Posts

Big Blog 2: One last Music-Culture

Image
 12/6/22 Intro: For this blog I choose to go in depth on the history of Chinese Opera. My knowledge Chinese Opera was extremely minimal, as I have never really listened to Chinese Opera, so this was very entertaining to research!  Where did it all begin? Chinese Opera can be traced back to the period of three kingdoms which was around 220-265 A.D. Chinese Opera was officially "formalized" during the period of the Tang Dynasty which took place between 618-907 A.D. There are many forms of Chinese Opera, several of which are regional. These regional forms of Chinese Opera differ in the way they display their own traditions.  One format of Chinese Opera consists of large theatres and "southern dramas" from the Southern Song Dynasty. In the north, around the 13th century A.D. a form of opera called Yuan Zaju emerged. This structure was typically split up into 4 different acts that may contain theater styles and more. In the 16th century an opera called, Kunqu emerged, th...
Post a Comment
Read more

Big Blog #1: Origins of Rap

Image
 For this blog, I chose to deep dive into the origins of Rap. This is one of my most listened to genres of music. However, I love listening to all kinds of music so I enjoyed learning more about the history of one specific genre.  The Beginning Rap as a music genre began in the early 1970’s in the mists of block parties in New York City. This genre began when DJs started isolating the percussion breaks of several other genres including soul, funk, and disco music. As the genre became more popular “rappers” as we call them today started rhyming in tune to the audio and eventually in the late 1970’s rap proved its commercial viability. Over time rapping as a art form stated evolving with the introduction of scratching and later moved into what we know know as hip hop in the mid 1980’s. This further pushed rap to be one of the many ubiquitous mainstream music genres we hear today. The First Rap Battle   Kool Moe dee vs. Busy Bee Starski was the first modern rap battle. This ...
Post a Comment
Read more