children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly MUSIC, for in the patterns of music and all of the arts are the keys to learning.” –Plato Since I was a little kid, I have been drawn to music. I would sit quietly at church during service and listen to the worship team. Oh, how I dreamed of being one there in their place! I fell in love with the piano and I would sit close as possible to the pianist because I wanted to learn how to play like him. As any child’s curiosity, my instinct
living life. This advice tells them to be content with who they are as people, to live a simple life, and to focus on the essentials of life itself. This song currently speaks numbers to my generation of materialistic people. My generation focuses on material good instead of the real meanings of life. This song pinpoints the main meanings of life and how important they are. “Simple Man” is therefore a valuable piece of music because it addresses people of all ages and explains the importance of life
told my second grade music teacher. I’ve always loved music, but it became my passion when I transferred to All Saints Regional Catholic School and began to cantor in church, earn the lead in the plays, and even joined the hand bell choir. For a while I loved music because I was good at it, I had a good ear and I loved the thrill of performing. My time at the Performing Arts Academy showed me the importance of education and the arts. I transferred to Monsignor Donovan High School to retain my catholic
movement? During the 19th century, the music had changed in style, that they broke the form and freely composed the music and we call it romantic era. The music in Romantic era has large difference from the strict classical era, it became more expressive and use wide range of emotions. It expanded the orchestra, providing the depth on timbre. Especially in the middle of the century, with the domination of the German influences, their own country styled music was started to discover by composers of
This week’s book was Real Country: Music and Language in Working Class Culture by Aaron Fox, an anthropological and ethnomusical analysis of the country music culture and its associated patterns of language and their impacts on everyday life in Lockhart Texas. The author Aaron A Fox, the Associate Professor of Music (Ethnomusicology) at Columbia University, earned a BA in music from Harvard University and a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Texas. Fox's work focuses on a variety of
Chuck D is a well-known American MC as well as producer. He assisted in the foundation of politically and publicly cognizant hip-hop music throughout the 1980s as the leader of the group ‘Public Enemy.’ Public Enemy, including Chuck, also consists of Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, Khari Wynn, DJ Lord, and the S1W Group. Chuck D’s afterword within The Anthology of Rap analyzes the book’s
Fiddler on the Roof Music plays an important role in the world. It is a way to express human emotion when dialogue cannot. We can clearly see this phenomenon in movies. In the film, “Fiddler on the Roof”, music has an extremely dramatic impact. It sets the tone, and embellishes the story. The music and lyrics in the movie, “The Fiddler On The Roof” , serve as an excellent dramatic tool to effectively develop the characters and move the story forward. The film, Fiddler on the Roof, is based on
When reading the essay question, a thought came to my mind. The thought was whether language plays an equal importance in different areas of knowledge. This is so as if we do not understand the significant of language to all aspects to knowledge, we will not understand the significant of the l!oss of language to each aspects of knowledge.! Language is a way of knowing as it enables the communication and sharing of knowledge that is valuable for the coming era. Language role varies with the six areas
thoughts and feelings through music conveying an important message to the audience. This message carries with it a strong importance that can influence society and our lives as well. The song “No women no cry” was originally recorded and composed by Bob Marley and the Wailers, released in 1974 as one of the songs in the album Natty Dread, it carries an important meaning to us fans that allows us to connect to the song in our own way. In addition, a popular reggae music group known as the Fugees has
Miles Davis is one of the pillars of Jazz music, and was one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. He was either responsible for or played a significant part in every significant Jazz movement since the 1940s. He also has the best selling jazz album in history, Kind of Blue, which was certified Platinum 4 times and sold over 4,000,000 copies. In addition to his influence within Jazz, he also significantly influenced popular music throughout the 20th century, especially Rock and Pop