Jazz musicians Answer this question: How are the history of black ethnic struggles in the United States and the history of jazz connected? Consider the following issues: Black culture in a white society during the twentieth century The role of jazz musicians, both black and white, in advancing integration, fighting for civil rights, and using […]
Explore Loren Kajikawas’ ideas about hip-hop and cultural “re-articulation” (see article and slides from March 31 – the basic idea of re-articulation is that identity is a process, rather than fixed and unchanging). Choose one artist who you think represents the idea of re-articulation clearly and had an important impact. Discuss your example emphasizing re-articulation […]
Discuss Tricia Rose’s critique of commercial hip-hop in detail for your weekly response. In your response explain two of the key economic and/or cultural factors in Tricia Rose’s theory of the “narrowing of hip-hop images” and the “trinity of commercial hip-hop.” Include an account of radio and corporate consolidation in your account. Finally, choose one […]
Music Instructions 1. Re-read Take a Closer Look: Exploring Claude Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” in your textbook. 2. Carefully listen to the piano piece “Clair de Lune” and critically examine its components, style, context, and influence. Listen for and try identifying at least TWO basic elements of music described in the required Module 6 textbook […]
Watch the video clip, then answer the questions. Do you agree or disagree with the gentleman’s viewpoints. Why? Do you believe his statements are valid? What are your current feelings toward “music” and “sound?”
GED 120 Introduction to Humanities The Humanities Through the Arts Tenth Edition, 2019 Lee A. Jacobus & F. David Martin McGraw-Hill Education Do you agree with the authors’ assertion that participation is the most fundamental of the basic distinctions of art? Why? If you disagree, which do you think is the most important and why? […]
GED 120 Introduction to Humanities Humanities Through the Arts Tenth Edition, 2019 Lee A. Jacobus & F. David Martin McGraw-Hill Education Using Beethoven’s “Eroica”, discuss, in detail, the difference between “hearing” and “listening to” music. What specific factors go into “listening”?
A. Analyze the accepted work by doing the following: 1. Describe the historical events or innovations that characterize the period in which the work was created . 2. Analyze how this work reflects a theme or stylistic characteristic from its period . 3. Analyze the work’s or author’s/artist’s/composer’s contributions to the humanities .B.
Answer each of the questions in at least 150 words each! 1.) How did the music of James Brown influence the later styles of both Funk and Hip-hop. Give at least one musical example for each. 2.) Early punk influenced a wide variety of styles which evolved later. Describe how “New Wave” and “Hardcore punk” […]
All the instructions are provided in the file below titled, “American Popular Music-Midterm” and I have also provided an article that goes into what signifying and appropriation are. For this midterm you will listen to five pairs of songs and discuss the relationship between the original and the ‘cover’. Is the relationship between songs an […]
