The Day the Music Died

but a human. When Orpheus was young he was taught by his mother and her sister Muses. As he grew up he was gifted with his lyre many loved his music. While on a trip he met a women named Eurydice and he fell in love. He asked if she would marry him and she said she would and then they where married. While on a walk she was bit by a viper on the foot and died. She then went to the underworld that was controlled by Hades and Hades wife Persephone. Orpheus was sad because of what happened and he…

Jose Luis Gomez Espinal Dr. B Salwen American Music 117-002 11/01/2017 Evolution of Corridos Corrido’s have been in Latinos culture for many generations and heard worldwide. Corrido’s can be heard at parties, clubs, cantinas, restaurants, concerts, and many more places. It’s a beautiful piece of music that could be funny, sad, romantic, about a person, or a place. Where do corrido’s originated from? What is a corrido’s and how did end up with American culture? Mi Carro Ford is a corrido that…

all things scary? In Mexico, and in many other Latin American countries, this is the day to celebrate and honor the lives of loved ones who have passed. Dias de los Muertoes (Days of the Dead) is a two to three-day annual festival honoring the spirits of loved ones who have passed on. Although Dias de los Muertoes ceremonies are steeped in ritual and history, not all villages celebrate the festival on the same day. I spent a week in the Oaxaca, Mexico region to participate in the annual…

My visit to New Orleans, Louisiana was extravagant. It was a school sponsored field trip. I had a chance to see the heritage of New Orleans. That day was hot and a little windy. My friends and I were excited about getting to see something new. I visited the World War II Museum, saw a 4D movie about World War II, and went to the River walk. The first place we went when we made it was to the World War II Museum which has over 100,000 artifacts. Other schools were there also. As soon as we entered…

“The Five People You Meet In Heaven” doesn’t start out like any usual story. Mitch Albom started this story out with the death day of the main character, Eddie. Eddie meets five people in Heaven, The Blue Man, The Captain, Ruby, Marguerite, and Tala. These five people show Eddie his meaning of being on Earth without Eddie realizing it. “The Five People You Meet In Heaven” is written by Mitch Albom who shows that the setting, characters, and theme to show how a death has a bigger impact on more…

The collection of biographies explained the events and causes inspired by his thoughts of war, love,and peace. The biographies gave more information about the life behind Beatles leader and legendary revolutionist. Since songs and music was his way very own way of expressing his thoughts and revolutionizing the world, song lyrics played a very important role in research. These lyrics meant more than any set of words put together to go along with a melody, but the actual thoughts whirling…

look out for his brother Sonny. They have their differences which evolves in to huge problems in their relationship. The fact that they constantly want to be heard without hearing the other is the main cause of their conflict. However, only through music, through Sonny’s Blues, is when the two brothers truly see eye to eye. The narrator finally sees his brother for who he really is when he hears Sonny play. The two brothers have grown up in the same neighborhood, the same conditions and…

Poetry is often associated with music. Ancient Greeks described the word “lyric”, as reciting poems to a harplike instrument called a lyre. Both poetry and music involve the principle of rhythm. Musicians listen for certain counts that make their music flow better and poets can develop a hearing for certain rhythms that can make their poems sounds better (Mays, 847). The poems being discussed are “spring”, by William Shakespeare and “Hip Hop”, by Mos Def. “Hip Hop” is a much longer ballad than…

he got there it was burned down causing ishmael to want to avenge his brother. Esther is a nurse at the rehab and has basically rehabilitated ishmael’s emotional outlook on the war. she has done this by bringing him back to his childhood through music and getting him to write down his feelings when…

Beethoven had a traumatic childhood even if he grew up surrounded by music. Ludwig van Beethoven was born around December 16, 1770, and baptized on December 17 in Bonn, located in the now-nonexistent Electorate of Cologne (“Ludwig van Beethoven”). His parents, Johann van Beethoven and Maria Magdalena van Beethoven, had to bury two children before Ludwig, and celebrated his successful birth. Maria bore Johann two more sons after Ludwig: Caspar Carl, born in 1774 and Nickolaus Johann, born in 1776…