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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"ragtime"”.
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Doctorow's Ragtime journalism
<p> Doctorow has a curiously complex problem in Ragtime. He wants to say something meaningful, to arrive at some truth about the ragtime era of America; he wants to reveal the essence of the people of that eram who and what affected them, whom and what they affected. But the facts alone cannot …
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Themes of Exodus and Revolution in Ellison's Invisible Man, Morrison's Beloved, and Doctorow's Ragtime
… I show that Invisible Man, Beloved, and Ragtime not only employ the motif of the Exodus journey; they also perpetuate the silent revolution begun by the Israelites while held captive in Egypt. This dissertation consists of six chapters. Chapter One provides the introduction to the …
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Perilous pop: ragtime, jazz and progressive social thought in the early 20th Century Press, 1900-1930.
… cultures, and immigrant groups. For others, ragtime and jazz threatened to dismantle the aesthetic hierarchies to which the project of political "progress" had been hitched. Ultimately, this dissertation argues that progressive social reformers, in an effort to create a public culture that …
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The Fallacy of Cultural Authenticity: The Simulacra and Cultural Appropriation in the Free Market through the Lens of Literature
… Music and Materialism in E.L. Doctorow’s <em>Ragtime</em> and Nella Larsen’s <em>Quicksand</em></p> <p>II. ‘Buying’ Into Culture: The Effect of Commoditization on the Cultural Artifact in Willa Cather’s <em>The Professor’s House</em></p> <p>III. Selling Experience: The Fallacy of Memory & …
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THE INFLUENCE OF JAZZ AND ITS PREDECESSORS ON PIANO CHAMBER MUSIC AFTER 1920
… jazz music and its predecessors, such as blues, ragtime, and stride piano, began to gain widespread popularity among audiences. Their defining characteristics including syncopated rhythms, improvisation, call and response, polyphony, distinctive harmony, and unique timbre. Many classical …
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American women saxophonists from 1870-1930 : their careers and repertoire
… songs are examined, as are waltz, fox-trot, and ragtime pieces. Discussion of music of a more "classical" nature concludes this section. Two appendixes are included--the first, a complete alphabetical list of the names of early female saxophonists and the ensembles with which they played; the …
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King Dedyyee : an original third-stream composition for symphonic band
… of scenery. Sections in the piece include ragtime, a march, Middle Eastern, jazz waltz, Afro Latin, syncopation in 5/8, asymmetrical rhythms in 3/4 time, and an alternative Rock feel. The accompanying document provides a review of relevant literature with regard to third stream. There is a …
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An Analysis of Musicals by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, and an Original Musical, Fly Like an Eagle
… of several songs each from Once on This Island, Ragtime, and Seussical – three Ahrens & Flaherty shows chosen specifically because of their variety in style and subject matter. This analysis includes, among other things, the lyrics and lyric setting, textures, harmonic settings, accompaniment …
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The emergence and evolution of a generalized marimba technique
… precursors of marimba performance, namely the ragtime xylophone technique and the Guatemalan marimba influences that emerged in the United States in the first two decades of the century. The primary focus of the thesis explores the work of seven individuals: composers Paul Creston, Darius …
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Two Trains Running: Capture and Escape in the Racialized Train Cars of the Jim Crow South, 1893-1930
… Weldon Johnson and musicians W. C. Handy, Henry "Ragtime Texas" Thomas, and Honeyboy Edwards. I find that by studying the train scenes and train sounds produced by these black men under the constraints of the Jim Crow South, we might come to a better understanding of the role of the railroad in …
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A Performer's Guide to John Musto's Penelope: A Cycle of Seven Songs for Soprano and Piano
… technique weaves influences of jazz, blues, ragtime, and popular music with classical technique to make music that is decidedly modern but accessible and well liked both by critics and audiences. Unfortunately, though he is still actively composing, very little has been written about Musto …
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"""I been to hear the highest kind of opera grand"": blues, ""good music,"" and the performance of race on record, 1920-1921"
… Prohibition, youth, coon songs, violence, ragtime, mental pathology, and more. Of all the recordings these women made, Mamie Smith’s “Crazy Blues” has received the most scholarly attention, but its status in the blues canon has served to camouflage the influence of “good music” on early …
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The Hungarian Cimbalom: History and Evolution
… of compositions by Igor Stravinsky, namely the Ragtime for Eleven Instruments, and the one-act opera, Renard. The cimbaloms first entrance into the symphony orchestra came via a few works by composers Franz Liszt, Bla Bartk, and Zoltn Kodly. A turn of events transpired in 1915 when the composer …
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THE BRONX COCKED BACK AND SMOKING MULTIFARIOUS PROSE PERFORMANCE
<p><em>The Bronx Cocked Back And Smoking</em> is a collection of multifarious prose performances recounting the historical, personal, social, political and cultural constructs of a city birthed by violence. This body of work is accompanied by video, audio, photography, and theatre performance …