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Bach/Cantata #61

2, 1714 (Whittaker 146). After examining the scriptural reading for this Sunday lesson, the first question that comes to mind is w...

Gypsy, Etc.

("Gypsy"). Similarly, insight is gained into Roses character when she begins a tentative romance with Herbie. In their duet "Sma...

Beat Goes on for Cuba's Rhythmic Culture of Music

blending of West African rhythms with melodies from southern Spain (Roberts 4). This created the clave, which is typically a 3-2 ...

Scott Joplin/Maple Leaf Rag

moved to St. Louis in 1901, which is when he produced a string of hits, such as The Entertainer, which was featured in the 1973 fi...

Preface to Musical Experience in Tumbuka Healing by Steven Friedson

insists on separating "aesthetics, religion and medicine" into separate epistemological categories, is so engrained that it become...

The Sociological Importance of Timba

the significant cultural role played by the timba musical genre in Cuban society, it is firstly important to understand the politi...

Prelude in C Minor/Chopin

the dominant, using G augmented (V), modulates to G7 on the sixteenth note transition, which returns the melody to Cm (I). Throu...

Distinguishing Between Musical Genres - Messiah, Dies Irae, and Sicut Cervus

melodic line (that is to say, the voice is the main melodic instrument). This presents a strong monophonic texture, in that the vo...

An Examination of Baroque Musical Forms

Motet While Gregorian chants were intended entirely for liturgical and worship purposes, this was not the case for later Renaiss...

Thirteenth Century Motet

In four pages this paper examines the Motet musical composition type that emerged during the thirteenth century. Eight sources ar...

Theater and Contemporary Musicals

In ten pages this report analyzes the musicals Eye of the Storm, Blood Brothersl, Ragtime, and Dracula. There are no other source...

Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein

the prolific authors inherent ability to pursue even the most complex of concepts that effectively appeal to the innermost recesse...

A Romeo and Juliet Sociological Analysis

component. But were they all that different in Shakespeares original version? Many seem to think so and that high schools renditi...

Poetry of Langston Hughes

has been to continuously "climb" up the socioeconomic ladder in a culture that is set against her. She advises her son, not to gi...

West Side Story Choreography

This narrative consisting of twelve pages considers Jerome Robbin's innovative choreography in this landmark 1957 Broadway musical...

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera Music

In five pages a musical analysis of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera is presented. Four sources are cited in the biblio...

Classical, Neoclassical, and Romantic Music and Literature

In five pages this report contrasts and compares literary and musical distinctions as illustrated by Voltaire's Candide neoclassic...

The 1952 Musical, Singin' In the Rain

This essay offers an analysis of the famous 1952 film musical, Singin' In the Rain, which stars Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynbods. Th...

Polish Composer Karol Syzmanowski

homeland focused on the accoutrements of Polish uniqueness. Szymanowski was determinedly pro-Polish homeland in sentiment. He was...

Comparing the Styles of Beethoven and Bach

In seven pages the lives and musical styles of Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach are contrasted and compared. Five s...

Film Version of the Musical Hair

In five pages this paper examines the social conflict represented by hair within the context of the film and how it may be perceiv...

Overview of Jazz and Its Legendary Artists

is often "misunderstood, under-appreciated and underestimated. If jazz is the underdog, avant-garde jazz is beneath the underdog"...

Print Art Assessment

In three pages art prints featuring a musical theme are assessed in terms of the artists' self expression and how it makes the vie...

Musical Evolution from Romantic to Modern

In five pages this paper examines how music evolved from Romantic to the Modern eras with several artists including Debussy and Ch...

Musical Evolution from Baroque to Classical

through the performance of ecclesiastic music because of their contributions within that context. Johann Sebastian Bach pro...

Composer and Lyricist Stephen Sondheim

In six pages this paper examines American musical theater in a consideration of the influence exerted by Stephen Sondheim. Four s...

Blues Musical Artist Muddy Waters

In five pages this research paper examines the life of blues legend Muddy Waters and discusses his profound influence on music. F...

Musical Analysis of A Mighty Fortress is our God by Johann Sebastian Bach

In five pages this research paper analyzes this hymn in terms of its Baroque style and uniquely Lutheran influential characteristi...

Eighteenth Century Musical Influences

In four pages this essay examines the impact upon the Enlightenment upon the music of the eighteenth century and how it reflected ...

The Impressionism of Claude Debussy

Impressionism is a term usually reserved for painting, but Claude Debussy's work has often been termed impressionistic. This essay...