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In five pages this research paper examines Ravel and considers the similarities and differences between his compositions and those...
will be unique to each person who hears the music. "Musically, only two composers represent Impressionism-Claude Debussy and Maur...
and finally an eighth plus an eight, and a number of variants of this form. "The triplet in sixteenths is meant for the castanets...
movement marked Allero preciso, which suggests its lively and fast tempo. Then it slows during an andante movement and resumes an ...
said to have been a reaction against classicism. In Germany it was a reaction rather against rationalism, emerging together with a...
for the era in which Bach had produced these variations (Smith, 1996). The Advent melody is represented in four canonic statement...
In five pages this prominent twentieth century composer is examined in terms of his life and more than four hundred works. Four s...
book, now out of print, is a detailed account of the life and accomplishments of the Confederate general, leader, and statesman of...
In fifteen pages this research paper discusses the life of this French composer and analyzes his music in terms of his uses of bir...
1937). Gounod was equally gifted in art and for a time seemed torn between the two but a musical epiphany he had at age 13 would ...
(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...
that "France is revolutionary, or she is nothing at all" (Polasky, 1996, p. 5). As these statements suggest, French history did no...
book has had a significant influence on his characters and destiny (Johnson 9). During World War I, he lived with his mother and...
his era, as his compendium of work transverses boundaries, "fusing the three great national traditions of his time," which are "G...
well as the commoners demanded a constitution and a new regime in which personal rights would be respected. In discussing the cal...
In seven pages this paper examines the theories regarding Mozart allegedly being poisoned to death by another such as Antonio Sali...
In six pages George Gershwin's own vantage point is applied to the American composer's life and musical theater contributions. Th...
In six pages this essay seeks to better understand the French Revolution through an application of the theories contained in Machi...
An analysis of Beethoven's Eight Symphony consists of three pages in which the writer argues it is less reminiscent of the Classic...
In four pages this reaction paper focuses upon the composer's presumed intentions, the structure, and the listener's emotional res...
In six pages this radical 1913 Russian musical ballet is examined in terms of its composer's revolutionary vision and the extreme ...
In five pages this essay analyzed how Varese's sound liberation had a profound effect upon music of the twentieth century with thi...
In eight pages this research paper examines classical examples of Mozart's and Haydn's sonatas and also considers how each compose...
for the solo trumpet part in the score.7 To play the clarino properly requires that the performer have "a naturally suitable lip, ...
failure of the Catholic faith to suppress Copernicus. By the start of the...
"rubber, felt, or wood, as well as screws, nuts and bolts" (Machlis 632). The result of this preparation is that the piano produ...
France. And, as Hines (1999) states, "You might say that bread was the fuel that fired the Revolution, for just about every major ...
any other attention to details. After the hands and fingers are thoroughly prepared the individual will brush a boat of ba...
the first to rebel against Wagners "oppressive hyperchromatic harmonic language," creating a more flexible and open tonal organiza...
for Orchestra (1911-13) demonstrate that even early in Weberns career he was focused on composing exclusively with the material of...