The Day the Music Died

Before Bach passed away in the eighteenth century, the audiences thought his music was old fashioned. Many of the musicians also thought his music were old fashioned because all of the younger composers in Baroque period wrote better songs than Bach. However, Mendelssohn’s performance of Bach’s piece, Liszt’s arrangement and performance of Bach’s piece, Bach’s innovative musical techniques, and influence on Vivaldi’s Italian style soon spread throughout Europe and to the world. Therefore, Bach…

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http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/04/21/best-prince-quotes-no-one-can-dictate-who-you-are/ ). First and foremost, Prince was an influential singer, songwriter, musician AND actor. Similarly, he still influences the present day. This is because he had won awards for his music and starred in notable films. Prince also had a musical childhood, received praise for his songs and movies, had famous parents and six siblings, a famed history and influence on the world before his untimely passing. I.…

Missouri as Marguerite Annie Johnson. Her childhood was very difficult. Her parents split when she was very young. Her and her older brother, Bailey were sent to live with their grandmother in Arkansas. She had to endure racial discrimination. One day while visiting her mother, her mother’s boyfriend raped her. She was so traumatized by the incident that she became mute. Maya moved to San Francisco, California during World War II. She became the first black, female cable car conductor. In 1944,…

musician, as well as a talented arranger and composer, who was best known for his work while in the band Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. His love for music stemmed from his mother, a classically trained pianist, and from playing hymns on his grandmother’s piano at a young age. Strayhorn preferred to work in the shadows, content to arrange and compose music for the band as his employer wanted. Through working with Ellington, Strayhorn blossomed as an aspiring musician and composer and was able…

two examples of different female performers, describe how changes in the role of women in American society were reflected in popular music between 1965 and 1970. The 1960’s were a time for people to express themselves and break out of social norms in their everyday life. But this also was a time for women to break norms and change their role in both society and music during 1965-1970. One woman who was breaking many norms in the musical world at the time was Janis Joplin. The performance in…

Music Festival Versus Garbage: How Reusables Can Win This War A set stage, an energetic crowd, and not a care in the world. The moment at Lollapalooza is choked with nervous energy, overwhelming joy, and, most of all, anticipation. There! Entering the stage! What for now is a mere shadow on the still pitch-black platform will become the mob’s hero once the lights go up. Your favorite musician! Could anything in the universe possibly ruin this blissful time of excitement? Regrettably, you take a…

his whiny sisters, with the exception of his littlest sister May Belle who adores Jesse, manage to escape doing chores. All summer, he has been running in preparation of his first day of fifth grade, where all the fourth and fifth grade boys run races everyday and he is determined to be the fastest. When the first day of school arrives, however, a girl named Leslie Burke runs with the boys and beats them all. Being a girl makes her not even allowed to run in the first place, so when she beats…

The mother starts to criticize the music the child was producing on the piano saying that the child had talent but the music has something that was missing. Jing-mei was upset when she made a personal connection with the child and made a statement saying that the child was doing good enough questioning why the mother was criticizing…

ballerina and the female corps de ballet all wear white dresses. During ballet blanc everything on stage is soft, the atmosphere, the dancer’s costumes, lights, and the music. Two notorious examples of ballet blanc are Act II of La Sylphide and Giselle. In the ballet blanc Giselle, there were 25 ballerinas performing. The music is a classical opera. The ballerinas in this performance are very pale. The stage was very melancholy. They were all wearing long dresses made of tutu fabric. They all…