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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Music genres"”.
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Do Different Music Genres Differentially Affect Autonomic Activity? How Music and Sound Affect Autonomic Activity Aroused by Visual Stimuli
… researcher sought to determine whether different genres of music would differentially influence measures of autonomic nervous system activity (heart rate, galvanic skin response) while viewing visual stimuli in a sample of college students. All participants listened to the same songs and music …
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Radiohead and the Uses of Genre – A Stylistic Evaluation
The thesis explores uses of genre in the music of the band Radiohead and presents a new theoretical approach for studying popular music genres by combining text-based and discourse-based methods of analysis. Genre is a controversial and ambiguous concept that plays an important role in the ways in …
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Hip-Hop and Cultural Interactions: South Korean and Western Interpretations
… in every aspect of culture from fashion and music to language and religion. The ethnocentric view often parroted by the American public is that the rest of the world is simply trying to mimic the American way of life and failing (Pieterse 2001:225). This study argues that cultural integration …
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Popular idioms in select organ works of Naji Hakim, Jon Laukvik, and Wolf-Günter Leidel
… a great deal has been written on the topic of musical borrowing in general, there is a significant gap in the literature discussing its implications in works for the pipe organ. This document will explore the ways in which three contemporary composers borrow various stylistic elements to merge …
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SOUNDING SALVADORAN: POPULAR MUSIC AND POSTWAR IMAGINARIES OF SALVADORAN IDENTITY IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. METROPOLITAN AREA
This dissertation explores the role of popular music genres in constructing and enacting an imaginary of national and diasporic community among the Salvadoran diasporic community in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Two music genres with rich transnational histories, rock de las buenas épocas …
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El Ritmo del Westside: Exploring the Musical Landscape of San Antonio’s Historic Westside
… San Antonio, Texas fostered a uniquely diverse musical landscape throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s, demonstrating the results of cross-cultural exchanges reflected in music. From Conjunto and Ranchera music, to R&B and Jazz, a wide range of music genres was celebrated in the historic westside, …
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Analysis of Sampling Techniques by J Dilla in Donuts
… is considered by many hip-hop scholars and musicians to be one of the most influential producers of the genre. His techniques of sampling are some of the most creative and intricate in the world of hip-hop beat making and are viewed as virtuosic in their own right. By analyzing his …
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“Because We Are Catholic”: Music as a Bridge Between Identities Within the Catholic Community of South India
<p>In this thesis, I argue that the music of the Catholic Church of South India, which draws from Indian and Western music genres, functions as a cultural bridge allowing the worshiper to express a distinctively Catholic identity without distancing themselves from their Hindu roots. This cultural …
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'Re-writing' Shakespeare in Africa : creating musical relevance for a contemporary South African audience; with special reference to Geoffrey Hyland's production of Twelfth Night, or What You Will, staged at Maynardville Open-Air Theatre in 2006
This thesis explores the use of current music genres in a postcolonial, and more specifically South African, theatrical context to replace the lost value of audience's musical recognition that was an integral part of performances of Shakespeare's, and other playwrights', plays in Elizabethan …
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The Jaded Garden:a cross-cultural comparison of nostalgic female characters by Pai Hsien-yung and Tennessee Williams
… and accessories, and Williams's symbolic use of music genres: "Blues Piano" and the "Varsouviana Polka," and his use of rhythm and other poetic elements in his characters' speech, in the style of "personal lyricism." My study is based on a close-reading analysis of the selected works by Pai and …
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Reinterpreting the Global, Rearticulating the Local: Nueva Música Colombiana, Networks, Circulation, and Affect
… dissertation analyses identity formation through music among contemporary Colombian musicians. The work focuses on the emergence of musical fusions in Bogotá, which participant musicians and Colombian media have called "nueva música Colombiana" (new Colombian music). The term describes the work of …
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I Know We Should Be Running but the Song Plays On: A Theory of Ascribed Persona
… studies are considered, all within the realm of music: indie band Enter the Haggis/Jubilee Riots, country and pop star Taylor Swift, and all-around icon Cher. In each case, the audience is found to play a major role in the artist’s continued economic success. An artist’s interactions with their …
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Information Retrieval from Neurophysiological Signals
… show the possibility of creating a user-centric music/movie recommender system by employing neurophysiological signals. Regarding this, we employed a brain decoding paradigm in order to classify the features extracted from brain signals of participants watching movie/music video clips, into our …
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Singing foreign songs in the Lord’s House: an examination of the worship music sung in Songhai/Zarma protestant churches of the West African Sahel with special reference to Niger
Music is a key marker of a person’s identity. It is commonly assumed that people identify most strongly with the music of their own culture and upbringing. The Songhai people of West Africa have a rich historical and musical heritage. Songhai Christians, however, rarely make use of their musical …
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A Cultural Study Of Two-Tone In The Socio-Political And Economic Context Of The 1970s
My thesis concerns Two-tone music which emerged in the late 1970s and achieved the peak of its popularity around 1980. The three bands I focused on are The Specials, The Selecter and The Beat, all from the West Midlands and all with a black and white line-up, which was unusual at the time. I …
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Musical Resonance: An Exploration of Class and Urban-Rural Disparities in Music Tastes and Practices in Contemporary China
… extensive research on social stratification in music tastes and practices has largely focused on social class differences within Western contexts, the pronounced urban-rural divide in China is equally significant. The unique social structures and access disparities between urban and rural areas …
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Art remastered: Connecting the art museum and the local music community through interdisciplinary collaboration and creative response
… was a creative project that invited the local music community of Urbana-Champaign to create original content in response to the artwork on display at Krannert Art Museum. Six local musicians from various backgrounds and music genres were tasked with selecting an artwork to creatively respond to …
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Canadians Redefining R&B: The Online Marketing of Drake, Justin Bieber, and Jessie Reyez
… to accept, include, and institutionalize R&B music as part of Canadian culture, musical artists Justin Bieber, Drake, and Jessie Reyez have successfully broken-down barriers by having successful careers as racially diverse Canadian R&B artists. This qualitative study surveys the literature on …
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BOOM!!! ...for Real!
… and layering of fragmented and disparate musical material, comprised of noise, improvisation, text, and hints of vernacular music genres. Rapid changes of texture, orchestration, volume, and temporality shape the dramatic arc. The complete concerto unfolds with spontaneity of form, vivid …
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