalachia. By relating with these song writers and the stories in there songs we somehow find our life less tedious and more bearable. Mos...
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Choir Boys In Music
325 wordsHeinrich Schutz 1585-1672 Born in Bad Lost riz in 1585 and moved to Landgrave in 1598 where he served as the choir boy and studied with Georg Otto. Schutz studied law at the Universtiy of Marburg, but was advised to instead study music with Gabrielli and Landgrave gave him the means to do so. Heinrich Schutz studied with Giovani Gabrielli from 1609-1672. He composed a poly choral psalm setting that is much in the style of his teacher, Gabrielli. During this time Schutz was employed by the Electo...
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Handel's Greatest Operas
1,007 wordsHandel, George Frideric (1685-1759), one of the greatest composers of the late baroque period (1700-50) and, during his lifetime, perhaps the most internationally famous of all musicians. Handel was born February 24, 1685, in Halle, Germany, to a family of no musical distinction. His own musical talent, however, manifested itself so clearly that before his tenth birthday he began to receive, from a local organist, the only formal musical instruction he would ever have. Although his first job, be...
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Just Being A Listener Of Music
483 wordsThe Musician There are many styles of music and many various ways in which to enjoy them. This is only rivaled by the number of people on the planet that have invented them. Through out history the various evolutions of traditions have used music as part of their cultures, ceremonies, and religions. However, one thing has always been unique to all of these things - the musicians themselves - the ones making the music. These unsung misfits have endured time and are the common thread throughout hi...
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Handel's Water Music George Frideric
1,258 wordsGeorge Frideric Handel's Water Music George Frideric Handel's Water Music Not only is George Frideric Handel's Water Music extraordinarily beautiful, it also helped to establish the orchestral suite as a legitimate art form. Written to be performed outside instead of in a theater, it remains one of the most outstanding compositions in Handel's catalogue. Even though it is somewhat overplayed, the Water Music continues to be a very popular work of art. By nature of the venue this great work was t...
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Music Of The Ars Antiqua Time Period
599 wordsAdam De La Halle and Ars Antiqua Time Period Life Summary Adam de la Halle is often referred to as the greatest of the long succession of post Medieval musicians. He was a poet, musician and innovator of the earliest French theater. He became famous for his use of polyphony and his theatrical productions. Adam originally trained for the clergy (the people of the church). Marriage interfered with his musical career; but with the help of some noble benefactors he was able to pursue musical studies...
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Country Bluegrass Modern Folk Musical Instruments
784 wordsAppalachian MusicAppalachee - people on the other side Folk music - What is folk music? Traditional songs existing in countries. Handed down through generations. Passes on by word of mouth, not written in musical notation. Don't know who wrote it. Melody and lyrics change as they are passed on. Folk Music is History in song: Tells about daily lives. Tells about Special events - often tragedies, themes of romance, battle, adventure, and history. Purpose of folk music: Entertainment, recreation, s...
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Chamber Music For The Clarinet
1,591 wordsAlexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847 and died on April 2, 1922. He is the guy who we all have to thank for inventing the telephone, without him how could we communicate? In 1866 Bell experimented on the thought of how to produce vowel sounds. He came up with the thought of combing the note of electrically driven forks, which gave him the idea of telegraphing speech. Bell with the lack of electric knowledge, ask for help from a local electrical shop owner named Thomas A. Watson. After ...
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Music Censorship
624 wordsMusic Censorship: The Circumstances Causing the Controversy Imagine, if you will, a world where we are told what music to sing, what music to play, and even what we may listen to in the privacy of our own homes. That world already exists as a reality in more countries that you might imagine, and that very reality is knocking on our door: In the USA, lobbying groups have succeeded in keeping popular music off the concert stage, out of the media, and off of the shelves. Of course, if presented wit...
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E Empowered Indie Musicians
464 wordsI heard the term 'indie' bounced around a lot these days and I wonder what the definition of indie is. I think of it as a reference to a musician, small record label or film company without an affiliation with a major corporation. I read this article by Bob Baker, the author of 'Branding Yourself Online: How to Use the Internet to Become a Celebrity or Expert in Your Field' and the 'Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook. ' He defines I-N-D-I-E as: I - Inspired He said to embrace the indie frame of ...
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Heavy Metal In Respect To Harmony
1,101 wordsFor thousands of years music has been a major highlight of every culture around the world. Music has been used in diverse ways, ranging from worship to gods, holiday celebrations, to even national identity as in the case of national anthems. Music is without a doubt, man's best friend. It is present in every scenario of human life. It can be heard in the house, in the car, at work, at the store, at church, even to the extent that it is used in the bathroom. Its emotional influence in the lives o...
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Their Positions With Life Teen Music Ministry
702 words5655 Cassidy Rd. Hermitage, PA, 16148724-962-Rev. D.G. Davis January 3, 200279 Case Ave. Sharon, PA, 16146 Dear Father Davis: This letter is to inform you that I am resigning as Director of the Life Teen Music Ministry effective June 30, 2001. I have not reached this decision easily, but I feel this is an appropriate one at this time. My position with the Life Teen Music Ministry has been challenging and a true learning experience. Looking back to the beginning of this year, I truly believe the ...
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Portishead's Music
537 wordsIn 1997 I've attended the live concert of band Portishead, which was held in Roseland Ballroom, New York. This was the first live musical performance that I have even been to. Partially, because of it, this concert has left me deeply impressed. But it was also the quality of the music and authentic band's style that instantly made a Portishead's fan out of me. The first thing that turned out to be a completely different from my idea of live concert, was the fact the band was playing in the middl...
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Gorsh's Compassion Toward The Mother Mouse
806 wordsJapan 322 February 12, 1997 Prof. Janice Brown Grade: 82% The Triumph of "Gorsh the Cellist" Miyazawa Kenji's children's story "Gorsh the Cellist" takes us on a journey of discovery about the human condition and overwhelms us with a tale of triumph. Each step is like a microcosm of the whole - as though each step were a journey in itself. Kenji's stories are set against the whole of the universe - a world replete with people, animals, and all the elements of nature. All hold discourse together. ...
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Mainstream Music
499 wordsA line of people forms out in the cold. The tired, weary masses huddle together. All have one singular goal on their mind. All are infused with fanatical fervor. All share a common yearning. The door swings open, and at last the new N Sync CD is available to a slew of young girls. This is not an uncommon occurrence. The marketing of "music" often does have this effect on impressionable minds. Unfortunately, decent music has not become apparent to the mainstream for over ten years. I intend to pr...
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Music
301 wordsI think music should return to the joy us symphony of life. Popular musicians help with the healing process of the transition to modern day music. So I say what are we waiting for? When it comes right down to it it could be suggested that music is simply pleasure for our auditory senses, . I believe it goes much deeper than this. I would like to suggest that music, even in its simplest form has the ability to reform and re mould emotions as they come to us. A good piece of music can very easily ...
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Music
817 wordsMy World View The concept of worldview is a very important topic. Worldview would also be important in establishing a person's identity, and the influence it has on a person's interpretation of surrounding emotions and feelings. This would be essential to a person's view of the world and the environment. I often view my surroundings in a way that alters and provides myself with different ways of thinking. One example would be music and appreciating things that come to you. Music has been a very ...
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Main Attraction In Handel's Operas
607 wordsGeorg Friedrich Handel was one of the most accomplished Baroque composers in his time. Born in Halle, Germany in 1685, he was the son of a wealthy barber who wanted his son to become a lawyer. However, he displayed such musical aptitude with the harpsichord, organ, oboe, counterpoint and fugue, he became an assistant with Friedrich Zach av, organist of the cathedral of Halle. However, Handel entered the University of Halle, but quickly withdrew, and left for the University of Hamburg, to study m...
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Dark Ambient Music
3,116 wordsAmbient Music And The Impulse Towards Deconstruction Ambient Music And The Impulse Towards Deconstruction Out of Light? cometh Darkness, dark ambient music and the impulse towards deconstruction? 2000 Daniel du Prie 1.? These recordings may be seen as a notation of our dead minded society, but not as a reaction against it, we will all become ambient dead heads, if not ? (Archon Satani, In Shelter, liner note, 1994) If not, then ellipsis. The conditional clause of fact, followed by an open-ended ...
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Very Famous Musical Called West Side Story
561 wordsBy Bernstein Leonard Bernstein By Amy Lyn Walker Leonard Bernstein was born on August 25, 1918 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He's family emigrated to the United States. They were Russian Jews. As a young child, Leonard learned to play the piano and he attended Harvard University. He attended courses and lectures held by Edward Burl ingham Hill, Water Piston, and Arthur Tillman n Merritt. He received his diploma in 1939. He studied under Isabella Vengerova, a talented piano player at the Curtis Ins...
