American Popular Music Essays and Term Papers

Barbara Strozzi: Her Life, Her Works, and Baroque Expressivity in Langrime Mie

Barbara Strozzi (1619-77) was a woman to be reckoned with in the early Baroque period. Raised by an aristocratic Italian poet, she was provided with an educational and musical background unlike that of most young females in the seventeenth century. She studied with some of the greatest men in ...

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Women in Pop Culture

Kevaughn Samuels WMS 100-01 Pop Culture Paper 10/16/12 Each era within society has distinctively displayed its pop culture through its inhabitants. Pop culture generally stems from its celebrity icons, individuals like Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Bob Marley, Tupac Shakur and the list goes on. Also ...

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A Breif History Of Comics

Comics: In the Beginning The modern comic, as we know it, began in Joseph Pulitzer's New York World on February 17,1895. The comic, drawn by Richard F. Outcault, was based on the life of Mickey Dugan, an Irish immigrant child in the city. Although the strip had no name, people have dubbed it the ...

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Tupac Shakur

Essay submitted by Lexus was a very influential person in 20th century USA. He was born on June 16, 1971 in Brooklyn New York, and died on September 13, 1996 in Las Vegas Nevada (unknown author, no title, no page, letter code C). But his family moved around a lot while he was a kid (Bastin, ...

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The Volkswagen Beetle And Advertising

Since the Volkswagen Beetle was first introduced in America, during the sixties, it has played a large role in our popular culture. From Herbie the Love Bug to the childhood game of punch buggy, the VW Bug has never been far from the hearts of Americans. This cute, slow, cheaply made car drove ...

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A Brief History Of Ledd Zeppelin And Its Musical Impact

Tell someone to name a band from the 1960s and '70s and you could probably listen to a dozen answers before hearing the same one twice. The overwhelming amount of talent squeezed into these two decades has produced some of the most popular, most powerful, and in some cases, the most bizarre ...

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The 1960s

Through out history the world has seen some generations that have made an impact more than all of its predecessors. The decade from 1960 to 1970 was definitely one of those eras. The people didn't follow the teachings of its elders, but rejected them for an alternative culture which was their ...

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Sixteen Most Significant Events In US History Between 1789 To 1975

After a review of United States' history from 1789 to 1975, I have identified what I believe are the sixteen most significant events of that time period. The attached sheet identifies the events and places them in brackets by time period. The following discussion provides my reasoning for ...

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Jazz 3

Jazz 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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The Evolution Of A Disc Jockey

In The Hip-Hop Culture With the turn of the century, a musical evolution began. The phonograph was part of this musical change. It was a simple musical output device. The role of this musical component was greatly regarded as that of just a music player during the modernistic period. During the ...

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Tupac

Shakur Essay submitted by Lexus Shakur was a very influential person in 20th century USA. He was born on June 16, 1971 in Brooklyn New York, and died on September 13, 1996 in Las Vegas Nevada (unknown author, no title, no page, letter code C). But his family moved around a lot while he was a kid ...

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The Masters Of Puppets

With an unusual talent that attracts teenagers, Metallica had everything going, along with the appeal of black leather and long hair in the early-eighties. Their fans are so hardcore, and so in to them, it is almost like a religion (Metallica). If you are looking for hard-hitting heavy metal, a ...

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Tupac Shakur

was a very influential person in 20th century USA. He was born on June 16, 1971 in Brooklyn New York, and died on September 13, 1996 in Las Vegas Nevada (unknown author, no title, no page, letter code C). But his family moved around a lot while he was a kid (Bastin, J.D.). He eventually ended up ...

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Gregory Hines

Gregory Hines - Tap Dance Pioneer: Understand the Influence of a Significant Tap Practitioner Tap, as a dance form, has been around for many generations and centuries and through different points in history, has undergone changes due to the many practitioners that have made their metaphorical ...

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was born into a poverty stricken family on January 8, 1935. He and his twin brother (Jessie Garon who died at birth) were the sons of Vernon and Gladys Love Smith Presley. Gladys Smith gave birth in two-room house built by her husband and her brother - in -law. His way of life ...

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Hippies

Through out history the world has seen some generations that have made an impact more than all of its predecessors. The decade from 1960 to 1970 was definitely one of those eras. The people didn't follow the teachings of its elders, but rejected them for an alternative culture which was their very ...

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Nat King Col

Music is a universal language, a language that many can speak; however, one that only few can master. One of those masters was Nat "King" Cole. A true legend, Nat not only could carry a song with his voice, but also through his incredible skills with the piano. Today, Nat is most ...

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Quizzes

Introduction The following 100 quizzes are in the format No - Question - Answer and each contains 100 questions for a total of 10000. There are 50 questions per page and the document should print out correctly but I recommend print preview first. I have been writing quizzes for different ...

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A Portrait Of Duke Ellington By Tracy Frech

Duke Ellington is considered to be one of the greatest figures in the history of American music. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was born in Washington D.C. on April 29, 1899. His parents were James Edward and Daisy Kennedy Ellington. They raised Duke as an only child, until his sister, Ruth, was ...

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Led Zeppelin

was one of the giants of the 1970’s in hard rock. They were also one of the greatest success stories that ever played hard rock music. The group was one the more popular hard rock groups that performed in the seventies, and even had some hits in the 1960’s. The members of the group are Jimmy ...

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