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Music and Society

addition, it is noted that no matter what type of music there has been through history, and no matter the culture, the main functi...

Rap Music and a Cynical Public

In four pages this essay considers a small local college student survey that reflects strong opinions regarding rap music....

Music Piracy

artists work is pointless and they have made no money off of the pirated copies of their work. Anyone who spends time creating a p...

Mexican Broadcast History

ever built one man, Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena, invented a kind of camera that was monochromatic which means it was a camera that...

A Look at Notre Dame Organum

is largely due to two composers by the names of Perotin and Leonin (Hoppin, 1978, 217). Interestingly, there is little information...

Lanza/Elevator Music

or artistic merit that might be associated with his music genre. He argues that decades of rock music that sound more like car cra...

Popular Culture and Rap Music

In ten pages this paper discusses the sociocultural impact of rap music in a consideration of the genre's history and development....

Suzuki and Kodaly Music Education Approaches

In twelve pages the history and methodology behind the Suzuki and Kodaly music education approaches particularly regarding piano i...

A Cappella Musical Group Manhattan Transfer

In five pages the Manhattan Transfer's music is examined in a consideration of group history with a typical concert experience des...

African American Artistic and Musical Contributions

In five pages this research paper assesses the artistic and musical contributions of African Americans throughout history in the m...

Biography of Bob Marley

his genre, but his music made pop charts in the United States. He was able to break through barriers that other musicians could no...

Leisure Music

when I first heard this tune" aspect to it. Or maybe the student has other reasons for why music is a...

Venice, Italy

be seen both across the expanse of water and reflected in it (Lauritzen 12). San Marco is constructed so as to catch the light. Th...

History of the Guitar

guitar were when a hunting bow was paired with a tortoise shell to create a tar or sting instrument that was plucked (Hartmetz et ...

Contemporary Classroom Invention of Music and Montessori

childhood education. She would not only enact an educational methodology which would directly aid the societally disadvantaged ch...

Musical Differences Between the U.S. and India

of any kind. The notes and the instruments within any piece of music represent virtually everything, including inanimate objects,...

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...

Falasha Liturgy and Indian Cassette Industry, Reflection on these Issues

were struck by the similarities between Falasha liturgical practices and Judaism and this perspective became so entrenched that in...

Jazz and Blues

This research paper describes the relationship between blues and jazz within the context of the history of these genres. The write...

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...

The Theatre of Ancient Greece

This 12 page paper gives an overview of the history of the theatre in ancient Greece and the connection with mythology. This paper...

Brazilian Samba Music

de enredo" to the more "relaxed guitar and rhythm variant" of song samba (Clifford). Sambas earliest beginnings can be traced to t...

Richard Wagner’s Theories of Music

Leitmotiv" (Brandt 3). This is a revolutionary idea that bears repeating. Today opera audiences have begun to demand singers who...

Sonata Form, Haydn and Mozart

not always in the allegro tempo. For the purposes of this essay, "sonata form" will refer to the construction of the movement, whi...

Music Licensing and Creative Commons

to "use private rights to create public goods: creative works set free for certain uses." The website describes attribution, nonc...

Preparing Children to Take Music Lessons

in reaching deaf and blind children who would otherwise tune out. When used to help children learn basic skills, it is referred to...

Modern Greek Culture: Music

This 3 page paper gives an overview of modern Greek music such as rebetiko. This paper includes discussions of culture through mus...

The Future of Music and Entertainment Industries

This 5 page paper gives an explanation of the future of the entertainment and music industry. This paper includes the writers pers...

Christian Worship Music and Theology

of worship. Canticles are a part of todays liturgy in the Roman Catholic Church" and "The first written chants were associated wit...

Cold War Ideology and Music

that was more accommodating to the US. At its height, the congress for Cultural Freedom had offices in 35 countries, which frequen...