Ragtime is a musical form that synthesizes folk melodies and musical techniques into a brief quadrille-like structure, designed to be played--exactly as written--on the piano. (46) A strong analogy exists between European composers like Ralph Vaughan Williams and Edward Grieg, who combined folk tunes and their own original materials in larger compositions and the pioneer composers in the United States. Composers like Scott Joplin and James Scott were in a sense collectors or musicologists, collecting dance and folk music in Black communities and consciously shaping it into brief suites or anthologies called piano rags.
It has sometimes been charged that ragtime is mechanical. For instance, Wilfred Mellers comments, "rags were transferred to the pianola roll and, even if not played by a machine, should be played like a machine, with meticulous precision. " (47) However, there is no reason to assume that ragtime is inherently mechanical simply because co
Ragtime is a musical form that synthesizes folk melodies and musical techniques into a brief quadrille-like structure, designed to be played—exactly as written—on the piano. (46) A strong analogy exists between European composers like Ralph Vaughan Williams and Edward Grieg, who combined folk tunes and their own original materials in larger compositions and the pioneer composers in the United States. Composers like Scott Joplin and James Scott were in a sense collectors or musicologists, collecting dance and folk music in Black communities and consciously shaping it into brief suites or anthologies called piano rags.
It has sometimes been charged that ragtime is mechanical. For instance, Wilfred Mellers comments, "rags were transferred to the pianola roll and, even if not played by a machine, should be played like a machine, with meticulous precision." (47)However, there is no reason to assume that ragtime is inherently mechanical simply be
In the United States the most popular form of folk dancing since the early days has been square dancing. In early times, when men and women worked in groups to (21) a barn(谷仓) for harvest crops, they danced when the work was done. The music (22) from a violin for the most part. But if there was no one to play an instrument(乐器), clapping(击掌) was used to (23) the rhythm(节奏) by which to dance. The early settlers(移民) danced in a store, in a barn, or in a farm kitchen.
After some years (24) , square dancing became (25) popular in cities and towns, but it (26) popular in the country. Then it became popular in the cities once again. Today in (27) parts of the United States you will find some school, club, or other group that is square dancing for fun.
A square is formed by four couples(对，双) who stand (28) the center of the square. Each couple stands on one (29) of the square, the boy on the l
A. four
B. eight
C. two
D. many
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