1. The three basic types of music heard in original scores during the silent film era include arrangements, adaptations, and newly composed music. Arrangements are the adaptation of a previously written musical composition for presentation, usually sourced from well known melodies. Adaptations are when an entire piece of work is borrowed. The third type of music used for films in the silent era was music that was composed specifically for a particular film.
Do NOT paste your essays into the message box. 1) Describe the three basic types of music heard in original scores during the silent film era and cites specific examples from The Birth of a Nation. (10 points) According to the textbook the three basic types of music heard in The Birth of a Nation are adaptations of classical works, arrangements of well-know melodies, and newly composed music. In the Birth of a Nation we can hear classical music in dramatic and action scenes, for example we can hear classical works during Lincoln's assassination, also during violent and action scenes in the movie. The second type of music is arrangements of well- known melodies used to set moods and emotion throughout the film.
However, with the growth of the New American Cinema Era, where this style of changing moods was replaced by a single, general mood, popular music became acceptable. Eventually, popular music would become the dominant style of musical scores from the 1940s to the 1970s. Beginning in the 1940s, a new style of music began to appear in movies with the scores of Aaron Copland. This style became known as American Nationalism. This style was identified by its wide melodic leaps and its mild dissonance, which would have made it difficult to sing along with.
This war time film was the story of events happening in a café, in French Morocco, owned by an American named Rick, which was a famous hangout place for European refugees. Max Steiner has done a great job in the selection of music in this film. The film contains plenty of borrowed music, predominantly American popular music except for “Knock on Wood”, which was a creation for this film. The movie starts showing a map of Africa and Arabia. This territory is being shown in the film by an Arabian theme that reinforces and establishes the locale.
In calling for earth and heaven to "ring with the harmonies of Liberty," they could speak out subtly against racism and especially the huge number of lynching’s accompanying the rise of the Ku Klux Klan at the turn of the century. In 1919, the NAACP adopted the song as "The Negro National Anthem." By the 1920s, copies of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" could be found in black churches across the country, often pasted into the
The War for Europe and North Africa MAIN IDEA Allied forces, led by the United States and Great Britain, battled Axis powers for control of Europe and North Africa. WHY IT MATTERS NOW During World War II, the United States assumed a leading role in world affairs that continues today. Terms & Names •Dwight D. Eisenhower •D-Day •Omar Bradley •George Patton •Battle of the Bulge •V-E Day •Harry S. Truman One American's Story It was 1951, and John Patrick McGrath was finishing his second year in drama school. His acting class final exam was to perform a death scene. He knew his lines perfectly.
These poems are all written by the poet Wilfred Owen. I’m comparing the speeches and poems to give the different views on what people thought about war. In Henry V speech Saint Crispin’s day Henry V speaks a lot of glory, honour and brotherhood. All these ideas can inspire even the most despairing and oppressed men. This speech is very powerful and when someone is feeling unmotivated and depressed it has the ability to stir you to focus.
Guitarists such as Blind Blake and banjo players like Charlie Poole inspired musicians with their styles and techniques (“1920s Jazz, Blues, Radio”). Blues was well known in the 1920s and was even quoted in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby; the song “The Sheik of Araby”, written by Harry B. Smith, Francis Wheeler and music by Ted Snyder in 1921was quoted therein. This same song would be covered decades later in 1962 by the band which would become known around the globe as The Beatles, showing the influence that the music of the 1920s had on decades to come (“1920s Jazz, Blues, Radio”). Apart from jazz and blues, another style of music in the spotlight of the 1920s was the show tunes of Broadway. Broadway was truly heating up in the 1920s, with over fifty
Running Head: Music of Different Cultures Music of Different Cultures Alicia Watts Grand Canyon University MUS 252 Music Appreciations September 1, 2008 Music provides the soundtrack of our lives. We listen to music to pass time, to relax, and to set a mood. However, as important as music is to our lives, we seldom treat it as a window into history. In fact, American popular music provides an index into certain fundamental historical experiences, such as slavery and immigration. Every group of Americans had its own distinctive musical traditions.
The story is based on a gang war between “the Jets, native-born Americans led by Riff; and the Sharks, Puerto Ricans led by Bernado” (Kamien). Philip Brophy, in literary terms, calls West Side Story a Lyrical drama, in musical society its form falls into the category of musical. Brophy said, “The soundtrack of WEST SIDE STORY illustrates how the melodic and symphonic construction of the score describe, reveal, suggest, imply, and basically narrate the plot action in operatic form” (Brophy). Meaning that the musical could make you see everything that was happening not only through the acting, written composition, screen, costumes, but through the music played. You could feel the hatred of both races.