Music Literature Essays and Term Papers
606 Essays on Music Literature. Documents 351 - 375
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Can the Music Industry Change Its Tune?
Would you pay $15.99 for a CD of your favorite recording artist if you could get it for free on the Web? This question has shaken the music industry to its foundations. A tremendous number of Internet users have taken advantage of online file-sharing services where they can download digitized music files from other users free of charge. The first such service to be widely used was Napster. Its Web site provided software and services
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Stravinsky in 20th Century Music
Born in 1882 in Oranienbaum, Russia, a city southwest of St. Petersburg, Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian/American composer who was described as one of the most important composers in the 20th century. Stravinsky was even named by ‘Time Magazine’ as one of the most influential people of the century. Stravinsky made many special contributions to music in the 20th century which were wide and varied. His material was raw and produced a fresh and
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There’s No Such Thing as Free Music
“THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS FREE MUSIC” The Internet has made a significant impact on the American economy. These impacts have been both beneficial and negative for many industries. The Internet’s impact on the music recording industry has received wide-spread attention and much debate over the past eight years. The emergence of file sharing has sent shock waves throughout the industry. In 2003, one study found that 35 million Americans download pirated music on a
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Music Appreciation
The musicians are divided into four main groups called sections: (1) the string section, (2) the woodwind section, (3) the brass section, (4) and the percussion section. The various instruments in the string, woodwind, and brass section are pitched in different ranges, like voices in a choir. In the following discussion, the instruments in each of these sections are listed in the order from those of the highest range to those of the lowest.
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Essay on Convergance Culture and Trends of Music Sharing online
Using an illustrative case study from the Web (site, application, event, etc.), analyze and discuss the significance of what Henry Jenkins calls �convergence culture’. Make specific reference to two or three of the major areas of tension he identifies as shaping the contemporary media environment. Significant innovations have occurred across the business or intermediate services sectors and the domestic or consumer service sectors, across the fields of entertainment, communication, and information sharing and the website
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Stop and Listen to the Music
Stop and Listen to the Music When The Washington Post prepared an experiment with Joshua Bell, the results were highly unexpected. Bell, an American Grammy-Award winning violinist, was asked to perform in the Washington, D.C. Metro at the L'Enfant Plaza to see if the public would stop and listen to the music, or even recognized who he was, in an inconvenient morning time crunch. The results of the public were incredible. Each person could either
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Sounds of Music
Sounds of Music Sounds of Music In music there are a variety of instruments that display the color of harmonies, when they are played in an orchestra or a band. The ranges of their sounds spans from the lowest pitch of a contrabass to the highest pitch of a piccolo. Moreover their classification derives by the group or section to which they belong. The classification of instruments in music is divided into three broad classes
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Music
Why do people walk down a busy city street ignoring others and not talking? Why are they ignorant to the homeless asking for change just to survive? And why do cross walk signs become life savers? I can tell you what’s wrong with these people, music. Music works wonders for anyone and everyone. There is no way around music. It is everywhere and playing at all times. From people blasting music with twelve inch subwoofers
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Music: An Eternal Melody
Music: An Eternal Melody There are many languages spoken throughout this world, but there is one that everybody speaks. Music is a universal language to all people and nations. Be it vocal or pure instrumental, music is used for weddings, graduations, religious events, or as a nation's anthem. It can change people's moods, feelings, or actions. It's easy to say that almost everyone enjoys listening to a tune on the radio. It's been around for
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Music Review
One can’t help but feel rather suspicious of a concert program that features solely foreign composers. For one, audiences have a tendency to feel somehow cheated by music that is sung in a foreign language, as if music sung in a English is more immediately profound due to the inability to comprehend the text. Likewise it is natural for critics to feel disdainful of performers for their blatant avoidance of the difficulties of an unfamiliar
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Explicit Music
Music has always had the power to strike emotions good and bad, which is why it is so attractive to people. This has not changed since the days when the Beatles shocked the world. What has changed is that popular music lyrics and videos have become much more explicit. The question is to censor or not to censor? I say not to censor. Explicit music is merely a way for musicians to freely express their
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What Is the Cause and Effects of Music, Television, and Video Game Violence on Children and Teens in America?
Bradis McGriff Humanities 110 November 27, 2004 Dr. Privateer What is the cause and effects of Music, Television, and Video Game Violence on Children and Teens In America? Introduction Usually when a child or a teenager commits a crime, it is never their fault. When a child or a teenager commits a crime, the responsibility never belongs to the parents either. Instead, when a teenager or a child commits a crime, the first thing that
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The Master of Music
The music called Jazz was born sometime around 1895 in New Orleans. It combined elements of Ragtime, marching band music and Blues. What differentiated Jazz from these earlier styles was the widespread use of improvisation, often by more than one player at a time. Jazz represented a break from Western musical traditions, where the composer wrote a piece of music on paper and the musicians then tried their best to play exactly what was in
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Popular Music
Popular Music Popular music, or ‘pop music’, means ‘music of the populace’. The term embraces all kinds of folk music which, originally made by illiterate people, were not written down. The creation of a popular music that aims simply at entertaining large numbers of people is a product of industrialisation, in which music became a commodity to be bought and sold. It is in the rapid industrialised nations, notably Britain and USA, that we first
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Violence and Music
Music and Violence Each generation of adolescents has an artist or type of music that parents vehemently disapprove. The current generation has rap and alternative rock music. Many adults make the claim that some of this music causes violence, such as "Big Man with a Gun" by Nine Inch Nails (Palumbo 2). Some music has violent and explicit content, but a violent song, itself does not cause physical harm. Other songs of rap and alternative
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Ernest Hemingway - a Legacy for American Literature
Ernest Hemingway, A legacy for American Literature Some say that Hemingway’s personal life should disqualify him from the literature canon. They state that his torrent affairs, his alcoholism, and his mental state should preclude him from entry into the canon. These are the very things that help to make Hemingway a unique writer. Although his genre is fiction, he relies on his real life experiences with the people and places that he visited. The very
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Music on the Internet
Albums with explicit lyrics or content started having black and white parental advisories on them in 1994 (http://www.riaa.org/Parents-Advisory-4.cfm). Are these labels necessary? Is controversial music molding our society and causing teenagers to turn to drugs? Is censorship necessary to protect the youth of our nation. Generally, younger people are against censorship on this issue. Music is an outlet and even an anti-drug for many teens -- however, parents and society feel differently. Should parents censor
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Postmodernism in American Literature
Postmodernism in American literature The novel Beloved by Toni Morrison often makes us question the credibility of what is being told, and uses many striking, sudden shifts between the past and present, making it difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction. This blurring of the truth is a common element of postmodern fiction. In fact, many scholars would say that Beloved is a great example of postmodernism. (Ebrahimi 2005) Morrison uses this technique to bring
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Screen Adaptations of Classic Literature Should Always Remain True to the Details of the Original Novel.
There are many issues involved with adapting a classic novel for the small screen, but probably the most important of these is the degree of loyalty the adaptation should make with the original novel. For a director it is almost impossible to remain perfectly loyal to the novel. For instance,around the time of the first director, David Lean, filmmaking had not advanced to such a stage for it to be possible to, as shown in
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A View on Censorship in Music and the Government
The censorship of music and other forms of entertainment by the government have long been the topic of discussion among social and political circles. Some forms of censorship such as warning labels for parents can be helpful. However the censorship of music is just not right, and the government has no right to do so. All too often the government gets this self righteous feeling and thinks that it has the right to control what
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Music in Shapespeare’s Palys
Music in Shakespeare's Plays Elizabethans, during the time of the notorious William Shakespeare (1564-1616), were extremely sensitive to beauty and grace and had an undying enthusiasm for music and poetry. Music was a vital part of Elizabethan society; it was thought that a man who could not read music or understand it was poorly educated. The common entertainment and amusement was centered on music, song, and dance, people of all classes enjoyed the splendor of
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Musicals
After the introduction of sound to motion pictures, the musical genre was a natural cinematic progression. According to film historian Rick Altman, “The musical is… one of the most characteristic creations of the Hollywood film industry” (294). It is a genre that is uniquely American, and encompasses more than 1,500 films (Altman 294). Surprisingly, though, there actually is evidence of silent film musicals, with the 1907 interpretation of The Merry Widow operetta, in which musical
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Music and Our Everyday Lives
“What My Pin Means to Me” As a sophomore at Mercy high school I’ve come to know many things. When you start high school you have no idea that the things you’ll learn, the decisions you’ll make and the people you meet will affect the rest of your life, but that’s what it’s about. It’s about learning and growing so that when you leave high school and you graduate you will have the skills to
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Television, Movie, and Music Violence and the Impact on Teen Behavior
Abstract Most people in our society generally have the opinion that violence in television, movies, and music increases aggression in children and adolescents. Does it? Who is to say whether media has a positively direct effect or a positive correlation? However, the majority of the people who have researched this topic have discovered that violence in television, movies, and music is indeed one of the main factors contributing to the increase in violent and aggressive
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Literature Review of Graphic Organizers
Literature Review Numerous studies confirm the benefits of using graphic organizers in the classroom in terms of helping students develop and process information. The mere fact this is a method that has been backed by such a strong body of evidence has imbued me with confidence that this intervention will yield positive results. Graphic organizers are a way to help students "grapple with core ideas of the content and develop sophisticated relational understandings of it"
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