The first, most important and successful was The Beggar's Opera of 1728, with a libretto by John Gay and music arranged by John Christopher Pepusch, both of whom probably influenced by Parisian vaudeville and the burlesques and musical plays of Thomas D ' Urfey ( 1653 – 1723 ), a number of whose collected ballads they used in their work.

Although Pepusch is now best known for his arrangement of the music for The Beggar's Opera ( 1728 ) -- to the libretto of John Gay -- he composed many other works including stage and church music as well as concertos and continuo sonatas.

The Beggar's Opera is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch.

* Polly ( opera ), an opera with text by John Gay and music by Johann Christoph Pepusch, the sequel to Gay's The Beggar's Opera

In the book The Folk Songs of North America, folk music historian Alan Lomax suggests that the song originated in the 17th century, and ( based on plot similarities ) that John Gay's 1728 The Beggar's Opera was inspired by Gay hearing an Irish ballad-monger singing " Whiskey in the Jar ".

In place of the rag-bag of pre-existing music found in ( for example ) The Beggar's Opera, the scores of these works consisted in the main of original music, although they not infrequently quoted folk melodies, or imitated them.

Ironically, it is in the musicals of Kander & Ebb — especially Chicago and Cabaret — that the kind of satire embodied in The Beggar's Opera and its immediate successors is probably best preserved, although here, as in Weill's version, the music is specially composed, unlike the first ballad operas of the 18th century.

He expanded his repertoire to include songs written in traditional genres of the Mexican music, and during the farmworkers ' rights campaign, wrote music in support of César Chávez and the United Farm Workers.

With albums such as Wish You Were Here ( 1975 ), an ode to former band member Syd Barrett and screed against the music business and Animals ( 1977 ), a concept album based on Animal Farm by George Orwell, they were firmly in the realm of symphonic prog.

After completion of the GEC building, a free music festival was held at Old Park Farm in Waterlooville called Torpedo Town.

Tens of thousands of people attended Cornerstone Farm each year and saw over 300 bands play many styles of music, including rock, metal, punk, hardcore and pop music.

Blissfest is a summer folk music festival that draws participants from across the nation, it takes place on the Festival Farm on Division Rd.

However, a few had the 1945 opening version of that song — some cartoons had the standard length of the Blue Ribbon title sequence, with the audio from the original credits playing over the part where the cartoon's title is shown ( such as Farm Frolics, Old Glory, Wacky Wildlife, and Tick Tock Tuckered ), while others had a shortened version of said sequence ( edited to fit the length of the music ; cartoons with this style opening included Lost and Foundling and Trap Happy Porky ).

* 1985-Country music singer Willie Nelson organizes the first Farm Aid, to raise money for family farmers facing financial crisis

In keeping with Brant ’ s belief that music can be as complex and contradictory as everyday life, his larger works often employ multiple, contrasting performing forces, as in Meteor Farm ( 1982 ) for symphony orchestra, large jazz band, two choruses, West African drum ensemble and chorus, South Indian soloists, large Javanese Gamelan ensemble, percussion orchestra and two Western solo sopranos.

In their free time, the members of Brook Farm enjoyed music, dancing, card games, drama, costume parties, sledding, and skating.

Morita had a cameo appearance in the 2001 Alien Ant Farm music video " Movies ".

Rowden Paddocks Farm north of Bromyard is the site for the annual Nozstock music and comedy festival.

Ichthus is a Christian music festival held each year on the Ichthus Farm.

A spectacular display with background music wows the crowds each year at Waterside Farm Showground, Canvey.

Today, Farm Aid is an organization that works to increase awareness of the importance of family farms, and puts on an annual concert of country, blues and rock music with a variety of stars.

The punk rock and New Wave eras would see a wave of interest in the Raiders ' music ; " I'm Not Your Stepping Stone " was covered by The Sex Pistols, Minor Threat, and Liverpool band The Farm ( although The Monkees ' cover version was better known than the Raiders ' original ), and later " Just Like Me " would be covered by The Circle Jerks, Joan Jett and Pat Benatar.

Bad Manners headlined their own annual music festival known as Bad Fest in 2005 and 2006 at RAF Twinwood Farm.

In 2001 Los Angeles band Sugar Ray filmed part of their music DVD " Music In High Places " at the Johnstone Crocodile Farm in Innisfail.

In 2009, State Farm released a commercial featuring LeBron James dancing to the music of Kid ' n Play.

The stadium has played host to music concerts and festivals as well, including The Monsters of Rock Festival and Farm Aid 5.

By 1966, the Hog Farm had coalesced into an entertainment organization providing light shows at the Shrine Exposition Hall in Los Angeles for music artists like the Grateful Dead, Cream, and Jimi Hendrix.

In their free time, the members of Brook Farm enjoyed music, dancing, card games, drama, costume parties, sledding, and skating.

While lodging on Manhattan's East Side from 1968 – 69, the Farm was approached by Woodstock Ventures with a proposal — participate in a planned music festival in upstate New York.

Their most common shared activity is watching music videos, which they tend to judge by deeming them " cool ," or by claiming, " This sucks!

After the record rose to number one, Haley was quickly given the title " Father of Rock and Roll ," by the media, and by teenagers that had come to embrace the new style of music.

In February, 2011, he formed a tribute band " Bill Haley Jr. and the Comets ," performing his father's music and telling the stories behind the songs.

Blackness can be contrasted with " acting white ," where black Americans are said to behave with assumed characteristics of stereotypical white Americans, with regard to fashion, dialect, taste in music, and possibly, from the perspective of a significant number of black youth, academic achievement.

His father was a statewide champion fiddle player and the Wills family was either playing music, or someone was " always wanting us to play for them ," in addition to raising cotton on their farm.

The fact that Wills made his professional debut in blackface was commented on by Wills ' daughter, Rosetta: " He had a lot of respect for the musicians and music of his black friends ," Rosetta is quoted as saying on the Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys Web site.

His love for numerous styles of music can be traced from his early recording of stride-pianist James P. Johnson's " Johnson Rag ," all the way to the rock stylings of Eric Johnson, an invited guest on Atkins's recording sessions who, when Chet attempted to copy his influential rocker " Cliffs of Dover ," led to Atkins's creation of a unique arrangement of " Londonderry Air ( Danny Boy ).

Promoters, who called themselves DJs, would throw large parties in the streets that centered on the disc jockey, called the " selector ," who played dance music from large, loud PA systems and bantered over the music with a boastful, rhythmic chanting style called " toasting ".

In 1974, German electronic music band Kraftwerk released the 22-minute song " Autobahn ," which takes up the entire first side of that LP.

The label agreed to let Parton sing country music after her composition, " Put It Off Until Tomorrow ," as recorded by Bill Phillips ( and with Parton, uncredited, on harmony ), went to number six on the country music charts in 1966.

Other popular songs from " Freedom of Choice " were " Girl U Want ," the title track ( both of which had popular music videos, along with " Whip It "), and " Gates of Steel ".

" My influences are with Irish music, church music and classical music ," she said in a 1997 interview.

He was " one of the first Esprits cavaliers of the age ," a man of broad knowledge, an expert in Newtonianism, architecture and music and a friend of most of the leading authors of his times: Voltaire, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d ' Argens, Pierre-Louis de Maupertuis and the atheïst Julien Offray de La Mettrie.

( 1966 ) quickly moved from its fanzine roots to become one of the first rock music " prozines ," with paid advertisers and newsstand distribution.

" There was always music in our house ," Gaynor wrote in her autobiography, I Will Survive.

By the late forties, radio stations broadcast music described as " hillbilly ," originally to describe fiddlers and string bands, but was then used to describe the traditional music of the people of the Appalachian Mountains.

This skyscraper was the filming location for R & B group Dru Hill's music video for " How Deep Is Your Love ," directed by Brett Ratner, who also directed the movie Rush Hour, whose soundtrack features the song.

While some enthusiasts of certain types of jazz have argued for narrower definitions which exclude many other types of music also commonly known as " jazz ," jazz musicians themselves are often reluctant to define the music they play.