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Essays 211 - 240

Significance of Music Activities in Montessori Education

In ten pages this paper examines the incorporation of music into the classroom in a consideration of Maria Montessori's educationa...

Music and the Negative Depiction of Women

has taken a negative turn and simply glorifies ignorance, violence and misogyny (1996). Many agree with his assessment. While ea...

Mozart vs. Bach

Both Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Sebastian Bach are cited among the giants of Classical and Baroque music. This paper exami...

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 ...

Popular Music, Gender, Sexuality, and Cultural Identity

way of using sexuality and gender in various ways. Madonna When people think of Madonna their first thought is often related t...

Interests in Immigration, Sky Diving or Rap Music

This illustrates that even if one is not incredibly interested in rap music, one can appreciate it for many different things. A...

The History of Rock Music in Mexico

well known simply for their Mexican remakes of songs favored in America, such as those songs popularized by Elvis and others. Now,...

Clinical Environmental Considerations of Music Therapy

be given specific attention to ensure that the outcome is more positive than negative. If indeed found to be effective, the...

American Appeal of Blues Music

both in terms of musicality and lyrics. This paper will examine the roots of the blues, what has made it very appealing...

Cultural Determinism in the Songs of Tupac Shakur

has upon his fans, one must first understand the meaning behind the words. Perhaps the best definition of this particular type of...

TV Violence and Women

itself appear erotic to the male viewer (Marks, 2000). A report on prime-time broadcast network TV issued in 2002 by the National...

Connection Between Sexuality and Pop Music

many different perceptions of morality. Therefore, without necessarily discussing the morality aspects of sexuality in music, the...

Copyright Law and Music Piracy

networks had in fact learned the game from Napster ("Music" PG). They operate today without legal challenges (PG). Napster of cour...

1960s and 1970s Music Photography

of a burned-out blues singer named Janis Joplin, clutching her constant companion, a bottle of Southern Comfort, backstage after a...

Analysis of the Fourth Act of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi

Radames will be condemned as a traitor! Yet, a traitor he is not!" (p. 259). The piano accompaniment that is given with this score...

Russian Ballet and Musical Development and the Impact of the Bolshevik Revolution

five" (Alexander Borodin, Cesar Cui, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Modeste Mussorgsky, and Mily Balakirev) (Ursin). Prior to the Russi...

The Minute Waltz by Frederic Chopin

grief for his homeland in the Revolutionary Etude (Machlis 82). Chopin arrived in Paris in 1831 and the majority of his musical c...

Issues of Emotional Identification in Film

Hitchcocks movie, Vertigo. This whole movie is centered around one man and his inability to let go of an old love. The story, in b...

National Identity and Ethnic Music

band Yothu Yindi, has asserted that popular music provides a useful tool to propagate Aboriginal political awareness: (Dunbar-Hall...

Aural Training and Music Education

to call "yoo hoo" to each student and have each student answer back (Junda, 1994). Aural training is an integral part of the Ya...

Life and Short Stories of Ring Lardner

who they had both known was sent to the hospital after the game that day. Grimes, not realizing the Lardner is a reporter, and Lar...

Pain Management and Music Therapy

a role, as well as the elements of the music itself. Studies show that slow rhythms tend to be calming, while faster tempos tend t...

Music Considered in 4 Brief Essays

iridescent beauty. Bergs "Wozzeck" Alban Bergs opera "Wozzeck" is considered by many to be his masterpiece. Each scene of Act II...

Punk Rock's Political Influence

the seventies. It had to have gained some attention for itself and the issues that were being addressed simply because it was new,...

An Aesthetician's Perspective on Art

did my spirit seal; / I had no human fears: / She seemed a thing that could not feel / The touch of earthly years."1 Romance expr...

Grade Point Averages and Music Education

music as it relates to the basic cognitive and emotional systems that are the foundation of thought, feeling, and behavior" (2000,...

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...

Teens and Negative Influence of Music

from this close, intact family, there is certainly a lack of discipline. The lax attitude towards the children is indicative of a ...

The Basque Tradition

but amusing chatter among themselves, laughing at times and it is this apparent joy that draws in the crowd causing them to share ...

Literary Influence of the Romantic Period

self realization, self expression and self reliance were all an aspect of the awareness of the self within the natural world. The ...