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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...

Slavery Reparations and African Americans

times a day (82). Food is an interesting consideration. Other documentation on slave diets is rather dismal. This subject creeps i...

American History X the Film

his way is not going to solve anything and will only lead to more death. The film deserves a few words as...

Mexican American War/Lincoln's Slavery Position

soldiers attacked a US patrol, and Taylor sent a message to Polk that read "Hostilities may be considered commenced" (Zinn 151). M...

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...

History and Culture of the Cherokee

was regulated by his kinship system (Hudson 184). The kinship system provided sets of neat categories, categories for enemies, fo...

Indian Music and the Tabla Drums

the emission of harmonics(Courtney, 2001). Musicians play the tabla (or a smaller one at least) by placing it in their la...

'The Old Guard' versus 1920 Avant Garde Music

From this artistic liberation emerged the avant-garde movement, which delighted in breaking the rules through unrestrained experim...

'Classical' and 'Pop' Gap That Was George Gershwin

a "serious" composer by the critics, they were extremely mindful that Gershwin did not orchestrate the first performance of Rhapso...

A Short History of Franco-Flemish and Venetian Schools of Art and Music

of Flemish techniques with established French style became the Franco-French school, with the earliest known innovators being the ...

A Short History of Reggae Music

foster a very different beat. It should be said that what made this music very different is its association with religion. The ty...

James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex Colored Man and Identity

go in terms of his adherence to one race or another. He admires both African and white cultures and people in different ways. For ...

African American Music

in this case the whites, because the white people were "sufficiently uncommitted to the values of European culture to make such a...

MUSIC AND ITS IMPACT ON AMERICAN CULTURE

that provides ethnic minorities (and even poor whites) an opportunity to speak their minds and their feelings (Reeves, 2007). Over...

American Psycho/In Bruges

A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares American Psycho (2000, directed by Mary Harron) and In Bruges (2008, directed by Martin...

The Dark Side of Country Music

of the same era, "Mamas in the Graveyard, Papas in the Pen". The title of that particular song needs no further explanation or cl...

Harlem's Poet Laureate Langston Hughes

of poetry, ten collections of short fiction, two novels, two volumes of autobiography, nine books for children and more than two d...

The History of Modern Music

as the century progressed so did his style and flare. The Rite of Spring was revived by the Russian ballet in 1920...

Literature and Music Expressed in the Nationalist Culture of African Americans

In six pages this paper discusses the expression of cultural nationalism in African American literature and music as depicted in t...

A History of Surf Music

This paper traces surf music from its beginnings in the 1950s through the present, discussing trends and artists. This fifteen pa...

Hula Dancing and the Music of Hawaii

In ten pages this paper examines the American cultural influences of the hula and Hawaiian music. Ten sources are cited in the bi...

Musical and Artistic Influences of African Americans

In five pages this research paper considers how music and artistic influences of African Americans have been significant since the...

Early Culture of West Africa

This paper compares the Native American culture with the culture of West Africa in an overview of sculpture, dance, music, poetry,...

The Early Music Revival A History by Harry Haskell

with significant insight to the concepts about which he wrote; without such influence, it is likely that the writers intensity tow...

Blues People Negro Music in White America by Leroi Jones

continent, yet, in many ways it has been African-American influences which have stimulated creativity in others, both within the b...

Musical History and Development of the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Puerto Rico

In forty five pages Latin American regional music is considered in this historical and developmental overview. Twenty sources are...

1920s' Harlem Renaissance

In six pages this paper examines the 1920s' Harlem Renaissance in a consideration of the African American music, art, and literatu...

The Culture of Cuba

The Cuban exile culture in the United States is a vibrant one. This paper argues that Cubans as a group are no different than most...

Germany and the Effects of Hip Hop and Rap Music

In nine pages this paper examines the impacts of American hip hop and rap music upon Germany. Eight sources are cited in the bibl...

US Latino Children and the Effects of Salsa Music

In two pages this paper contrasts and compares the effects of salsa music on Latin American children and on Latino children living...