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Explain the Benefits and Inherent Problems of the Legacy of the Early Music Revival.
Explain the benefits and inherent problems of the legacy of the Early Music Revival. Prior to the early years of the eighteenth century, it was generally unheard of to perform music that was not contemporary. Indeed, audiences, both secular and sacred, expected to hear new works, thus prolific composers such as Bach were customary. The roots of the Early Music Revival (in the spirit of Butt, henceforth EMR) can be placed during this time, and
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Music and Censorship
Albums with explicit lyrics or content started having black and white parental advisories on them in 1994 (http://www.riaa.org/Parents-Advisory-4.cfm). Are these labels necessary? Is controversial music molding our society and causing teenagers to turn to drugs? Is censorship necessary to protect the youth of our nation. Generally, younger people are against censorship on this issue. Music is an outlet and even an anti-drug for many teens -- however, parents and society feel differently. Should parents censor
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New Technology Means Staff Reductions
New Technology Sometimes Means Staff Reductions New technology is being innovated constantly. This technology is being created to help make our lives easier. Although with all this new fantastic technology we are creating, we are starting to see the negative consequences that these new technological advancements are bringing to our lives. With new technology being updated constantly, companies are trying to keep up with the increasing demand to stay number one and to keep
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A Technological Revolution: The Transistor
A Technological Revolution: The Transistor The most significant and revolutionizing discovery of the twentieth century was the electrical characteristics of semiconductors. The idea of semiconductors can be fully grasped when the band theory of solids is understood. This theory clearly states that for electrical conduction, elements have an orbital line-up of electrons. The lower orbitals are filled first, then the higher ones. If an element has a filled valence orbital, the highest filled conduction band,
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Music
A vigorous swarm of tiny fifth-graders viciously scrambled to their seats preparing for an assembly. As I carefully selected my seat among my pre-pubescent acquaintances, I could hear the telltale sounds of a jazz band warming up. The Middle School Jazz Band came to play for the elementary school. They performed Take the A Train. Although they were only a few years older than us, we looked up at the stage as if we were
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Music of Nagaland
Music of Nagaland Nagas are much admired for rich repertoire of music, folk dances, folk songs, folklore and folk tales. Each tribe has their own way of maintaining its idiosyncratic cultural traditions and customs through various forms of performing arts, which are an integral part of the Naga heritage. Folk Chants( songs) Chants formed an integral part of the Naga society and culture, and were interwoven into the very fabric of their daily lives. Be
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Bluetooth Technology
Last week I sprained my ankle due to circumstances beyond human control, or were they? As I got out of my car I was balancing my bag in one hand, my groceries in the other, all while holding the phone up to my ear using my shoulder. I then proceeded in the house where I walked into my room. This is where the disaster took place. I own a stereo, a computer, and a house
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Effects of Music
Effects of Music Music is one of the most prominent forms of communication. It is used in every situation to set a tone, alter moods, change attitudes, and affect behavior. The right song can make or break the scene in a movie or set a romantic mood at a restaurant. Music is one of the most expressionistic forms of media known to society. As a result, music influences every aspect of society -with each generation
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Music - Expose the Noise: Music Through Time
Music Expose the Noise: Music Through Time Rock and Roll has been apart of peoples lives for an extremely long time; classic rock, modern rock and hard rock can be classified by development of their lyrics over time. There lyrics are similar but very different in there own way. With Classic rock having one tone and Modern with another and Hard rock with a completely different sound all evolved from the same background. Beginning with
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Censorship in Musice Videos
Candice Fenton Music videos sometimes communicate distorted and dangerous messages. Do you think censorship is the answer? I do not. Music videos may portray messages parents do not want their children to see, but censoring the music video industry does not solve the problem. There are many different problems with censorship in the music video industry; I will discuss a number of different ways to address the problem. Censorship is a violation of the artists'
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Technology and Education
Technology And Education Browse essays using search option Access free essay links resource page Need help with paper writing services? Bookmark our site for future reference ? Technology: A Tool For Education More and more each day technology infiltrates deeper into our daily lives and routines. In fact, it has become such an integral part of society, that mass hysteria and panic would undoubtedly ensue should it suddenly be taken away. To allow technology to
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Domotics: Eib/knx Technology
Intelligent Installation Office systems: the ABB i-bus® EIB/KNX technology Table of content 1. Introduction 5 1.1. What is the ABB I-bus®EIB/KNX system? 5 1.2. How does the ABB I-bus®EIB/KNX system work? 6 2. Lighting and shading 8 2.1. Lighting 8 2.1.1. The sensors 8 2.1.1.1 The movement detection sensors 8 2.1.1.2 The brightness sensor 10 2.1.1.3 Interference sources 10 2.1.2 Light conditions 11 2.1.3 Lighting control and energy saving. 12 2.2. Shading 13 3. Security
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Rap Music
Often times when people hear about hip hop/rap music, they fill paint a picture in their heads of black men cussing, guns, marijuana, cocaine, lots of gold, and girls looking like prostitutes. Parents and teachers put an image in their kids' head that rap music is bad, and they don't want their kids to be influenced by something that is negative. With the way Rap music is advertised in the US, I would have to
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Music - a Peacemaker in Wartime?
Music- a peacemaker in wartime? The music- wether it is Salsa or Soul- has a great impact on people. If you look into history, you will see that music was influencing peoples' life in a certain way. From the first days of the human beings music was the one of the strongest medium to deliver messages. African tribes still uses the Congas to send messages to other tribes, who live kilometres away, by playing these
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Censorship in Music
Censorship In Music Censorship in music is a topic that has brought about much controversy in the past two decades. There have been many different arguments on the topic, however the question still remains as if it should be censored or it should not be censored. Before you can form an opinion on this, you must hear both sides of the argument on this much-debated topic. Some people believe that music should be censored so
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European Music Influence
European Music Influence European music influenced American music tremendously by immigrants arriving over the centuries. Many of the great classical pieces came from Europe and influenced popular composers like Aaron Copeland. Also Irving Berlin a composer who wrote many American songs from the early part of the twentieth century until the latter part of the century was born of European immigrant parents. He and many first generation Americans as well as those European immigrants, including
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Music Social Commentary
Why can't we be friends? Do the numbers 3828 (US Fatalities by Month) and 47378 (R. Smith) mean anything to you? How about $502 billion and $536 billion (in today's dollar) (Wolf)? They should, these are the number of U.S deaths and the costs of the war in Iraq and the Vietnam War. "Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die!" was once said by Herbert Hoover (Simoni). War
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Comparison of Middle Ages Music and Present Day Music
Stephanie Stout Music 111-Booth Comparison Paper M/W 9am Comparison of Anon: Alleuluia: Vidimus Stellam and Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz The two pieces of music Alleulia and Clint Eastwood Both come from different eras. Both are very different in style but also have some similarities. Anon:Alleulia:Vidimus Stellam is from the Middle Ages time period. It is a Gregorian Chant based on sacred religion. It is sung at Latin masses in the Roman Catholic Church. The chant
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Kulintang (musical Instrument of the Philippines)
Kulintang is the (percussion) gong musical instrument of Mindanao, Philippines. It is a single musical instrument composed of 7-8 gongs laid horizontally on a stand. Kulintang music is considered an ancient tradition that predates the influences of Islam, Christianity, and the West. In the Philippines, it represents the highest form of gong music attained by Filipinos, Malaysians, and Indonesians. It is said to have existed for centuries. As ancient as this music is, there has
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Can the Music Industry Change Its Tune?
Would you pay $15.99 for a CD of your favorite recording artist if you could get it for free on the Web? This question has shaken the music industry to its foundations. A tremendous number of Internet users have taken advantage of online file-sharing services where they can download digitized music files from other users free of charge. The first such service to be widely used was Napster. Its Web site provided software and services
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The History of Western Music
The History of Western Music Music has been around since the dawn of time, ever since man first inhabited this planet we have learned to communicate in ways other then conventional speaking. Different Cultures all have there own specific way of communicating through music. Music is basically broken into two specific groups Eastern Music and Western Music. Eastern music is mainly derived from the orient and India. While, Western music first emerged from Europe. Western
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Music Education in Our Public Schools
Music Education in our Public Schools Music Education is no doubt a necessity to the students of today. Music plays a major role in everyone's daily life. Music is listened to while driving in the car, when eating in restaurants, relaxing at home, and even when on hold to a company's overloaded phone system. Music is everywhere you turn, and it should be one of the main subjects to be studied in our public school
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Back to Black Music Review
Back to Black happens to be the second album by the British boozer, Amy Winehouse. It is one of those albums for people who are fond of banging beat about a lovesick bad girl. Back to Black represents Winehouse as a blunt person, who is not afraid to disclose her personal mishaps like struggle with alcohol or a breakup from which it has been hard to recover. The whole album brings back the late sixties
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Music and Role in the Renaissance
Music and its Functions and Roles Music has always been an integral part of human civilization. It is what binds individuals to their culture, people to their country. From the majestic stories of India to the concert halls of Vienna to the radio station playing mariachi music here in LA, music pervades our lives. Since our beginnings, music has accompanied rituals and ceremonies, and as time passed, began to fill other roles in religion, society,
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The "perfect" Musical Image
The "Perfect" Musical Image What is the "perfect" image? Is there a specific category a good musician should fall under? In this research project I want to find the way musicians are perceived, opposed to being blind to the color of the musician's skin and only listening to the talent of that musician. My goal is to uncover the under laying stereotype people create for the ideal musician, does a musician have to fit a
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