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The Tradition and Evolution of Indian Carnatic Music

India is broken into a multitude of cultural groups and social institutions. Essentially, however, there are two basic divisions:...

Infamous Reputations of Rap Music Artists

the "breakbeats" (Beau PG) and other natural vocal rhythms. It was not until within the past several years that they took on a ne...

Musical and Libretto Contributions of Wolfgang Mozart's The Magic Flute

chords (Osborne 327). This opera is quite famous for containing a great deal of Masonic symbolism, although Osborne stresses that ...

Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness and Race Relations by Brian Ward

post-World War II African-American music was growing up and into the mainstream, the white mainstream, of American consciousness. ...

Music and Brotherly Love in Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

to try heroin in the first place. To him it must equate with a death wish. The irrationality of Sonnys habit is quite evident at t...

Women and the Impact of the Media

Council Chairman Dr. Ian Bogle claimed that there is a cult of "bodily perfection" that is perpetuated by media (2000). Recommenda...

Biography of Bob Marley

his genre, but his music made pop charts in the United States. He was able to break through barriers that other musicians could no...

College Aesthetic in 'Lumpy Gravy' by Frank Zappa

far more closely aligned to the established traditions of the avant garde in Europe. It is not too far of a reach to even refer to...

Advertising and Celebrities

In six pages the argument is presented that using celebrities in product advertising does not provide the advantages it previously...

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...

Ireland's Version of Masefield's 'Sea Fever' and Barnby's Setting Of Tennyson's 'Crossing The Bar'

poems took on an even greater sense of emotion with each mans haunting melody, clearly expanding the meaning of the words. "Every...

Childhood and Music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

his own profession and focus more closely upon molding his sons talent. Along with his sister, who was also extraordinarily music...

Blues Music and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

which are primarily told through an oral tradition, combining the blues with the cultural wisdoms. "The blues are first represente...

Contemporary Classroom Invention of Music and Montessori

childhood education. She would not only enact an educational methodology which would directly aid the societally disadvantaged ch...

Music Philosophy

well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...

East and West Coast Rap Wars and the Deaths of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G.

for example (Kinnon, 1997). However, the genre changed around 1988 with the emergence of a sub-genre termed gangsta rap (1997). A ...

1960s' Culture

come around, Americans were frantically attempting to launch a man into space, more to keep up with the Soviets (who had already l...

Black Spiritual's Significance

time on their own to form cultural groups (1988). Piersen contends that New Englands black population was the most assimilated out...

Environmental Modification and ADHD

Cause 2. Environmental Modification a. Music and Art Appear Promising...

The Divergence of Country and Folk Music? ?

music brought to the country by Anglo-Celtic immigrants (Malone, 1968, 1). This music was tremendously influenced, however, by Af...

A Look at Notre Dame Organum

is largely due to two composers by the names of Perotin and Leonin (Hoppin, 1978, 217). Interestingly, there is little information...

The Internet as Distribution Medium for Music

space and working capital, they are limited to what they can sell by the available space and the amount of capital that can be tie...

Punk Rock and Heavy Metal Music

or alternative. Clearly, followers of each type of music are different in terms of interests and lifestyles, but also the music di...

Reshaping Everyday Life/Jack Larkin

football matches" and the fact that Mr. Bleaney apparently liked betting on the away games in football pools (Day 9). As this in...

Black Films and Hip Hop Music Videos: Race Representation

is a mixed bag. In films that parody the past like Undercover Brother and in music videos, the most watched genre of film today by...

RADIOHEAD, THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND THE INTERNET

albums release (Evangelista, 2000). Sales for Kid A soared and ended up at the top of the charts (Evangelista, 2000). There is li...

Listening to Music

stand country" or "What? you mean you like opera?" This paper is a reaction to five pieces of music, at least one of each from the...

Use of Cinematography in The Truman Show

lighting, color, camera angle, types of shots, music and set design, to underscore the theme of self-determination and individual...

The Consumer Culture and the Media

radio are very powerful media and have the ability to shape consumer attitudes. This paper identifies three trends that have arise...

Apple Case Study

the iTunes and ipod phenomenon. Obviously, Apple took the opportunity to get into the music business. While it is true that iPod ...