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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"dance music"”.
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Dance Music for Orchestra
Dance Music for Orchestra is a collection of three concise dance movements that are merged into one eight-minute overture-like work. These movements are meant to exaggerate the energy and spirit of the Op. 46 and Op.72 Slavonic Dances by Antonín Dvořák. This is achieved through intricate, …
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Electronic Dance Music: From Deviant Subculture to Culture Industry
… historical documents, I examine the Electronic Dance Music (EDM) subculture, since its inception in the late 80s as a deviant subculture. Previous studies of raves and other music subcultures focus almost exclusively on the role of popularity in transforming the subculture. In this research, I …
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EXPLORING THE ARTISTIC CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF CHINESE PIANO DANCE MUSIC
This paper introduces the historical background, musical characteristics, performance practice, and composer analysis of Chinese piano dance music. These areas are introduced through three examples, Xie Geng's Nishang Yuyi Song, Huang Anlun's Celestial Musician from the Dream of Dunhuang piano …
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Dancing in the void: Electronic dance music festival attendance as a path to enchantment
… potential of contemporary electronic dance music festivals within the context of prevailing societal trends under neoliberalism, including secularism, individualism, hyperconsumption, and hyperproductivity. By synthesizing existing literature from sociology, philosophy, and cultural …
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How Do Mainstream Cultural Market Categories Emerge: A Multi-Level Analysis of the Creation of Electronic Dance Music
… of the creation of the category of Electronic Dance Music (EDM). I find that each level contributes differently to the creation of a mainstream cultural category. Local innovation networks (or LINs) unite consumers and producers and provide unique elements that facilitate the creation of new …
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Iceland's house scene : accessing global markets?
… is to gain better understanding of how the music market structure is, on international level. The global market for electronic dance music has been developing and expanding through its time and is the genre that I will be focusing on in the following paper. Looking especially at European …
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Mbalax: Cosmopolitanism in Senegalese Urban Popular Music
… identity and cosmopolitanism through urban dance music. My central argument is that local popular culture thrives not in spite of transnational influences and processes, but as a result of a Senegalese cosmopolitanism that has long valued the borrowing and integration of foreign ideas, …
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Harmonic Data: AI Music, EDM Transcription, & Minimalist Jazz
… thesis presents research in the domains of music theory and music technology. The topics of the three chapters are as follows: (1) the technical and artistic limitations of artificial intelligence when generating music, (2) the transcription of electronic dance music (EDM) using a hybrid …
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The Musicality of Salsa Dancers: An Ethnographic Study
<p>This work analyzes the musical knowledge and aesthetics acquired by improvisatory social salsa dancers who hone close listening skills through corporeal means. The connections that these dancers construct between music, self, and partner make evident an engagement with musicality that can be …
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Ma Io Sono Brasiliano! An Ethnographic Study of the Ethnicity and the Vernacular Expressive Culture of the Italian Immigrants in the City of Sao Paulo, Brazil (Folk Dance; Music)
The purpose of this study was: (1) to describe the present ethnic situation of the Italian immigrants who participate in some type of voluntary ethnic association in the city of S ao Paulo, Brazil; and (2) to analyze the expressive culture used in the manifestation of their Italianita, the Italian …
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Schottisches and scars: Finding the unity in music during the division of the Civil War
In this paper, I explore the role of social dance music, particularly the schottische, during the Civil War to address the issue of musical unity during cultural division. My research focused on a set of sixteen schottisches from Duke University's Historical American Sheet Music Project. I analyzed …
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Township refusals (for containment): engaging the cultural production of Sepitori s Amapiano through a Black (Sonic) Studies curatorial lens
Amapiano is one of South Africa's most popular musical exports. As a musical practice, Amapiano falls under the “genre” of Electronic Dance Music (EDM), more specifically, House music. Amapiano's global acclaim and exponential growth is aided by how popular culture is consumed in the 21st century: …
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The consort suite in the German-speaking lands (1660-1705)
… influence was very strong in Germany. The music of Jean-Baptiste Lully swept through the German courts during the 1670s and '80s, and remained the dominant influence in German suite writing until the early part of the eighteenth century. French music was known in Germany long before Lully. …
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The solo string works of J. S. Bach: the relationship between dance and musical elements
… affirmatively and arranged a magnificent dance in his private apartment. The type of dance that took place was a kind of social dancing which later became the standard included Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue, Minuet, Gavotte, Bourée, Loure and Chaconne. These dances were called …
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Pop/Rock Compositions Lyrically Targeting an "At-risk" Constituency
… social and personal issues. Specifically, the music targets a constituency of at risk youth who are embroiled in issues arising from physical and mental abuse, depression, and maladies rooted in family dysfunction. The aim of this project is to reach out to this group through music and …
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THE RISE OF WAVETABLE SYNTHESIS IN COMMERCIAL MUSIC AND ITS CREATIVE APPLICATIONS
<p>Wavetable synthesis is a powerful tool for music creation that helps composers and producers develop their own unique sounds. Though wavetable synthesis has been utilized in music since the early 1980s, advancements in computer technologies in the 2000s and the subsequent releases of software …
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Composers on the Decks
… and what I am calling "instrumental-electronic dance music" in what may be the first academic study to examine the latter and its connections with the former.</p><p><italic>Alleys of Your Mind</italic> is a work for seven wind instruments, soprano and laptop DJ composed as social dance music, …
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Expressed Emotions Architecture
… The community expresses art in the form of dance, music and creative writing. The building express art in the form of a decision. Each decision that is made expresses a quality about design. Each space is transformed into a place by the nature of its design. The building achieves a sense of …
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Engaging the Whole Mind: Transmediation Between Pictures and Print
… such as African Americans are based in the arts; dance, music, storytelling, and visual art of all kinds. These are right-brained functions. They are also the natural and preferred methods of communication for young children of all cultures. This study will enable the reader to reflect on their …
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