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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...

Significance Of J.S. Bach's Canonic Variations On "Vom Himmel Hoch"

for the era in which Bach had produced these variations (Smith, 1996). The Advent melody is represented in four canonic statement...

Josquin des Prez's Motets

often described as the "greatest composer of the Renaissance," with some scholars ranking him alongside Back, Mozart and Beethoven...

Composition of a Higher Renaissance Religious Mass

the opening, your next task is to turn to a declamatory delivery of the words "ut animalia viderent Dominium natum" (that the anim...

2 Perspectives on Italian Renaissance Humanism

In six pages this paper presents the argument that an adequate overview of the humanism of the Italian Renaissance can be achieved...

Harlem Renaissance and the Influence of the Irish Renaissance

time after the Enlightenment. Yet, when the twentieth century neared, something new was stirring in Ireland. While the Irish Renai...

Renaissance Themes

rather than singular pleasures. He had an obligation to answer grievances, to hear both sides of a story and to reach some type o...

Annotated Bibliography on the Harlem Renaissance

anger that lead to one of the most fertile periods in American history. I have chosen to approach the Harlem Renaissance through ...

Renaissance Architecture

This research paper describes aspects of Renaissance architecture. Three pages in length, two sources are cited. ...

Renaissance Challenges Responded to by Calvinism and Lutheranism

by choice but are instead dictated by an omnipotent source, the inherent faith and ability to think creatively of ones beliefs is ...

The Harlem Renaissance

many perhaps who were disgruntled with the lack of freedom and the disrespect and oppression. They faced such realities in light o...

Bach and Handel, Their Musical Languages

his era, as his compendium of work transverses boundaries, "fusing the three great national traditions of his time," which are "G...

John Cage/His Impact on Music

"rubber, felt, or wood, as well as screws, nuts and bolts" (Machlis 632). The result of this preparation is that the piano produ...

Life and Works of Nineteenth Century French Composer Cesar Franck

(1822-1890) was born in Liege where he also first studied as a piano virtuoso from 1830-1835. Franck first toured Belgium at the a...

Giuseppe Verdi and His Life's Influence on His Music

its pointless...misfortune rules the world" (Rosselli, 2000, p. 30). In later life, Verdi admitted that in a "sudden moment of des...

Showman and Composer Franz Liszt

noted novelist George Sand (women novelists in the nineteenth century often wrote under male pseudonyms). One of his most signific...

Dead Composers and Their Lasting Appeal

describes the state of music performance prior to the 18th century, noting that music was much more personal at that time and was ...

Trumpet Concerti by Franz Haydn and Johann Nepomuk Hummel

for the solo trumpet part in the score.7 To play the clarino properly requires that the performer have "a naturally suitable lip, ...

Five Pieces for Orchestra by Anton Webern

for Orchestra (1911-13) demonstrate that even early in Weberns career he was focused on composing exclusively with the material of...

Backgrounds of Musical Composers Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, and Bela Bartok

the first to rebel against Wagners "oppressive hyperchromatic harmonic language," creating a more flexible and open tonal organiza...

Classicism Voices of Wolfgang Mozart anf Franz Haydn

In eight pages this research paper examines classical examples of Mozart's and Haydn's sonatas and also considers how each compose...

Sound Liberator Edgard Varese

In five pages this essay analyzed how Varese's sound liberation had a profound effect upon music of the twentieth century with thi...

Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Death Due to Natural Causes or Was He Murdered?

In seven pages this paper examines the theories regarding Mozart allegedly being poisoned to death by another such as Antonio Sali...

8th Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven

An analysis of Beethoven's Eight Symphony consists of three pages in which the writer argues it is less reminiscent of the Classic...

Minuet for Piano by Mozart and Reactions to It

In four pages this reaction paper focuses upon the composer's presumed intentions, the structure, and the listener's emotional res...

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 ...

In His Own Write - A Creative Look at George Gershwin

In six pages George Gershwin's own vantage point is applied to the American composer's life and musical theater contributions. Th...

Female Police Officers

The literature makes it very clear that female police officers face more challenges and have fewer opportunities than male office...

Renaissance Art

during this period that Europe began to recover from the repercussions of the Black Death, as well as rampant political disorder a...

Androgynous Female Adolescents and Self-Image

This paper addresses the issue of self-image among androgynous, female adolescents. The author contends that androgynous female a...