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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 ...

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...

Electronic Music History

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

Musical Innovations of John Cage

This process served to free Cage from the exigencies of the melodic line and traditional harmonic progression, and allowed Cage to...

Piano's Development

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

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...

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...

Folk and Jazz Influences Upon Igor Stravinsky's Compositions

In ten pages this research paper examines how jazz and folk music profoundly influenced this Russian composer as he works clearly ...

Baroque Music, An Overview

This essay presents an overview of the Baroque musical era. The writer talks about the features of the music, defines certain musi...

Twentieth Century Music, Various Aspects

This research paper/essay consists of two parts. The first half of the paper pertains to three works in which the composer turned ...

Wagner's Rienzi

both the music and the libretto for his stage works. This may have emerged from his of literature (Everett, 2004). He loved Greek ...

The Recorded Music Industry In The UK

There is an increased use of MP3 players, and new mobile phone models are entering the market which are capable of downloading mus...

Structure in Music

the element of chance, such as the chance imperfections that are seen in a finely produced piece of paper, such as one having a wa...

Fourth Symphony of Gustav Mahler

In five pages this research paper analyzes both the famed composer of the early 20th century and his Symphony No. 4. Four sources...

Musical Genre Known as the Blues

In five pages this paper examines 3 influential composers and musical artists in this consideration of the blues genre. Five sour...

Nationalism and Composers Mendelssohn, Chopin, Brahms, and Dvorak

In four pages 4 important composers are considered in terms of their musical history influence with elements of each examined in a...

Polish Composer Karol Syzmanowski

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

Pianist Clara Schumann and Works

In six pages this essay discusses Clara Schumann's life, her relationship with composer husband Robert, and her musical achievemen...

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...

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...

Minuet for String Quartet in D Major by Wolfgang Mozart

In four pages the intentions of the composer, the composition's structure, quality, and listener's emotional response are analyzed...

Symphony Three by Schumann, Piano Concerto 22 by Mozart, and Sarka by Smetana

because of the betrayal of her lover. The story of Sarka is supposed to have taken place in the rocky valley near Prague that bea...

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...

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...

Romantic and Classical Music Compared and Assessed

The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars had a great effect throughout Europe and the patronage system of the Baroque was soo...

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...

Musical Analysis of Bjork

ahead of the pop mainstream, as she shapes music that "stabs us in the jugular" (Rule, 1999, p. 69). The 37-year-old released her...

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 ...