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Continued Explorations-Music and the Fictive Dream-Frozen

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 Frozen            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_(2013_film) Frozen was produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures in 2013. It is an American computer-animated musical fantasy film. It is Walt Disney's 53rd animated featured film. Frozen was directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, and produced by Peter Del Vecho. Screenplay is by Jennifer Lee, and story by Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Shane Morris. If you would like to know who was all involved in this musical movie as a whole, you can click here . (Click the word "here.) Many critics think this may be Disney's best animated film since Disney's renaissance era. The film is praised for its visuals, screenplay, themes, music, and voice acting. Let It Go (2013), USA In the film, Frozen, the song Let It Go is the most popular from the film. The song was composed by Kristen Anderson Lopez and Robert Lopez and was performed by Idina Menzel. It was released in the album, Frozen: Or

Music and the Fictive Dream-The Lion King

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 The Lion King https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lion_king The Lion King is a Walt Disney Masterpiece released by Walt Disney Pictures in 1994. This American animated musical drama film was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It was produced by Don Hahn and directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, and screenplay credit goes to Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton. There were many people who were involved in creating the story and also the film as a whole. To see who was involved, you can read the list at this link . (Click the word, link) The Lion King was the fifth film that was produced during Disney's time period known as the Disney Renaissance. The film became popular very quickly and all over the world and was praised for its music, story, themes, and animation.  Can You Feel the Love Tonight (1994), USA Composed by Elton John, with lyrics by Tim Rice, produced by Chris Thomas. This song, Can You Feel the Love Tonight, won the Academy Award for Best

The Role of the Performer-Beyonce

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 Beyonce Her musical career Beyonce launched her fame as lead singer in a R&B group called, Destiny's child in the late 1990s. She then successfully launched her own career solo shortly after. The singer song writer launched her first solo album, Dangerously in Love(2003). Beyonce won 5 Grammy awards in 2004 along with best contemporary R&B album and best female R&B vocal performance. Destiny's child reunited once more to release Destiny Fulfilled. After that they officially went separate ways for good. In 2006 Beyonce went on to release her second solo album, B'day,   Irreplacable,  being the most successful song from the album. Later that year she released an album called, I am... Sasha Fierce. That album had many hits which led to her dominance in the 2010 Grammy awards. And according to Britannic a, " Her six awards, which included those for   song   of the year, best female pop vocal performance, and best contemporary R&B album, amounted to the mos

Musical Trip-Tlingit Music

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 Tlingit Music Being Tlingit myself, I thought it would be neat to learn more about my culture and try to help you learn a little about my culture as well. Tlingit music really came about for celebrating, potlucks, gatherings, and ceremonies. Some songs were also made to teach life lessons. First song Here is a song written by my Auntie Clara Peratrovich of Kake, Alaska.  The Hook Song. It is sung by Ed Littlefield.  USA, date-unknown. The Hook Song is so dear to my heart. I grew up singing this song with my dance group, Heeinya Khwaan. I also grew up watching my mom perform this song at every potluck, celebration, ceremony, and gathering. My mom was one of the few people my Auntie Clara Peratrovich taught to dance to this song she made. As you hear Ed Littlefield sing this song, you are able to hear how he uses the back of his throat to annunciate some of the words. You also hear in the song, a drum. Those two things made Tlingit music quite unique.  Here is a link of a traditional Tl