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Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein

the prolific authors inherent ability to pursue even the most complex of concepts that effectively appeal to the innermost recesse...

Comparing West Side Story with Romeo and Juliet

This research paper contrasts and compares the concept of heroism by examining Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and the Broadway mus...

Fact, Legend, and Fiction of King Arthur

In five pages this paper discusses the various depictions of King Arthur in the 1960 musical Camelot by Alan Jay Lerner and Freder...

The Circumstances Necessary for a Band or Musical Artist to Succeed

This 5 page paper discusses the conditions that are necessary for a band or music artist to succeed. There are 10 sources listed i...

Filmmakers Stanley Donen and Vincent Minnelli

In ten pages the directing styles of film musical directors Stanley Donen and Vincent Minnelli are contrasted and compared in term...

Are Broadway Musicals Merely Entertainment Forms?

In six pages the political statements contained within the Broadway musicals The Wizard of Oz, Porgy and Bess, Hair, and South Pac...

Organizational Fundraising

Fundraising is the lifeblood of many organizations, particularly not-for-profit ones. This paper presents an analysis of issues in...

Hybrids of Black Music

In five pages the concept of hybrid is examined as it leads into a discussion of the development of African American musical hybri...

Overview of MIDI

In twenty six pages this paper presents an overview of Musical Instrument Digital Interface, its control and how it can be control...

Musical Overtures in the Nineteenth Century

This ten page paper defines nineteenth century overatures and delineates them into specific types. Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Wag...

Musical Structure of Petrushka by Composer Igor Stravinsky

appreciate; in doing so, he helped to educate the world on the merits of music through such classics as Petrushka. Stravinsky was...

Film Version of the Musical Hair

In five pages this paper examines the social conflict represented by hair within the context of the film and how it may be perceiv...

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...

Comparing the Styles of Beethoven and Bach

In seven pages the lives and musical styles of Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach are contrasted and compared. Five s...

Polish Composer Karol Syzmanowski

homeland focused on the accoutrements of Polish uniqueness. Szymanowski was determinedly pro-Polish homeland in sentiment. He was...

Three Brief Essays on Musical Topics

opium. The drug, too weak to kill, plunges him into a heavy sleep accompanied by strange visions. His sensations...are translated ...

Bach's Concerto Number 2 in F Major Baroque Music

demonstrated in collection of pieces, "The Well-Tempered Clavier." With this discovery, the stage was set for Baroque music to flo...

West Side Story Choreography

This narrative consisting of twelve pages considers Jerome Robbin's innovative choreography in this landmark 1957 Broadway musical...

Poetry of Langston Hughes

has been to continuously "climb" up the socioeconomic ladder in a culture that is set against her. She advises her son, not to gi...

The 1952 Musical, Singin' In the Rain

This essay offers an analysis of the famous 1952 film musical, Singin' In the Rain, which stars Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynbods. Th...

Rock 'N Roll and Tin Pan Alley's Influence

In five pages this research paper considers how the rock music genre was developed due to Tin Pan Alley's musical influence. Five...

Production and Music of Broadway's Les Miserables

In six pages this paper discusses the long running Broadway musical in a consideration of its production, music, and other contrib...

A Romeo and Juliet Sociological Analysis

component. But were they all that different in Shakespeares original version? Many seem to think so and that high schools renditi...

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera Music

In five pages a musical analysis of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera is presented. Four sources are cited in the biblio...

Greek God Apollo's Influence on Ancient Greece

This 5 page paper gives an overview of the Greek god Apollo. This paper includes what areas of life Apollo ruled over and how he w...

Preface to Musical Experience in Tumbuka Healing by Steven Friedson

insists on separating "aesthetics, religion and medicine" into separate epistemological categories, is so engrained that it become...

Overview of Jazz and Its Legendary Artists

is often "misunderstood, under-appreciated and underestimated. If jazz is the underdog, avant-garde jazz is beneath the underdog"...

Dance Music in Musical History

This research paper briefly describes the dance music within the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods. Two pages in length, ...

THE CONFLICT OVER MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS

Discusses various musical instrument classification models. There are 3 sources listed in the bibliography of this 6-page paper. ...

Classification of Musical Instruments, Comparing Two Systems

This research paper relies on the work of Margaret Kartomi to analyze the classification systems for musical instruments developed...