Benny practiced every day and soon was playing his first professional performance in 1921, at the Central Park Theater in Chicago, Illinois imitating Ted Lewis, another well acclaimed clarinetist. Goodman went to Harrison High School and played with the “Austin High School Gang” who tried to sound like New Orleans Rhythm Kings. He soon joined Ben Pollack’s band in
Unlike the Charleston that has a forward movement, the jitterbug has steps to the side and on the 5th and 6th count, and you do a rock step to the back. Although a lot of repetition is in both Charleston and jitterbug dances, the Charleston does not require the counting of the steps. Both of these jazz dances are energetic and performed to high tempo music, but the body moves differently. They do however process some of the same aspects as folk and modern dance. They are all free flowing dance styles.
History of the Mariachi The best scholarly opinion is that the word mariachi has native roots. One theory is that it comes from the name of the wood used to make the platform on which the performers danced to the music of the village musicians. But whatever the true source, the word today has one meaning that is crystal clear: Mariachi means on of the most exciting and enchanting musical ensembles found anywhere in the world. In the complete Mariachi group today there are as many as six to eight violins, two trumpets and a guitar- are all standard European instruments. Natives, who had their own highly developed musical traditions, quickly mastered European musical practices.
In 1924, George formed a partnership with his brother, Ira. "The Gershwins" became the dominant Broadway songwriters, creating infectious rhythm numbers and tearjerking ballads, fashioning the words to fit the melodies with a "glove-like" fidelity. Together they wrote many more successful musicals including “Oh Kay!” and “Funny Face” While continuing to compose popular music for the stage, Gershwin began to lead a double life, trying to make his mark as a serious composer. When he was 25 years old, his jazz-influenced “Rhapsody in Blue” premiered in New York’s Aeolian Hall at the concert, “An Experiment in Music.” The audience included Jascha Heifitz, Fritz Kreisler, Leopold Stokowski, Serge Rachmaninov, and Igor Stravinsky. Serious music critics were often at a loss as to where to place Gershwin’s
What is most memorable about this piece is tone is smooth and has disco beat and one would just want to dance to it. Professionally, Michael Jackson did not play any musical instruments, however in this piece you can hear are the brushes on the drums, the piano, and violins. In recording his music, Michael was great at using a synthesizers, computers and tape recorders to composer some of his music. Michael had the unique ability to vocally sing each chord of each instruments that would be played in his compositions. Like Beethoven he kept a great deal of his
He put together his first band in 1934 and was given a spot at Billy Rose’s new theater restaurant The Music Hall (Stockdale, 1995). Later that year, he auditioned for NBC’s Lets Dance, a popular three-hour radio program that aired weekly and featured popular dance music styles (“Benny Goodman”, 2011). Goodman was given a spot on the show. Needing a new sound, he began purchasing arrangements from composer Fletcher Henderson, an African-American songwriter who had a popular Atlanta band in the early 1930’s. These hot, edgy arrangements combined with Goodman desire for precision in
THE CLASSICAL PERIOD (1750-1825) THE CLASSICAL PERIOD OF MUSIC 1) TIME OF GREAT MUSICAL EXPERIMENTATION AND DISCOVERY 2) CENTERS AROUND ACHIEVEMENTS OF VIENNESE SCHOOL A) HAYDN B) MOZART C) BEETHOVEN 3) THREE CHALLENGING PROBLEMS A) EXPLORE MAJOR-MINOR SYSTEM TO ITS FULLEST B) TO PERFECT A LARGE FORM OF ABSOLUTE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC (THE SONATA CYCLE) C) TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ITS (SONATA CYCLE) VARIOUS TYPES 1) SONATA 2) CONCERTO SYMPHONY 3) ELEMENTS OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD 1) ELEGANT AND LYRICAL MELODIES A) ELEGANT AND LYRICAL MELODIES B) CLEAR-CUT CADENCES 2) THE HARMONIES THAT SUSTAINED THESE MELODIES A) FIRMLY ROOTED IN THE KEY RHYTHM 3) A) MUSIC WAS IN EITHER 2, 3, 4, OR 6/8 B) STAYED IN RHYTHMIC STYLE IT BEGAN WITH 4) FORM A) UNFOLDED
New York City Ballet George Balanchine was born in 1904 and was raised in St. Petersburg. As the son of a composer, Balanchine’s piano study began at the age of five. After graduating from the Imperial Ballet School in 1921, Balanchine enrolled at the state’s Conservatory of Music where he studied piano and musical theory. Balanchine’s musical background gave him an advantage over other choreographers because he more fully understood the music he was dancing to (“Biography”). The first time George Balanchine danced was as a cupid in the Maryinsky Theatre Ballet Company Production of The Sleeping Beauty, his favorite ballet (“George Balanchine”).
The indigenous groups produce wood carvings, weavings and textiles such as ponchos” (Select, 2010). This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the cultural relevance of Argentina and its people. The country is also very prominent within the realm of entertainment such as music and dance. The music scene in Buenos Aires is very much alive and there are many pubs and clubs, called "boliches", where local and international rock, jazz, reggae, punk, techno, dance, hip-hop, electronica or Caribbean bands perform. But the main attraction of the Buenos Aires entertainment culture is that of the Tango dance.
Cymbals are used sparingly and when the use of a cymbal crash this symbolizes something significant in the piece. The pianist in early jazz used a left-hand style that usually would incorporate a bass note on the first and third beats of each measure called a