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“Not Afraid” by Eminem Analysis

Some of the lyrics in "Not Afraid" are similar to the ideas of "Lose Yourself," which show the rapper's disagreement with some of the societal norms. This song is relevant to the global problem of [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 576

Musical Usage of Ethos, Pathos and Logos

Thievery Corporation show a character of an upright fellow who stands to condemn the indifference of the richest man in Babylon.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 970

The Song “I Can’t Breathe” by H.E.R

That is to say, being unable to breathe is not just a reference to Floyd in the context of the song but also to the surroundings.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 836

Analysis of Mozart Sonata III Movement

The role of transitions is to help in moving from a rondo to an episode section. It could be mentioned that in most cases the episode will serve as a development section of the form [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1679

Racism in Music: “(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue”

The extreme popularity of the song among the black population can be explained with references to the fact that Armstrong changed the original lyrics to accentuate the social meaning of the composition and elaborated the [...]
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  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1225

The Concept of Pop Music

Deriving from rock and roll, Pop music found its distinctiveness in the 1950s to not only become one of the world's most listened style of popular music, but also one of the very few styles [...]
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 565

Analyzing the Songs of Les Miserables

If I had to pick six songs that tell the story of Les Miserables, I think they would have to be these: At the End of the Day Master of the House Do you hear [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1789

“Girls not Grey” by AFI

Birnbaum argues that drug use has led to the breakage of many groups due to the fact that some members of the group are unable to cope up with the behaviors of their colleagues.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1649

“Shoshone Love Song” a Native American Song

For a considerable amount of time, this masterpiece was neglected yet in the twentieth century the tide turned, and this work of art began to attract the attention of many musicians, and poets.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 545

Ella Fitzgerald: How High the Moon

The song's duration is quite memorable as well, since it starts with a slow rhythm, and the song appears to be pulsing, synchronizing with the beat of one's heart.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1110

“What I’ve Done” Music Video by Linkin Park

In the video, the members of the band are seen playing the song in the desert, and their performance is interrupted by footage depicting poverty, war, environmental damage, inequality, and many other problems that threaten [...]
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  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 844

Benefits of Dancing Essay

Dance is an art that refers to the movement of part of the body, some of the parts or the whole body while keeping rhythmical to music.
  • 4
  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 607

School Music Festival Concert

The preliminary rounds will be designed to ensure that only the participants who measure up to the high standards of the competition are allowed to go on to the next stage of the competition while [...]
  • 3.6
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2208

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Life, Music, & Influences

Neefe was not a renowned musician; in fact, he was most influential to Beethoven in the shaping up of his ideals rather than in his music compositions. According to Beethoven's accounts of his deafness, the [...]
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  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2233

Different Types of Music

One of the commonest types of music is Gospel music. It is a type of music where songs are written and played with the objective of praising or honoring God.
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 548

Bob Dylan Blowin In the Wind

The audience of Blowing in the Wind is primarily the United States of America government and to some extent the whites living America around this time.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1816

The Song “All of Me” by Billie Holiday

This song was composed during the Harlem Renaissance, which was an embracing of African American culture, especially via the creative arts, and was the most significant literary movement in the history of African American literature. [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 836

That the Song Called “Leave” by Post Malone

The value of this work lies not only in the excellent singing and production but also in the lyric that immediately immerses the listener in the atmosphere full of dramatism and melancholy. The purpose of [...]
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  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 368

Beijing Opera vs. Traditional Western Opera

For example, the Beijing opera reflects the culture of the nation. The rest of the paper is structured as follows: Chapter two highlights the origins and development of the two operas, Chapter three is an [...]
  • Pages: 26
  • Words: 6999

Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Music Analysis

The piece starts from the crescendo emphasizing the worries and fears of the dying person. The ascendant rhythm of this part also expresses the image of the sacral process of dying and connection with God.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 302

The Social Impact of Reggae Music

Many reggae artists criticize and oppose the prevalence of injustice and oppression in many parts of the world that arise from poor governance and unstable political systems. In addition, it is also known for the [...]
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  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2677

“The Future” by Leonard Cohen

Cohen then goes further to describe how it will be during the time of the end and he posits that order and meaning will vanish as, "Things are going to slide in all directions".
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  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 959

“Dedication for Alceste” by Christoph Willibald Gluck

Christoph Willibald Gluck's "Dedication for Alceste" is a preface to the printed score of Alceste written in 1769 to provide the composer's explanation of those modifications that he made in relation to the concept of [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 400

“Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen Analysis

Then, there is a change of tempo, and the song transforms into an opera with references to the main lyrical characters of the Bohemian period.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 401

Content of “La Bruja” Song by Conjunto Jardin

The witch character in the song is an old maid interested in sucking blood and destroying a man. Due to its popularity, the song has resulted in the creation of the La bruja dance.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 295

The Song “Forever and Always” by the Parachute Band

True love according to the lyrics of the song "Forever and always" represents the adage that 'love conquers everything'. Upon receiving the news, she drives to the place where her husband-to-be is and heads directly [...]
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1106

How Music Can Influence Our Behaviour

In order to understand exactly how work productivity increases as a result of music, it is essential to know the difference between mood and arousal. As one listens to a piece of music, one is [...]
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  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3333

Concert Analysis

The performers who looked fabulous with black and white suits rounded up with a variety of musical attires rocked the hall and kept the audience anticipating the show.
  • 4.5
  • Subjects: Concerts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 809

History and Development of Dance

The art of dancing was connected by Greeks to the idea of harmony and perfection of human body: therefore, dancing ultimately had to be graceful in order to emphasize and not to destroy the natural [...]
  • 5
  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1231

Flare Guns Song by Quinn XCII ft. Chelsea Cutler

They sing in the song about drifting apart and going nowhere. Being in the woods is a world apart from society, and if they are going away from one another, they are "drifting apart".
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 371

The Music Industry

In the same vein, it is imperative for musicians to have a working knowledge of commercial aspects of the music industry to ensure that they get the most out of their work.
  • 3.3
  • Subjects: Music Industry
  • Pages: 16
  • Words: 4355

An Analysis on Elton John’s Candle in the Wind 1997 Song

Candle in the Wind 1997 is a masterpiece for it was able to deliver its purpose in being a farewell song of the people to the Princess, portrayed Diana as a kind-hearted humanitarian who had [...]
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  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 944

The Song “Dreams” by the Game: Song Analysis

Moreover, in his song, Game tells about the accident that can change your life in one moment."Aaliyah had a dream; Left Eye had a dream" refers to the plane crash when American singer Aaliyah died [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 396

“Man in Black” by Jonny Cash Analysis

While considering the song, I used such method as content analysis that implies the qualitative research of the meaning of the words and correlation to the reality.
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 571

Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53

This sonata: The first theme - 0:00 This movement begins with a very quick main melody which is punctuated by a counterpoint trill on the upper keys, which repeats on a different set of notes [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 953

The Scarlet Letter Soundtrack and Songs Explained

The song illustrates how unprepared she is to receive that form of treatment from her fellow people and that she is not ready to go through all that alone."Standing out in a crowd Where the [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1185

Dance and Mathematics Relationship

Choreographers, in teaching dance techniques, can use knowledge of mathematics, the knowledge is also used to arrange dancers on the stage and control their movements.
  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 822

Musical Tradition of Japan, China, Korea Compared

This essay is dedicated to the comparison of Japanese, Chinese and Korean music and proving the fact of their sufficient continuity or similarity by means of detailed analysis of the original sources of the national [...]
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1338

Sting’s “Fields of Gold”: Song Analysis

Because of the introduction of the middle eight into the song, the ballad does not feature the standard verse chorus verse chorus structure, but, instead, introduces the audience to the actual middle eight at the [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1298

Britney Spears’ Life and Career

Her roles in music, acting, and writing created a formidable brigade of admirers and enthusiasts who looked up to her for inspiration and motivation. In that regard, the essay shall evaluate realities and circumstances with [...]
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1397

Franz Liszt as a Romantic-Period Composer

Most of the composers during the era were inspired by the desire to entertain people and achieve eternity though music. One of the outstanding figures of the Romantic era was Franz Liszt.
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1101

Personality and Music Preferences

Kopacz's article is relevant to the current study because it helps the readers in the evaluation of music structure with respect to the set rules, which are known to composers and listeners.
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2058

Maurice Ravel: Bolero Analysis of Music Piece – Research Paper

Incidentally just like the minimalist composers of today, Ravel developed the Bolero piece in a controlled form of monotony but contained within its self the capacity to sedate and capture an audience, the Bolero piece [...]
  • 3.2
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1423

Is Rap Poetry? Essay

The question that arises is therefore whether the rap music is poetry. In summary, rap music is poetry and the opposition given lack viable support.
  • 4.8
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 604

The Album “Thriller” by Michael Jackson

The part of the clip that contains the dance of the rising zombies and the hunt for the girl is a suitable illustration of the effect in question.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 669

How We Listen to Music by Aaron Copeland

The only advantage to be gained from mechanically splitting up the listening process into these hypothetical planes is the clearer view to be had of the way in which we listen In this sentence he [...]
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 545

“Gangsta’s Paradise” by Coolio

The example of this device in the song is "I take a look at my life and realize". The example of repetition in the song is:
  • Subjects: Music Industry
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 2036

Music and Its Impact on Our Lives

With the development of the society the instruments and the whole music changed. The ability of music to influence human consciousness was known from the earliest stages of development of the society.
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1393

Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson

It was nominated for the record of the year at the Grammy Awards and, for two weeks, it remained at the top of the hottest 100.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1097

Hip-Hop Music

Other creations of hip-hop are the components of the hip-hop lifestyle. A number of unacceptable behaviors in the society have been encouraged by hip-hop leading to a conflict between the ambassadors of hip-hop and the [...]
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  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1697

Ludwig van Beethoven

The other character that was so eminent in the life of Beethoven is his outstanding capacity to do planning and organization.
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1934

An analysis of Niccolo Paganini’s “Cantabile E valzer”

A violin based classical piece, the music is rendered in waves of slowly rising short strokes of the violin that lead to a near climactic rise as the piece progresses, hooking the listener intently with [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 825

The Hip-Hop Genre Origin and Influence

Hess, in addition, notes that from 1970s, the development of Hip-hop as a culture has been very complex due to immigrants from different parts of the world, who in one way or another equally contributed [...]
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2904

Mieczysław Weinberg’s Clarinet Sonata

Weinberg had the good fortune to write his debut piece for Shostakovich in 1943, and the renowned Russian composer responded with the most significant acclaim. Well after the military conflict, in the fall of 1945, [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 921

The “Flow, My Tears” Song by John Dowland

The changes in speed and the mood of the masterpiece can be considered one of the famous English songs which stays popular in the modern world.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 401

The Red Hot Chili Peppers: Band History

Creating a style that combines punk, funk, rock, and rap the group has achieved the status of one of the most popular, inventive and eccentric bands of our time.
  • Subjects: Singers
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 722

The Changes Song by 2PAC and The Other Wes Moore

The song Changes by 2Pac goes well with the theme of the book The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore. Thus, this is a story about how community support and intervention can play a critical [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 299

Musical “Hamilton” by Lin-Manuel Miranda

The character of Alexander Hamilton is central to the musical, as his narrative reveals some of the major historical events such as the battle of Yorktown, issuing Amendments to the US Constitution, and the evolvement [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1145

McDonaldization in the Music Industry

Generally speaking, McDonaldization is a term used to refer to "the process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as of [...]
  • Subjects: Music Industry
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1122

Spanish Gypsy Flamenco Music and Its History

In the 1780s, all these explanations assume that the music of the indigenous Andalucians was combined with the music of the gypsies and came to be known as the flamenco music.
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2250

“The Rendezvous” a Video by Rob Cantor

In the theoretical framework of the functionalist approach, it is also reasonable to suggest that the best way to eliminate some negative features of the modern society is to understand what function they perform and [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 578

Music Sampling: Concept and History

While the producer uses a sound track to establish the best music genres to combine, the sampler, which is the machine records, keeps, controls, and rewinds music.
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2843

The Role of the Piano in the Erlkoing

The following are the main roles of piano in the Schubert's Erlkoing; The piano in the Erlkoing made the poem to be quite interesting.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2332

Between Romanticism and Modernism

The first of the modernists in music sought to begin new dimensions and depths in music through the use of non-conventional instruments and novel sounds.
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  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1242

Jazz and Hip Hop: Similarities and Differences

Both hip hop and jazz are closely linked and for that matter there are a number of similarities they share prompting some individuals to pronounce that hip hop is 'the jazz of young individuals in [...]
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  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 932

Similarities between Ballet and Hip Hop

Dance is and always shall be a form of expression where the movements performed speak volumes of the emotions and feelings that the dancer is trying to impart to the audience.
  • 4.2
  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1223

Dido’s Lament Emotional Analysis

The composition of the lament, which represents the process of dying and then mourning the dead Dido by a whole choir, also makes a strong emotional impression.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 303

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 Analysis

The complexity and sophistication of the work are exceptional, given the time in which it was written. The band builds to a confident and fearless sound in the opening allegro of the first act.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 359

The “Man Down” Song by Rihanna

Indeed, the singer and her team used many visual, musical, and stylistic devices to show the world the scale of the problem of the infringement of women's rights and the widespread victim-blaming. The song and [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 398

Music Styles and Their Differences

The Classical and the Romantic styles of music are characterized by several significant differences in terms of treatment of forms, genres, and the general content of the music.
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 895

Glinka’s “I Recall the Wonderful Moment” Composition

It is a great mix of poet's and composer's mastership that follows the composition of the poem and consists of three parts that depict three critical moments in the life of a character: the first [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 569

Johann Sebastian Bach

He was the last born in the family of Johann Ambrosius Bach, a church organist, and Elizabeth Lammerhirt Bach. In 1703 Bach was hired as an organist in a church in Arnstad, Germany and these [...]
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 819

Analysis of the “Porgy and Bess”

The research includes the following aspects: the analysis of the composer's biography, the opera's ideas, plot, and themes in relation to the social conflict of races.
  • Subjects: Concerts
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1552

Hogaku: Traditional Japanese Music

Music is often divided into Western and Non-Western; Japanese music belongs to Non-Western music and it has a number of peculiarities all of which should be discussed in order to present an ethnographic report on [...]
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2206

Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626

This paper offers an overview of the Requiem in D minor, analyzing the musical composition, examining the orchestration's expressive devices, and providing a historical frame.
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 827

Dancing as a Kind of Art

The application of dance as a way of worshipping and praising God is common in the movies and in the bible too.
  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2761
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