Beethoven is one of the most well-known and influential musicians of all time, if not, the most. He has been credited for bridging the gap between the classical period and the romantic period, and he has drastically changed the way music is played in a lot of ways. To put it bluntly, he effectively made the romantic period. Biographical Facts...
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Billie Holiday was a powerful vocalist, a jazz singer, and an African American woman with a short tragic life for a voice that transcended time. She became a cultural icon known for her soulful voice and for her iconic 1939 protest song ‘Strange Fruit’, a controversial performance that shook all of America as she made a political stance against the...
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Music is an infinite art, there is no limit to what one can create. Man has traced the history of music further back than 1500 BC, to the most primitive forms of human music. Art has evolved throughout the years as well, through the developments of human language and the vast new technological frontiers that we still have yet to...
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Many past composers’ works are what modern society analyze and look at to identify how music was written during that era and how it has evolved over time. Just like any piece of history, the decisions that composers choose to make when writing music, the ideas are always changing and can have a very serious impact on how music was...
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Marshall Bruce Mathers III, also known as Eminem, was born in October 17, 1972. Eminem was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, where a legend was born. Eminem is a critical part of history, where Eminem revolutionized hip-hop into an inspiration for other people. Eminem lived a very rough childhood that only made him even stronger. Regardless, he kept his head...
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Let’s be honest, we all love celebrities. As fans, we can’t enough of their activities, likes, and everything else. Some people are actually really crazy about their favorite celebrities and follow them everywhere. But there’s much more to a celebrity’s life than getting all dressed up and flaunting their luxury accessories or giving some nice interview and hitting the stage...
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Art works as a vehicle as a means of bringing awareness, change, and self-expression. Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’ shed light on the maltreatment of the African American community which revolutionized the way the public perceived the issue. From cruel backlash to public appraisal, ‘Strange Fruit’ made a lasting impression. Jewish communist, Abel Meeropol, wrote ‘Strange Fruit’ under the pseudonym Lewis...
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Music has influenced people for centuries and keeps on doing so today. Musicians have an excellent way of expressing their feelings, thoughts and opinions in their music. Because of this wonderful talent, musicians can impact their listener’s feelings, thoughts, and opinions. A great example of opinions being expressed through music is the song ‘Strange Fruit’ (1939) by Billie Holiday. The...
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Considered by many to be the greatest jazz vocalist of all time, Billie Holiday lived a difficult and hard life. Her singing expressed an incredible depth of emotion that spoke of hard times and injustice. Although her career was short, she left behind a body of work that is still touching people today. Holiday rose to fame in the 1930’s...
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Eleanora Fagan, also commonly known as Billie Holiday and Lady Day, was an African American jazz singer. Born April 7, 1915, she was a major singer and influencer in the jazz community from 1933 to 1959, when she met an unfortunate early death. Holiday grew to be a rather big blues singer in the 1930s, despite having a rather rough...
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Beethoven’s political ethos was liberal; however, he did at times seem to express views that were quite conservative and could also be interpreted as ambiguous. He was not afraid to express his political views through music. Examples of which could be heard in the opera ‘Fidelio’, about the unjust imprisonment overcome by a heroic individual. Also, in his cantata on...
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Being a single mother is doubling the work, the stress, the tears, but most importantly doubling love and care. In 1970, Afeni Shakur, Tupac’s mother, was pregnant with Tupac, while she was on bail after being charged with conspiring to set off a race war. The following year, she was acquitted after defending herself in court. Tupac Shakur, an Africa...
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For my project of doom, I chose music. I like music because it’s a form of expression and it makes you feel alive. Music is one of the few things that has remained constant through the centuries this world has existed. Music allows emotions of happiness and sadness to form. From those emotions, physical effects, negative or positive, can occur....
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The commercial shows the aging of a daughter and a father from a young age in chronological order. In every scene, the daughter becomes a little older and takes an origami crane from her father that he made from an Extra gum wrapper. By the end of the ad the father finds all of the origami cranes his daughter kept...
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This song is for anyone Who hates where he is Who feels like he is not meant to be there Who feels like it’s not there fucking place I don’t belong here. It’s wrong I could disappear. It’s a long ride filled with fear. Fuck no I don’t wanna know what’s a molecule. I don’t wanna hang out in school....
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The research conducted focuses on the compositional aspects of Dixieland Jazz as well as the structure of its music. The music itself gained popularity in the early 20th century due to some iconic musicians that not only performed them but created the fundamental composition of Dixieland Jazz. This research also includes the origins of how this came to be and...
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At Armstrong’s first rehearsal with Henderson, the other musicians first looked down upon the newcomer because of his out-of-date clothes and rural manners. But their opinions changed as soon as he played his first notes. It was largely due to his powerful playing that jazz changed into a kind of music that put the focus on brilliant and adventurous soloists....
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Louis Armstrong- Louis Armstrong, aka 'Satchmo” was a native of New Orleans. He was an A-class expert in his profession. His pinnacle came in 1920, during that time he influenced countless musicians with his outrageous trumpet style and vocals. He grew up in a poor neighborhood that was nicknamed “The Battlefield”. Armstrong had a difficult childhood: his father was a...
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Although rock music and Hip Hop music are very different from each other, they are also very similar (Ian, 2018). Aside from both genres of music, there are many similarities that can be found within one another. (Ian, 2018). Rock music tends to be performed by a full band, which consists of a singer, a lead guitarist, a rhythm guitarist,...
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Rock has held the award for the most popular music genre in the U.S. for years. American rock groups like Guns N’ Roses, Panic at the Disco, Fall Out Boys, Green Day, Nirvana, Aerosmith, etc. are just some of the historic names that we acknowledge as huge musical influences of our society. As time progresses we are starting to recognize...
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“Sunday Bloody Sunday”: The Bloodshed of 1972 and it's Legacy U2 lead singer Bono in the song, “Sunday Bloody Sunday” (1983), condemns the violence caused by the Troubles, implying that the bloodshed has gone on for too long. Bono supports his condemnation by using poetic devices, such as rhetorical questions, repetition, and a war motif to emphasize the true horrors...
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In this essay, I am going to critically evaluate the relationship between rap music and criminality, a link that has gained much notoriety and has become a controversial topic of debate in recent times. Rap music, formally known as ‘Hip Hop’, is a musical genre developed in the United States by inner-city African Americans in the late 1970s and has...
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In the world of music, there is a never-ending circle where lyrics are the focal point in the piece then shift to play minor roles in a more harmonious form of music. In this paper, I am going to discuss the history of rap music and how it has evolved through the circular motion from lyrically dominated music centered on...
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“ Gangsta Rap “ was first introduced in the 1990s. Gangsta Rap is a product of life experiences that are accompanied by violence, guns, gangs, drug dealing, and drug abuse. In today’s world “Gangsta Rap” has a negative impact on society and may lead to corruption. Rap lyrics are sometimes used in courts, and many of them are treated in...
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In this essay, I will evaluate how influential Jazz Music has influenced popular music. To do this I will carry out research in order to gain a greater understanding and enable me to make a judgment on this. Some of the ways that this will be done is by showing the characteristics of Jazz as well as the origins of...
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Introduction The Hard Rock Cafe started off as a local business with one pub in London in 1971. Now, it has grown to have more than 129 restaurants in more than 40 countries. The mission and route of the Hard Rock Cafe’s success is the experience that they market. “Our brand plants the roots of its global soul in every...
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As a rock music star during his time, Jimi did not just play music but also improved its image. While it is the dream of every artist to make a contribution through his/her work and performance, not all of them successfully make their dreams come true. Through his singing and performance, Jimi is today acknowledged for the impact he had...
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It is often said music has no boundaries. After I took this class, I think, of all the music forms, perhaps no one has the power to transcend race, national borders, and gender more than jazz. Jazz music originated in the United States and has its roots in Africa, combining African and European musical traditions. On the stage of jazz,...
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Music is one of the most powerful resources of expression for me. Through music, my feelings can be transformed from happiness to melancholy. Different feelings and different manifestations can also be induced by resources through music. Music plays an important role in my life by being a lovely factor in individual progress. Music makes me escape from everyday life, through...
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Swing music (1935-1945) marked a shift in jazz from improvisation to notated music and larger ensembles known as 'big bands.' Because of the size of the ensembles, which were made up of several horns, reed instruments, and percussion, swing required simplified written arrangements. Swing was typically more repetitious, and pop-friendly than other forms of jazz. Swing music is the closest...
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