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Overview of Motown Records

This paper consists of eight pages and considers the musical and cultural impact of Motown. Five sources are cited in the bibliog...

Musical Genre Known as the Blues

In five pages this paper examines 3 influential composers and musical artists in this consideration of the blues genre. Five sour...

Gospel Concert Reactions

In four pages this essay consists of the writer's reactions to a two hour gospel concert and also includes subgenre examples of th...

Life and Works of Composer Nicola Vincentino

life. In particular, Venice was already a major factor in the development of music printing which helped to eventually spread Vin...

Musical Therapy Benefits and Autism

In six pages autism symptoms are first considered before a discussion of using music therapy as a beneficial treatment for childre...

Biographical Sketch of Wolfgang Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's life and musical contributions are examined in seven pages with the Mozart effect also considered. Seve...

Pianist Clara Schumann and Works

In six pages this essay discusses Clara Schumann's life, her relationship with composer husband Robert, and her musical achievemen...

Life and Music of Count Basie

In seven pages the life of Count Basie and his musical legacy in terms of innovation and influencing artists are considered. Ther...

Harlem's Musical Renaissance Reflected in Josephine Baker and Diana Ross

areas. From this interest was born a period of history known as the Harlem Renaissance, an era of affluence for African American ...

Musical and Artistic Influences of African Americans

In five pages this research paper considers how music and artistic influences of African Americans have been significant since the...

South Africa's Musical Cultures and the Effects of Apartheid

In two pages this paper examines how South African musical cultures are affected by social oppression and apartheid. Two sources ...

San Marco, Venice's Artistic and Musical Humanism During the Renaissance

of Venice and the notion of Renaissance humanism. The focus of this research study, then, is to consider the notion of humanism i...

In His Own Write - A Creative Look at George Gershwin

In six pages George Gershwin's own vantage point is applied to the American composer's life and musical theater contributions. Th...

Linguistic Element Onomatopoeia

In three pages this paper discusses Onomatopoeia in an overview that includes Japanese language development and how this linguisti...

Life and Times of Beethoven

In a paper consisting of five pages the birth, life, personality, and musical contributions of Beethoven are discussed. Four sour...

Digital Musical Technology and MP3

In fifteen pages MP3 digital music technology and its processes are considered in this overview. Twenty one sources are cited in ...

Louis Armstrong, An American Musical Genius

This paper examines the career of Satchmo, Louis Armstrong. The author argues that Armstrong is one of the great American Jazz le...

Louis Armstrong's Musical Influence

In 1947, Armstrong was placed in a group of jazz musicians, and they played a semblance of the old New Orleans style type jazz ("A...

The Circumstances Necessary for a Band or Musical Artist to Succeed

This 5 page paper discusses the conditions that are necessary for a band or music artist to succeed. There are 10 sources listed i...

Filmmakers Stanley Donen and Vincent Minnelli

In ten pages the directing styles of film musical directors Stanley Donen and Vincent Minnelli are contrasted and compared in term...

Are Broadway Musicals Merely Entertainment Forms?

In six pages the political statements contained within the Broadway musicals The Wizard of Oz, Porgy and Bess, Hair, and South Pac...

Organizational Fundraising

Fundraising is the lifeblood of many organizations, particularly not-for-profit ones. This paper presents an analysis of issues in...

Fact, Legend, and Fiction of King Arthur

In five pages this paper discusses the various depictions of King Arthur in the 1960 musical Camelot by Alan Jay Lerner and Freder...

Overview of MIDI

In twenty six pages this paper presents an overview of Musical Instrument Digital Interface, its control and how it can be control...

Comparing West Side Story with Romeo and Juliet

This research paper contrasts and compares the concept of heroism by examining Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and the Broadway mus...

Hybrids of Black Music

In five pages the concept of hybrid is examined as it leads into a discussion of the development of African American musical hybri...

Musical Structure of Petrushka by Composer Igor Stravinsky

appreciate; in doing so, he helped to educate the world on the merits of music through such classics as Petrushka. Stravinsky was...

Musical Overtures in the Nineteenth Century

This ten page paper defines nineteenth century overatures and delineates them into specific types. Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Wag...

Maria Callas and Billie Holiday

"Ive lived songs like that" (Billie Holiday, PG). MARIA CALLAS Born to a Greek family, Maria Callas was "American by birth and I...

Music and Poems

played slightly louder, i.e. piano. The rhythm of the piece would be uniform 4/4 time, but the overall effect of the rhythm would...