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Music Appreciation and the Orchestra's Role

In twelve pages this research paper examines how the orchestra is a significant part of the art of musical composition. Nine sour...

Piano and Orchestra

(or) get together" (Raykoff). These seemingly disparate definitions in actuality "point to the heterogeneous nature commonly attri...

Listening and the Appreciation of Music

that all music has meaning. But, he also points out that if someone should ask him if he knew what that meaning was, the answer wo...

Classification and Division

In three pages this essay considers a business setting and the various ways appreciation can be shown....

Southern and South African: Power of Christian Music

is "actually the confidence in the inner, hidden Holy Spirit inside of themselves as divine creations" (Ungureanu-Pamfi, 2011). Th...

The Influence of Music on Trahce in African Tradition Religions

The writer presents an examination of the role music plays in trance. The paper looks at both shamanic and possession trance, the ...

Unique Style of Duke Ellington

In six pages Ellington's unique and completely individual style is examined in terms of its contributing factors as well as his or...

Symphony Orchestra's Future

seen as inspirational: it represents the best and most sophisticated forms of art which a society can offer, and is intended to in...

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony Concert Report

The opening timpani set the stage for this new mood, while simultaneously recalling the main theme of the first movement. This is ...

Musical Representations of Various Eras

Robbins conceived, directed and choreographed West Side Story in 1957, which was written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim...

Alban Berg's Music

that the time had come to do away with what he regarded as the arbitrary distinction between the seven diatonic tones and the five...

Appreciation of Music Throughout Time

Greek language or pre-Columbian archeology, not a common culture of reciprocal communication and psychological shorthand," writes ...

Music Appreciation Among Adults

What is Music? In order to demonstrate the adult concepts relevant to music appreciation, it is imperative that one first h...

Violent Song Lyrics/Teen Aggression

the detrimental emotional and psychological effects that this type of music has on young people. However, besides examining the su...

Impressionism/Music & Art

not explicitly intended to depict any concrete object or situation, but rather seeks to create a "mood or atmosphere," which elici...

Evolution Of Gospel Music In America

anthem music spread more rapidly in the South (Tanner, 2006). It was the minstrel shows that were most responsible for this musics...

Scott Joplin & George Gershwin

time," then shortened to "ragtime" (Porter, 1973, p. 2). The innovations that Joplin brought to ragtime were remarkable and uniqu...

Syncretic Music

the accompaniment of the "Indian sitar, the rebab or bowed choraphone, the suling or bamboo flute, the gendang, kenong and saron o...

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...

Structure in Music

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...

Necessity of Music Education

disturbing since music has been shown to be important to child development "physically, emotionally, intellectually, socially and ...

Christian Worship Music and Theology

of worship. Canticles are a part of todays liturgy in the Roman Catholic Church" and "The first written chants were associated wit...

Cold War Ideology and Music

that was more accommodating to the US. At its height, the congress for Cultural Freedom had offices in 35 countries, which frequen...

Music as a Reflection of Societal Issues

The writer discusses the role of music in society by concentrating on the new band Blues Traveler, which some think will be the ne...

Music as a Character in Meet Me in St. Louis and 42nd Street

the plot development and story. For example, as the movie opens, various cast members pass the song "Meet Me in St. Louis" from o...

Conducting an Orchestra and a Conductor's Role

of an orchestra into one cohesive form of musical expression. An examination of the role of the conductor and the intricacies th...

The Dissemination and Marketing of Music from Tin Pan Alley to the Modern Day

publishing of magazines or stationary (Tawa, 1990). The main method of distribution involved composers approaching the publishers...

Calypso

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...

John Cage/His Impact on Music

"rubber, felt, or wood, as well as screws, nuts and bolts" (Machlis 632). The result of this preparation is that the piano produ...

Music As Sedation for Children

was evaluated using the Beth Israel Medical Center flow sheet sedation scale (Loewy, et al, 2006). If, after 30 minutes, the patie...