UJM1 — UJM1 TASK 3: ANALYZING MUSIC

Analyze your chosen genre from the attached “Task 3 List of Genres and Artists” by doing the following:

1. Describe the development of the genre.

2. Describe the key topics or stylistic characteristics of the genre.

3. Analyze how diverse cultures came together to influence the genre.

B. Analyze your chosen artist from the attached “Task 3 List of Genres and Artists” by doing the following:

1. Analyze how the artist interpreted or influenced the genre.

2. Analyze how the artist addresses key topics from their time, using specific examples of works.

C. When you use sources to support ideas and elements in a paper or project, provide acknowledgment of source information for any content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized. Acknowledgment of source information includes in-text citation noting specifically where in the submission the source is used and a corresponding reference, which includes the following points:

author date title location of information (e.g., publisher, journal, website URL) UJM1 Task Three
Global Arts and Humanities
Task 3 List of Genres and Artists
Choose one genre from the accepted genres in the following list and one artist that typifies
that genre:
Country
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Alan Jackson
Dolly Parton
Patsy Cline
Rock
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Led Zeppelin
The Ramones
Santana
Jazz
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Louis Armstrong
Thelonius Monk
Duke Ellington
Hip-Hop
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Nas
Jay-Z
The Roots
Classical/Opera
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Ruggero Leoncavallo
Ludwig van Beethoven
Giacomo Puccini
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Spiritual
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Aretha Franklin
Mahalia Jackson
Pop/R & B
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Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
James Brown
Salsa/Merengue/Tejano
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Hector Lavoe
Aventura
Tito Puente
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Title: UJM1 Task 3
Your Name
A. Analysis of Chosen Genre
A1. Genre Development
The submission accurately describes the development of the
selected genre.
A2. Genre Topics or Characteristics
The submission accurately describes the key topics or stylistic
characteristics of the selected genre.
A3. Influence of Diverse Cultures
The submission accurately analyzes how diverse cultures came
together to influence the selected genre.
B. Analysis of Chosen Artist
B1. Genre Interpretation
The submission accurately analyzes how the artist interpreted or
influenced the genre.
B2. Key Topics from the Time
The submission accurately analyzes how the artist addressed key
topics from their time using specific examples of their work.
References
(At least one reference is required with a corresponding in-text
citation.)
Last Name, First initials. (Year). Website title. Retrieved from URL
Last Name, First initials. (Year). Book title. City Name, ST: Publisher.
WGU. (2022). Global Arts and Humanities.
https://lrps.wgu.edu/provision/285304457