YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Dead Composers and Their Lasting Appeal
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because of the betrayal of her lover. The story of Sarka is supposed to have taken place in the rocky valley near Prague that bea...
In five pages this prominent twentieth century composer is examined in terms of his life and more than four hundred works. Four s...
In six pages this paper examines Hildegard of Bingen and her music in a consideration of its sacred music genre placement, style o...
through the performance of ecclesiastic music because of their contributions within that context. Johann Sebastian Bach pro...
In eight pages this paper traces the development of Italian music in a consideration of contributions, important works, and compos...
life. In particular, Venice was already a major factor in the development of music printing which helped to eventually spread Vin...
In six pages this legendary rock musician and composer is examined in terms of his life and times with an emphasis upon his New Je...
homeland focused on the accoutrements of Polish uniqueness. Szymanowski was determinedly pro-Polish homeland in sentiment. He was...
of an orchestra into one cohesive form of musical expression. An examination of the role of the conductor and the intricacies th...
In five pages this paper examines 3 influential composers and musical artists in this consideration of the blues genre. Five sour...
In five pages this research paper analyzes both the famed composer of the early 20th century and his Symphony No. 4. Four sources...
In four pages 4 important composers are considered in terms of their musical history influence with elements of each examined in a...
In ten pages this research paper examines how jazz and folk music profoundly influenced this Russian composer as he works clearly ...
falls in love with the young Robert LeBrun and befriends the old pianist Mademoiselle Reisz, whose music arouses in Edna "the very...
In fifteen pages this research paper discusses the life of this French composer and analyzes his music in terms of his uses of bir...
In a research paper consisting of six pages the powerful influence Beethoven had on the composers that followed are discussed with...
book has had a significant influence on his characters and destiny (Johnson 9). During World War I, he lived with his mother and...
Debussy advocated the "emancipation of dissonance" (Machlis, 1961). A more immediate precursor of electronic music was Edgar Vares...
a weight problem ("Wilsonweb," 1998). His parents divorced and after remarriage, his mother would encourage his musical career whe...
with Barbarina who is the gardeners daughter. "The Count pursues Susanna but conceals himself when the gossiping music master Don ...
melodies.5 The Classical era artists deviated from this example, and their music was considerably simpler in texture. New genres w...
alternation provides a canvas to the "rich ricercar" variation technique, which Debussy employs (Schmitz 102). The second "image...
grief for his homeland in the Revolutionary Etude (Machlis 82). Chopin arrived in Paris in 1831 and the majority of his musical c...
In five pages this research paper considers the music of Heinrich Schutz, often regarded as the greatest 17th century German Baroq...
like the painters and poets of this era, they subordinated emotional expression to an accepted standard of "rules" of form.2. Th...
This process served to free Cage from the exigencies of the melodic line and traditional harmonic progression, and allowed Cage to...
loud" (History of the Piano...Grover). In its shape and general construction, it resembled a harpsichord, however, there were ma...
of Josquin in the manner in which one pair of voices appears to be pitted against another (Machlis 259). Claudio Monteverdis mus...
This essay presents an overview of the Baroque musical era. The writer talks about the features of the music, defines certain musi...
Did Christianity borrow ideas and practices from pagan mystery cults. This is an allegation that has been popping up since the 19t...