Music Essay Examples and Topics. Page 8

Being quite intense, the guitar solo in the middle of the song introduces the energy of rock and roll and also helps to express the disappointment in love, one of the key themes in rock [...]

Hip-hop is a genre that does not obey the taboos but creates new stereotypes, allowing itself to use risky language to convey the text of the songs in a much recognizable and provocative manner.

The main idea of the article under analysis is the intentions of female hip-hop artists to prove their choices and demonstrate their abilities by using the same rights male hip-hop artists have already got.

His music career did not flourish in Germany owing to the political turmoil in the country and the racial discrimination against the Jews at the time.

In fact, many authors underline the fact that commercialization of hip-hop has changed its essence considerably and deprived modern people of the possibility to understand the essence of hip-hop and true reasons for its appearance. [...]

I think that he was rather successful in the majority of his endeavors, and it is possible to find several explanations in the text of how the author used his story, his experience, and his [...]

However, although today's hip hop music does share some similarities with old school hip hop, it is much more superficial and generic, compared to the timeless music of the old school hip hop.

As such, the study purposed to test the differences in visuospatial abilities between men and women bearing in mind that the former is perceived to demonstrate greater memory capabilities compared to the latter As such, [...]

On the one hand, it seems that these two writings have nothing in common except the intentions of the authors to make contributions to the field of dance and choose the theme of ballet for [...]

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the dynamic between the sound and the look of two representatives of the Soul Jazz music genre Adele Laurie Blue Adkins and Amy Winehouse.

Essentially, popular music is the kind of music that is distributed to wide audiences through the music industry. To address the question, it is needed to explore the connection between music and visual representation.

My search for words can be explained by the mystery that surrounds the great composer and his last symphony, the ambiguity that the Ninth has aroused in scholarly literature and the public perception, and the [...]

Chopin went down in musical history as the most talented composer to devote his time and efforts to the mastery of playing the piano.

The keyboard music of the Baroque period has exhibited the features characteristic of the other forms of art of the period: the increasingly complex and ornate patterns and the virtuosic and exquisite nature of the [...]

Jazz is one of the most complex music genres as it is closely tied to a number of aspects of the human society.

For this work, I chose the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The issue with the scene is that the villains are new to the viewer, and the viewer knows [...]

The purpose of this paper is to describe how the shift of musical themes from sacred to secular was illustrated in renaissance music.

In the course of his career, Mikhail Baryshnikov has been able to set the standards that classical ballet dancers are expected to reach.

The rehearsal included all of the songs mentioned in the set list and in the end they also practiced some of the additional songs that were not put on the list.

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 [...]

The following survey questions can be used to determine the effect of the song on the mind and mood of listeners as well as the overall effect of music on the mind of human beings.

The uniqueness of Debussy can be attributed to his harmonic progression, personal composition method, the form of piece, as well as how he created various nuances and colors from the instruments.

When it comes to identifying the instrumental elements that make Thriller unique as not only as one of the pop songs of the 80s, but also pop songs in general, the variety of the instruments [...]

It is of great importance to recognize a childs inclinations in order to develop them in a full manner in future.

One of the main challenges, faced by the representatives of this industry is the low level of awareness about local composers and performers.

To be more specific, the sound of brushes sets the tone and the pace for the song, whereas the mallets create a recognizable pattern.

The unique high pitched voices of castrati were due to the fact that they did not have high levels of testosterone in their bodies.

Reverend David Noebel was one of the pioneers of the anti-rock and anti-Beatles crusades. Noebel himself was anti-communist, and he feared that the Beatles could spearhead a communist takeover in the United States.

When examining the reason behind Armstrong's worldwide popularity in comparison to the relative obscurity of Beiderbecke, it is immediately obvious that the main reason behind this was due to the fact that Armstrong was willing [...]

Many historians and musicians believe strongly that Lalo Guerrero is the father of Chicano Music. Lalo Guerrero "produced many songs that supported the expectations and needs of many Chicanos".

The birth of the music industry happened about a century ago during the time technological innovations started to appear allowing to capture, store of music, and replay the sound tracks within a retrieval system.

Thus, this reflective treatise discusses the elements of rhythm and composition in the music of the Archduke Piano Trio during a live concert on June 2014 at the Laidlaw Performing Arts Centre.

The event was staged by the house of Royal Oprah with mysterious, exciting, and arduous ballet dance broadcast to the audience.

Besides, all the aspects of this dance are going to be taken into consideration the movements, the music, and its origin, dressing styles of the performers throughout the years, public perception of this form of [...]

The band took South Africa and the whole world by storm during the 1970s. The goal of this paper is to describe the band and its music as world music.

Specifically, the gamelan music style uses metallic idiophones and drums, which are the unique features of Javanese music. Two tuning systems are used in the Javanese music, viz.the Sandro and pelog.

The music played in the city varies from one event to the other with local bands specializing in entertaining the various groups of individuals based on the nature of the event.

Korean pop music has become a powerful genre that connects many youths to their counterparts in different parts of the world.

Nevertheless, his debut album with his band "The Mothers of Invention" is the one that introduced Frank Zappa to the world of popular music.

The invention of the phonograph record at the end of the nineteenth century, for instance, radically and irrevocably changed the nature of the musical performance.

The combination of the different musical styles, the different genres, and the mutual impact of the different cultures gives birth to such a notion as world music.

Zappa brought about a lot of positive changes in the music industry by improving the music quality through incorporation of various aspects that make music appropriate and attractive to the majority of people in the [...]

Various scholars and majority of American parents have come to a conclusion that some of today's music is darker and dirty compared to the classics and blues of yesteryears.

Moreover, the difficulties faced by the Weavers can mostly be explained by the pressure of the government that urged recording companies and radio stations to shun them.

Considering family as one of the aspects of American culture, the music video Mockingbird by Eminem perfectly reflects the situation in the US society.

The current rock music has experienced metamorphosis and has the characteristics of disco in term of explicit content and glorification of satanic regalia.

With the support of God, the songs encourage the audience to believe in the power of God to overcome the unfortunate events.

The creation of Parsifal, the last and most considerable dramatic work of Wagner, lasted from 1857 to 1882, embracing the last third of the composer's life, and thus absorbing his most mature and thoughtful ideas.

This paper explores life in South Central Los Angeles and Seattle in the late eighties and in the early nineties based on musical productions in the sub-genres of Gangsta Rap, and Grunge.

In particular, he greatly contributed to the popularization of the so-called modern dance which was developed at the beginning of the twentieth century.

The first meeting of the Prince and the Swan gives new insights into the story of great love. It is necessary to note that the choreography of the excerpt is sophisticated and appealing.

Even if a person is informed about some details of the dance concert and the guests, who are going to participate, it is hard to cope with the emotions and attitudes to everything that can [...]

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.

In terms of music development, Chaloner asserts that stringed instruments like the pickers and scrapers were used during the 16th century.

The emergence of such an expressive music style was made possible by the invention of the electric guitar in the 20s of the XX century and by the social transformations of the postwar period.

Timeline: Interveners and Music Development Despite the fact that each of the organizations and contributors to the Welsh and the Irish music revival listed above had unique characteristics, there are a range of similarities between [...]

The Adagio has a soulful theme that is in E-flat, performed by the cello. The entire third section is in G-major.

The public and fans are habitually supplied with images planned to boost their aspirations and leave them attached to an industry that supports the mostly referred to as attractive images while the music assumes a [...]

Talent search shows, like American Idol and The Voice, have suffered a lot of criticism for different reasons. Stanley says the main reason for this cynicism is the failure of such shows to focus on [...]

Understanding the popularity of the Beatles in the American pop market with an American genre of music requires an understanding of the history of rock music and other related genres.

Personally, I love listening to rap music, which many people claim that it has led to the spread of violence among young people.

The early life of Michael Jackson as a part of The Jackson 5 team started with the family music project where Michael Jackson performed the role of a singer and dancer.

Outstanding composers of the early Baroque period includes; Giovanni Gabriel, Johann Hermann Schein, Claudio Monteverdi and others The middle Baroque consisted the period of consolidation and happened around 1640 to 1690.

The poet expresses the feeling of the possibility that she may never get to see the person who sung to hear the song, but the song itself makes her believe the fact that both of [...]

Music reduces pain and unease in patients under the medication and in the dentistry field. Harmonization and teamwork in a cluster are motivated by music through the stimulation and synchronization in the movement of workers.

Both performed in the major key, the two versions of the song represent the different treatment of that key using timbre and texture. In Sinatra's version, the listener perceives an interpretation that speaks of resolute [...]

Alvin Ailey was able to merge dancing techniques which previously seemed to be completely incompatible with one another, and it is one of the major achievements in the history of choreography because such artistic choices [...]

As such, the research paper investigates how the composer's works of art were useful to the music industry during his era. Currently, he is accredited to the revitalization of some genres of music in the [...]

There is also evidence of her readiness to be engaged in the relationship in the lyrics as she sings she is "sad and blue". It is also possible to state that Madonna has facilitated the [...]

It is possible to note that the 1970s was the period when the basis of the contemporary rock music and culture was formed.

Therefore, it could be concluded that music can create some of the diversity issues such as culture, and it can directly impact a culture.

By mans of using images, colors, rhetorical devices, music, traditional stereotypes about women and her own social background and history Taylor Swift presents the viewers with what they have been waiting to see, the well [...]

There is the ability to predict occupancy of the attractions. The key to success is massive investment into the industry and companies.

Choreography is one of the strongest aspects of the performance. The entire attention is drawn to the dancers and the dance.

Some musicians have also supported this subgenre in different parts of the world. This genre also portrays the realities and experiences of many Mexican Americans in the country.

Some great musicians such as Jeffrey Pierce used their cultural heritage to produce the best Chicano songs. Their songs highlighted the experiences and hopes of many Latinos in the country.

Unlike other effective communities, where responsibility for the care of children is shared in the network, this pattern is missing in black ghettos.

While looking at the various roles of women in hip hop and rap, it is also important to note that the way women are presented has various effects on society.

It is one thing that men want women to be in music videos and play a particular role, but women are willing to participate in the videos.

The choreographer has also selected the best styles for the dance. This is successful because of the lyrical and comic aspect of the dance.

It could be defined as a large stage ethnic primitive genre if it was not for the complexity of the hidden innuendoes that the interpretation of the dance suggests.

Another tune is heard, a gentle and pleading one that increases in intensity and fades likewise, with a few more chords evoking the sound of partially tuned bells clanging together.

However, music is only a tool, and it as used not only by corporate monsters to define the future trends for teenagers and adolescents, but also by the artists, who are willing to introduce people [...]

At first, it might seem that the change made to the music industry is radical the present-day live shows have little to do with the talk shows of the 50s and 60s in terms of [...]

The application of dance as a way of worshipping and praising God is common in the movies and in the bible too.

Besides the desire to generate revenue, 'pop music and culture have been very helpful in consolidating the efforts of the black population'.

The joining of this band marked the start of his music career because although he joined as a backup singer, with time, he started to sing vocals and later on become a lead singer.

Unlike during the time of rock 'n' roll when music that vaguely expressed the sentiments of its time due to censorship issues, the youth of today do not have to deal with that. This is [...]

His father did not have the opportunity to nurture his skills and pursue his interest in music, and thus he instilled in his children the belief that music was their only hope of succeeding.

In the first part, she looks at the ethnography of the Balkan music and the dance scene. Members of the so-called 'Balkanites' are white in the urban areas who are professionals in different fields.

It could be argued that the second version of the composition Ravel's Bolero is one of the rare cases when each of the two alternatives that a composer comes up with sounds equally amazing.

There was serenity in the Liszt, drama and fireworks in the first and third movements of the Mendelsohn, programmatic humor and evocation in the Bartok, and moody contemplation with very familiar phrases in the Chopin.

At the same time, there is somewhat of a nervous and worrisome emotion, as the person feels being lifted by the sounds, but the rise is so quick and mind bottling that there is little [...]

Secondly, the domain contextual, denoted as "C", is used to recognize the workings of such features of music as association, repetition and categorization of a piece of music.

1964 The Tribute apparently has the blessing of the families of the Beatles for their loving interpretation of the Fab Four.

Although the folktales differ based on the kinds of food that the ogres eat and the food that the ogre uses to trap the children, the fact is that in all the folk tales food [...]

Tartini is famous since he is the author of this distinct work, which maintains a unique draw amid the organizers, performers and the community because of the attractiveness of the music, the challenge of its [...]

On the one hand, the polyphonic texture and the development of several voices can be explained with the author's focus on the integration of the Chinese element into the performance for the purpose of supporting [...]

Aquinas says that one of the reasons why music festivals are popular among the students is because they offer them the opportunity to express their feelings.

With regard to the above discussion, the writers Balouris, Shriver, and Sisario dedicate their articles to discussing the impact of social media development on shaping new forms of communication.

The way of Geisha dance demonstrates to us the importance of maiko in the traditional Japanese culture. The dance is crucial to the lives of many Japanese women.

From the paradigms of influences, the paper discusses the implications of the K-pop on the Korean social values and foreign influences.

The important elements under discussion for all the dance styles analyzed include, the progression, the uniqueness in steps and the relevance of the knowledge gained to the student.

In this respect, the uniqueness of the musical pieces introduced by Adams consists in unusual synergy of various sciences, approaches, and styles that are typical for the post-modern era in the twentieth century.

Using this band, Miles was able to make the first significant contribution to jazz music through his album "The Birth of Cool".

It is argued that the popularity of this instrument increased in the 1930s because it was highly attributed to the strong drumming culture that was characteristic of the immigrants who were sold to Trinidad and [...]

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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When I got a copy of the pamphlet I was very ecstatic to see attend the concert because the pieces the band are playing are musical scores from my favorite movies. The next piece was [...]

He is interested in the hip hop culture especially in the subgenre of gangsta rap and the audiences it has in the White youth communities.

The music that Michael Jackson released was not based on gender but was based on truth and hope to the people and this gave him a lot of influence in the community reason being that [...]

The application of the audience-focused model to designing the commercial, incorporation of the elements aimed at evoking the imagery processes in the consumers and increasing the speech rates is expected to enhance the effectiveness of [...]

Music has different classifications depending on various factors including the period in which the music was developed, the type of instruments that the musicians use, the cultural identity of the society that subscribes to the [...]

It is obvious that the time of music composition and the peculiarities of the personal condition impact the music outcome. The first movement begins with the strings and clarinet appears only in the middle of [...]

Denis was born in 1879 in New Jersey to Ruth Emma Denis who was a physician by training. She intended to translate her understanding of the "Indian culture and mythology to the American dance stage [...]

The level of the competition among these sites depends on the question of the popularity of Google resources and YouTube among the users.

During each of these periods, Bach created more and more captivating works and amazed people with his abilities to choose the best things in the world and represent them by means of music."It was in [...]

In 1950, the song was used for the second time in an orchestra performance. He was appointed to lead members of the sect in Maine.

They are characterized by the deviant bowing, and the active strumming is a distinctive feature of the ensemble parts with references to guitars as it is used to emphasize the final parts of the music [...]

However, one should not disregard that the outcome greatly depends on the managerial skills of the artist and the promotion of his/her works.