Spanish Culture The world today is referred to as a global village. However, within this village, we all have unique identities that associate us within particular communities. The identities refer to our culture. Therefore, culture refers to the behaviors, language, norms, beliefs, knowledge, memories, and arts of a particular group of people. It is the whole way of life of the people (American Sociological Association, 2020). Material culture involves tangible things, possessions, or places which people use to describe their culture (Sociology, 2020). It includes things like homes, schools, hospitals, stadiums, places of worship, musical instruments, clothes, and food. However, non-material culture refers to conceptual principles we hold and our way of thinking on what comprises our culture and how we should relate within that culture. Its components include language, values, norms, beliefs, sanctions, folkways, and customs. In this cultural paper, I will describe the Spanish culture. As Spaniard, we love music, arts, and are deeply spiritual with the majority of us being Christians. We also love education, colourful clothing, and sporting activities. Our material culture has unique sports, exotic…
Opera Critique: Moïse et Pharaon (Moses and Pharaoh) by Gioachino Rossini Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date A detailed critique of the Rossini’s opera performance The Rossini opera’s performance demonstrates a range of musical elements and artistic work of Rossini while narrating the biblical story of Israelite’s exodus from Egypt. Notably, the performers can brilliantly and carefully utilize the stage and their musical instruments. When demonstrating how the Israelites were chained per the order by the Egyptian king, the performers decide to use low voices and moderately soft voices that show the pains by the Israelites. Besides, the performers demonstrate a clear understanding of the theme by allowing Moses to put different facial expressions for different occasions. For instance, before the Israelites pass the red sea, the actors play their musical accompaniments in harmony and rhythmically depicting a unified course. Still, their faces and vocals illustrate some danger. On the contrary, their triumphal passing of the red sea and the drowning of the pharaoh’s army influence the performers to…
Music Copyright law Music Copyright law is an integral facet of the music industry. It refers to the legal rights granted to a composer, author, playwright, performers of the expression, publisher, or distributor to exclusive production, publication, sale, or distribution of musical work. The overarching goal of the copyright law is to preserve the creativity of the owner(s) of the original work in a tangible form such as record tape, CD, or copying lyrics in a paper as well as enable them to earn revenues from the sale of their musical works. The owner gains automatic copyright protection once the original work is put in a tangible medium. However, the music industry is inundated with controversies concerning copyright ownership issues, particularly concerning sound recording. In legal terms, “whoever pays the studio charges” is the solemn sound record copyright owner (Rutter 2011, p. 82). For music makers (artists and producers), the trend towards being the primary copyright owner brings with it a whole set of debates. Such is a contract case that needs critical evaluation deploying current copyright and music contract…
decline of print media In recent years, technology has taken over many aspects of the world. This era is commonly known as the digital era. The internet can enhance connectivity all over the globe (Verboord and Noord, 2016). As a result, musicians can reach out to many people in different parts of the world and carry out self-promotion. Consequently, the need for print media such as newspapers has declined over time. Several factors have contributed to the decline of print media; hence the significance of the music press also declined. While buying newspapers, readers are unsure of what the paper contains. They have varied interests in what they would like to read; therefore, buying newspapers would limit them to only what appears on the pages (Angelucci and Cage, 2019). The internet, on the other hand, allows users to search for different stories that they would like to read. They can access most of this content for free and at any time that is convenient to them.it is, therefore, unsurprising that many people have lost interest in printed media and…
Music Video Project The two songs, I luh you Papi by Jennifer Lopez and Girl in a country song by Maddie and Tae will be used to explain concepts and vocabularies of different genre of songs through sociological imagination and concepts. They both talk about how the female gender is objectified and sexualized for the musicians’ own pleasure and popularity, they show how women are treated like candy to be consumed. The videos of both of the songs try to change the common and usual culture applied in the todays’ world by doing it the opposite and placing the male gender in place of the female gender by objectifying and sexualizing them. The lyrics of the song ‘Girl in a country song’ talks about how the women are uncomfortable in their clothes and how they get disrespected by the men who gawk at them and call them sexy names. This makes them wonder if women are always supposed to look good for the men to pleasure them. The video however does not really reject sexism since the women are still…
Speak To the Sky Speak to the Sky by Rick Springfield is my selected piece of music. The song featured in Springfield’s first album Beginnings which was released by Sparmac Records on August 28, 1972, in Australia. Rick’s hit song falls into a unique musical genre known as “skiffle”. What strikes me about the musical piece is first, the skilled use of an ancient acoustic guitar and how it blends with the banjo and drums that are played by his backup instrumentalists. The 2.37 minutes song begins with Springfield playing freely the G, C, and D minor chords of his guitar at the introduction of the song as he sings the verse two lines before the drums and banjo interlude (0:01- 0:20). The song’s dynamics at the start capture the listeners’ attention as Springfield rocks the strings for five seconds before beginning to sing. There is cohesion between Springfield’s melody, the backup singer’s harmony, and the deep percussion pitch played by the drums (0:21-0:37). There is a smooth transition from one verse to the other, therefore attaining rhythm. The…
Music and employee performance Abstract 100 words The organizations need to ensure that their employees are subjected to a conducive work environment to boost their performance since they are a part of the company’s competitive advantage. The study will incorporate data collection where its primary evaluation will be on the effectiveness that music can uphold in an employee’s performance in an organization. Various studies on music and employee performance will be evaluated in the literature review to gain insight into other scholar’s perspectives regarding the issue. The data collected will be assessed and analyzed in a systematic way to determine the effects of music incorporation in an organization before and after the employees. After that, recommendations will be offered, which will give a directive on how music helps create a work-friendly environment for the employees. Intro 500 Words According to Shih et al., (2016), in every organization, the human resource department is an essential part of any organization regardless of whether the organization is a start-up, local, or it operates internationally. Music, on the other hand, provides therapeutic effects; therefore,…
Music and Its Styles of Composition If music is the food of love, then play on.[1]Many people describe music as a form of entertainment, art and cultural activity. It spreads happiness, joy and peace in people’s life. Music can be defined as a form of sound that expresses ideas and emotions through aspects of melody, color, harmony and rhythm.[2]The genres of music exceed count as they keep emerging every day. Some of the common genres include hip-hop; rock; country; pop; rhythm and blues (R&B); folk and jazz. In the music industry, different people have different ways of creating music and expressing themselves through music. Also, different songs have different themes found in society, like love, death, power, violence, among others. This essay tries to explain the different ways through which the European composers made music. It focuses on one European composer, Joanna Adolph Hasse, his biography, a career in music, composition style, elements of style in his operas, among other things. Hasse was born in Germany on March 25, 1699.[3] He was a great singer, teacher and composer of music…
Music proposal The theme of the Playlist The theme of the environment is one of the essential ideas that every Playlist should focus on. I chose the subject of the environment because I believe the environmental issue is becoming a global concern, and the public should be enlightened on the conservation of the situation. Songs are essential ways of passing on messages, and for that reason, the word of environmental preservation will reach as many people as possible. One of the identifying characteristics of music, such as pop, is personal identification. Pop music is ideological music that is aimed to appeal to the masses on a specific idea (Rojek, 2011). Therefore the music will touch on some of the critical issues about our environment and the progress humanity has made in making it sustainable such as recycling wastes and the prevention of environmental pollutions. Human beings have had a long relationship with the environment because they have been the residents of the situation and have molded it to suit their needs. It is the environment that makes human beings survive,…
Impacts of Art and Music on Emotions Music and art can easily stimulate strong emotions in people. Music, as an art, is believed to have accompanied humankind since his origin. Both music and art are very common phenomenal that cross all borders, nationalities, and cultures. Psychology shows that music and art can easily affect the emotional experience. They both have the capability to stimulate powerful emotional reactions to their listeners and viewers, respectively. Mostly, positive emotion dominates the artistic experience. The rich people may spend a substantial amount of money to buy a piece of art just because they feel some “connection” to it. Today music is the most effective way to treat psychological disorders such as stress and depression. This paper will describe the impact of art and music on human beings’ emotions. Not only does the music evoke emotions at a personal level, but also at the interpersonal and intergroup levels. As we listen to music, we associate ourselves with the expressions of the music, such as sadness from sad music or joy and happiness from jolly music.…