...opportunities despite our sex” (Pendley, 2011). This is merely an opinion from another woman who is speaking her own mind, but it is attitudes like these that make it harder for women to be taken seriously. It is true that women want to have the same opportunities as men and do not want to be judged by their sex but that does not mean that they want anything more. There may be limitations to what women can do physically, emotionally, and mentally as far as work is concerned, but it is also the same for men. “..I, as a female, acknowledge the fact that our sex cannot behave the way a male does. And I don’t want to act like a man” (Pendley, 2011). Fighting for the rights of all women does not mean that they want to act like men. Women simply want to be treated equally and not be seen as someone who is not capable of doing anything besides staying...
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...From the time I was old enough to dance in diapers, to current day, music has had an impact on my life that is simply difficult to match. A lot of my personality and resilience was created and encouraged by the songs and lyrics that I was exposed to from a very early age. Currently music is used as my escape; as a place that I can express myself and how I’m feeling through the artistry of others. To many people who create the music we listen to, their music and their expression through their lyrics is almost as important as breathing to them. Music feeds the soul and the heart in ways that many people can simply not explain. The infectious nature of music is what has helped maintain its existence around the world for centuries before and many...
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...Affiliation Date According to MacDonald (2013), Amadeus movie (Mozart movie) has been recorded as one of the greatest movies ever. It is an excellent movie and one of the best done in its own medium. However, to start with the music in this movie is superb in a force manner that it is a solid force of elusive sounds which stimulate inner mind’s chords and also uplift people’s hearts to incredible truth, unflawed, it is an evidence of perfection and simply amazing. Secondly the music itself has a relaxing effect; it carries all the human emotions from feeling of joy to the feelings of ultimate despair and loss. It is somehow the pillar of this great movie.It gives the movie an excellent starting point to all the viewers since it is an extraordinary production all around, from the voices, the instruments and all the way to its recording it is evident that it’s a great piece of work that is composed of every element that adds up to a finished work of grace and sophistication. Thirdly, the music is also used for ambiance and for dramatic effect since it creates the real picture of the movie itself or in simple words it enables each and every one who watches it to see each scene while the music flows in his or her mind (MacDonald, 2013). It is simply a fantastic composition of all times. This movie is about an extraordinarily talented young composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) from Vienna. He innocently finds a stern rival in the determined and disciplined Antonio Salieri...
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...I think it is safe to say that pretty much everyone listens to and enjoys music. Who would be able to resist being soothed into relaxation by a favorite song or even an entire album after a hard, long day of stress? I know I definitely would not be able to. It is no lie that music is a very big part of our lives today, especially for the youth. It is even used as a type of therapy to help the pathways of the brain heal from stress and traumas. However, not a lot of people realize how bad some of today's music is and the negative impacts it has on today's youth. It alters behaviors and neuronal pathways, holds no regard for who it offends, and promotes violence as it shapes today's culture. For some cities and ethnic groups, music pretty much...
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...The influences of music in a child's life. Music comes in all shapes and forms. When most people think of music they think of what you hear on the radio but music is all around us. From a young age we have learned what music is, from hearing the sounds of our mothers voice, to hearing pots and pans bang in the kitchen while dinner is being prepared. When I looked up the definition of music it said "The art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre." Which means that music can pretty much be made out of everything we can get our hands on. How does this effect children, you may ask? How does it not effect children! Some benefits of music are it Stimulates the brain, "Music simply stimulates parts of the brain that are related to reading, math, and emotional development.", improve memory "Further research has shown that participation in music at an early age can help improve a child's learning ability and memory by stimulating different patterns of brain development," helps them socially by teaching them how to work together (in a band, choir, ect.) is a confidence builder, teaches patience, teaches discipline, fosters creativity and so much more. It is a shock to me that due to budget cuts, music class is the first to be cut in most schools. In my opinion music class should be just as important as math science or English. "Schools with music programs have significantly...
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...Transcendent Music Many would argue that music is simply an art and not at all necessary for educating our youth. That the arts are the first programs to disappear, with budget forced cuts in our schools, attests to this very mindset. While necessary core subjects like English and Reading teach students to communicate through the written word, there is something that transcends mere words. Music. Music is another form of language and one that every human being can understand. Music, while currently seen as an art, is actually a development in our ability to communicate. If one were to try to express the emotion of happiness, they would use some descriptive words that convey the appropriate meaning, and begin to try to use these words to convincingly share that emotion with you. You’ll nod your head and say “sure, yeah, I’ve felt that before”, but have you? What this answer means is that you, through the barrier of language, are understanding and applying the words stated to how you understand those words and apply them to emotions you have associated to those words. When it comes down to it, there’s simply no way to truly express our emotions to each other. More truthfully, it’s doubtful that our own individual interpretations of our emotions are even the same from one person to the next. One person’s happy is not necessarily another person’s happy. Music is one of the few things in life that is appreciated universally. Do you know anyone who just simply doesn’t like music? Perhaps...
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...Strong emotions are evoked by many situations; but one open to possibly the greatest number of interpretations is music. Music comes in a variety of forms, including: symphonic, rap, pop, country, metal, dub-step, and techno, just to name a few. Socrates stated, “...rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul, on which they mightily fasten...” (1) He is explaining that music is something very powerful and has the ability to affect us in many ways. I agree with what Socrates is saying; and will be arguing that music is an array of sounds combined in harmony, as an expression of emotion to influence you as a person. Music plays a variety of roles in our everyday lives, it can be background noise, a course you take in school, or something big...
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...In this ethnography, I studied the music department of UNCSA- or more specifically, the stringed instruments. In general, I found that, while not without its friendly competition, the music department is a very supportive community, where everyone encourages everyone else to grow as artists. For my observation, I sat in on an orchestra rehearsal. The room that they practiced in was large and cold, with high ceilings and acoustic-enhancing panels on the walls. The floor was made of generic tile, and with the harsh lighting, the overall effect was of a sterile environment- certainly the last place you would expect to find beautiful music being made. The music created a stark contrast to the room, with its warm emotions and incredible sounds....
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...near my age with a couple groups of the younger fresh out of high school generation. For the most part everyone in attendance was casual dress attire. Throughout the performance everyone remained very quiet. The performers looked very professional and elegant but in my opinion were a tad too sophisticated my taste. The Gateway Festival Orchestra of St. Louis was established in 1964 by William Schatzkamer. With support from the two locals of the American Federation of Musicians, the Gateway Festival Orchestra was created to provide free summer concerts performed by an orchestra of 50 professional musicians playing great music from the symphonic repertoire. Each of the summer concerts includes a major symphonic work and two or three smaller works. The informal atmosphere and free admission encourages family attendance. The concert celebrated 50 years of music with a selection of pieces performed over the years, including a new piece commissioned by UMSL professor, Barbara Harbach. The program also included: Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, John Li, soloist, Ron Nelson: Baglia 2 Jubilee, Harbach: Gateway Symphony (premiere), Franz Von Suppe: Light Cavalry Overture, and finally a tribute of a Beatles Medley. The first piece was Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor. To this minute, I’m...
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...ByZantine Music culture Body What is known today as Byzantine music has been developed and refined for over two millennia. With its earliest roots going back to Pythagoras' philosophy on the division of chords, its latest and final revision took place in 1881 in the city of Istanbul; the city still referred to by the practitioners of this complex art by its more ancient name of Constantinople. For the purposes of this essay, the name Constantinople will refer to the city up to and including the present day. To provide for a clearer understanding of the theory of Byzantine music, the process of the development of Byzantine music as it is known today will be divided into two eras. We will call these two eras pre-Byzantine, and Byzantine periods of musical development. The pre-Byzantine part of the essay will cover developments made before the foundation of Constantinople. This period includes everything before c. 330 C.E. The Byzantine period will include all of the advancements made after the founding of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire. Every refinement made up to the present day, the most important dates being the simplification of the notation in 1821 by John Koukouzeles and the great council of 1881, will be included in this period, but not, unfortunately in the essay. Although there is a very significant part played by notational theory on the development of Byzantine music theory and Hymnography, the scope of this essay does not allow for us to delve into...
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...Everyone listens to music, whether it be rock, pop, classical, or any other type of genre. Some people do not stop to actually hear the individual instruments, they only here the chords and rhythm. However, if one has ever stopped to focus on the sound of the instruments, they will notice that, if it is professional music, that the instruments are all in tune. The guitar does not have a raspy screeching sound, the singer does not have a cracking voice, and the drums have a clear and crisp reverberation. In order to get that harmonic sound on the drums, one needs to know how to change the heads and tune the drum properly. First off, in order to change the drum head one may need to know what it is and how often to change it. A drumhead is the plastic, sometimes Kevlar, stretched over either both or one of the openings of the drum. A drumhead is hit by a drumstick or mallet of some sort. In...
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...1. Introduction: We often use the word “Jazz” to describe an era, not just in music, but in culture itself, which began in the late 1910s and lasted for the whole of the ‘20s. This era wasn’t yet a modern one, but it was beyond old-times and carried itself as its own entity. The music that came from it was its own as well; the world had left behind typical baroque, romantic, and classical styles, but this was completely singular to any of those. It was a unique, clunky sound both classic and revolutionary. And as the world moved forward into the mid-1900s, developing into the one we observe now, this style was exactly the right, new quality to accompany it. 2. The History of Jazz: But where did it actually come from? As far as anyone can look,...
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...Music is Beautiful Art Art can be categorized as many different things, whether that’s movie productions, paintings/drawings, music productions, theatre performances, etc. “Tolstoy does not define art in terms of its ability to express form and beauty, but instead defines art in terms of its ability to communicate concepts of morality. For Tolstoy, aesthetic values are defined by moral values” (Tolstoy, Para. 1). Popular things that are considered to be art are usually paintings, moldings, etc., but there are plenty of other categories that is art. Art must have five attributes that all go hand in hand. Art must be beautiful, meaningful, flow, easily accessible, and requires talent. The R&B Soul Music category may not seem as art to some; but it in fact is art. Aaliyah’s album Age Aint Nothin But A Number, is relatable Art that speaks to the mind and soul. Her music speaks to the mind and soul simply because music is emotion. Emotions could be sadness, happiness, the feeling of love, etc. One allowing themselves to open up to...
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...Professor Andreana Binder English 1301 20 July 2011 In Pursuit of Music What is music? Dictionary.com defines it as “an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.” Music is all around us each and every day. Whether it be a three note jingle on a television station, or to the tracks you listen to in your car. I believe music is an integral part of our lives and to the human experience. It crosses cultures, boundaries, and races; life, death and everything in between. The fact that music can be so powerful continues to inspire and motivate me to pursue a career in the field of music. We’ve all had times when you hear a song and it seems to invoke some kind of feeling or emotion inside of you. You may experience the feeling of “goose bumps” throughout your skin. The song playing might even take you back to another time. I’ve always found things like this intriguing about music. To be able to portray and convey, or even bring out any emotion; thru sound or music; is a pretty powerful thing. As in all art forms there is a sense of creation. Essentially creating something from nothing, in effect, keeps us coming back for more. From an artistic point of view, an art is a form of creation that allows the artist to express oneself freely. That is a gratifying experience in itself. One of the most profound things I find about music is that it has the ability to bring people together in a sense...
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... John Bontempi Humanities Today This paper will discuss current forms of humanities and how we relate to them in present. This paper will differentiate between the humanities and other modes of human inquiry and expression. It will address the definition of humanities; provide examples of Art, Music, Architecture, Philosophy, and Literature and explain why each example reflects current developments in politics, socioeconomics, and technology. Humanities provides people from different cultural backgrounds to experience and gain knowledge about present and past differences. Humanities; also the study of opposing studies of life combined with history. Today; humanities by name are no different from the past. As the world changes from day to day, so has the age of humanities and how people define themselves through the many forms self-expression also known as humanities. Art, music, architecture, philosophy, and literature are what our society thrives on. Without these humanities the world would not have a place in history and there would be a sense of displacement. We need humanities to continue learning so we can continue teaching generations to come of how we came to be who we are and how the present would be nonexistent without a past. The saying “There is nothing new under the sun” encapsulates humanities back then...
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