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| Canton (cantonese) and Mainland (Mandarin) |
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| The two genres of opera stories |
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| 4 skills needed to be developed for Opera |
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| vocal/speech delivery, acting, singing, acrobatic/martial arts |
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| 2 kinds of opera performances |
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| at fairs, informal, people can watch different ones, don't need to sit down |
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| formal opera, what we usually think of as opera, 3-4 hours long |
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| cantonese name for song, are performed by chinese americans to reconnect to their culture |
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| private cantonese opera clubs developed after operas declined in the 50's, where people came to meet each other and develop their skills together |
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| emotional moment in opera that is hardest to perform, melody is all over the place, must be professional to do it well, singer bounces off of what the musicians do |
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| "fixed type", melodies stay the same but different lyrics can be put over melody, easier to sing |
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| Percentage of cantonese opera that is either aria type or fixed type |
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| narrative type, very long and wordy because it tells a story, not common because it is too long to remember usually |
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- cheap and portable
- use machine whenever you want, instead of waiting to attend a yamngok se meeting
- can be done with friends and neighbors
- don't need to be very musically talented like in cantonese opera
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- less live musicians become hired
- you can't do aria types
- too much practice with a machine will make you go "flat"
- you can't change the key
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| you hear a melody and you know exactly what it means |
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| Native Americans and Cowboys in the 1930's + key movie |
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- Cowboy was hero -> beautiful expansive melodies
- N.A. were savages -> modal melodies
- there is this American ideal of Manifest Destiny
- key movie: Stagecoach
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| Native Americans and Cowboys in the 1950's + key movie |
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- Hero (cowboy) becomes more realistic
- US is not free of flaws
- N.A. is no longer seen as a savage
- cultural exchange between N.A and cowboy -> pay attention to the N.A. way of life
- music is diegetic
- modal-romantic theme, usually played with a flute, bc cowboy and N.A. woman are in love
- keeps most N.A. stereotypes
- key movie: Broken Arrow
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| Native Americans and Cowboys in the 1970's + key movie |
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- Vietnam is present, so we see N.A. as substitutes for Vietnamese
- consequences of violence are portrayed
- N.A. gets musical depth instead of stereotyping
- long stretches of N.A. speech without subtitles
- N.A. becomes portrayed as the hero and noble
- White man is seen as the savage
- key movie: A Man Called Horse
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| Native Americans and Cowboys in the 1990's + key movie |
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- real N.A. music, actors, and language used
- N.A. are really the stewards of the Earth and that they know best
- they know how to live and take care of the Earth
- whites are just ignorant oppressors
- key movie: Geronimo
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| Famous composer who represented N.A. as world citizens through elaborate scores |
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| Aboriginal belief about existence |
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| things exist when they are named |
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- Aboriginal belief of creation
- occurs during dreamtime
- has to do with spirituality
- means artwork, visions and songs
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- key instrument used in Aboriginal music
- made from a hollowed out branch
- usually accompanied by clapsticks
- played using circular breathing -> creates uninterrupted sound
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| music overheard is what you see (what you see is what you hear) |
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- Starts with White Cockatoo (Ab. traditional)
- V1: Pre- Australia (pop song)
- Refrain
- V2: Tragedy
- Refrain
- V3: Hopeful/Reconciliation
- refrain
- ends in Ab. traditional
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| melody dips from hi to low, but in steps |
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- the use of Ab. Traditional in beginning and end show that they were there first and will always be
- the ending is not necessarily a victory, but more of a reconciliation
- shows that art and advocacy can work together
- not the norm for others
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- originally very political and hardcore
- did not get much attention
- once it was turned into remix, it became a sensation
- but this contained less intense lyrics and less influential message -> didn't really stand up for the cause
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| Politics of Representation |
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| You choose in what ways you want to represent yourself |
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| 2 main musical genres in Bahamas |
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| junkanoo and rake n scrape |
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| 3 levels of interpreting Bahamien genres |
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1. geography
2. economics
3. politics |
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| Relationship between mass tourism and live music |
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| As mass tourism increased, live music decreased |
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| Examples of up and down economy in Bahamas |
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- "wrecking" in the 1600's-1700's
- supplying shelter and getaway to loyalists during the Revolutionary Way
- being rum runners during Prohibition
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