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Green was born on September 29, 1980, in St. Catharines, Ontario. [5] Green was named after Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green.Green has stated that he had gone without a name at first; his mother was considering naming him Graham-Todd Green, but his father had bet on the Phillies during the 1980 World Series that October and, after the team won, his parents decided on the name Dallas ...
The sociology of music looks specifically at these connections and the musical experiences tied to the person and the music itself. [1] In addition, the act of making music is a social production as well as a social activity. Even if the music artist is a solo performer, the production of the music itself, took a level of social effort.
Musicology (from Greek μουσική mousikē 'music' and -λογια-logia, 'domain of study') is the scholarly study of music.Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, formal sciences and computer science.
Ethnomusicology (from Greek ἔθνος ethnos ‘nation’ and μουσική mousike ‘music’) is the multidisciplinary study of music in its cultural context, investigating social, cognitive, biological, comparative, and other dimensions involved other than sound.
The psychology of music, or music psychology, is a branch of psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and/or musicology.It aims to explain and understand musical behaviour and experience, including the processes through which music is perceived, created, responded to, and incorporated into everyday life.
Adherents of the "program music" perspective believed that music could convey emotions and images. One example of program music is Berlioz 's Symphonie fantastique , in which the fourth movement is the composer's depiction of a story about an artist who poisons himself with opium and then is executed.
The first music parody “In Living Color” tackled in its first season was MC Hammer’s ubiquitous “U Can’t Touch This.” With Tommy Davidson playing the superstar rapper, he and the cast ...
Social commentary is the act of using rhetorical means to provide commentary on social, cultural, political, or economic issues in a society. This is often done with the idea of implementing or promoting change by informing the general populace about a given problem and appealing to people's sense of justice.