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Journey through 19th and 20th Century Music

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Included in the program music is Respighi’s ‘Gli Uccelli’, written in 1928 and based on 17th and 18th century music in an attempt to transcribe birdsong into musical notation, and illustrate bird actions, such as fluttering wings, or scratching feet, Mozart’s ‘Piano Concerto No. 21’, written in 1785 rapidly after his previous piece called ‘D minor concerto K. 466’, Satie’s...

Why do you Want to be Drum Major Essay

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This year has been a bit of a challenge, I came upon a lot of obstacles, it was a challenge at times but I found ways to overcome it. I only wanna talk about one today, it’s about the way I had to step up and take the role of being a leader. As a young musician, I have always...

The Development of American Rock and Roll

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Rock and Roll is a combination of country music, rhythm, blues, bluegrass, country, reggae, jazz, gospel and psychedelic rock. It started in the 50’s and really hit the fan in the 60’s with artists like The Grateful Dead, The Eagles, Metallica, Guns ‘N’ Roses and many more. Rock and Roll typically started with the piano and saxophone which then moved...

This Is America Song Analysis

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The song This Is America, they are trying inform viewers of how America isn’t what we perceive it to be. In the video he appears to show a contrast of popular contrast culture’s perception of black experience and its often brutal reality by juxtaposing happy, carefree choruses and dark, aggressive verses. In the beginning when he shots the African American...

Song For The Wandering Jew Analysis

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This is one of those poems by Wordsworth which has rarely been a subject to any literary criticism. And probably the reason can be related to the amount of attention generally given to the Jewish Community in Europe. The title seems to be referring to the homelessness of the Jew Community because during the time of Wordsworth—the eighteenth Century—the Jew...

Song Analysis: Rocket Man

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Rocket Man is the song created by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. The performer of this song is Elton John who is a famous English singer-songwriter. And this song was included with the Honky Château in the early 1970s. Rocket Man also became one of the songs of the hit song in the United States and the United Kingdom at...

Mrs Potato Head Analysis

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Song Analysis Should society criticise someone so much that they should change their appearance? The song ‘Mrs Potato Head’ sung and produced by Melanie Martinez in 2016, covers part of our narcissistic, degrading society towards a person’s physical appearance, specifically girls and how people need to be up to a certain physical standard to please someone. Melanie attempts to influence...

Euphoria Song Analysis

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The song Euphoria is a song from the Album BTS - Love Yourself ‘Answer’. In Verse 1, the lyrics “You are the sunlight that rose again in my life” means that this person is being compared to the sun, this individual allows him to see more clearly his dreams and goals because this person is able to make him forget...

Another Brick in the Wall Song Analysis

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I am going to analyse the second composition of Another Brick in the Wall which I believe is the most powerful part. It is a protest song against the educational system in the form of storytelling but in order to understand the meaning behind this song we have the keep in mind the lyrics, the sound and also the music...

Popular Song Analysis: “Wide Awake” By Katie Perry Tamara Hutton

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Song Analysis Wide Awake sung by Katie Perry The song “Wide Awake” sung by Katie Perry will be the focal point of this analysis. Music can both be calming and therapeutic to the listener. A descrption of the aesthetics will be included, lyrics description and a song production details. I chose to take a deep dive into this song because...

College Convocation Essay

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On October 17, 2019, Jackson State University celebrated its 142nd Founders' Day Convocation. The auditorium was filled with professors, deans, chairpersons, students of Jackson State University, and all people that supported it. The convocation was started by the prelude presented by the Jackson State University Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Darryl E. Harris. After the prelude, the Jackson State...

How America Went From The Roaring 20’s To The Great Depression

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The time period in US American History known as “The Roaring 20’s and eventually the The Great Depression refers to a decade, of economic prosperity in major cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, London, Berlin, and Paris. It was an era of mass consumerism, with the bloom of Jazz, flappers, and the Harlem Renaissance redefining arts and cultures...

Analysis of Rhetorical Strategies in Music Videos from Past and Present

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Genre is defined as typical rhetorical ways of responding to a situation that repeatedly occurs within a scene. To help better understand that a scene is a place in which communication happens among groups of people with some shared objectives. Lastly, a situation are various rhetorical interactions happening within a scene, involving participants, subject, setting, and purposes. To further analyze...

Music Preferences And The Effect Upon Suicide

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The World Health Organization estimates that over 800,000 people die by suicide each year, with the 15-29 age group particularly affected. Studies show that adolescents listen to music for approximately two to three hours per day, especially when feeling distressed (Limited, 2019). Different types of music have an effect on all kinds of people. Fans of “Emo” music for example...

The History Of Jazz Dance

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People have their own opinion on how and where Jazz dance originated from, but truthfully it actually originates from Africa. The Jazz dance that we know today is the evolved vernacular dance style of Africa. Very early versions of Jazz dance date back to the slave trade. America would take people from Africa to come and work for their cotton...

Is K-pop Guilty Of Cultural Appropriation?

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Introduction Korean music or K-pop has become a global phenomenon recently in the music industry. It is important to determine the cause of success in K-pop that enables a small culture to be recognized by other cultures on a global scale. This is because of the globalisation strategy that is utilised predominantly in Korean music. One of the strategies is...

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