Essays about Music Page 15

Kulintang refers to a racked gong chime instrument played in the southern islands of the Philippines, along with its varied accompanying ensembles. Percussive bossed gong ensembles without a melodical gong rack, known as Agung, are played throughout most of the islands by indigenous groups (such as the Mangyan, Lumad, Batak, Tagbanwa and Aeta) as well…

The film, set in New York City, encompasses the lives of Naina (Preity Zinta), Rohit (Saif Ali Khan) and Aman (Shahrukh Khan); whereby, representing an ode to the celebration of life. Life is rather cold and melancholic for Naina, as a result of her father’s suicide, and she’s reserved to an introverted lifestyle dealing with…

Music and its classification are variedly based on the scales and instruments employed in the composition of a piece. With most instruments (such as guitar) being more and more regularly used in almost all genres, it has become ever more difficult to assign a musical piece to a single strict category. Rock music however has…

The market for an international music channel in the Middle East was untapped at that time, but the market showcasing local music was saturated. Despite this, the region offered massive opportunities for growth if MET could successfully translate and adapt their strategy into one that could be successful in a culture that had major differences…

If there is any music the Brazilians are well known of, that would be “Samba”. Samba is very popular today, being available to everyone in terms of radio, television, live performances, and of course, through the internet. Songs of this type of music has regular airplays in stations, and even hit high billboard charts ever…

Tertulia sa Abelardo Hall An evening of Filipino Salon Music from 1860 to the present Last September 13, pianists Augusto Espino and Jourdann Petalver were featured in the “Tertulia sa Abelardo Hall”. The piano concert was put in a Tertulia scene, where there is acting and staging. Tertulia is the term used in 1860’s that…

Music has been around for hundreds of years, and along with it have always come music lovers. Throughout the years the world has seen music evolve from a form of religious celebration and having a ceremonial role, to becoming a form of entertainment and art to what it is today: a backbone of popular culture…

Music is the art of arranging tones in an orderly sequence so as to produce a unified and continuous composition, according to Webster’s II: New Riverside University Dictionary. However, people have different meanings for music. Therefore there is not just one meaning for “music”. Meanings of music to other people: Music plays an integral and…

Gwen Stefani             On October 3, 1969, Gwen Renée Stefani took her first breaths as a member of this world in Fullerton, California. Formative years were accomplished over at Anaheim. Her name is an eclectic mix of influences in hr parents life. Her first name Gwen, was chosen by her mother based upon a character…

For example, when the scorpion is about to sting Coyotes, Kink hears the song of evil. “Kink’s breath whistled in his nostrils and he opened his mouth to stop it. And then the startled look was gone from him and the rigidity from his body. In his mind a new song had come, the Song…