Question: Do the Arts have a purpose? Discuss this question in relation to a personal experience in the arts
Answer: Earlier this year, I attended a concert at Newcastle City Hall featuring a two hour performance by The Herbie Hancock Quartet. The quartet comprised of a drummer, a double bassist, a xylophonist and Hancock himself on piano. I enjoy listening to a wide range of musical styles and find jazz particularly pleasurable and interesting as it often avoids the predictable and repetitious nature of many other types of music. Before going to the concert I was not overly familiar with Hancock’s music; only one of the tunes he performed that night was one I had heard before. The set consisted of a selection of music spanning Hancock’s 40 year career, although, as he himself explained, some of the works had been ‘twisted’ to give them a more modern perspective....(short extract)
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- Subject: Music
- Course: Music
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: 65%
- Words: 1021
- Date submitted: March 06, 2009
- Date written: Not available
- References: No
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 907
