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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...

Print Art Assessment

In three pages art prints featuring a musical theme are assessed in terms of the artists' self expression and how it makes the vie...

1993 Film Mrs. Doubtfire and Music

this instance, both the choice of music and its enthusiastic delivery helps to create an impression of the character. This is not...

Composer and Lyricist Stephen Sondheim

In six pages this paper examines American musical theater in a consideration of the influence exerted by Stephen Sondheim. Four s...

Jazz Musician Ann Patterson

In five pages the jazz influences of Ann Patterson and her female band Maiden Voyage are examined particularly in terms of develop...

Jazz Violinist Noel Pointer

In five pages this research paper presents an appreciation of jazz violin virtuoso Noel Pointer whose premature death at age 39 di...

Musical Evolution from Romantic to Modern

In five pages this paper examines how music evolved from Romantic to the Modern eras with several artists including Debussy and Ch...

Musical Evolution from Baroque to Classical

through the performance of ecclesiastic music because of their contributions within that context. Johann Sebastian Bach pro...

Musical Analysis of A Mighty Fortress is our God by Johann Sebastian Bach

In five pages this research paper analyzes this hymn in terms of its Baroque style and uniquely Lutheran influential characteristi...

Eighteenth Century Musical Influences

In four pages this essay examines the impact upon the Enlightenment upon the music of the eighteenth century and how it reflected ...

The Impressionism of Claude Debussy

Impressionism is a term usually reserved for painting, but Claude Debussy's work has often been termed impressionistic. This essay...

Russian Ballet Music of Composer Peter Illich Tchaikovsky

In five pages this paper examines Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and 'Swan Lake in terms of the musical creation and performance. ...

The Rite of Spring by Composer Igor Stravinsky

In six pages this radical 1913 Russian musical ballet is examined in terms of its composer's revolutionary vision and the extreme ...

A Cappella Musical Group Manhattan Transfer

In five pages the Manhattan Transfer's music is examined in a consideration of group history with a typical concert experience des...

Gospel Concert Reactions

In four pages this essay consists of the writer's reactions to a two hour gospel concert and also includes subgenre examples of th...

Life and Works of Composer Nicola Vincentino

life. In particular, Venice was already a major factor in the development of music printing which helped to eventually spread Vin...

Musical Therapy Benefits and Autism

In six pages autism symptoms are first considered before a discussion of using music therapy as a beneficial treatment for childre...

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...

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...

Power and Gender, Musical Instruments,

This research paper presents an overview of the issues of power that are associated with gender and specific musical instruments. ...

Musical Systems: Scales, Maqamat, and Ragas

This research paper offers a brief overview of scales, maqamat, and ragas, which derive from Western Arabic and Indian music respe...

Dance Music in Musical History

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

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...

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. ...

Moulin Rouge (2001) and Setting a Cinematic Mood

Berkeleys choreography book, he creates mood through unusual camera angles, and heightens the films pace through "speeded-up, step...

An Examination of Baroque Musical Forms

Motet While Gregorian chants were intended entirely for liturgical and worship purposes, this was not the case for later Renaiss...

Scott Joplin/Maple Leaf Rag

moved to St. Louis in 1901, which is when he produced a string of hits, such as The Entertainer, which was featured in the 1973 fi...

Prelude in C Minor/Chopin

the dominant, using G augmented (V), modulates to G7 on the sixteenth note transition, which returns the melody to Cm (I). Throu...

The Alex Blake Quartet in Concert

the floor tom-tom- for dynamic effect" (Alfaro). The group would break into a swing change and bounce back into a "hard Latin chop...

The Jazz Music of the Alex Blake Quartet

more jazz musicians will typically improvise simultaneously (Machlis 413). For all intents and purposes, Alex Blakes biography fo...