Lyrical Ballads

‘Blues For Alice’ is a jazz standard composed by a American jazz saxophonist called Charlie Parker. This jazz standard is a 12 Bars Blues form but it is a modified version of Blues in the key of F major. Instead of normal 12 Bars Blues progression of just using I, IV and V chords, Charlie Parker composed it through a lot of ii - V sequences. For melody lines, Charlie Parker’s famous Bebop tune was used, as well as arpeggios, syncopation and also anticipation. These make Blues For Alice famous…

celebrates the rebirth and the relationship between mother and daughter in their ancient form as the two of the three elements of the Great Goddess – mother, daughter, wise woman. It speaks of love, spring and the future to be. It is essentially lyrical, free from satire and criticism of men, thus implying freedom and independence for women. In the opening of the collection, Little Red Cap presents the main themes and demonstrates Little Red Cap's metamorphosis from a young innocent girl, thrown…

Merci” by John Keats The most amazing aspect about literature is that it can be interpreted in thousands of ways. Because of this, I have chosen a poem that at the first glance has absolutely nothing to do with feminism, but more likely with a romantic ballad. To understand better Keats’ style, I read some other writings and I reckon that he has a lot in common with Eminescu: the love of nature, the subject of mythology (the poem “Hyperion”), the admiration for true beauty which can be found in…

William Wordsworth is an English poet who lived from 1770 to 1850, he was born on the 7th of April 1770 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, in the northwest of England, he is considered as one of the greatest poet in the romantic era, which is also called the Romanticism, He was an early leader of it, Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century, it emphasis upon the power and terrors of the inner imaginative life. The…

heavily influenced by artists such as Chuck Berry and Little Richard. On these albums, rather than focusing on lyrical depth, the group focused on simple song structures and catchy choruses; classic, traditional boyband music. However, in December of 1965, with the release of Rubber Soul, The Beatles released their first cohesive record, as well as their first album that explored deeper lyrical themes and instrumental experimentation (such as the sitar on the track “Norwegian Wood”). While…

as each shares similarities with previous helmed projects. 'Sing To Me' stemmed from a 20-year old No-Man demo, entitled 'Best Boy Electric', recorded somewhere in the middle of Wild Opera's recording sessions. Tim reworked it and created a lovely ballad with eerie guitar leads, warm bass and echoed piano lines. Sound-wise, it reminisces 'Smiler at 50' from ADD. 'Know That You Were Loved' is a mostly acoustic affair that brings to mind the low-key No-Man album, Together We're Stranger.…

that captivates the reader and takes them along on a journey with the speaker of said poem. Two examples that share this unique verse form are ‘Clancy of the Overflow’ by A.B. “Banjo” Paterson (most well known for composing the lyrics to the bush ballad ‘Waltzing Matilda’) and ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allan…

it more: A Look Into Narcocorridos I grew up in a household where rather than attending church on Sundays, we blasted music in our small 3 bedroom apartment and cleaned the house. When he could my father would play traditional Mexican ballads, know as corridos (ballads). Corridos talked about the Mexican Revolution and in essence where the songs that told stories of struggling times. What makes corridos so special is they talk about real events and real people. Several years ago when running a…

is fairly static throughout the three choruses, and the lyrical and instrumental verses. Each section has conjunct melodic motion as well. Texture or a number of pitches or melodies sounding at the same time with reference to the things creating them, during the three choruses is very thick with the on stage cast singing and the classical strings, woodwinds, and cymbals playing. All three choruses also have homorythmic texture. The lyrical verse’s homophonic texture is largely the same; however,…

to this piece. It lifts you up from where you are right now. The fourth musical work that was mentioned was classical composer Manuel Ponce’s Estrellita, a ballad, telling a story about a female’s hidden love to a man. The last musical work that was mentioned was a Bach Gavotte. The article described this piece as a jolly and joyfull lyrical dance. In addition, several composers were mentioned in the…