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1 What kind of music do you listen to and what do you like about it? Think of a specific piece that you like and answer the following.
? Who (composer/artist) and what style (pop, rock, classical, etc.) and which piece
? What do you like about it? Be specific (you like the words, the melody, the artist's voice, etc.)
The piece that I have thought of is "Blowin' in the Wind," by Bob Dylan. I like it because it is song of its social protest. This style of music is called folk rock. This important transformation of rock occurred in 1965 at the Newport Folk Festival when Bob Dylan, appeared, playing electric guitar and backed by an electrified rock band. This triggered a synthesis of the folk revival and rock subsequently took place, with folk groups using rock arrangements and rock singers composing poetic lyrics for their songs (e.g., the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood," "Eleanor Rigby"). The Byrds' arrangement of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" is a folk-rock classic. Performers like the Mamas and the Papas; Peter, Paul, and Mary; Donovan; and the Lovin Spoonful sang a kind of music designated "folk rock." Among Dylan's many social protest songs are "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are A-Changin'." Dylan's style evolved from acoustic folk ("Don't Think Twice") to folk rock ("Highway 61 Revisited"), country blues ("Country Pie"), and hard-driving rock.
#2 What is Classical Music? What do you think defines it? Be thoughtful and support your ideas with concepts.
Classical music is music composed in a classical tradition and intended as serious art, especially as distinguished from popular or folk music. It also means a loose expression for European and American music of the more serious kind, as opposed to popular or folk music. It is the traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste. Classical music is music considered classical, as sophisticated and refined, in a regional tradition. The term "classical" has many connotations. The present page aims at distinguishing between the many meanings "classical" can have in the realm of music.
Classical music is sometimes defined as music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of art, ecclesiastical and concert music. A music is classical if it includes some of the following features: a learned tradition, support from the church or government, or greater cultural capital.
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