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American Music Essays and Term Papers
Remembering The Music Of George GershwinWho was George Gershwin? Today, most people would answer that question by saying that he was the composer of the song that’s in the airline commercial. Although that is true, he was much more than that. Gershwin was the most celebrated and wealthiest American composer who expressed the ...
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Rap Music; It’s Impact On Society Since It’s Birth.The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines “rap” as a rhythmic chanting of usual rhymed couplets to a musical accompaniment. The purpose of this paper is to show how rap music has come to be. Also, citing the many performers who have mad this form of music what it is today. Rap is a large part of ...
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Progression Of Music From The 1940's To The PresentThe has seen extremes,
it has been controversial at times, traditional at times and inspirational at
times, but never have the American people turned away music in its entirety.
There have been times when parents did not approve of the music that their
children chose to listen to, but the ...
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The Success Of RapPossible Only With African American and Caucasian Involvement.
Despite the fact that the vast majority of rap and hip-hop is created by African Americans, the success of this extremely popular type of music is directly linked to the involvement of white people in the industry. As ironic as it is, ...
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Aaron Coplandwas the embodiment of what a composer can hope to become.
Copland was very much in touch not only with himself and his feelings, but with
the audience he intended to reach. Very few composers have a concrete idea of
what "types" of people they wish their music to reach. Copland was one of ...
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Censorship Of Music In The MediaCensorship of Music in the Media
The American society of today has buried its head in the sand. If our venerable representatives in Washington, D.C. and our respective state capitols feel the need to regulate which musical albums and concerts I should be exposed to, then I guess that means I will ...
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Jazz AgeJazz is a type of music developed by black Americans about 1900 and possessing an identifiable history and describable stylistic evolution. It is rooted in the mingled musical traditions of American blacks. More black musicians saw jazz for the first time a profession. Since its beginnings, ...
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Music CensorshipDuring the Doors concert in Miami, in 1969, lead singer Jim Morrison,
"did lewdly and lasciviously expose his penis and shake it. . ." (Rosen et al.
90). Today, Billy Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day, bares all at his
concert in Philadelphia (Bernstein 95). The eccentric Courtney Love ...
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What's the RapThroughout the years music has changed tremendously. Each generation has several specific songs that tend to define that generation. The lyrics connect to each individual in many different ways. It impacts the world by motivating people to do certain things or defines a person’s personality. One ...
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The Beatles' Impact On American Civil ReligionAn Analysis of the Beatles and Their Impact on American Civil Religion
Introduction
In 1967, Robert Bellah introduced the term "American civil religion" into scholarly debate, drawing his evidence from presidential addresses with their references to God, the nation's mission, and the ...
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Basquiat And DavisJazz has been an influence in many artist’s work, from painting to other forms of music. Jazz is an American music form that was developed from African-American work songs. The white man began to imitate them in the 1920’s and the music form caught on and became very popular. Two artists that were ...
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Popular Music RevolutionMusic has undergone many changes throughout and history and prehistory. These changes were always somehow connected to sociological movements at the time. Rock music evolved mostly out of a need by young people of the fifties to break away from so-cietal norms. America had just come out of the ...
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History Of RapRap Music, a genre of R&B that includes rhythmic poetry put over a musical background. The background consists of beats combined with digitally isolated sound bites from other recordings. The first recording of rap was made in 1979 and the genre began to take notice in the U.S. in the mid-1980s. ...
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Caribbean MusicThe genre of Caribbean Music consists of a diverse variety of musical styles and traditions from islands that are located in the Caribbean. Most music of this region combines features of music from Africa with features of music from the West. This combination began with the European colonization ...
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WoodStock Music Festival, took place near Woodstock New York, on
August 15, 16, and 17, 1969, and became a symbol of the 1960’s American
counterculture and a milestone in the were often referred to as hippies and
who characteristically rejected hartred and authority, protested against
the Vietnam War, supported the civil ...
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Jazz 3Jazz has been an influence in many artist’s work, from painting to other forms of music. Jazz is an American music form that was developed from African-American work songs. The white man began to imitate them in the 1920’s and the music form caught on and became very popular. Two artists that were ...
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Mexico, officially the United States of , is a huge country rich
in cultural diversity where the past plays an important role in shaping the
present day development. When “discovered” was home to 10 million
people living in highly disciplined and organized societies. The native
civilization became the ...
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Leonard Bernsteinwas born in Lawrenceville, Massachusettes on
August 25, 1918. He was the first born child of Samuel and Jennie Bernstein,
who lived in Boston, but had gone to Lawrenceville to visit some relatives.
Bernstein's parents had little knowledge of, or interest in
classical music. The only records ...
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What Does It Mean To Be AmericWhat does it mean to be "American?"
"American?" And how does it make us "American?" American stands
for the beliefs, the music, as well as the people that come from
this great nation. The beliefs of this great nation speak every language.
These beliefs stretch from the furthest reaches of ...
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