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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...

Cultural Icons of Russia

In three pages this paper examines Russia's rich cultural history in a consideration of its dancers, artists, composers, and write...

Billy Budd and Tommy Contemporary Operas

When he recover his senses, yet it still marked by his Uncle Ernie as a phenomena, the public revolts, but it is nevertheless true...

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

at heart. Some speculate that because his family had been poor, becoming a priest was his only way to get an education ("Antonio V...

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...

3 Essays on Romantic Composers

up and down the keyboard and accompaniments vary from simple chords to arpeggios that span all possibilities (Pniewski, 1999). O...

Romantic Musical Composer Robert Schumann

life" that Schumann was leading in 1834 and he described this and other works done at this time, collectively, as his "summer nove...

Musical Structure of Petrushka by Composer Igor Stravinsky

appreciate; in doing so, he helped to educate the world on the merits of music through such classics as Petrushka. Stravinsky was...

Conducting an Orchestra and a Conductor's Role

of an orchestra into one cohesive form of musical expression. An examination of the role of the conductor and the intricacies th...

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...

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...

Composer and Lyricist Stephen Sondheim

In six pages this paper examines American musical theater in a consideration of the influence exerted by Stephen Sondheim. Four s...

French Composer Maurice Ravel

In five pages this research paper examines Ravel and considers the similarities and differences between his compositions and those...

Operas of 19th Century Composer Richard Wagner

In six pages this research paper focuses upon Wagner's first 2 'Ring' cycle operas and also disputes his influence upon the German...

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...

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 ...

Josquin des Prez's Motets

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

Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky

2001). The final movement, which is similar to Symphony K. 338, consists of "lazy gallops" set to a fast-paced tempo, which, again...

Leonard Bernstein

West Side Story, which is also a well-known film. Bernstein believed whole heartedly in the "universal language of music and in mu...

George S. Patton

was quite proud of his heritage and also of the nations founding. One could say that he was extremely patriotic. Patton would grow...

Robert E. Lee

name, having done nothing to be reprimanded for (American Civil War, 2008). In 1831 he got married to Mary Ann Randolph Cu...

Malcolm X

was no realistic goal for a nigger, Malcolm lost interest in school" and thus dropped out of school (Estate of Malcolm X, 2008). I...

Versatile Shoe's Product Life Cycle

can go from dress to casual with the use of interchangeable sole sections is far more innovative than is the introduction of a fiv...

Backwoods of Canada by Catharine Parr Traill

For example, she is intrigued when the ship passes islands that have herd of cattle grazing on them. The captain explained that lo...

Pipes and Lee/Family to Family

to worship God, i.e., following the dictum given in Proverbs 22:6. Each chapter ends with a simple test, which, by answering it, h...

DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES AND EDUCATION

illusion of democratic choice by parents of children who are fed up and frustrated with the local school system. Furthermo...

Prostate Victims & Their Partners/Quality of Life

et al, 2007). Over the last several decades, clinicians have come to regard treatment decisions in terms of quality of life "ben...

Marketing the iPod

the products? Again, executives began offering some answers. Jobs cut them off. The products SUCK! he roared" (Burrows, Grover and...