This mass is a classic case of non-immediate Medieval, pre-Renaissance music. ... Since the text rules the form of the music and because of the sheer complexity of the music, it is considered a Medieval chanson. ... In this chanson, Binchois uses the music and text to encourage expression. ... This is where chanson transforms from elaborate and complex to a more communicable pop style. ... From old, Medieval music to new, Renaissance music, we see a transformation from complex to immediate through the motet, the mass, and the chanson. ...

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The various types of music that the film documented was vocal music which is a missionary emphasis on choirs mixed with vocal music from South Africa it's basically acapella singing blend in the style of Western hymns with original native harmonies. ... The three types of South African music and performance that were interesting to me were the vocal music, maskanda, mbaqabga. ... The third type of music I found interesting was mbaqanga which is a Zulu Natal-derived popular music. ... African pop music gave birth to a series of expressions that are closely linked to the history of slavery ...

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Global Music The global perspective of music: we live in an increasingly smaller "global village." ... The diversity of musical styles that exist in the United States includes Western European "classical" music (art music) and a number of "popular" music styles derived largely from Western European ways of making music. These styles include pop, folk, country, and rock. ... Also, music is sound that you want to hear as music, sound that is not organized in some fashion typically cannot be called music. ... Artistic qualities of Music: music maybe folk art, high art, or at any place i...

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The diversity of musical styles that exist in the United States includes Western European "classical" music (art music) and a number of "popular" music styles derived largely from Western European ways of making music. These styles include pop, folk, country, and rock. ... Also, music is sound that you want to hear as music, sound that is not organized in some fashion typically cannot be called music. ... Artistic qualities of Music: music maybe folk art, high art, or at any place in this continuum. Much music has attributes of both. ...

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Madonna - Holiday Born Madonna Louise Ciccone, August 16, 1958, in Bay City, MI Madonna's career began as another cute blonde singer making electronic dance music in the 80s. Then she began to wield her amazing talent--for business and marketing as well as music--and wound up, along with Michael Jackson, the biggest pop star since Elvis Presley. ... Her videos, at the time, were consistently more outrageous than her songs, which remained impeccably crafted and well-sung dance music. ... Unlike her contemporaries, Prince and Michael Jackson, Madonna has always managed to stay ahead...

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Throughout the twentieth century, music videos have influenced various perceptions on the images of women. ... Combined with the songs" melodies and lyrics, music videos along with the images of artists in pop culture today are powerful tools that can tattoo human minds and shape the attitudes of many. ... Women in music videos are seen in popular hip-hop culture as sex objects. ... Now that rap music is mainstream, music video producers target demographic are teenagers to young adults. ... Currently sex sells and that's what producers portray in music videos. ...

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Such erosive factors reverberate through T.V, magazines, or books, but majority will agree that rap music does play a large role. ... As I previously declared in my introduction music has indeed infect the up coming Generation. ... Members of Society will look at this and begin to think maybe all blacks are the same if rappers are bubbling over with such vengeance in their music. ... Crimes are still increasing, Rapping is still lingering, and Prejudice is yet to stop, rappers are constantly using misogyny, violence, and hatred in their music. ... Standing Ovation is giving to those who made...

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Therefore, the chance of opera singers to get involved with malignant actions is lower than modern pop stars. ... I would say that celebrities like pop stars and other recreational famous individuals are more casual in the sense of performing. ... Being a fan of an opera singer's music creates a sense of music blending and the sounds that they love the most assimilates in their daily lives. ... By featuring loved opera singers in very special roles, the well composed music, librettos, and scenery create a wholesome experience for the audience. These well made operas are composed of the gr...

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The developing technology of recording has been a huge influence on music. ... The fact that many large corporations now own both the brands, means of production, the technology to record the music and the means of distribution of the music is quite relevant. ... This is combined with the relentless global marketing machine marketing glittering western pop music to the world. ... As it mainly airs videos of artists it limits the music that can be played to music that has enough financial backing to afford to produce a video. ... Also the common need for a linier narrative running a...

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So, it sounded different from the other usual 'pop bands' because the others usually put emphasis on the concentration on a certain part of the band (mainly the vocals) to represent their music. ... To be specific, using various sources of musical features of jazz, pop, and ethnic culture seems to represent the 'American cultural value'. ... I thought of Bob Dylan's music as a perfect example to support my idea. ... Is this also applicable to the aesthetic experience through the music? ... It is true that the more you know about the music theoretically, the more musi...

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That is, his innate ability to recognize the potential of the music and to create within it a visual identity that will express the essence of the sound. ... Foster embraced the emerging music and sounds of the street. Throughout this discovery process, Foster broadened his base of experience which now criss-crosses just about every style of music including Rock, R&B, Pop, Soul, Country, Jazz and Classical. ... In 1997, Foster was promoted to Senior Vice President of Warner Music Group and Chairman of 143 Records, which was expanded to become a joint venture between Foster and the music grou...

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The song compromises the bands normal style of play by using a softer more melodic, slow paced style of music instead of their regular high energy power-pop style which makes it stand out further in their self titled album "unwritten law". ... The emphasis of the song is drawn from the context of the lead singer Scott's relationship with his daughter, therefore the lyrics and music represent the intention of a real relationship and its transforming effect on the persona. ... The soft music accompanying the lyrics create the sense of a lullaby, however the lullaby is betrayed by the...

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The biggest and most specific concern are advertisements that use elements of youth culture, such as animation, music and fashion to create a positive association and affiliation with youth. ... Specifically, one commercial used animations to show a football player pop out of a magazine and use a Budweiser beer bottle cap as a football to play against another animated football team. ... Research shows, "A study on the responses of young people to alcohol advertising found that underage youth are drawn to music, animal and people characters, story and humor in alcohol advertising. ... ...

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In consequence, pop icons such as Elvis Presley and McDonald's were getting ready to conquer America and the world as well. ... Many found this new form of expressionism through music. ... Guadalupe De La Cruz, a student who commented on Elvis Presley's influence on America, wrote that: Elvis illustrated the culture of the 1950's by changing the face of popular music forever His unusual style, that included sexy moves, and good looks started to cause more and more excitement everywhere he played. ... Elvis became the hottest new star in the music business by 1955. ... The o...

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For example, history (what is remembered of it), math, and music. ... Music is especially important to us, because it is extremely helpful when memorizing lessons. ... Without the constant invasion of privacy in the home, for example Internet pop-up ads and unwanted advertising flyers in the mail, people are generally calmer and less worried about things. ... Music, being the dominant form of communication, teaches, entertains, enlightens, and spreads messages throughout global reaches. Music has affected the world by making it more peaceful. ...

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As the lights go down, thousands of girls scream with anticipation as they wait for the worlds "pop princess- to take center stage and explode into dance. ... Fans know that along with the more mature clothing attire Britney's music will also mature, emphasizing subjects and experiences that can only come with age. ... Her fans applaud her ability to capitalize on the woman she has become, and hope that her music continues to give her the freedom to express herself. ... She has risen above the bashing, lies, and even death threats to still be one of the worlds greatest faces to music...

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An awareness in the different social context and the change in style and humour from irony to visual and witty verbal hint that the film is actually a witty satire of the superficiality of the American pop' culture that portray how society expectations dictate the ways things are seen. ... Women were uneducated, only indulging in the arts, needlework and music with a role to get well married in the social and financial rank. ... Similarly, in an American pop culture' set in a Beverly Hills high school in the midst of exaggerated plastic noses, mobile phones, drugs and the sexua...

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Abstract Ravaged by war, violently pushed out of their home country, separated from their extended family and friends, and evacuated to a foreign country where they have no commonality, Vietnamese refugees faced the worst after the end of Vietnam War in 1975. Although they are caught between two ...

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I learned that the media influences us through television, fashion and health magazines, music videos, film, commercials, and various other advertisements. ... The three central types of media that I found that did indeed influence body image are: Fashion magazines, famous top-models and actresses, and teenage or young adult women in the music industry. ... Our patients would die-and practically do-to look like Calista Flockhart." ( People, 10-18-99) In the music industry, the most popular media influence is the music video and the types of fashion trends the performer displays onstage. ... Th...

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Many things can be said about Madonna: unconventional, anti-institutional religion, feminist and gay movement icon, a shrewd business woman, and, as quoted in Pamela Robertson's book, Guilty Pleasures, "She's become a repository for all our ideas about fame, money, sex, feminism, pop-culture, even death." 1(Page 117) Michel Dion's essay, "Madonna in the French Press"2, reveals the reasons why the French Press react to Madonna in such an extreme fashion, and one reason would be what he calls the "religious transgression". (Page 285) To correctly understand Dion's findings an...

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However with the fast paced ambient background music that plays when Dora boards the train, the audience feels a sense of triumph as the music suggests that Dora has achieved what she wanted to by being with her family despite the fact that she is giving away her freedom and that she may not survive. ... After this Giouse says "Mommy, pop carried me in the wheelbarrow but he doesn't know how to drive- he always crashes", the audience understands that Giouse's is oblivious to what is happening in the concentration camp. ... The director combines dialogue with lighting and ...

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Music, though mostly unseen, is heard throughout the film. ... Although in certain scenes music seems to take place of the disembodied voice to describe the images. ... The old-fashioned music is that of an old blues fellow, singing a sad song with his sad voice and his sad guitar. ... Watching it without sound I felt that it was not as poetic as it was with the music. ... For example, "Dian Hanson, "Leg Show" Magazine Editor" pops up on screen when Dian tells a story about Robert Crumb and his upcoming photo shoot with some really "bootyful" women. ...

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After this Giouse says "Mommy, pop carried me in the wheelbarrow but he doesn't know how to drive- he always crashes", the audience understands that Giouse is oblivious to what is happening in the concentration camp. ... A combination of the verbal technique of diegetic music and non-diegetic music is played in this scene to illustrate the key message of how the desire to protect loved one's can overshadow one's fear. Non-diegetic music is played before Guido is taken around the corner, which manipulates the audience feel intrigued and curious about what is going to ha...

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Another key artistic aspect for creating the world of p is its use of sound effects and music. ... The correlation of the music in relevance to a particular scene is vital for setting the mood. ... While Max is in a state of flux or query, however, the music itself appears to ask a question with each flowing note. ... Aronofsky also innovates a particular music theme aptly named "hip-hop" to coincide with reoccurring montages, such as moments of enlightenment, episodes of mass drug consumption and headaches. ... This can be calm and slow as he is thinking and watching is computer or quick and ...

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The truth is often sensationalized to win viewers or sell music. ... Music is a powerful communication medium for adolescents, who often associate the music with such emotions as excitement, happiness, and love. ... Violence and sex are popular topics among many of today's music videos and CD artists. ... Even pop superstar Janet Jackson pushes the envelope on her latest album "All for You" with sexual references and profanities. "The Columbine school shooting has been traced to the music of Marilyn Manson whose music was said to have been played constantly by the shooters. ...

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