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Paper Instructions:

Choose one of the discussion topics below:

1. Provide details of what motivated Coltrane's "Alabama". How does the performance of this piece reflect the sentiment behind the events of the time?

2. Share and summarize research that connects brass band traditions of West Africa with New Orleans brass bands.  Can you find traces of second line music that function similarly in any other cultures of the world? 

3. Introduce at least two other musical examples of responsorial form (i.e. "call and response") from other world cultures, in comparison to the "Rosie" selection here.

4. Give some detail as to the important work of Alan Lomax during the 20th century.

5.  Discuss the differences you hear between the two versions of Amazing Grace presented here. Give some background on each of the church congregations.