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    (1998, p.3), “Adams became a serious pianist as a child. Later, he would argue for the connections between music and photography, calling attention to the importance of tonal gradations and likening the printing of a negative to the performance of a musical score”. In 1916 his passion for photography began after a trip to Yosemite National Park. Adams personality was described as hyperactive, and he also had difficulty reading. Due to Adams struggle in school, his father and aunt began tutoring him

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    INTRODUCTION This essay will be looking at Independent music in relation to the categorisation of distribution and production. It will also discuss the impact with regard to the development of musical performances and production. Originally, Independent music referred to bands or artists who performed and/or produced music autonomously and without the commercial rules and restrictions associated with major record labels (Hale, 2014). Throughout the years Independent music has evolved into a broader

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    The Swift Path to Success and Musical Stardom: An Influence Essay on Taylor Swift Perhaps one of the most successful young women of my time, Taylor Swift has gone from amateur, underrated country artist to mega pop princess in just a mere two decades. Among the Forbes’s Celebrity 100 list and the Times 100 Most Influential People list of 2010, Swift has reached earnings of $64 million annually in her career and has been listed as the second best-selling digital singles artist in all of the United

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    small body of work. Furthermore, his composition style changed very little over the course of his career, remaining, at times, rhythmically quirky, but for the most part, lyrically Romantic - a style that was considered very “old-fashioned” in a musical scene dominated by the more avant-garde Benjamin Britten. Particularly after World War II, twentieth century audiences weren’t interested in the music of the past - of an age that hadn’t yet experienced the depth of devastation and loss that they

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    Leadership is defined as a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal, also leadership requires the contribution and cooperation of both leaders and followers to urge the common tasks go thoroughly and smoothly. Wilson as a band leader plays the key role in contributing to the industry in his times. He was influential and will be inspiring for other musician that follows jazz music. 2. How was he shaped by his times? In one of his interviews he quoted

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    The evolution of musicals has grown and changed tremendously throughout history. They have developed into something that no one ever dreamed they would be while leaving a gigantic mark on society. Rock and roll was one of the biggest changes that happened to the musical theatre industry. Not only was this cultural change a huge impact for society but also in musicals resulting in a huge change of what the content of musicals were and will be in the future. Rock and roll began in the late 1940’s and

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    American Musical Theatre has been influenced and developed over many hundreds of years stretching back to the Greek tragedy through Europe to the Integration of story, music and spectacle in the 1936 musical, Show Boat. Much of how the American Musical is developed revolves around the cyclical nature of theatre and its history across Europe. Each stage is influenced by the development that came before, and many seek to revive aspects of past performances. There is always a connection to the past

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    Musical Theatre History

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    collaboration of musical theatre combines the drama aspect and plots of stage plays while adding musical components. The plot and a variety of emotions including love, passion, anger, sadness, and humor, are all presented through words and music. Musical theatre has changed tremendously over time, from operas to orchestras to full fledged plays. However, from the beginning until now the art form has carried a great influence in the world of performance. This essay will explore the history of musical theatre

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    Musical Theatre History

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    important parts of a play. American Musicals allowed actors to express their selves in a way that no one has ever seen before. The evolution of musicals began with the influences of American Expressionism. Musical Theatre has its own very unique art and it has influenced the expansion of the boundless creations one can make with such beautiful art. Along the road it gave birth to the Golden Age, Rock Musicals, and Pop Musicals. Stage Musicals and Film Musicals have influence each other to the point where

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    personality and points of view to become different from others and making a statement with clothes can also prove to be alienating. Everyone is different, but that's how we get by - stereotyping other people, And the choices of fashion which has the influence of music is based on the results that suggest that the types of genres we like directly correlate with how we define ourselves. 4. Music and consumer What people listen to is more important for their sense of themselves than what they watch or

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