West Africa in the American South: gathering the musical elements of jazz Field hollers and funeral processions: forming the matrix Ragtime into jazz: the birth of jazz in New Orleans Variations on a theme: jazz elsewhere in the United States ...
Maharaja, (from mahat, “great,” and rājan, “king”), an administrative rank in India; generally speaking, a Hindu prince ranking above a raja. Used historically, maharaja refers specifically to a ruler of one of the principal native states of India.
Combining elements of rock, pop, classical music, and futuristic themes into an unmistakable sound that would define the 1970s, this innovative group pushed the boundaries of what could be achieved within the rock genre. Their lush orchestrations and intricate arrangements showcased their immen...
As the tide of the 1960s began to recede, taking with it all that class-obsessed ee-by-’eck pub-jazz new wave chest-beating that had threatened to drag British cinema into some kind of socialist-modernist-industrial nightmare, the real realists were revealed, sitting quietly and waiting fo...
Chapter 11 STYLES OF ENCOUNTER III: A LOT OF LOVING GOING ON Of all the styles of Afro-American music, in so far as they can be separated out from one another, that which is known as jazz is the one with which white intellectuals and cla... C Small 被引量: 129发表: 1998年 The ...
Combining blues, jazz and classical influences, with grand orchestration and regularly changing time signatures and tempos, King Crimson’s debut is one of the first and undoubtedly one of the most influential progressive rock albums ever recorded. Countless subsequent bodies of work in the genre ...
(so thought the executives) it went a long way to establishing the popular perceptions of each of the group, with Lennon as the smartass, McCartney the sensible one, Harrison quiet and Starr a clown. Aside from the obvious comic elements, much of it was true to their lives at the time...
just like a busker would play the guitar in the streets of Liverpool, I realized that pipa is also part of modern Chinese culture. And I could, maybe, have the opportunity to work with this amazing-sounding instrument and put it into my own music. All of that started my journey to wher...
including Percy Grainger and Roger Quilter (figure 1.1), who "stood apart in outlook and education from the mainstream of the conservative British musical establishment," 2 though they were united, not so much by a common musicality, as by a common dislike of the music of Ludwig van Beethove...
Butlins these days are thoroughly modern holiday destinations and are tailor made to host winter festival breaks like The Great British Alternative Music Festival. They offer accommodation and dining packages to satisfy most budgets, the facilities are top notch, and the lovely town of Minehead is...