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In seven pages the life of Count Basie and his musical legacy in terms of innovation and influencing artists are considered. Ther...
Basie his first start in the industry by taking him under his wing and teaching him the theater trade. Basie joined the vaudeville...
is often "misunderstood, under-appreciated and underestimated. If jazz is the underdog, avant-garde jazz is beneath the underdog"...
and finds that his father has not eaten much in the past three months. His father confesses that Dantes had left a debt when he l...
the detrimental emotional and psychological effects that this type of music has on young people. However, besides examining the su...
anthem music spread more rapidly in the South (Tanner, 2006). It was the minstrel shows that were most responsible for this musics...
not explicitly intended to depict any concrete object or situation, but rather seeks to create a "mood or atmosphere," which elici...
time," then shortened to "ragtime" (Porter, 1973, p. 2). The innovations that Joplin brought to ragtime were remarkable and uniqu...
the accompaniment of the "Indian sitar, the rebab or bowed choraphone, the suling or bamboo flute, the gendang, kenong and saron o...
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...
disturbing since music has been shown to be important to child development "physically, emotionally, intellectually, socially and ...
Europe and, as a boy, Mozart gave concerts in all the major cities of Europe (Machlis 206). By the time he was thirteen, he had co...
father (Dougherty 8). Carey relates that she has always loved to sing and gives a great deal of credit to her mother...
opium. The drug, too weak to kill, plunges him into a heavy sleep accompanied by strange visions. His sensations...are translated ...
This paper addresses the historical significance and development of the abacus, an early counting machine and precursor to the cal...
further support would be shown for the concept as not only are the immunizations used to insure health for the greater number of p...
In ten pages this research paper considers the music of the aboriginal peoples of Australia in this informational overview that di...
In five pages this paper discusses the life symbols offered by music and books in this analysis of the play The Music Lessons by W...
December 21, 1928, was by far the most productive, as Hurt cut three spirituals and five blues works during this session (Obrecht)...
The Count of Monte Cristo is one of Alexandre Dumas's most well known and popular novels. The writer looks at the way that the au...
This paper examines the personal life and political policies of Count Frontenac. The author addresses his relationship with the cl...
responsibility. He feels stifled by his Louisiana environment and longs to leave. He knows that this involvement will strengthen h...
nothing makes quite as much of a statement as does a bathing suit, a garment made for the purpose of swimming but something that w...
In this paper consisting of five pages life's beauty is demonstrated in a core curriculum of art, music, and literature. There ar...
its pointless...misfortune rules the world" (Rosselli, 2000, p. 30). In later life, Verdi admitted that in a "sudden moment of des...
In four term papers of three pages each musical topics such as music and brain function; anthropology and music; memory, learning ...
lyricism and classical composition techniques" have made his music internationally acclaimed (Srul Irving Glick, 2003). In Glicks...
Smaller and easily transportable audiocassettes stored music onto acetate tape that was magnetically transmitted (Patrick, 2001). ...
in the call and answer format, with matching phrases with the use of many V - I cadences and then open cadences to allow the respo...
"rubber, felt, or wood, as well as screws, nuts and bolts" (Machlis 632). The result of this preparation is that the piano produ...