Cuban Music Influence on American Culture

1, Abreu, Christina D. Rhythms of Race: Cuban Musicians and the Making of Latino New York City and Miami, 1940-1960. The University of North Carolina Press, (2015). 2, FERNÁNDEZ, RAÚL A. “The Course of U.S. Cuban Music: Margin and Mainstream.” Cuban Studies, vol. 24, 1994, pp. 105–122. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24485772. 3, Gil, Sonia. “The Origins of […]

Music on Screen: Is the music providing information that is not

You will compose a critical essay about a song used on screen, chosen from a list of options posted on MyCourses. Your discussion must address this scene only. Drawing on the concepts we discuss throughout the term, your analysis must discuss the context of the song (e.g. genre, history, style), as well as provide an […]

Margot Fassler writes in Music in the Medieval West that “[t]he male

Music subject, ready the prompt carefully.Musical Examples: Bernart de Ventadorn Can vei la lauzeta mover Comtessa de Dia A chantar Marcabru L’autrier jost’una sebissa Guiraut de Bornelh + Raimbaut d’Aurenga Ara’m platz William IX, Duke of Aquitaine Companho, farai un vers qu’er covinen Readings: Taruskin, Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century Chapter […]

Music industry and Prosumers: Napster 1998

• disrupted the allocation from the market and enabled greater numbers of people than ever before to trade music • The success of Napster as a new network medium enabled people to publish and network music. • It followed that our “push” culture, made available by the few who owned the media as the means […]

Catholic Church Music, Art and Architecture of the Renaissance and

Topic: “Catholic Church Music, Art and Architecture of the Renaissance and Baroque Period” Catholic Church Music during the period from 13th-18th century was intimately connected with the art, architecture, sculpture, and painting which developed under the influence of the historic and cultural events of the period. Develop a report on Catholic Church Music, Art and […]

Royalty and music publishers

1. write a 50 words common for my classmate’s blog below, Between the 1500 and 1700s royalty and music publishers had a strong influence upon contemporary music by impacting what style of music was to be played and how to dance in its presence. For example from “Music and Publishing” it expresses how royalty served […]

Music Album Review – Rock

 Research several Rolling Stone (or magazine of choice) album reviews (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews) and, using those reviews as archetypes, write a 550 word review of an album of your choice. Excellent album reviews will have some historical context (i.e., comparing similar previous albums by that artist and other artists) and well-written narrative that includes all or nearly […]

African retention in the music styles or artists

will consist of a four page paper focusing on African retention (i.e. rhythms, harmony, melody, dance, etc.…) in at least two of the styles or artists we have discussed in the first half of the semester. Be specific and detailed in your discussion. Sight examples from compositions, books or articles to substantiate your arguments and […]