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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...

Chopin, Beethoven, and Debussy

alternation provides a canvas to the "rich ricercar" variation technique, which Debussy employs (Schmitz 102). The second "image...

Music of Composer Ruth Crawford Seeger

that she was highly influenced by his style (Gaume, 1986). Additional influential composers on Crawfords development were Adolph W...

Religious Influences in the Music of Charles Ives

reworked" into passages that frequently sound "hymnic" (Tawa 67-68). As pointed out by Robert Bellah, Christianity, and the Jude...

Life and Works of John Cage

also began to develop an interest in electronic devices such as variable speed turntables. He "invented the prepared piano, placin...

Sinfonia in F Major by Georg Philipp Telemann

the recorder and that it appeared in literally hundreds of his works (2003). Holman (1991) verifies this, stating that Telemann s...

Concerto Grosso Number 4 in A Minor by Charles Avison

This was not an uncommon practice at the time. Bach did virtually the same thing with some of Vivaldis composition. One commentato...

German Composer Heinrich Schutz and His Music

In five pages this research paper considers the music of Heinrich Schutz, often regarded as the greatest 17th century German Baroq...

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...

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...

Sixteenth Century Keyboard Instruments

the strings.6 The tangents were inserted into the key levers at the lower end, and the top end was flattened for contact with the...

Art Music Composers and Jazz's Influence

the realm of art music during the course of his career, George Gershwin. While Stravinskys work shows the influence of jazz, it wa...

'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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Russian Ballet Music of Composer Peter Illich Tchaikovsky

In five pages this paper examines Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and 'Swan Lake in terms of the musical creation and performance. ...

Life of Composer Leos Janacek

In seven pages this paper discusses the life that fueled the creative fires of Leos Janacek. Seven sources are cited in the bibli...

English Composer Sir Edward Elgar

In five pages Enigma Variations are examined in this report that describes the characteristics of the compositions of Sir Edward E...

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...

Life and Song Cycle of Composer Franz Schubert

them - and his brother replied in the affirmative. This seemed satisfying enough an answer to Schubert who passed away later that...

American Composers George Gershwin and Aaron Copland

is played slightly faster, and the ending return to the original tempo. It begins in F major, with a simple harmony that is build ...

Trumpet Music and 20th Century Composer Karl King

fits with the spiritual title, it also has a slightly Spanish flavor that conjures visions of a sleepy town at sunset and an evoca...

Bernini's "David" And "Apollo And Daphne" - Baroque

particularly influential to this cultural understanding; the functions this artisan had upon the changing landscape was to demonst...

The Last Supper & The Italian High Renaissance Period

has the reputation of being "the paragon of Renaissance thinkers, engaged as he was in experiments of all kinds and having brought...

Langston Hughes/Critical Response to 2 Poems

opening, Hughes moves on to create a "crescendo of horror," which entails moving through a series of neutral questions. The questi...

Women's Rights: How Small Strides were Made During the Renaissance

not as if womens suffrage would come about immediately and without any history. During the Renaissance, both men and women planted...

Women: The Black Plague, the Renaissance and Reformation

feudal system. At the same time it also put the entire population of Westerners in a position where they truly questioned their fa...