Music category archive

Origins of Bebop

September 19th, 2011 | Music | No comments   

This post is based on my Arts class on 9/12/11. Michael Morreale discussed Bebop and played several important songs for us. I found the lecture especially interesting today because of the connections I made with the jazz class I’m already taking. I was already familiar with many important jazz players such as Charlie Parker and […]

Appalachian Spring

September 19th, 2011 | Dance, Music, Visual Art | No comments   

This post is based on my arts class on 8/31/11. We discussed bio-morphism and modern dance. A link to the Appalachian Spring video can be found here. It was difficult for me to follow Appalachian Spring because of my lack of knowledge in both orchestral music and modern dance. However, even with the little knowledge […]