Культурология. Горелова А.В - 22 стр.

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4. Jazz is not regarded as an American folk music by the author.
5. Jazz can be made the basis of serious symphonic works of lasting value.
2. Give the Russian equivalents of the following phrases:
to be built on folk music
a possible foundation for development into an art-music
to produce something worthwhile
to make use of folk music as a base
to develop highly individualized style
3. Give the English equivalents of the following phrases:
не являться исключением
различные типы народной музыки
разработать имеющийся богатый материал
стиль народной музыки
талант к чему-л.
4. Topics for discussion.
1. Sources of musical fecundity.
2. Different types of folk music as a possible foundation of art-music.
3. Jazz as an American folk music.
2.4. The Beatles
The Beatles revolutionized pop music in the Sixties. A cliché? Yes, of
course. But it’s become a cliché simply because it’s true, and because a
cliché is the only possible response to something as overwhelming and
staggering as the BEATLES’ career.
In the artificially hyped multinational media word of the 1990s, The
Beatles’ sales figures will be, and are being, outclassed by entertainers with
barely a fraction of their talent and artistry. But those achievements wouldn’t
have been possible without The Beatles, who rescued a brand of popular music
that was in danger of fading into oblivion, and turned it into a medium that
produced million-dollar returns - and art. That, finally, is The Beatles’ greatest
claim to fame. Working under immense pressure, to schedules that would baffle
the sedentary superstars of the modern era, they produced thirteen great albums,
and more than 20 singles, in a little over seven years.
Not only that, they never ceased to stretch and broaden the palette of pop
and rock — incorporating the lyrical poetry of folk singers like Bob Dylan, the
psychodelia of the American West Coast, the jangle of folk-rock and the
gustiness of roots genres like blues and country, without sounding for a second
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