Music Academic Essays and Term Papers
469 Essays on Music Academic. Documents 201 - 225
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Music Therapy
rynjulf Stige is the first Coordinator of the music therapy education program at Sogn og Fjordane University in Sandane, Norway, where he is an associate professor. With diverse experiences as a music therapist using a community based approach, Stige has written numerous articles and books on music therapy and music education. He is editor-in-chief of the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, and co-editor (with Carolyn Kenny) of Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy. He
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Mathematics, Education, and Music?
Mathematics, Education, and Music? This article is very interesting in bringing up points and ideas of mathematics that I had never thought of. Dr. Heinz Gotze states that Mathematics is much like music. After Beethoven would play, he goes on, people wouldn't say "Hey, what was the use of that?". People, however, constantly are trying to determine the purpose of mathematics. The truth is there is no set purpose. Math is not a well discussed
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Medical Applications for Music
When someone mentions the word ‘music’ what the first thing that pops you’re your mind? Is it the subtle relaxing classical organ that blows through your mind or the hard grunge sound of a modern double bass drum? Everyone in the world, no matter what corner of the world people reside, listens to some sort of music or another. Be it rock, classical, rap, hip-hop, country, electronic or any of the other of the hundreds
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Hip-Hop: It Is Music
Music is one’s expression of life from their point of view. It becomes unique as it is based upon individual experiences of satisfaction and failure throughout life. Popular music is often defined as it has the broadest appeal to the maximum number of people. Hip-Hop began its rise to fame and fortune during the late 1970’s. It would come to represent the youth of America as seen with this comment by Todd Elliot: "For many
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Aesthetic Music Educatin and the Influence of Bennett Reimer
An explicit concept since the late 1950s, aesthetic education first developed to provide a strong philosophical foundation for music education and continues to evolve as a solid theoretical orientation for current effective practices. Bennett Reimer has contributed much to the discussion and development of the value of aesthetic education for the teaching and learning of music. Others in music education also support and promote these ideals and focus on developing an improved understanding for music
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Music Is a Necessity
Andrew Vaccarezza Dr. Keith Bohm Music 129, section 2 12 June 2007 Necessity During the course of any given day most Americans come in contact with some form of entertainment which helps one detach from the tension in their lives momentarily. For some this may be a magazine, for others it may be the almighty television. What most Americans do not notice is the frequent contact with music throughout their everyday lives. Music can be
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Does Music Make You Smarter?
Does Music Make You Smarter? Rameka Sahadeo University of Missouri-Kansas City American music education is at a turning point in its history, and poised for a modern renaissance. After decades of budgetary neglect as an “elective,” music is reasserting itself thanks to a growing body of scientific data that shows how vital it is to a student’s success in all academic areas. Research is showing that music isn't only a social trend; it also
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Annie Musical
The musical Annie is based on the strip cartoon Little Orphan Annie which began in New York. It was created by Harold Gray, who came up with an idea for a comic strip called Little Orphan Andy. But the New York News didn't want one more strip about a boy so he it.So, Andy became Annie. The first strip appeared in August 1924. The cartoon strip proved to be so successful that it was almost
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Rap Music
Rap Music The following is an excerpt from Black Noise, a book written by Tricia Rose, that describes the importance and background of rap music in society. "Rap music brings together a tangle of some of the most complex social, cultural, and political issues in contemporary American society. Rap's contradictory articulations are not signs of absent intellectual clarity; they are a common feature of community and popular cultural dialogues that always offer more than one
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Music - a Peacemaker in Wartime?
Music- a peacemaker in wartime? The music- wether it is Salsa or Soul- has a great impact on people. If you look into history, you will see that music was influencing peoples’ life in a certain way. From the first days of the human beings music was the one of the strongest medium to deliver messages. African tribes still uses the Congas to send messages to other tribes, who live kilometres away, by playing these
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Tristano's Music
Tristano's Music These three visionary artists offered music to the small public. Byzantine melodci lines, attenuated rhythms, acerbic harmonies. Thelonious Monk, the most admired Jazz composer ofthe postwar ear wrote only single chorus instrumental Melodies while the extended oks of such later players as john coltrane and Ornette Coleman are unrelated to the classical music tradition. Blind virtuoso focused on omplex linear improvisation that utilized polyrhythmic and poly tonal concepts. Using only a relatively few
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Punk Music
Research Paper The early 60's and 70's music industry tried its turn at the method of promoting trends over music. As most music genres, the consumers or the people who listened to the music believed whatever the music corporations told them. As more and more people began to realize what was happening, a change in the attitudes of people started to arise. Just as most movies end, a hero had to save the day. This
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Napster Vs. Music
Napster is an online trading program that allows users to look into another persons hard-drive in order to trade music. "Napster and similar software provides users with a method of searching thousands of other users computers to share thousands of high quality music, music that is stored in the compressed .mp3 format."(Internet). Music of the popular artist is traded through the Internet at no cost. In other words instead of having to pay market price
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The Effects of Internet Music Piracy
There is this artist your friend tells you about “Man you need to check out this band N’Sync, they are so rad!!” So you figure hey I will give it a shot…my friend thinks they’re cool. So you use the last $15.00 of your Best Buy gift card on their latest CD. You open the package in your car in excitement, and by the time you open up the covers your thinking to yourself. “Hmm
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World Music
While world music is a genre, musical exoticism can be classed as a process in which musicians freely interpret attributes of the music of non-western culture and targeting specifically at foreign audience. It is the direct perception of the western audience’s view of non-western music tradition, not non-western perception of non-western exoticism, in other words not the true perception, only a concept. As exotica is only an imitation, the authencity of the music is often
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The Negative Impact of Rap Music on Today's Youth
The Negative Impact of Rap Music on Today’s Youth Today’s rap music has changed dramatically since the 1970’s. Rap music has become the most popular type of music in the U.S. Rap music can give people entertainment and can also tell a story in someone’s life. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, rap music is defined as, “a style of music associated with urban street gangs and characterized by violent, tough talking, often misogynistic lyrics”
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Rumsfeld V. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights
Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights Introduction Joshua Rosenkrantz, the lawyer and spokesperson for The Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (FAIR), has publicly called the United States government "bigots" for maintaining the United States Military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Based on Rosenkrantz's point of view, we have predetermined victory for the "fair" players in the case of FAIR v. Bigots ; however, a more careful analysis past the slogans reveals a
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An Academic Essay Relating to George Orwell's View of Capital Punishment
The audience gets a glimpse into the hanging of a Burmese prisoner in George Orwell’s personal essay “A Hanging.” He employs techniques, such as the use of simile and imagery, which are effective in appealing to the emotions of the reader. By reaching out to the audience in such a way, Orwell is able to press upon them his negative attitude towards capital punishment. In the beginning of the passage Orwell discusses the cells of
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Music
Music, television, and other things are a major influence on society in this day and time. Younger people are more affected by the influences brought on by some of the music and television programs of today. Movies also have an influence. Music, television, and peers have major effects on our society and people. A lot of the music videos of today gives off a sexual vibe. A lot of the videos contain sexual images, sometimes
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Music and Psychology
"Human personality in principle develops according to steps predetermined in the growing person's readiness to be driven toward, to be aware of and to interact with a widening social radius"(Erik Erikson). How does an individual know when they have found their “true” self? How can one understand the many stages of learning? It took one man by the name of Erik Erikson to explain the psychological development that we, as human beings, undertake. Under Erikson’s
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Music and Influence
Music is one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the world. It is something every age group can enjoy. Music is very influential to teenagers in our new millennium, yet many of the new and most popular forms of music advocate violence degrade women, others even promote sadism. With teen’s new need for music poses the question of how does popular music affect their well-beings. Columbine is the most popular example of when
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Music as a Controversial Medium of Communication
Music as a Controversial Medium of Communication Society has perfected the ability to make a connection between multiple things. Through association many are able to trigger thoughts or ideas that are somehow related to the initial statement or idea that was presented. Music is a prime example of how society has directly connected subcultures to the capitalist world. There are soundtracks that trigger movies, theme songs that remind people of television shows, there are even
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Appalachian Music
Appalachian Music Appalachee - people on the other side Folk music - What is folk music? Traditional songs existing in countries. Handed down through generations. Passes on by word of mouth, not written in musical notation. Don't know who wrote it. Melody and lyrics change as they are passed on. Folk Music is History in song: Tells about daily lives. Tells about Special events - often tragedies, themes of romance, battle, adventure, and history. Purpose
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Plagiarism in an Academic Setting
To define plagiarism, the Oxford English Dictionary states that plagiarism is "the action or practice of taking someone else's work, idea, etc., and passing it off as one's own; literary theft" (Last, 2007). In the academic world it has been made clear that plagiarism is a crime. Students are introduced to the issues surrounding plagiarism in their first orientation. After the first class, they are reminded and warned about plagiarizing all the way through their
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The Classic Period in Music
Getting it's name from art history, the classic period in music extends from 1740 to 1810 and includes the music of Haydn, Mozart, the first period of Beethoven, and Bach's sons. The classical period of music coordinated harmony, melody, rhythm, and orchestration more effectively then earlier periods of music. During the classical era the social function of music began to change from earlier aristocratic and religious connections toward more public and secular activities associated
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