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Downloading Music Legally

legal downloads in the United States and Europe, and it has been predicted that by 2010, downloads may account for up to 25 percen...

Music Licensing and Creative Commons

to "use private rights to create public goods: creative works set free for certain uses." The website describes attribution, nonc...

Music as a Reflection of Society

2008). The fact that controversial songs or literature emerge is something that in fact is not only a reflection of the problems s...

"Napster 2.0: The Cat Is Back"

in protest over threatened royalty rate increases (Munarriz, 2008). * Download sites operate "on razor-thin margins, with bandwidt...

Richard Wagner’s Theories of Music

Leitmotiv" (Brandt 3). This is a revolutionary idea that bears repeating. Today opera audiences have begun to demand singers who...

Sonata Form, Haydn and Mozart

not always in the allegro tempo. For the purposes of this essay, "sonata form" will refer to the construction of the movement, whi...

Herbie Hancock

years playing with the Miles Davis quintet and Davis was a tremendous influence for him (Murph 54). Herbie once observed that Dav...

Robots and Music

A 4 page research paper that summarizes, contrasts and compares 3 articles on robotics and music, focusing on the role of human be...

RAP MUSIC AND PERPETUATION OF MISOGYNY

couple of studies dealing with gansta rap and its impact on adolescents most likely to be affected by it. Well then move to the ot...

John Cage, “Winter Music” (1957)

to perform Cages works based on the composers "idiosyncratic but functional notations," such as the notations that accompany "Wint...

iTunes; Porters Five Forces Analysis

only two years after launching the firm was making it different for the competition, as by July 2005 5 million tracks had been dow...

Monteverdi, Handel and Baroque Opera

Baroque" age in his music (Machlis, 1970, p. 277). Monteverdi is credited with composing the first actual opera (Felon, 1986, p. 2...

Music Industry Marketing

a point of influence with a major label. The music industry has complained for some time of its inability to sell albums....

Traditional Music in Pakistan

the case for most cultures, voice accompaniment occurs in some traditional Pakastani music but is absent in others. My preference...

Dancing and Fela Anikulapo's Music

This 4 page paper gives an overview of how African beats and music have influenced dance. This paper includes Fela Anikulapo's mus...

Sacred and Secular Music: Al Green's Path to God

This 8 page paper gives an overview of the position of both secular and sacred music within the African American Church. This pape...

Father of Gospel, Thomas A. Dorsey

This essay presents a detailed overview of the career of Thomas A. Dorsey, the Father of Gospel Music. Also, the writer describes ...

Periods in Music History and Timeline of Events

This paper is comprised of two sections. The first section is speed sheet, khmuschtl.xlsx, which describe each period in western m...

Modern Greek Culture: Music

This 3 page paper gives an overview of modern Greek music such as rebetiko. This paper includes discussions of culture through mus...

The Future of Music and Entertainment Industries

This 5 page paper gives an explanation of the future of the entertainment and music industry. This paper includes the writers pers...

Does Hip Hop Harm Black Americans?

and its signature musical expression, rap music, which evolved from the "African American, Afro-Caribbean and Latino communities o...

Women in Rock and Country Genres

direct attacks at those who scorn them (e.g. Taylor Swift). Instead, todays country music stars talk to magazines about diet, exer...

Preparing Children to Take Music Lessons

in reaching deaf and blind children who would otherwise tune out. When used to help children learn basic skills, it is referred to...

Music as Symbolic Behavior/Alan P. Merriam

"symbols," and their relationship to art and its abstract nature. Having established a basis for discussing symbolism, specific ...

Music During the Romantic Era

swung between the desire to keep emotion under the control of reason and the desire for free, uninhibited expression (Machlis, 197...

Edgard Varese

it is not a work that may be argued as influential. It may be argued that his dissatisfaction and frustrations in his personal lif...

Listening to Music in an Active Fashion

expressive qualities of the music such as the pieces themes and melodies, the texture of the instruments and arrangement, as well ...

George Harrison's Life and Music

commitment to studying the guitar, which he relentlessly pursued at the Liverpool Institute (Friedlander, 1996). With a new elect...

Bob Marley's Life, Music, and Contributions to Reggae

Marley," 2006). He was not seriously injured, but Constantine (2000) reports that at that free concert a man by the name of Carl C...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Life and Music

or were overly superfluous or prose-like. It is clear to see that he believe that the text should fit the music, not the other way...