英语毕业论文-美国街头音乐.docVIP

A Study on American Street Music Abstract: Music is a combination of life, emotion, sprite, and culture. Street music perches in these streets, lively and vividly. Even if we are familiar with it, people pay little attention to the street music. Some music authorities praise highly on boutique cultural such as Beethoven’s, and treat the street music as the bottom of their pile. The musicologists focus too far away their concentration on academic to care the trivial matter on street. The musicians often deemed the music hall and the big stage to be the holy place of their art career, in the meantime regard the street music as the little deals between the so called peddlers. What about the masses? Are they always put an equal sign between buskers and the blind beggars in rags? This thesis aims to explore a field which is rarely known. It is just the place to be visited——the world of American street music. Key words: street music; culture; melody 美国街头音乐 摘要：音乐是生活、感情、心灵，以及文化的综合。然而街头音乐作为音乐的一部分，在流动着生活中，寄予着感情，表述心灵；在创造着文化的街道上，生生不息。但却少有人问津，因为音乐权威多推崇精品文化，唯有贝多芬为贵，视街头音乐之类不入流；音乐学者多以学术为重，街头生活、人情琐事则是无暇顾及；音乐家们更以音乐厅、大舞台为艺术生涯的殿堂，街头的小弹小唱全然是“小摊小贩”的买卖；那么大众呢？我们是否常会将街头从艺者与破衣烂衫、肮脏、瞎眼的乞丐之间划上等号？本文旨在通过调查、研究、论述使人们能够充分了解一个鲜为人知的地方——美国街头音乐天地。 关键词：街头音乐；文化；节奏 Contents Abstract in English Ⅰ Abstract in Chinese Ⅱ 1. Introduction 1 2. The History of Street Music and Its Home 2 2.1 The History of Street Music 2 2.2 The Home of Street Music 3 2.2.1 Seattle 3 2.2.2 New York 4 3. The Classification of Street Music 5 3.1 The Blacks 5 3.1.1 The Apostles 5 3.1.2 Racial Resentment in the Drumbeat of Blacks 6 3.2 The Asians 7 3.2.1 Voices from the Orient 8 3.2.2 Playing License 8 3.3 The Indians 9 3.3.1 Functional Dance and Music 9 3.3.2 Music in the Phantom 11 4.?Mixed Music 12 5. Conclusion 13 Bibliography 16 Acknowledgements 17 1. Introduction Since mankind enters the 21st century, more and more Chinese people choose to live in town. There is a view of buildin