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Music Essays and Term Papers
MTV And The Madonna Phenomenon"Madonna's intuitive grasp on the televisual world in which we live- of
the medium's possibilities for engaging spectators in diverse ways- that in part
accounts for her success. She is the supreme television heroine." (E. Ann Kaplan
271)
"What are the main theories which we have studied ...
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Death Of A Salesman - AnalysisHuman emotions are something that we seldom find a way to express clearly: from simple hand gestures, to a disgusted face. To understand his novel more thoroughly, Arthur Miller uses the most understandable method of comprehension, music, to express the emotions of the characters in his play, ...
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Death Of The SuperstarsHave you ever wondered what it would be like to listen to some of the
greatest music stars of our time. I'm talking about the stars that never made it
to full prominence. The list of players is alarmingly high and sad. The
potential of these performers never met. It would be something to see what ...
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Leonard Bernsteinwas born in Lawrence, just north of Boston, on Sunday, August 25, 1918. Bernstein was named Louis at birth, after his mother’s grandfather, but at the age of sixteen he had it formally changed to Leonard, or Lenny.
As a child, Bernstein was sick very often with asthma and hay fever. Perhaps due ...
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High FidelityIn Nick Hornby’s , the main character, Rob, relates music to every aspect of his life. He utilizes music as an escape from his anxieties regarding his failing record store, relationship, and sense of self. Music provides Rob with the inspiration that keeps him going: Records have helped me to fall ...
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Nullsoft's Winamp ReviewNullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high fidelity music player for Windows 95/98/NT. Winamp supports MP3, MP2, CD, MOD, WAV and other audio formats. Winamp also supports custom interfaces called skins, audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins. Nullsoft also provides a high quality website at ...
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Jimi Hendrix ReportOn November 27, 1942, in Seattle, Washington a later-to-be-known legend was born as James Marshall. This future guitar master went by the name of Jimi, Jimi Hendrix. His childhood was not very fortunate, however, he did indulge himself in one particular way: Jimi loved to play the guitar. Jimi ...
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Amadeus: Movie Review"Amadeus" is the Latin form of Greek Theophilus, which Mozart preferred, although he also answered to Amade, Amadeo, and Gottlieb in French, Italian, and German. In all languages, the name means "beloved of God".
In the beginning of the movie, Antonio Salieri was an old man, who invites the ...
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Bob Marleywas a Jamaican singer, guitarist, and songwriter, and a pioneer of
Jamaican reggae music. He was considered one of the greatest artists of his time and was
the first Jamaican reggae performer to achieve significant international stardom. Marley’s
career stretched back over 20 years. During ...
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Lenonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence, just north of Boston, on Sunday, August 25, 1918. Bernstein was named Louis at birth, after his mother’s grandfather, but at the age of sixteen he had it formally changed to Leonard, or Lenny.
As a child, Bernstein was sick very often with asthma and ...
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The Influence Of Black Slave Culture On Early AmericaThe Black slaves of colonial America brought their own culture from Africa to
the new land. Despite their persecution, the "slave culture" has contributed
greatly to the development of America's own music, dance, art, and clothing.
Music
It is understandable that when Africans were torn from ...
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Mozart: Portrait Of A GeniusWolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. He was a centrally important composer of the Classical Era. On December 5, 1971, at the age of thirty five he died of typhoid fever, and was buried in a pauper’s grave on December 6, 1971.
Elias says that for some ...
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Comparing Status and Income of Mozart, Haydn, and BeethovenExamine the status of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven during their lifetime and comment about how the income from public performances and from publishing music gradually allowed them a degree of independence. (refer to specific dealings with their publishers as part of this.)
The three composers ...
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Baroque ArtBaroque is a style of art that initially started in Italy. This artistic style later spread to other countries such as Spain, Austria, and France in the periods of the following the 17th century. The spread of Baroque was facilitated by its use by the Pope and the Catholic rulers. They further ...
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Porgy And Besssymbolizes the end of the black musical tradition that
flourished in the early part of this century. The play showed the height of
white appropriation of what had previously been a black cultural form. All
the creative talent backstage was white. This development had been
occurring slowly, ...
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Bob DylanMiddleweight boxing title contender, Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter was falsely accused of a triple murder in a New Jersey bar and was sentenced to serve three life terms. In 1966, wrote a song, "Hurricane" that depicted the murder, corrupted authorities and expressed his belief in Carter's innocence. ...
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Peter TchaikovskyPeter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, also spelled Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was born in Votkinsk, in the city of Vyatka, Russia, May 7, 1840. Second in a family of five sons and one daughter, to whom he was extremely devoted. Once in his early teens when he was in school at St. Petersburg and his mother ...
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The Beatleswere a British music group whose songs are among the most
universally accepted music recordings of the 20th century. , who
revolutionized popular music around the world, were at the forefront of a
movement in rock music known as the British Invasion. The British Invasion was
a name referring ...
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The Classical PeriodGetting 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. of music coordinated harmony,
melody, rhythm, and orchestration more effectively then earlier periods of ...
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90sMusic in the nineties can be simply described as diverse. Diverse
meaning that music has been segregated into hundreds of groups. This
report will refer in detail to three genres of music: Alternative
Country, Rap, Alternative Rock. It will also cover certain aspects
indicative of the 90's. ...
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