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Lute in Renaissance Music

woodworkers who practiced their craft in northern Italian cities crafted lutes that generally had "six courses and pear shaped bod...

Music Industry Decision Making

leads both the US and Europe, and by a wide margin (Cieslak, 2007). As digital forms continue to evolve, if CD sales contin...

Lerner and Lowe's Brigadoon

everything of importance in this musical is conveys via song, music or motion, as these are the vehicles that seem at home on the ...

Music History, Classical Era to the 20th Century

as an example of perfection ("Romantic"). The sociopolitical upheavals of the late eighteenth century created "new social order an...

Golden Mean, Irrational Numbers & Fibonacci Series

a infinite number of decimal places (Sabine). The Fibonacci series is useful in calculating Phi because Phi is "equal to the ratio...

Impressionism/Music & Art

characterizes both the music and the art of the impressionist movement. As a term, "impressionism" derives from a painting by Cl...

History of the Guitar

guitar were when a hunting bow was paired with a tortoise shell to create a tar or sting instrument that was plucked (Hartmetz et ...

The 24th Annual Arkansas Bean Fest and Annual Outhouse Races

worse as the actual race begins. The music at the festival is the most fun of all. It features an eclectic mix of styles includin...

Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture

into the word and lasts for only a few minutes before a decrescendo takes the music into the Russian folk dance theme, which comme...

iTunes ; Will it Change the Marketing Tactics of Major Record Labels

position prior to the introduction of iTunes and the way it changes the music industry, Initially the ability to distribut...

Korea and Jazz Music

they will not have to repeat those classes when they study at the Berklee later (Jazz popularizer feels upbeat, 2003). The systems...

Performance Anxiety and Music Education

She worked hard and won first chair in both the band and the orchestra; however, when the moment of her first solo performance cam...

Music Interpreted Visually

in imagery born out of MTV that has reinvented how viewers watch film and redefined what is considered entertainment. If you go t...

Music and Mathematics

In five pages this paper examines how mathematics appears in several subjects including music in a consideration of accounting, fr...

Mozart vs. Bach

Both Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Sebastian Bach are cited among the giants of Classical and Baroque music. This paper exami...

Folk and Jazz Influences Upon Igor Stravinsky's Compositions

In ten pages this research paper examines how jazz and folk music profoundly influenced this Russian composer as he works clearly ...

Connection Between Youth Culture and Pop Music

the Internet has tended to break down some of the cultural barriers, which formerly existed, and this now needs to be taken into a...

Musical and Libretto Contributions of Wolfgang Mozart's The Magic Flute

chords (Osborne 327). This opera is quite famous for containing a great deal of Masonic symbolism, although Osborne stresses that ...

Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness and Race Relations by Brian Ward

post-World War II African-American music was growing up and into the mainstream, the white mainstream, of American consciousness. ...

Music and Brotherly Love in Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

to try heroin in the first place. To him it must equate with a death wish. The irrationality of Sonnys habit is quite evident at t...

Establishing a Genre Movie in 'Singin' In The Rain'

This 9 page essay considers how the theatrical presence in the film is developed stylistically through textural characteristics of...

Advertising and Celebrities

In six pages the argument is presented that using celebrities in product advertising does not provide the advantages it previously...

Ireland's Version of Masefield's 'Sea Fever' and Barnby's Setting Of Tennyson's 'Crossing The Bar'

poems took on an even greater sense of emotion with each mans haunting melody, clearly expanding the meaning of the words. "Every...

College Aesthetic in 'Lumpy Gravy' by Frank Zappa

far more closely aligned to the established traditions of the avant garde in Europe. It is not too far of a reach to even refer to...

Women and the Impact of the Media

Council Chairman Dr. Ian Bogle claimed that there is a cult of "bodily perfection" that is perpetuated by media (2000). Recommenda...

Biography of Bob Marley

his genre, but his music made pop charts in the United States. He was able to break through barriers that other musicians could no...

Thoughts on Music and Worship

This essay pertains to the debate in Christian churches over what sort of music should be played during services, traditional hymn...

"Music Within," The Story of Richard Pimentel

This essay presents a movie review of "Music Within," (2007, directed by Steven Sawalich). The film stars Ron Livingston as Richa...

Star Wars by John Williams

This essay offers an overview of the melody and harmony used in John William's main theme from Star Wars. The writer compares Will...

Film Review, Cool Hand Luke

This essay uses research to offer an overview of "Cool Hand Luke," a 1967 film directed by Stuart Rosenberg. Cinematic features, s...