Music Through the Years

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Music Through the Years |

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Arts and Humanities: Twentieth Century and Beyond |

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Music Through the Years |

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Arts and Humanities: Twentieth Century and Beyond |

Kaplan University Professor Crystal Hofegartner

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Authored by: Jennifer White

Kaplan University Professor Crystal Hofegartner

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Authored by: Jennifer White

The music that I would associate with my childhood would be a number of different

songs it’s really hard to just pick one out but I would say my ultimate song would be the Itsy

Bitsy Spider, but right up there with the Itsy Bitsy Spider would be the Alphabet song, Twinkle

Twinkle Little Star, and This old man. I would sing along with them and they would make me

feel happy inside and I would get excited to hear them. Hearing these songs would take me back

to the time when there were no worries or a care in the world. I loved this music back then but I

never knew they were teaching me things. I would always sing along with them and they would

make me feel happy inside and I would get so excited when I got to play my music. Hearing

these songs take me way back in time, a time of my childhood. Know knowing these songs and

what they taught me will help my grandchildren grow and learn just like I did.

As I grew and opened the door to all different kinds of music, I listen to what my mother

thought was good music. I did like some of the music she liked like Buddy Holly, Fleetwood

Mac, and John Lennon. I know that Buddy Holly is not really the 70’s music but my mother

loved his music. When I had to do homework or just clean my room (almost every day) I would

have music on. My mother would do the same thing when she would clean the house she would

have her music playing. I can remember when my mother would be cleaning the house and

playing her music I would hide and watcher her and laugh at her because...