Hiroyuki Minamino chose a combination of descriptive and narrative writing when writing his article Village Noise and Bruegel’s Parables. Minamino utilizes a descriptive technique in order to set the scene of the article, giving almost two pages of description in order to set the scene and mood. Also, Minamino’s use of artwork based on Bruegel’s paintings provides further description of the village scene. Minamino’s descriptive style plays well into his/her use of a narrative style. Using the description previously set, Minamino uses said description to weave a story in which a group of traveling musicians comes to a village and provides their services, for a time. After discussing the points that Minamino wanted to make with his article, he
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Much like music during the medieval and Renaissance periods, music today still has a divide when it comes to music of the people and music of the learned. Orchestral music, and classic music in general, is considered rather high-brow in today’s world. When looking through a program for the local orchestra, one will undoubtedly reach the section that lists all of the donor contributions to the orchestra, and then will realize the amount of wealthy support that goes into the classical arts. Such support doesn’t exist for other musical forms such as rock, country, or rap. Not only is there a funding difference, there is also a major difference in the education one receives based on the genre of …show more content…
It’s interesting to note that this fact really has not changed in the modern era. Classical musicians still go to conservatories and music colleges to study and perfect their craft while the pop artists likely receive less formal training in a university setting and spend more time learning on their own or from friends, not unlike the beggar musicians. What is interesting to note is that unlike in Bruegel’s time, being a successful artist in modern society does not require one to be wealthy or to be educated. Popular music is just that, popular. Popular music sells to the masses which for many pop artists, that provides a lucrative income. That income didn’t require an extensive education, in fact, classical musicians that have the benefit of formal training find themselves in a more difficult monetary position because of the dwindling popularity of the classical
Much like music during the medieval and Renaissance periods, music today still has a divide when it comes to music of the people and music of the learned. Orchestral music, and classic music in general, is considered rather high-brow in today’s world. When looking through a program for the local orchestra, one will undoubtedly reach the section that lists all of the donor contributions to the orchestra, and then will realize the amount of wealthy support that goes into the classical arts. Such support doesn’t exist for other musical forms such as rock, country, or rap. Not only is there a funding difference, there is also a major difference in the education one receives based on the genre of …show more content…
It’s interesting to note that this fact really has not changed in the modern era. Classical musicians still go to conservatories and music colleges to study and perfect their craft while the pop artists likely receive less formal training in a university setting and spend more time learning on their own or from friends, not unlike the beggar musicians. What is interesting to note is that unlike in Bruegel’s time, being a successful artist in modern society does not require one to be wealthy or to be educated. Popular music is just that, popular. Popular music sells to the masses which for many pop artists, that provides a lucrative income. That income didn’t require an extensive education, in fact, classical musicians that have the benefit of formal training find themselves in a more difficult monetary position because of the dwindling popularity of the classical