Medieval music

sometimes music does tend to make you sad. All you just need to do is find the brightness in your music. Music makes me feel good for instance rock and roll makes me feel pumped up and ready to party and have a good time. And then with blues I feel like dancing softly and flowing through my emotions like everything matters. I am always ready for a good mood like rock and roll, but some people prefer the comfort blues sound and the way it makes them feel. How does your favorite type of music…

Malcolm Gladwell’s goal of his book “Outliers,” is simply to help his audience have a better understanding of what makes people successful. I can see that Gladwell’s points are backed up with examples, evidence, and statistics, which can be very convincing. However, I feel as though Gladwell is somewhat contradictory while trying to achieve his goal. I felt this after reading Chapter 2. In this chapter, Gladwell discusses the idea of hard work and devotion, alluding to the 10,000 rule, using…

Selena was a popular Tejano singer, in an article by biography.com states that she won an award for best vocal female vocalist and performer of the year awards at the Tejano Music Awards in 1987. Her death was a sudden surprise; her fan club leader killed her. She died at the age of twenty-three and did not have a chance to see all that she dreamed of becoming a major star in both the English and Latin community. In an interview…

Memoirs of a Geisha, War Horse, and Lincoln. John Towner Williams genre of music consists of film score, contemporary classical music, post-romanticism, and jazz. He started his career in music in 1952, and his music is still widely popular to this day. His music was an inspiration to artists of all variations.…

learning the flute was probably the fact that I wanted to be in a band. I remember when my brother used to be in the school band and I would go to his performances. After watching the first performance, I was already captured by the music. I really wanted to make music with other people and do something that involves teamwork. Picking up the flute was actually not that hard since I had piano as a foundation, but actually playing in a band was a completely…

but he also anticipated the manipulation of his own technique to fit into his students’ personal style. Giordano’s jazz technique, though codified, is part of a changing tradition. Gus desired jazz to be of its time by constantly being influenced by music and people. This principle of constant change honors Holm’s use of improvisation and space, elements that…

relationship, somber as well as the friar Laurance. It is based on the Overture Fantasy; however it does not have the opus number Everybody can relate to the story of unattainable love who is really contented in life? One particular piece of Romantic Era music is a shining example of this quest is the “Song for Someone"U2 by Bonno. Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Peter Tchaikovsky connect the listener to the passion of forbidden love. Arching melodies, dynamic rhythmic patterns and a…

“Music was my refuge, I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” This quote by Maya Angelou describes how music has affected my life and what it has meant to me. Music is the one thing that has stuck with me through the good times and the bad and for that, I am ever so grateful. Music is more than just a string of instruments and vocals; it is a feeling, and this feeling is different for everyone. For some it is therapy, for some it is an energy source,…

“To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music” (Simone). Nina is one of the greats when it comes to African-American music, a black woman that children of color can look up to in awe knowing that our people had a contribution to real art. Simone was born February 21, 1933, in the small town of Tryon, North Carolina, but later died at her home on April 23, 2003, in Carry-let-Rout, France. Nina Simone attended Julliard School…

like a part of the orchestra, part of a group, so that his nerves don’t fail him. Mrs. Oleander’s surprisingly delicate hands fly up and the children play an “A” to tune. Then, after a moment of quite tuning, the soft music begins. Patrick watches Corey’s eyes glaze over the music, every so often, his expression of childish concentration changing to one of ease. Corey is watching Mrs. Oleander for certain cues, his little black head swaying in time with her motions. His elbow is stiff, his…