Before I could not identify the improvisation of the artist such as the guitarist, nor was I able to identify or even know a stop time if I heard one such as a vocalist’s solo before learning those things in this class. I also noticed that they used a vamp in the performance of wicked garden. What surprised me the most is how much more aware I was to the music itself, and not just the singing overall. This gave me the ability to notice little things that span all genres, things like the fore mentioned. I would have never have given it a second thought before.
The government could not control all these invasions, so this was another component that helped the fall of the Roman Empire. Document 5 shows bias because it blames the fall of the civilization on internal decay. This is significant because if a very well organized government that had been able to keep order throughout such a large empire could no longer do it, then this meant nobody else could. All of these political
Led Zeppelin: The Band that Changed Rock Music What makes a band influential? Does it show in the lyrics or is it that feeling you get every time you hear one of their songs? For me, an influential band or music group has to be solid in all components of music and has to inspire people through their music. A band that was not only remarkable in their prime but continues to inspire people today. I don’t think any band fits this category better than Led Zeppelin.
9. Pärt's Cantate Domino canticum novum evokes the sound of medieval music because it has no harmony. -False 10. Pauline Oliveros is a noted female composer of electronic music.-True 11. Computer sound generation is the least flexible of all electronic media.
This statement by Ralph Peer insinuates that each thing Jimmie Rodgers did in his musical career was created and calculated as opposed to being spontaneous and authentic. “He was not a good musician…Rodger’s gift was the ability to take a song and by bending the melody, breaking meter, finding guitar work that fit, and adding his signature yodel, to make his music seem an expression of his own personal feelings” (48). Jimmie Rodgers’ authenticity comes from creating music and not from the content and lyrics of his songs. Unlike, Guthrie who wrote most of his own songs Rodgers, “actually wrote very little of the material” (45). Peterson reveals, “In addition to rearranging old songs and buying new ones from admiring fans and aspiring songwriters, Jimmie was able to charm, coax, and beg a number of songs from his sister-in-law, Elsie McWilliams, who was a proficient musician and
Louis Armstrong liked to take lead of the band and what they played, so most of the other band members had no say in what they wanted to play. This second Hot Five played music that was specifically arranged as opposed to the more freewheeling improvised passages in the earlier Hot Five structures. A tentative movement toward the kind of fully arranged horn sections that would dominate swing music a decade later was starting to become fashionable, and this second Armstrong group embraced a rudimentary version of it, with Don Redmon as arranger providing some written-out section parts. Jimmy Strong on clarinet and Fred Robinson on trombone, were not as strong soloists as Dodd’s and Ory had been with the earlier band, but with pianist Earl Hines Armstrong here met a musician who was more nearly his equal technically and creatively than any other in either band. Thus these sessions resulted in some of the most important masterpieces of early jazz, of which West End Blues is arguably the best known.
It shook the serfdom in the Middle Ages and pushed the Europe to get into a modern society. At the same time, the political status of the nobles declined while the bourgeoisie kept accumulating wealthy and then held the important posts in national political power center. Opportunities were provided for bourgeoisie to get stronger and the foundation was built for the beginning of the bourgeois revolution. Because of the lack of people, the labor intensity increased, and peasants required to enhance their salaries. However, the ruling class enacted to squeeze and exploit with their political power, which sharpened the contradiction and resulted in the uprisings.
Also people were dying to spend their money after the war because there was nothing to spend their money on before, making wages and savings accounts at an all time high. Almost close to 60 percent of people made it into the middle class. Music had a great impact on the 1950’s. Many famous musicians and actors were taking the stage to change the
The fact that so many books still name the Beatles as "the greatest or most significant or most influential" rock band ever only tells you how far rock music still is from becoming a serious art. Jazz critics have long recognized that the greatest jazz musicians of all times are Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Classical critics rank the highly controversial Beethoven over classical musicians who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Rock critics are still blinded by commercial success. The Beatles sold more than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest.
Oratorios became Handel’s fresh new format of choice. Oratorios immediately caught on with audiences with all of its unique qualities. The element that oratorios didn’t involve elaborate uniforms and sets, as operas did, also destined that they cost far less to harvest. Handel reviewed a number of Italian operas to suit the new layout, interpreting them into English for the London audience. In 1735, Handel m, formed over 14 concerts made up primarily of oratorios.