Paper October 19 2012 Backstage Musical Evolution The backstage musical has been around for quite some time. From Busby Berkeley and Fred Astaire to more modern like Arthur Freed and Judy Garland, the backstage musical genre will always have a place in Hollywood history. What makes the backstage musical different from the typical musical is that the plot usually revolved around the theater and therefore can lead to natural breaks into song and dance. For example in Easter Parade Fred Astaire
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Introduction Music has the ability to shape one mind. Throughout history it has been blatantly obvious that this favoured type entertainment have changed with the passing times. The growth of music has led to an expansion to ones freedom of expression. It has become a part of people, and who they are. Some music represents people, and other music expresses people. Either way, music is around and keeps on growing. Growing to new ideas and feelings that capture its listeners. Any man who says that music doesn`t
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The Evolution of Music: Offensive to Women, yet Acclaimed in Society Victor Hugo, a well known French Romantic writer, once stated “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” Though this statement was made in the 19th century, it continues to stand true to this day. Through decades of evolution, music has constantly been a way for anyone to express themselves through melodies, timbre, dynamics, and lyrics. People around the world are composing
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artistic expression? Artistic expression is how anybody expresses themselves. It does not have to be through any specific medium. You can express yourself through drawings, songs, poems, essays, books, etc. 2. What about artistic expression is universal throughout human cultures What is universal is that you are free. No one is going to tie you down. If you are writing a song for yourself then there are no judgments. It is simply to express how you feel. That is why most people can get behind
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In the past three years, I have changed a great deal. I’ve moved from Florida, lived in West Virginia for a year and a half, and finally settled in Virginia, where I have spent the last year and a half. The constant moving and drastically differing areas in which I have lived have taught me much about life, such as the joys that can be found, and more pressing, what is important in life. When I lived in Florida, I wasn’t the worst person in the world, but I wasn’t the best person I could be either
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we have experienced a great deal of narratives. These have ranged from incredibly uplifting to deeply solemn. These stories have shaped the people, places, and history that we have learned about, and continue to shape the people who encounter them today. Some of these narratives are extremely hard to express, verging on the border of the inexpressible. However, there lies an importance in being bale to articulate certain memories and experiences to pass them on to the ones who did not have the privilege
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and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame offer two very different experiences to the museum goer. Though they are both types of museums, they have completely different atmospheres and content. My experience cannot offer a true critique to anyone else who might be considering going, because I will have had an infinitely different experience than what anyone else will have. An art critic named John Berger once said, “Every image embodies a way of seeing, our perception or appreciation of an image depends also
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experience a strong sense of grief. When I am experiencing I would rather be alone to grieve before seeking out the comfort of others. When my parents divorced when I was two years old I thought it was the end of the world. That was until my eighteen year old brother passed away just eleven days after my twenty first birthday of an overdose to methamphetamine. When my mother called me the day she found out Tyler was gone I shut down. I found myself wanting to be alone to grieve. However, the process
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Reflection While doing my poetry anthology I learned a lot about how people interpret poetry. I also learned what kinds of poetry people like and why they like it. I think that the role of poetry in today has gotten smaller throughout time and that it is not as important as it was in the olden days. Poetry was used as entertainment and for people to watch and enjoy, for example how people would go to watch Shakespeare's plays. Today the role of poetry is for some entertainment but mainly people
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2012 My First Guitar I believe that every person has the ability to learn how to play an instrument. With enough practice, dedication and the right information, you can accomplish almost anything. Every person has their own style of music, and being able to accomplish something important to them makes you become persevering. I have always been working extra hard to get what I want and this time it was worth it. Ever since I was a kid I had been farming and doing hard labor to help support my parents
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