Robin's Music Class Blog

  Music and the Society How Does Music Serve the Society?   Olympic Opening Ceremony (1984: Los Angeles) Image source: https://hips.hearstapps.com/toc.h-cdn.co/assets/16/30/1024x684/1984-summer-olympics.jpg?resize=980:*   Welcome to my final blog for this music class! I have been enjoying learning and appreciating music more since the beginning of the musical journey with our instructor Ms. Kljaich and the class. For this blog, I am going to discuss the functions of music to our society, or how does music serve our society? In our daily life, music is almost everywhere. Major life events cannot be the same without music, such as graduation, wedding, festivals, parties, and funerals. World events and ceremonies must have music to proceed, such as Olympics and inauguration of presidents. Music is pervasive, fundamental, entertaining, therapeutic, and uplifting.   Music Brings Us Together People of different cultures, beliefs, ages, and social classes could be brought to

  Music and the Fictive Dream The Butterfly Lovers Liang Shanbo & Zhu Yingtai   Image source: https://asian-film.com/en/liang-shan-bo-yu-zhu-ying-tai/               Liang Shanbo & Zhu Yingtai , also called Butterfly Lovers , is one of the Four Great Folktales in China. It is a famous love story and regarded as the Chinese version of Romeo and Juliet . When working on this week’s project, the theme music of Liang & Zhu kept on coming to my mind. It is my interest and pride to explore and present it in this blog. There are many presentations and versions of this story, varying from Chinese stage plays, operas, classic films, modern movies to cartoon stories. I choose one of the classic films produced in 1963, which is also translated as The Love Eterne to introduce this enchanting musical. Before diving to this masterpiece, I would like to give you an idea of this well-known romance in East Asia.             Image source https://asian-film.com/en/liang-shan-bo-