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Trumpet Music and 20th Century Composer Karl King

fits with the spiritual title, it also has a slightly Spanish flavor that conjures visions of a sleepy town at sunset and an evoca...

The Renaissance and Female Composers

a woman did have talent and want to compose, Brown tells us her only choice was to enter a convent, where she would "receive the p...

3 Essays on Romantic Composers

up and down the keyboard and accompaniments vary from simple chords to arpeggios that span all possibilities (Pniewski, 1999). O...

French Composer Darius Milhaud

In five pages this prominent twentieth century composer is examined in terms of his life and more than four hundred works. Four s...

French Composer Maurice Ravel

In five pages this research paper examines Ravel and considers the similarities and differences between his compositions and those...

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. ...

Life of Composer Leos Janacek

In seven pages this paper discusses the life that fueled the creative fires of Leos Janacek. Seven sources are cited in the bibli...

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...

Operas of 19th Century Composer Richard Wagner

In six pages this research paper focuses upon Wagner's first 2 'Ring' cycle operas and also disputes his influence upon the German...

German Composer Heinrich Schutz and His Music

In five pages this research paper considers the music of Heinrich Schutz, often regarded as the greatest 17th century German Baroq...

Composer Frederic Chopin's Life and Music

falls in love with the young Robert LeBrun and befriends the old pianist Mademoiselle Reisz, whose music arouses in Edna "the very...

English Composer Sir Edward Elgar

In five pages Enigma Variations are examined in this report that describes the characteristics of the compositions of Sir Edward E...

French Composer Charles Gounod's Life and Music

1937). Gounod was equally gifted in art and for a time seemed torn between the two but a musical epiphany he had at age 13 would ...

French Composer Oliver Messiaen

In fifteen pages this research paper discusses the life of this French composer and analyzes his music in terms of his uses of bir...

Life and Song Cycle of Composer Franz Schubert

them - and his brother replied in the affirmative. This seemed satisfying enough an answer to Schubert who passed away later that...

American Composers George Gershwin and Aaron Copland

is played slightly faster, and the ending return to the original tempo. It begins in F major, with a simple harmony that is build ...

Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Mozart

with Barbarina who is the gardeners daughter. "The Count pursues Susanna but conceals himself when the gossiping music master Don ...

Musical Differences Between Classical and Romantic Eras

melodies.5 The Classical era artists deviated from this example, and their music was considerably simpler in texture. New genres w...

Influence of Beethoven

In a research paper consisting of six pages the powerful influence Beethoven had on the composers that followed are discussed with...

Biography of Elton John

a weight problem ("Wilsonweb," 1998). His parents divorced and after remarriage, his mother would encourage his musical career whe...

The Twelve Tone Scale

recordings listened to at home. On the other hand, Stockhausen argued that the new music, electronic music, which embody new co...

Electronic Music History

Debussy advocated the "emancipation of dissonance" (Machlis, 1961). A more immediate precursor of electronic music was Edgar Vares...

Handel, Back, Monteverdi and Josquin

of Josquin in the manner in which one pair of voices appears to be pitted against another (Machlis 259). Claudio Monteverdis mus...

Piano's Development

loud" (History of the Piano...Grover). In its shape and general construction, it resembled a harpsichord, however, there were ma...

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...

Classical versus Romantic Music and Meaning

like the painters and poets of this era, they subordinated emotional expression to an accepted standard of "rules" of form.2. Th...

Music Makes Cold Hearts Warm and Hildegard of Bingen

In six pages this paper examines Hildegard of Bingen and her music in a consideration of its sacred music genre placement, style o...

Musical Evolution from Baroque to Classical

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

Life and Times of Bruce Springsteen

In six pages this legendary rock musician and composer is examined in terms of his life and times with an emphasis upon his New Je...

Thousand Years of Italian Music

In eight pages this paper traces the development of Italian music in a consideration of contributions, important works, and compos...