Ragtime

Many time periods have been affected by other time periods preceding them. Whether it be in politics or art we can see certain aspects of the previous period in the next period of time. This is very evident in art forms. In many art forms, artists (whether they be authors, painters, or composers) are influenced by other artists before their time. This is the case for many post-modernist artists, for they are sometimes influenced by the era of art before them, the modernists. The era of modernism…

The music that is played in this festival is not just for entertainment but it also passes a certain message. For instance, Brass band is a common music in this festival which is just for entertainment. However, Ragtime is also common music style in this festival that is used to evoke mental images of the past. Other types of styles of music played in this festival are traditional jazz, Cajun music which is the Mardi Grass dance hall music, Zydeco and bounce music…

Asian Gamelan music, which he heard at the Paris International Exposition in 1889, and ideas of writers and poets like Stéphanie Mallarmé, Paul Verlaine, and Charles Baudelaire(*cite). Though Debussy was exposed to various genres including American ragtime and plainsong, his main influence was most likely Richard Wagner. Wagner fulfilled the sensuous ambitions not only of composers but also of the Symbolist poets and Impressionist painters that Debussy was so intrigued by. One reason was…

A United America America is a unique country; it is defined by its people. Americans are able to, despite their differences, organize and affect change. Although each citizen is unique and has distinctive values, there are certain common ideals despite race or ethnicity that all Americans hold to be true. The American cultural identity is formed through the common ideals of opportunity, rebellion, and passion toward success and independence, more commonly known as the American dream. Since…

The narrator of James Weldon Johnson’s The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is a biracial man on a journey. On this journey the Ex-Colored Man is searching for an identity. Through various people and encounters he is able to construct a persona by the end of the novel. One group of people that influences that narrator while on his search is the various women that he encountered. His grade school teacher, teenage crush, his wife, a widow, and his mother all either affirm or reject his identity.…

Jazz music was one of the most popular music genres in the 1920s and 1930s. It started in New Orleans and over the years, stretched out throughout the whole United States. Its popularity brought many people together, even through the years of racial discrimination and the Great Depression. What made jazz continuously popular was the way it progressed. Throughout the years, jazz musicians have created many new styles, new arrangements, and put this genre of music on the map. Over the years, there…

This essay was written using characters from the book, “The Ugly American”, with the purpose of comparing and contrasting three characters and describing their successes and failures as they apply to the SO imperatives. I have also tied the characters actions and the use of the SO imperatives into some of my own personal experiences while in Special Forces. Ambassador Gilbert Macwhite was my favorite character and was not hard to choose with his simple understanding that the American way of…

As one of the most persistent figures, poets, during the Harlem Renaissance Langston Hughes’ work reached a wide range of viewers. He wanted to “express contemporary Harlem by borrowing from the ‘current of Afro-American popular music . . . jazz, ragtime, swing, blues, boogie-woogie, and be-bop.’ (Kelly 170)” In poems such as – Bad Luck Card, Could Be, Down and Out, Late Last Night, Morning After, Sylvester’s Dying Bed, and Reverie or the Harlem River – he expresses just that. Naming blues as…

Col. Hillandale is an example of someone who understands his operational environment. In the Philippines, the people called him "The Ragtime Kid” because of his ability to interact with the local populace and sing and play the harmonica. In the northern Philippines, his outgoing personality gave him the ability to halt the rumors about the riches of the American people and allowed further…

Sweet harmony and valiant lyrics ring out in the sky as a group of people in the street clap and dance to the beat of the music. The lyrics speak of overcoming all and living in what seems to be such a distant world. The people enjoying the music are African-Americans and they are playing a genre known today as the Blues. The origin of the Blues genre dates back to the Atlantic Slave Trade, which took place from 1619 to 1809 and beyond. In order to get the cheapest labor for future plans in the…