YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Dead Composers and Their Lasting Appeal
Essays 61 - 90
In fifteen pages this paper interprets the fractals represented in the mural The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci and what this ge...
national music via a synthesis of "refined eighteenth century stylistic gestures" and his own "nuanced style of musical impression...
at heart. Some speculate that because his family had been poor, becoming a priest was his only way to get an education ("Antonio V...
creating a believable psychological portrait based on this duke, which is largely considered to be accurate according to Renaissan...
There is an increased use of MP3 players, and new mobile phone models are entering the market which are capable of downloading mus...
the element of chance, such as the chance imperfections that are seen in a finely produced piece of paper, such as one having a wa...
West Side Story, which is also a well-known film. Bernstein believed whole heartedly in the "universal language of music and in mu...
years playing with the Miles Davis quintet and Davis was a tremendous influence for him (Murph 54). Herbie once observed that Dav...
2001). The final movement, which is similar to Symphony K. 338, consists of "lazy gallops" set to a fast-paced tempo, which, again...
often described as the "greatest composer of the Renaissance," with some scholars ranking him alongside Back, Mozart and Beethoven...
both the music and the libretto for his stage works. This may have emerged from his of literature (Everett, 2004). He loved Greek ...
music and his family had a lot of musical talent. He was not the first to exhibit this unique gift and his desire for a musical li...
When he recover his senses, yet it still marked by his Uncle Ernie as a phenomena, the public revolts, but it is nevertheless true...
a woman did have talent and want to compose, Brown tells us her only choice was to enter a convent, where she would "receive the p...
the realm of art music during the course of his career, George Gershwin. While Stravinskys work shows the influence of jazz, it wa...
In three pages this paper examines Russia's rich cultural history in a consideration of its dancers, artists, composers, and write...
This was not an uncommon practice at the time. Bach did virtually the same thing with some of Vivaldis composition. One commentato...
the opening, your next task is to turn to a declamatory delivery of the words "ut animalia viderent Dominium natum" (that the anim...
reworked" into passages that frequently sound "hymnic" (Tawa 67-68). As pointed out by Robert Bellah, Christianity, and the Jude...
1937). Gounod was equally gifted in art and for a time seemed torn between the two but a musical epiphany he had at age 13 would ...
recordings listened to at home. On the other hand, Stockhausen argued that the new music, electronic music, which embody new co...
ahead of the pop mainstream, as she shapes music that "stabs us in the jugular" (Rule, 1999, p. 69). The 37-year-old released her...
also began to develop an interest in electronic devices such as variable speed turntables. He "invented the prepared piano, placin...
The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars had a great effect throughout Europe and the patronage system of the Baroque was soo...
the strings.6 The tangents were inserted into the key levers at the lower end, and the top end was flattened for contact with the...
a "serious" composer by the critics, they were extremely mindful that Gershwin did not orchestrate the first performance of Rhapso...
the recorder and that it appeared in literally hundreds of his works (2003). Holman (1991) verifies this, stating that Telemann s...
that she was highly influenced by his style (Gaume, 1986). Additional influential composers on Crawfords development were Adolph W...
In six pages this essay discusses Clara Schumann's life, her relationship with composer husband Robert, and her musical achievemen...
In four pages the intentions of the composer, the composition's structure, quality, and listener's emotional response are analyzed...