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is played slightly faster, and the ending return to the original tempo. It begins in F major, with a simple harmony that is build ...
In six pages George Gershwin's own vantage point is applied to the American composer's life and musical theater contributions. Th...
a "serious" composer by the critics, they were extremely mindful that Gershwin did not orchestrate the first performance of Rhapso...
time," then shortened to "ragtime" (Porter, 1973, p. 2). The innovations that Joplin brought to ragtime were remarkable and uniqu...
This research paper/essay consists of two parts. The first half of the paper pertains to three works in which the composer turned ...
who wrote this symphony can compose at the age of twenty-three a work like this one... it seems evident that in five years more he...
that all music has meaning. But, he also points out that if someone should ask him if he knew what that meaning was, the answer wo...
the realm of art music during the course of his career, George Gershwin. While Stravinskys work shows the influence of jazz, it wa...
This paper consists of seven pages and includes a Copland history and discography along with discussions of his film industry cont...
for the era in which Bach had produced these variations (Smith, 1996). The Advent melody is represented in four canonic statement...
his era, as his compendium of work transverses boundaries, "fusing the three great national traditions of his time," which are "G...
"rubber, felt, or wood, as well as screws, nuts and bolts" (Machlis 632). The result of this preparation is that the piano produ...
An analysis of Beethoven's Eight Symphony consists of three pages in which the writer argues it is less reminiscent of the Classic...
In four pages this reaction paper focuses upon the composer's presumed intentions, the structure, and the listener's emotional res...
In six pages this radical 1913 Russian musical ballet is examined in terms of its composer's revolutionary vision and the extreme ...
In seven pages this paper examines the theories regarding Mozart allegedly being poisoned to death by another such as Antonio Sali...
In five pages this essay analyzed how Varese's sound liberation had a profound effect upon music of the twentieth century with thi...
In eight pages this research paper examines classical examples of Mozart's and Haydn's sonatas and also considers how each compose...
noted novelist George Sand (women novelists in the nineteenth century often wrote under male pseudonyms). One of his most signific...
for Orchestra (1911-13) demonstrate that even early in Weberns career he was focused on composing exclusively with the material of...
the first to rebel against Wagners "oppressive hyperchromatic harmonic language," creating a more flexible and open tonal organiza...
describes the state of music performance prior to the 18th century, noting that music was much more personal at that time and was ...
its pointless...misfortune rules the world" (Rosselli, 2000, p. 30). In later life, Verdi admitted that in a "sudden moment of des...
(1822-1890) was born in Liege where he also first studied as a piano virtuoso from 1830-1835. Franck first toured Belgium at the a...
for the solo trumpet part in the score.7 To play the clarino properly requires that the performer have "a naturally suitable lip, ...
In five pages this paper discusses George Stubbs' artistry in a consideration of his paintings' composition and line uses....
are occasionally updated, which means the activist is still under secret surveillance. Considering the culture of fear in which Am...
that knowledge is something that grows throughout childhood and it is not linear (Silverthorn, 1999). His theories focused on how ...
parents hold down full-time jobs are the rule rather than the exception, and as Rekers has observed, this creates problems among b...
In five pages this paper examines the theory presented by George Ritzer in his text with Marxism among the topics of discussion....