Essays about: "Modern Music"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 71 essays containing the words Modern Music.

1. 1. Time Signatures in Modern Music

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Musikhögskolan i Malmö

   Author : Gonçalo Alexandre Soares Rodrigues; [2023]
   Keywords : Time signatures; Free Notation; Modern Music; Witold Lutosławski; György Ligeti; composition; quantitative qualitative rhythm; Performing Arts;

   Abstract : In the beginning of the 20th Century with the emergence of a new musical language as the Second Viennese School (Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, and Anton Webern) took over, suddenly music pushed forward and away from traditional harmony, rhythm and even notation. Music started to lose its traditional feel of patterns, cadences and regularity and instead embraced new complexity, as composers started to avoid time signature patterns, tonal melodies, and harmonies. READ MORE

3. 2. Tiktok: a modern spotlight on emerging artists : Understanding why and how TikTok users take partin viral behaviors towards musical artists on the platform

   University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Irfan Okanovic; Trouchaud Agnès; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This master's thesis aims to explore why and how TikTok users engage in viral behavior towards music artists' videos. The study addresses the gap in knowledge in this area and seeks to identify the factors and categories of virality for music artists on TikTok. READ MORE

4. 3. The Rebellion Power of the F-word in Modern Songs : A Corpus-Based Discourse Analysis

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Yulong Chen; [2023]
   Keywords : F-word; rebellion power; modern songs; corpus linguistic analysis;

   Abstract : Abstract: In this thesis, the general use and specific instances of F-words in modern music lyrics have been studied based on the corpora extracted from songs in Billboard year-end charts from 2013 to 2022, which represented the most popular songs in English-speaking countries. By screening the actual meaning and contexts of those F-words in the lyrics, I extracted those special instances in which F-words were used to express rebellious feelings to challenge social norms and fight against authority powers. READ MORE

5. 4. The Sounds of Our World: Navigating Live Music and Artist Growth in Harare

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Annika Medin; [2023]
   Keywords : live music; zimbabwe; harare; urban sociology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Increasingly connected to urban development and vitality in modern discourses of urban sociology, live music is a social and cultural phenomenon with great potential for improving people’s, including artists, well-being. Still, the systems and networks which shape live music are specific to their local social, cultural and institutional contexts, leading to a range of perceptions. READ MORE

6. 5. Music journalism as a hybrid field between politics and culture : Kerrang! and NME's challenging and reinforcement of gender inequality, imbalance, and women's marginalization in 2019-2023

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Journalistik

   Author : Vladimir Gospodinov; [2023]
   Keywords : cultural journalism; discourse analysis; gender inequality; music journalism; intersectionality;

   Abstract : This paper discusses the incorporation of socio-political themes in music and music journalism, focusing on the issues of gender inequality, imbalance, and women's marginalization. It investigates how two UK-based media with a transnational audience focus, Kerrang! and New Musical Express (NME), challenge or reinforce gender inequality-related themes in their publications in 2019-2023. READ MORE