The first Bachata song I analyzed is from Monchy and Alexandra “ Dos Locos” This is a classic bachata style song. The instruments in this song are bass, I could hear mainly the guitar and the Segunda which its purpose is to add syncopation to the music. This song is composed of two lead singers. Beginning with a moderato volume, the female lead singers increases her volume to forte when the male singer joins her. This song talks about a romantic story about a couple that are crazy in love but can’t be together because of their pride.
When Vicente Fernandez is singing, he has different vocal formation, he uses a lot of back vowels; the A and the O. In the lyrics of the song, the ending of each line in the stanza is elongated, so the sound is carried away in the melody of the song. When I heard the song play the melody, the song sounded passionate because of all the sentiment Vicente Fernandez achieves through his voice. In addition, the genre of this song is labeled as a nationalistic song, so the lyrics of the song also make the song sound passionate for his hometown of Mexico. The lyrics to the song also produce imagery.
Part of the reason why audiences could easily enjoy and appreciate the song and its story. The song itself is played in duple meter, bearing similarities to the western musical style of Polka. Throughout the song, the percussion drum set and bajo sexto are the more prevalent instruments, keeping the beat and playing an underlying harmony respectively that ties the song together and moves the song along. The accordion itself doesn't come up as often in the song, only being played in between the the verse's last line, and between verses themselves. Even when it's being played, the accordion only plays two small motifs of notes, with one motif played in the mid-verse pauses (0:30 to 0:37, 1:08 to 1:15) etc.)
The movie “Bajo la Misma Luna,” in my own opinion, is a wonderful film representing all of the obstacles and sacrifices families have to go through to live in a free and safe environment. Some of the obstacles that these Mexican families encounter would include the hardships illegal immigrants face with la migra along with the reasons for Mexicans to immigrate and cross the border. Also jobs available for illegal immigrants are difficult to find as well. All of these things can be very dangerous especially being an illegal immigrant but it could take years to completely become an American citizen so the quickest way is to go illegally which splits families like Carlitos and his
Bran Nue Dae is an Australian musical comedy-drama directed by Rachel Perkins. The film captured the lifestyle of the Aboriginal through the road trip of the Aboriginals, Willie and Uncle Tablo on their way back to Broom during the late 1960s. Through the journal, the film emphasized the theme of standing up for yourself and following your dreams. Bran Nue Dae also condemned the stereotypes and injustices that the Westerners put on the Aboriginal by narrating the story on an Australian viewpoint. Additionally, the film is a lively picture of the Aboriginal community portraying through their traditional songs and spiritual dances.
It had been utter silence for what felt like an eternity as the inhuman Santa Anna’s forces prepared for an all out attack. That was when the music started. It’s eeriness echoes through the land even now as it slowly gets more intense. One of the Tejanos looked extremely shaken and shared how it was known as El Deguello and it was played to let the enemy know they were about to be slaughtered. Everything is chaos now as my fellow defenders panic and pray to their gods.
In the second stanza, when she says something in Spanish, she is indicating that his lack of knowledge of the Spanish language will hurt him as he doesn't know how the desert turns and behaves, even with all his “heavy” luxuries he wouldn’t be able to survive, that line is expressed with a tone of content that she won the game without the cop even knowing it
“Nada te Turbe” is a musical piece composed by Joan Szymko. Joan Szymko was born in 1957, in Chicago, Illinois. Szymko’s composition of “Nada te Turbe” has entered the standard collection of American choral literature. The Poet of “Nada te Turbe” is St.Teresa of Avila. St.Teresa of Avila was born in 1515 and died in 1582.
It is the middle of the night and a loud harsh knock, followed by a rough man’s voice barking orders awakes a young girl from her peaceful sleep. Confusion sets in, and she exchanges glances with her siblings and parents. They tell her to do as the man says. He shouts to grab a small bundle of luggage and head to the railroad cars waiting outside. She does not want to go peacefully.
From there, the movie shows the reactions of Selena’s family at hearing the news that Selena had passed while Selena’s “Dreaming of You” is playing in the background. After seeing the family’s reactions, a candlelight vigil is shown along with footage of the real Selena performing and just being herself in front of a camera. This song is one of the songs that would have been on her English-language album, so it is different than the ones shown in the film previously. This song is in English and is a slow pop song, which is very different than the upbeat Tejano music she was known for. I like the song’s flow and that it is different than what she had done in the past.
This comes as a surprise as it was common for songs originally performed by black artists to be covered by white artists with altered lyrics in the 1950s. The song definitively does not sound the same as the instrumentation and vocal sounds are changed which does not come as a surprise. The order goes as follows: chorus, verse 1, chorus, verse 2, chorus, instrumental section, chorus, verse 1, and
La voz a ti debida has received criticism from a number of academics for being a misogynistic work of poetry and is described as “androcentric” by Bermúdez. The theme of possession is widespread in the poem, along with the objectification of the amada, both anti-feminist elements of Salinas’s work. In addition to this, the beloved is portrayed as empty and lifeless, only acting as a hindrance to the happiness of the narrator, whether she loves him or does not. The amada’s power is only weakened by her lack of voice, taken from her by Salinas. The theme of possession is prevalent from the onset and throughout La Voz a ti Debida.
Even though most people believe that the majority of poems express only emotions such as love, fear, and death, there are also poems from poets that exhort their voices through the poetry of protest who object against various social-political issues that took place during their generation (Ann & Charters, 1052). For example, Pat Mora is one person that speaks up about the issues that Latinos confront in the United States. For instance, in her poem of “Elena,” Mora mentions the difficulties that a monolingual person has to deal with when they have language barriers. In “Elena” Pat Mora describes a story of Elena, a mother, who feels that her Spanish is not sufficient.
It is very similar to a commentary such as a recitative in Italian style would. This separation kept their emotions and musical characters from bonding to prevent any ideas of love or unity. It is also important to notice that Don José, in the music and translation, never end as if he keeps trying to pursue Carmen. On the opposite end, Carmen sings firmly and has declamatory texts that have an ending point.
The melody of this song described as restlessly chromatic and undulating, a swaying Arabic-sounding tune. The melodic line is filled with emotion and oddly unbalanced consisting of seven alternating sections of held tones and movement. The harmony is added behind the melody is dissonant but simultaneously lush. The rhythm was played with in Ella’s version making the classic song her own giving the clarinet a smooth solo. The simple rhythm of the song has an AABA pattern it sticks too.
