Music Essay Examples and Topics. Page 9

Using the example of the shaman ritual the author wants to prove that music is healing not only to human soul, but also to human body.

The need for a Hindi Fm station in Oman is not only confined to the need to listen to the music but is important also for listening to news updates, as well as traffic jams [...]

As most of Falla's works, Three Dancers from the Three-Cornered Hat are filled with a variety of flavors of the Spanish folk music the shuffling dance rhythms, clicking castanets, flamenco melodies, and strumming guitars. A [...]

The following segments explain the components of Australian music culture, including musical instruments, songs and some of the functions in which music plays a fundamental role.

The poems "Song of Myself" and "Proud Music of the Storm" which were included into Whitman's collection of poems Leaves of Grass demonstrate the impact of music and opera upon the poetic style, images and [...]

The aim of Giovinezza was to reinforce the position of Mussolini as the leader of the Fascist Movement and of Italy.

Debussy's pioneering works in his treatment of the orchestra and use of harmony laid the foundation for the then upcoming composers like Alban Berg.

Sacha Wunsch-Vincent and Graham Vickery note that the relationship between the artist and the record company is usually contractual which normally last for a limited period of time or number of records depending on the [...]

The time period the phonograph was invented and the circumstances that led to the invention. The invention and advancement of the phonograph and its operations has had a part to play on other inventions.

This paper reviews the major developments of the symphony orchestra in the 19th and 20th century, with particular emphasis on the addition of certain instruments and the removal of others, as well as the influence [...]

The formation of Sony BMG Music Entertainment was born out of the 2004 perilous merger between Sony Corporation of America and BMG Music Group.

Harmony is the opposite of melody since the latter is taken as the horizontal characteristic of music while the former is taken as the vertical characteristic of music.

The internet has been one of the major challenges in the music industry as people are downloading music instead of buying them from the music shops.

Modernism movement provoked composers changed their music from any possible perspective, and one of the most frequent was the change of music language and the necessity "to turn a composition into a 'text' constructed of [...]

What the West wind saw is the seventh of the twelve preludes in Claude Debussy's first book of preludes. The prelude is however different from west wind in that it suggests a calmer and more [...]

Spanning over fifteen decades, from the early 1600s to the mid-eighteenth century, Baroque epoch passed under the sign of rich ornamentation and fanciful designs which were the part and parcel of many a work of [...]

The material of the first part is repeated, and at the end of the Overture the harmonic balance of the orchestra is assaulted by sudden sounds of trombones, as if questioning the achieved harmony.

This could not be overlooked by the creative part of society: the musicians of the century reflected the tendency to intellectualism, scientific perception of the world, and mechanization processes in their works.

The text of the sonnets is closely followed by the musical material reflecting all the changes in the scenery, the weather, and the atmosphere of the situation.

Culminating in the sounds of brass, the agitation slowly fades, giving way to a counterpoint of a military theme in the wind woods and a broad lyrical melody of the strings.

Owing to the extensive nature of music, there is need to categorize music so as to simplify classification and ease the process through which a person can find music that they enjoy.

Therefore, if American hip hop music genre infiltrated Asian music industry and an Asian hip hop music variety was invented then hurdles in Asian hip hop can be conquered.

One of the bright examples of such creative and ingenious response to the British cultural repression is the invention of steel drum, or pan.

In addition to this, the song talks about a contemporary issue which affected and still affects the lives of millions of people globally.

The underlying principle of the premise is to enhance the liberation of the targeted end user from the oppression of the producers through the induction of the consumer to query given ideas, much in the [...]

This bold new piece marked a new phase in the classical era and was a sign of better things to come.

In the Paparazzi video, Lady Gaga is first seen with her boyfriend getting intimate; however, some paparazzi appear and try to get shots of them.

The video is all about the road and the circle of life. The video enhances the effect of the solo as the man is playing the guitar and there is a road in the background.

The viewer can observe the close connection between the lyrics and the images presented in the video because the lines of the song are supported with the visual content in the form of significant memories [...]

In reality, the specificity and the unique sound that the band produces can be seen as a somewhat new direction and a great variation to everything that was created before.

In my opinion, this deprives the lyrics of Rappers Delight of a certain discursive depth and contributes to the fact that the discussed song can be well referred to, as such that promotes a highly [...]

Rockumentaries can be discussed as the reflection of the social trends developed during the 1950s-1960s because the focus on rock and roll music resulted in mirroring the elements of the music and musicians' images in [...]

Although traditionally, a motive is supposed to be the glue that holds a song together, in the world of modern music, other elements of a song can perform the given function.

The critics of Monteverdi have since opined that the aggregate effect of this new style of composition was the infiltration of the musical arena with ambitious but talentless composer since all that is needed to [...]

As it is a traditional dance of the culture, a lot of Indonesians are well aware of the dance and its importance.

Nevertheless, because of a new and imaginative way to interpret the compositions known by millions of people for quite a while, the concert left a huge impact on me and changed my perception of the [...]

The program ranged from the solidly classical to examples from the innovators of chromatic music. The audience was appreciative and respectful of the pieces and the group's efforts.

The Genesis Gospel Choir pushed the envelope of the gospel genre at a recent concert. It was a bit disappointing that the titles and composers of the pieces were not listed in the program.

The bars of the rindik are adjusted in order to change the sound to the required tone. However, we had a problem because the rindik was out of tune.

In the height of the industrial revolution in America, the America craft movement which began as a response to the industrial revolution was one of the major developments taking place.

In his response to the various issues raised about him by them and the music he played he was not apologetic to anyone.

According to Titze, "all religions over the world have a common belief about world peace"; that through prayer and supplication, people can achieve and foster peace in the world.

Tin Pan Alley is one of the "most monolithic institutions" of American culture symbolizing peculiarities of music production in 1880-1950s, and "a style of promotion" of music.

Monk's unorthodox style and his contribution into the development of jazz Admittedly, the role of Thelonious Monk in the history of music is impossible to overestimate.

Classical music was for the high class, the affluent in the society, but the rapid urbanization brought by the industrial revolution came with a type of music popular to the middle and lower classes.

The second is the type of music that sprouted from traditional music in the 20th century. The same link extends to folk music and culture given that the former is a genre of folk lore.

The audience was very impressed by the idea as they were able to enjoy some of the popular pieces of music from other genres. It was interesting to see the diversification in the pieces of [...]

The history of blues as a genre of music in America can be traced back to the time when the first African slaves were brought to the United States in 1619 to when the last [...]

The sounds that the guitar produces are very melodic and much representative of the classical style. In the beginning of the composition, the melody and rhythms are slow but at the same time are not [...]

The instrumentation layers the performance of the song in a manner that displays solid mastery of the instruments in the creation of melody.

Many Mexicans have been influenced into the mariachi music by the exemplary performance of Vicente in the films, which have made his songs become hits in the whole of Mexico.

This particular piece of work takes the form of a simplified structure which consists of the following parts; a slow movement at the start of the song which forms the introduction to the piece.

The fact that the Romeros identify as the masters of the guitar attracted many people to the concert. The orchestra and the performance by the conductor, Jahja Ling moved the crowd.

Although the public accuses Hip Hop of sexism, propensity for riots and greed, the author believes that the problem is not inside the genre but within society. This multidimensionality is what Beyonce was trying to [...]

Music education is a difficult subject to learn and, as such, it can be difficult and daunting for young children, which can lead to depression of the young children.

The avant-garde ballet The Rite of Spring became the cultural sensation of 1913 and changed the traditional vision of the art of ballet.

The lady was mainly doing the vocals while one of the gentlemen was playing the piano, the other was playing an oboe and the last one was playing a bassoon.

Religion in the New Orleans is a product of heavy influence by African American expressionism. Beliefs in the death and after life are a product of African influence.

In order to understand the relationship between tonal quality and mathematics, we can focus on the concept of dissonance and harmony in music.

In the case with Dariush Eghbali's concert, the settings work exactly the way they should, introducing the audience to the world of the Persian music and making them dive into the unknown style.

During the 1960s, the O'Jays were especially popular with the lovers of the soul music, and group's songs took the highest positions in the R&B charts.

He brings out the mood of the song by adjusting his voicing to encase the melody in a supportive manner."Hotter than Hot" by Louis Armstrong is identified as one of the greatest jazz recordings in [...]

Considering the popular culture of the period after the World War II, the increase of the interest to the cinematography and music may be remembered.

Moreover, the attempts to define the blues as a notion gave the start for the discussions of the blues as the expression of the African-Americans' identity and the possibility to play this music by white [...]

The death of Roger's girlfriend in the musical is shown as suicide. However, a closer investigation reveals the effects of modernism in this translation.

The melody starts in the instruments' low range and after minute 0:51 of the piece the range of the instruments used becomes higher.

It is hypnotic and sensuous, with what seems like an unvarying single beat, surrounded by the swirl of a melody that stays largely in major key.

This became the production of the dance, the court ballet, and an earlier and initial version of the current / modern ballet.

Similar to the works of Bach and Handel, the study composition has utilized the homophonic structure to enhance the texture of the song.

In the middle of the past century, in the United States arose the African-American Civil Rights Movement. We Shall Overcome demonstrates that one song can serve as a tool of forming the identity and collectivity.

The performance remained one of the greatest highlights of the singer and her fans. As Rani made her way to the stage, it was evident that the fans were filled with enthusiasm about her performance [...]

In this paper, we will explore on Woodstock Music and Art festival, the challenges that were faced, and the impact of the festival to the music industry.

This paper discusses the history of capoeira, how people relate to it in Brazil, where it went after the end of slavery in Brazil and its popularity worldwide.

Alvin Ailey first performed with a group of young modern black dancers in 1958 and this led to the birth of his Dance Theatre which grew into a big premier dance company in America.

Musical analysts argue that the pleadings of Jean Valjean in this song got prompted by the suffering of the young man's wife. The two are the main characters in Les Miserables and represent the evil [...]

For them to appeal to the audience, artists can use any of the three categories of persuasion, that is, ethos, pathos and Logos in their work.

The manufacturing of the piano became popular towards the last phase of the eighteenth century especially in Vienesse School. Broadwood is the company a credited for the formal manufacturing of the piano instruments.

At the same time partial narrowing of the gender gap in the context of economic participation did not lead to the equality of men and women in the field of their occupations.

The band is considered to be one of the initiators of hard rock as a type of rock music. All these albums were relevant to the mode of the rock music of that time.

Creativity involves manipulating words to appeal to the audience and for the audience to be able to relate to the music easily.

As a result, due to the spreading of jazz music in different regions of the world, variety of elements were fused together resulting to existence of different genres of jazz such as the Latin jazz [...]

The three characteristics were the dynamics, intonation and ensemble where the intonation was brought about by the string quartet playing, the dynamics brought by the careful modulation and the ensemble bringing in a complete experience [...]

There is a smooth rhythm between the audience, the artist and even the venue of the concert. I felt strongly connected to the rhythm of the music and I was moved to the point of [...]

The song for me reflected both the mood of the composer and the improvisation adapted by Gonzalez to create what is truly a brilliant piece of jazz music.

He was a dictator in the band. To keep the music interesting musicians must be creative in their entertainment.

The music played in this era was conscious of style in the sense that words were used to describe picture and intellectual knowledge.

Contributions of Cuban music This music from Cuba has a role in the making and the composition of the different music in the world, for example, the salsa, the jazz, other music in Argentina, Ghana, [...]

It must be noted that the group itself was characterized by their far harder R&B style which utilizes a form of call and response singing style that was actually common in gospel choirs at the [...]

During the period when he was in George school, Sondheim made a breakthrough in music through a comic that reflected on the happenings in his school.

Globally, classical music in its sense has always been known to adjoin the listener to some transcendent understanding of the world order, the feeling of integrity with the Universe and enormous delight rising up from [...]

Mentioning the victims of the revolution at the end of the song is the climax of the episode, indicating the seriousness of the students' intentions.

Live music is an important part of music industry and this paper looks into how live music affect music industries. Due to the emotional connection between the artists and the fans advertisement during live music [...]

Sullivan, on the other hand, suggests that rap is being regarded by its fans as the tool of undermining euro-centric cultural oppression: "Rap music and the styles of dance associated with it serve as forms [...]

Italy was the hub of music due to many performances that were held there at the request of pope. The composers of this period wrote music that was not complex and heavy like in the [...]

This paper is an in-depth analysis of the perception of the media towards music, and the extent to which the media has influenced kids by playing music.

Considering the importance of the online music industry, this paper shall set out to examine the history of the same, its challenges and the future of the industry.

Because the drum beats was the most danceable segment of the hip hop music, the hip hop musicians increased their focus on the quality of drum beat sequence.

Like any other music, the Chinese music dates back to the era of Chinese civilization. In addition, the composers of Chinese music highlight proper articulation and inflection as the main factors of building a music [...]

The lighting and the special effects became a valuable contribution to the performance, intensifying the impression from the beautiful music and the personal charm of the talented performers.

The clue idea of the advertisement is that Pepsi is the feature of the new and better world. Children are always associated with something nice and promising, something that raises hope and spirits, and that [...]

Thus, Diana Ross has always been one of those bright sparkles in the world of music and, in fact, in the entire world of performing art. 1 In several years the beauty of her voice [...]

Rogers, describes Frankie Lymon as the 'trendsetters in the early days of rock and roll' a massive complement in the realm of music given to them would be that many young boys struggled to copy [...]

In this work the discussion is going to focus on a hip hop video by one of the greatest MCs in the industry by the stage name of NAS born Nasir Jones, Nas released the [...]

In 1944, after his high school education, he traveled to New York where he was to pursue his dream without the influence of his parents; however he had gone to the state to study music [...]

Despite the short 150 years of European Christian missions in Africa, a dramatic increase has been witnessed in the numbers of population converted to Christian religion.

On the whole, analyzing the first part of the ballet from the beginning, we have to point out the appropriateness of the absence of sound accompaniment, which leads the onlooker to concentrate on the pattern [...]

The significance of the initial phrase is emphasized by the fact that it is repeated four times at the beginning of the piece, then in the middle of the piece, and then developed in a [...]

Classical Music can be defined as a form of Art music that is produced in traditions concerned with secular and western liturgical music.

However, his mother was a part time singer and she aided his growth in approach and musical content."The Royal Falily" is one of his well known compositions in his early childhood, which was about the [...]

Although during the liturgy the words can also bring the holiness and wonder each person is striving to, music enriches a prayer with spirit and inspiration, makes worshiping full of feelings of loftiness.

Getting the syllables out and staying on key AND keeping up with the speed of the music is, naturally, a challenge for the singer, and the clarity of the words is the element that seems [...]

This paper seeks to answer the question, 'which musician had much influence to the society between 1870 and 1950?' The methodology of answering this question will be based on the influence that the musician had [...]

2 is one of the most remarkable stories in the world of classical music. Le Grand Tango for violin and piano is one of the most beautiful masterpieces in classical music.

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, March The famous "March" is a part of "The Nutcracker", presented as the second piece in the first act.

However, this was not the case, most of the artists focused on refining their music in the Japanese languages to give it a Japanese flavor.

With the help of the power of his singer's and songwriter's talent, Stevie Wonder managed to express the concern for the problems of the 1970ies, Love's in Need of Love Today and As It comes [...]

Those who observe the metal culture in the Middle East, and who are mainly radicals, seeking to create a different system that forms up an open and democratic culture right from the ground to the [...]

Most of the English writers of the 17th and the 18th century were in one way or other songwriters. In this period, the whole of the Great Britain was experiencing boost to the economy and, [...]

The structure of the music resembled a polyphonic tone, and its purpose was to create a bridge to the last musical piece.

In the rear of the gold curtains of the world-famous Metropolitan Opera in New York City, in the midst of the decorations all over the place, and labyrinth of managerial offices, the Met has been [...]