Global Music Influences and Transformations

Ethnomusicology: Exploring Music and Culture

Music and Meaning

Ethnomusicology delves into the multifaceted nature of music as sound, culture, and social activity. It examines various aspects of musical meaning, including:

  • Structural Meaning: Analyzing the internal organization and relationships within a musical piece.
  • Referential Meaning: Exploring how music references external ideas, emotions, or events.
  • Musical Affect: Investigating the emotional impact of music on listeners.
  • Truth Value: Considering
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Galician Theater (1936-1976): Post-War & Contemporary Movements

Theme 8. Galician Theater between 1936 and 1976: The Generation of 50 and the Beja Group

Characteristics of Post-War Theater

Post-war Galician theater was marked by several key characteristics:

  • Paused Creation: Plays were written without the immediate pressure of staging or public readings.
  • Universal Themes: The plays explored universal conflicts, situations, and characters, often set in a dark and problematic world.
  • Post-War Commitment: Playwrights engaged with the social and political issues of the
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Influential Cultural Movements and Figures in Music History

Acid Rock

  • Started in the 1960s
  • Form of psychedelic rock
  • Songs about LSD, drugs, and getting high
  • Featured long instrumental solos
  • Notable bands: Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, Moby Grape

Beat Generation

  • Literary movement from the 1950s-1960s
  • Originated in New York
  • Embraced drugs, alternative sexuality, rejection of materialism, and non-conformity

Bebop

  • Form of jazz from 1940s NY
  • Developed by Charlie Parker
  • Emphasized technique and complex harmonies

Pat Boone

  • Born Charles Eugene Boone on June 1st, 1934
  • American
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Understanding Tempo and Character in Music Ensembles

Tempo and Character.

Tempo: Is the speed at which the beat is played.

It is indicated: a) in Italian words.

b) In beats per minute (b.p.m) with a metronome, a device that marks the beats at a predetermined speed.

Regular Tempos. The speed of the beat remains constant until the end of the movement or another indication is given.

Slow tempos: LARGO, ADAGIO; Moderate tempos: ANDANTE, MODERATO;

Fast tempos: ALLEGRO, PRESTO.

Variable Tempos: Indicate a gradual change in the speed.

RITARDANDO: gradual decrease

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Elements of Art: Line, Shape, Space, Color, Value, and Texture

Artists use line to determine the edges of the images they’re depicting. Lines can have different qualities.

Shapes are two dimensional. Forms are three-dimensional-in appearance or in actuality (as in a sculpture).

Artists who paint or draw create the illusion of space on a flat surface.

Sculptors create work using physical space.

The three primary colors-red, yellow, and blue-are used to make all other colors. Artists use color to create mood.

Value is the lightness or darkness of a color.

Artists use

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Exploring the Architectural Marvels of Paris

Visits:

Early Gothic Paris: 3 July

Basilica of St.-Denis, the site originated as a Gallo-Roman cemetery in late Roman times. The archaeological remains still lie beneath. The cathedral became a place of pilgrimage for French Kings.

Architect:

Patron: French Kings

Style: Gothic

Century: finished: 1144, every king from 10th – 18th.

High Gothic Paris & Rayonnant: 4 July

Cluny Museum, The museum is built atop the ancient Thermes de Cluny, baths from the Roman era of Gaul.

Architect:

Patron:

Style: combines

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