YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :French Composer Charles Gounods Life and Music
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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 ...
time," then shortened to "ragtime" (Porter, 1973, p. 2). The innovations that Joplin brought to ragtime were remarkable and uniqu...
"rubber, felt, or wood, as well as screws, nuts and bolts" (Machlis 632). The result of this preparation is that the piano produ...
In fifteen pages this research paper discusses the life of this French composer and analyzes his music in terms of his uses of bir...
his era, as his compendium of work transverses boundaries, "fusing the three great national traditions of his time," which are "G...
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...
reworked" into passages that frequently sound "hymnic" (Tawa 67-68). As pointed out by Robert Bellah, Christianity, and the Jude...
emphasis on manufacture and engineering in that region which initiated his own interest in the subjects....
tragedy and more of an exploration of childhood, innocence and youthful passion. In the course of pursuing their relationship, and...
In five pages this essay analyzed how Varese's sound liberation had a profound effect upon music of the twentieth century with thi...
(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 era in which Bach had produced these variations (Smith, 1996). The Advent melody is represented in four canonic statement...
falls in love with the young Robert LeBrun and befriends the old pianist Mademoiselle Reisz, whose music arouses in Edna "the very...
book has had a significant influence on his characters and destiny (Johnson 9). During World War I, he lived with his mother and...
In six pages this paper examines Hildegard of Bingen and her music in a consideration of its sacred music genre placement, style o...
years playing with the Miles Davis quintet and Davis was a tremendous influence for him (Murph 54). Herbie once observed that Dav...
noted novelist George Sand (women novelists in the nineteenth century often wrote under male pseudonyms). One of his most signific...
its pointless...misfortune rules the world" (Rosselli, 2000, p. 30). In later life, Verdi admitted that in a "sudden moment of des...
In six pages George Gershwin's own vantage point is applied to the American composer's life and musical theater contributions. Th...
both French and American rappers see themselves as expressing the frustration and anger of oppressed minorities towards establishe...
This was not an uncommon practice at the time. Bach did virtually the same thing with some of Vivaldis composition. One commentato...
that "France is revolutionary, or she is nothing at all" (Polasky, 1996, p. 5). As these statements suggest, French history did no...
the detrimental emotional and psychological effects that this type of music has on young people. However, besides examining the su...
not explicitly intended to depict any concrete object or situation, but rather seeks to create a "mood or atmosphere," which elici...
anthem music spread more rapidly in the South (Tanner, 2006). It was the minstrel shows that were most responsible for this musics...
In five pages this prominent twentieth century composer is examined in terms of his life and more than four hundred works. Four s...
In five pages this research paper examines Ravel and considers the similarities and differences between his compositions and those...
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...
Debussy advocated the "emancipation of dissonance" (Machlis, 1961). A more immediate precursor of electronic music was Edgar Vares...