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Does Hip Hop Harm Black Americans?

and its signature musical expression, rap music, which evolved from the "African American, Afro-Caribbean and Latino communities o...

Edgard Varese

it is not a work that may be argued as influential. It may be argued that his dissatisfaction and frustrations in his personal lif...

Music as a Reflection of Society

2008). The fact that controversial songs or literature emerge is something that in fact is not only a reflection of the problems s...

John Cage, “Winter Music” (1957)

to perform Cages works based on the composers "idiosyncratic but functional notations," such as the notations that accompany "Wint...

Robots and Music

A 4 page research paper that summarizes, contrasts and compares 3 articles on robotics and music, focusing on the role of human be...

Monteverdi, Handel and Baroque Opera

Baroque" age in his music (Machlis, 1970, p. 277). Monteverdi is credited with composing the first actual opera (Felon, 1986, p. 2...

Music and its Health Benefits

how this works but one thing that is certain is that the brain responds to certain kinds of music. Scientists now agree that music...

Music as a Character in Meet Me in St. Louis and 42nd Street

the plot development and story. For example, as the movie opens, various cast members pass the song "Meet Me in St. Louis" from o...

Learning Enhanced Through Music

pick to be at the heart of a scientific controversy. Yet, he is one of the principal researchers into the Mozart effect. Perceivi...

Herbie Hancock

years playing with the Miles Davis quintet and Davis was a tremendous influence for him (Murph 54). Herbie once observed that Dav...

The Music of Mozart

Europe and, as a boy, Mozart gave concerts in all the major cities of Europe (Machlis 206). By the time he was thirteen, he had co...

Music of Ancient Greece and Rome

nothing terribly convincing (48). It might be prudent to look at some early poets. There is evidence of someone called Mimnermus ...

Listening and the Appreciation of Music

that all music has meaning. But, he also points out that if someone should ask him if he knew what that meaning was, the answer wo...

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...

Music of Persia

In six pages this research paper examines the music of ancient Persia in a discussion of its history, scales and intervals used, t...

Music as a Reflection of Societal Issues

The writer discusses the role of music in society by concentrating on the new band Blues Traveler, which some think will be the ne...

Music Instruction and the Method of Shinichi Suzuki

In five pages this paper examines the Shinichi Suzuki music instruction approach that advocates introducing children to music at a...

Comparing and Contrasting Classical Music and the Blues

The writer compares and contrasts two popular types of music, classical and the Blues. The writer differentiates between the two a...

Artists Joseph Mallord William Turner, Henry Purcell, and Robert Schumann

In five pages this paper considers Baroque and Romantic music and visual arts from a social perspective with the music of Purcell ...

Popular Music and Mariah Carey's Influence

father (Dougherty 8). Carey relates that she has always loved to sing and gives a great deal of credit to her mother...

Three Brief Essays on Musical Topics

opium. The drug, too weak to kill, plunges him into a heavy sleep accompanied by strange visions. His sensations...are translated ...

Music Instruction and Block Scheduling

In fourteen pages music instruction and the impact of block scheduling are discussed in terms of how this design can address certa...

Music of the Middle East

In five pages this paper examines the musical styles and instruments that are popular in the Middle East along with a consideratio...

Musical Shakespeare

or not music evokes images which have a significant impact upon mans conduct, in terms of virtue and morality. There is an old sa...

Twentieth Century Cultural Influence of Rock n Roll Music

In six pages this research paper discusses the relationship forged between rock and roll music and the culture of the twentieth ce...

John Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie

Pioneering jazz great Dizzy Gillespie is the focus of this research paper consisting of five pages in which jazz elements and the ...

Black Poetry and Literature and the Blues

In fifteen pages this research paper discusses the relationship between black poetry and literature with jazz and blues music with...

Mainstream Society, Underground Music, and African American Culture

D.C.s prominent African American institution of higher learning Howard University in 1965, he proclaimed that he would introduce b...

Non-Western & Western Music

"Cubop," an "appellation (that) aptly symbolizes the new equipollent level of cross-cultural musical integration that differentiat...

Developing Children's Memory by Using Music

planets from the sun for instance memorize this sentence: Men Very Easily Make Jugs Serve Useful Nocturnal Purposes (thus Mercury,...