In general, folk music was viewed as a window into the cultural life of these groups. Folk songs communicated the hopes, sorrows and convictions of ordinary people's everyday lives. Increasingly, music made by other groups of Americans such as Native Americans, Mexican-Americans, and Cajuns came under the umbrella of "folk music." The term "roots music" is now used to refer to this broad range of musical genres, which include blues, gospel, traditional country, zydeco, tejano, and Native American pow-wow. Over the years, “roots music” has been globalized all over America and the world and has turned into a multi-billion dollar industry.
a fictional character or fictitious setting. the origin or source of something. the evolution of a person, place, or thing. 327. In Passage 2, the sentence People all across America—black and white, young and old, listened to songs with lyrics that were intensely honest and personal, songs that told about any number of things that give us the blues: loneliness, betrayal, unrequited love, a run of bad luck, being out of work or away from home or broke or broken hearted (lines 43–47), the author is a. defining blues music.
The United States did make rather large changes over 100 years, from 1776 to 1870. It all started with the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which lead to us fighting for our freedom. During this period of time the
Some songs employ the call-response pattern, meaning that one person would lead the song while the others sang the chorus (Norton Anthology 9). Singing helped the worked do the work without actually paying attention to the amount of work that they had to do. According to the Norton Anthology of African American Literature, Frederick Douglass says that some of the songs/spirituals were related to freedom land and not heaven (9). Some songs were recorded later and other was passed down from generation to generation, such as swing low sweet
Create a short historical narrative that demonstrates the musical styles that may have led to the creation of the song. What musical components of the song can you sight that demonstrate these influences. Be as specific as possible. This might include discussion of the rhythmic style or “groove” of the song, instrumentation, texture, form, melody, harmony, political focus or lack there of, and anything else you choose to include. You need to do more than simply mentioning published influences.
Composers make use of distinctive voices within their texts to invoke a reaction and create experiences in the audience to communicate a certain perspective, which may challenge the individual’s ideas and views. The poetry of Banjo Paterson expresses the use of distinctive voices throughout his works. In Paterson’s well known poem, ‘Clancy of the Overflow’ there is a combination of language techniques, such as first person narration, visual imagery, alliteration, and rhythm, that form a distinctive voice that is able to communicate a distinct and underlying meaning to the reader. Similar to the work of Paterson is Christine Anu’s song, ‘My Island Home’ which conveys her strong connection to her homeland, convincing the responder of how beautiful the natural landscape is. Her
And when someone comes along who’s trying to be real, they don’t know the fuckin’ difference” (Barker and Taylor, 25). Eddie Vedder’s words show how it is essentially impossible for listeners to define authenticity. There is no way for an artist to be completely authentic in all elements of their music. We can see that a musical artist cannot be entirely authentic through looking at the careers and music of Woody Guthrie and Jimmie
From its composition in the early history of the United States until now, The Star Spangled Banner has carried on a long tradition as America’s national anthem, depicting the patriotism and pride of its people. Since then, various artists have performed their own renditions of the original tune; modifications include rearranging melodic lines, adding harmonies, and changing texture or timbre, sometimes eliminating human voices altogether in favor of instrumentals, just to name a few. These alterations often have a significant effect on the expression of the music, and even two versions performed on the same instrument can sound dramatically different. As a result of variations in basic musical elements, the affect of trumpeter Kevin Gaffney’s
These songs were meant for hope to let slaves know that God is watching over them even though the times fell hard on them. Back then African Americans used to sing outside of churches. During and after slavery, slaves and workers who were working in the fields or anywhere else outdoors, were allowed to sing work songs. Usually work songs were sang when they had to coordinate their efforts for doing strenuous activities such as moving a heavy load of things or lifting trees or whatever their master requires of them. Even prisoners used to sing chain gang songs when they worked on the road or on some construction project.
In Spanish theatrical productions music and dance were very important elements and were very popular to the Spanish speaking culture. In the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries a typical Spanish theatrical orchestra included instruments such as violins, harps, and guitars. From this, a variety of regional music was developed and amongst them was mariachi. A mariachi band is usually composed of six to twelve musicians dressed in charro clothing, which brings out the essence of Mexico and its people. The word mariachi according to OxfordDictionary.com means, “denoting a type of traditional Mexican folk music, typically performed by a small group of strolling musicians dressed in native costume.” Although this definition sums up the