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Richard Wagner's Anti-Semitism (Wagner:1813-1883)
... extreme anti-semitism. This paper will explore the many instances of Wagner's anti-semetic feelings, both within his life, letters, and music. Wagner often attributed any ill will toward him as being a part of an organized Jewish opposition ...
Darius Milhaud
... Darius, mais c'est la vie! Tous les cousins de Darius et la famille crois que Darius a etudié a Le Conservatiore. Maintenant, il a treize heures, et le Bar Mitzah de Darius est bientôt. Darius a le Bar Mitzah à l'Enclos parce qu'il a adoré les scenes. Pendant la vie de Darius ...
The History of the Guitar.
... stringed instrument, and is a member of the lute family. It originated in Persia and reached Spain during the twelth-century, where it¹s versatility as both a solo and accompanying instrument were established. The theory of the guitar was discovered in the early centuries ...
Ludwig von Beethoven
... Ludwig von Beethoven, born March 26th 1770. Beethoven's music career began at a young age with the help of his father who was a singer and an instrumentalist in the service of the Elector of Cologne at Bonn. At age 11 ½ he had his first debut for C ...
Hip Hop as a "Pop Explosion"
... pop explosion are simple to identify: the birth of a new rebellious youth subculture; the extreme hatred and backlash from governmental, religious and parental groups; the striking magnitude of legislation passed in direct and indirect response to lyrics; the chaos of the LA ...
Music in Our Life
... music. You may prefer pop or rock music, country or folk music, classical music or jazz, but you certainly cannot think of a day without music. As for me, I prefer ... music. I ... composer (singer, musician) is... I think he (she) is very talented. I can (not) play an instrument (the piano, the guitar, ...
This essay us about the group Pink Floyd and also information on the individual memebers of the group
... and it was titled Animals. It was based on the aristocratic and communist lifestyles in the world and was a musical statement about a society that is divided into classes of animals. Each type of person was loosely based on an ...
Brief History of Jazz
... extreme with the endless number of chords he used in "Giant Steps," began to jam passionately over simple repetitive vamps. Pianist Cecil Taylor's percussive atonality owed as much to contemporary classical music ...
American Roots Music
... musical note, which will take us back to the time that we thought, was long forgotten. Music empowers all of us with these attributes. In contrast the music from the past or present will help build our future as did the American roots music ...
Jazz: Urban and Rural Reactions In the 1920s
... music and culture. Hate towards jazz and jazz musicians in general came to such extremes ... anti-jazz white population try to sully jazz to something much dirtier than it truly was. Since jazz came from the black population, who were once slaves, jazz was not socially accepted as a real musical ... (i.e. ... age ...