Music Essays and Term Papers
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Chinese Classical Music
On Wednesday the 5th of October at the Kennedy Center, Chen Yu in “flutes,” Li Jia in “pipa”, Liu Yang in “hulusi”, Tian Chao in “yan qin”, Wang Xie in “zherg” and Zhou Wei in “erhu”, performed a piece that was an ensemble of melodies from China’s Jiangsu, Fujian and Hebei provinces. The work, “The Pretty and Graceful Jasmine Flowers”, was an ensemble to honor the jasmine, a Chinese classical flower. The length of the
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Censorship in Music
Censorship In Music Censorship in music is a topic that has brought about much controversy in the past two decades. There have been many different arguments on the topic, however the question still remains as if it should be censored or it should not be censored. Before you can form an opinion on this, you must hear both sides of the argument on this much-debated topic. Some people believe that music should be censored so
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Discuss the Musical Construction of at Least one Character from Wagner’s Salome.Describe How the Composer(s) Use(s) Musical Techniques to Contribute to the Construction of Your Chosen Character(s).You Should Also Consider the Cultural, Historical and Mu
For the purposes of this essay, I have chosen to concentrate on the characters portrayed in Richard Strauss’ 1905 opera, Salome. The majority of the attention will be placed on Salome herself, but other characters will be referred to where applicable. Before the composition of Salome, Strauss had risen to prominence through his numerous tone poems, a form established by Franz Liszt in the mid 19th century, the most notable of which are Don Juan
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Music for Love
Based on selective readings it appears there are many concerns within the African American community. Some of these concerns are the disregard for children and elders, lack of positive relationships between gender, black-on-black crime, and disunity. The African American community is well aware of these issues, however, when the worst of these are exposed; the Caucasian community uses this information to confirm their pre-conceived stereotypes. Many writers and comics completely avoid revealing such discussion to
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File Sharing: A Positive Affect on the Music Industry
File Sharing: A Positive Affect on the Music Industry When Shawn Fanning sat down to begin a sixty-hour programming marathon back in the fall of 1999, he did not know what he was getting into. Shawn’s marathon was sparked by his struggles in downloading music on the internet via underground operations. His completed software, called Napster, allowed users to share and download music from each other’s computers therefore eliminating the need for expensive servers. After
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Postitive Influence of Rock Music
Positive Influences of Rock Music Beneath misconceptions attached to rock music, lies the truth. In a recent unpublished survey, results showed that the majority of people, a mixture of different age groups and genre listeners, disagree that rock music has had any positive influences that outweigh the negative (Do). Through lack of analyzing, many judge rock music without ever knowing the truth about it. Those that do not understand the genre may blame it for
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The French Gov. Rejection of Popular American Music in the 2nd Half of the 20th Century
Introduction The primary focus is the French governmental rejection of popular American music, as well as other components of American culture, in the second half of the twentieth century, derived from France's foreign policy with the USA, and it~ culture. What was interesting were the steps that the French took to protect their culture from what they saw, and continue to see, as the imminent destruction at the hands of popular American culture. Why does
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Women in Rap Music
To what extent does your chosen subject either perpetuates oppressive gender attitudes/myths, or allows participants involved in it to transcend the limitations imposed by gender/gender myths? Gender Degradation of Rap and Hip-Hop Music Dating back to the eras of the Beatles and the Rollingstones, music has always had an affect on the ways that people act, dress, and live their lives. With the arrival of rap and hip-hop music in the mid 1980's, new lyrics
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Music Censorship
Music Censorship 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
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Music
Music is part of everyday life and is heard by many listeners almost everywhere around the world. There are many different genres that classify the mechanics of music. Some of these genres can be identified as; easy listening, rap/hip-hop and classical. Onc type of genre that has many people jumping up and down for is rock. Rock has been known for head banging concerts, hardcore lyrics, and guitar solos. Two of the many genres that
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Therapy of Music
There is much more to music than just entertainment. Music Therapy looks deep into one particular function of music from a scientific point of view. A great amount of research has been completed on this practice and it is scientifically proven that our brains respond to music as if it were medicine. Recent studies have suggested that playing an instrument or listening to music can have a wide range of benefits. Music therapy is the
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Music into and out of the Baroque Era
Baroque style music has played a large role in the history of European and the rest of the world. Baroque music left an ever lasting impression on the world and we can still find it in today’s contemporary music. Before the Baroque era, Renaissance Sacred Music was composed. Baroque style music quickly followed into the 1600’s. New ideas and inventions came into light as the music of the age flourished. The Florentine Camarata led
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Cause and Effect: Music and Media
Music & Our Culture Have you ever had such a terrible day you just want to completely forget it happened? You want to unwind by taking a late night cruise in your car and jam out to your favorite CD, or sitting on your couch watching music videos. I am a strong believer in the power of good music. The right song can set any desired mood and cause your thoughts to melt away.
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Affect of Technology in Music Industry
The music industry has come a long way since those dreadful days of the mono recordings. Back then, artists, producers, and engineers didn’t have as much of a choice of what equipment that would use to get their recordings done. With the advancement in technology and new innovations constantly being created in the music industry, the opportunities are endless. If you look up the definition of technology you will see the words industry and commerce,
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History of Rock and Roll Music Outline
History of the rock music industry Introduction: I. How has an industry grown to become a 32 billion dollars a year machine? II. Ill tell ou how, by scouting new talents from each and every corner of the world to bring us the music that each of us desires. III. This is the recording industry which even though their sales have been steadily declining due to internet piracy it is still an industry which has
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Music Article and Life Enrichment
Articles Of Note | Music Article Whether you admit it or not, music imbeds our daily life, weaving its beauty and emotion through our thoughts, activities and memories. So if you're interested in music theory, music appreciation, Beethoven, Mozart, or other composers, artists and performers, we hope you'll spend some time with here and learn from these music articles of note for all ages and tastes. When I first started studying the history of music,
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Loves Music Loves to Dance
When a friend needs help collecting data for a TV programme she is planning on personal ad dating, Erin and Darcy are more than happy to help her out by answering ads and going out on a few dates with some of the guys. It's a bit of a laugh and gets them out socialising, not that either of the girls need to use the personal columns to get dates. Erin is a jewellery designer,
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Downloading Music from the Internet
Downloading Music from the Web: We believe that even though downloading free music from the internet might not be right in the eyes of the artist that as a consumer we still find ways to support the artist. We pay for their shirts, hats and concert tickets. Plus there are still people out there who do buy their music. If music fans everywhere decided to start downloading from the internet I am sure that the
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Music Downloading: Opposing Opinions
Music Downloading: Opposing Opinions Is music downloading right or wrong? It has been a debated subject for the past ten years. As a class assignment, we were asked to search for sources that supported our topic. Two articles with opposing viewpoints both supported their viewpoint. They were entitled, “The Government Should Explore Ways of Making File Sharing Legal” and “Introduction to Internet Piracy: At Issue. Both articles were written by James D. Torr. In his
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Music History Through the Middle Ages, Rennisance, Baroque, Etc...
Music has evolved too many different forms that we recognize today. We trace this development throughout time. Beginning in the middle ages, we have seen advancement from the Gregorian chant all the way to the Jazz of the 20th century. The current events, politics, religion, technology and composers can shape musical eras during time. Here I will look at the middle ages, renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic and twentieth century periods. I hope that a better
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Evaluating the Musical Crazy for You
Evaluating the Musical Crazy For You Crazy For You is a fabulous musical comedy that shows love reigns over all Circumstances. This Musical features Bobby Child (Jim Walton), a banker who yearns to become a successful dancer in show business. He is so persistent that he does whatever he feels in his heart is right despite of his mother and fiancйs opinions. After arriving at Nevada, Bobby falls in love with Polly Baker (Stacey Slogan),
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Arrrrrrrrr! Music Piracy
In today's society, I would guarantee that almost every teenager has heard of a program called Limewire. Limewire is what is called a "peer to peer" file sharing program, which enables one user to connect to another to download a particular file in a matter of minutes. I would also guarantee that in using programs like Limewire, these people do not believe they are doing any wrong. The RIAA tells us that piracy is
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Turlough O’ Carolan, Irish Music
Irish Music Turlough O’ Carolan (1670 –1738) An exploration of his inspirational sources, musical style and unique contribution to Irish music. Introduction Turlough O’ Carolan has as a composer, poet and musician contributed to Irish music in a unique way. I am going to explore his musical influences and style and his inspirational sources, and show how Carolan’s music has continued to shape Irish music both during his lifetime, throughout history and in recent times.
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Music Bibliography
Legendary Saxophonist, John William Coltrane who still continues to influence modern jazz even from the grave. Coltrane has contributed many styles of jazz whether it is contemporary, mainstream or classic jazz. Coltrane took pride in every aspect of his music career. A hugely influential jazz musician, Coltrane has been credited with converting modern jazz and with being the chief influence on successive generations of saxophonists. John William Coltrane was born September 23, 1926 as an
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What Is Rap Music
What is rap music What is rap music ? Many people really don’t know what rap music is or where it came from a lot of people think rap music is related to gangsta and the thug mentality but it was not created from that and threw these next couple of paragraphs I am bout to read I hope I can give you a better interpretation of rap music . In the early 1970s
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