Music Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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An Analysis of the Irony Behind the Song “Ironic” by Alanis Morisette (616 words, 3 pages)

Ist't It Ironic An imaginative response to the song "Ironic" by Alanis Morisette"An old man turned 98, he won the lottery and died the next day"John woke up around eight in the morning, he looked out of his window as he laythere in his hospital bed. He had got used ... Read More

A Life History of Stephen King the Horror Fiction Author (435 words, 2 pages)

Stephen King Stephen King is a well-known and talented horrorfiction author who haspublished over eleven books in the last two decades. His great stories ofhorror and fantasy have been enjoyed by kids and adults starting from his firstbest-seller, Carrie. King's wit and style of writing has made him one of ... Read More

A Portrait of Duke Ellington, an American Musician (1733 words, 7 pages)

A Portrait of Duke Ellington By Tracy FrechDuke Ellington is considered to be one of the greatest figures in the history ofAmerican music. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was born in Washington D.C. onApril 29, 1899. His parents were James Edward and Daisy Kennedy Ellington. Theyraised Duke as an only child, ... Read More

Similarities Between Franz Liszt and Kurt Cobain Franz Liszt was one of many classical composers. In some ways, he canbe compared to a modern rock and roll star. Franz Liszt was born in Raiding, Hungary, on October 22, 1811. Muchlike Mozart, he was a very great piano player at a ... Read More

A Biography of William Christopher Handy a Composer and Compiler of Blues Music (416 words, 2 pages)

William Christopher Handy Handy was an American black composer and compiler of "BLUES" music. Hewas born in Florence, Alabama. He was educated at the Negro Agricultural andMechanical College near Huntsville, Alabama. He was the son of former slaves.He was educated in the public schools and by his father and paternal ... Read More

A Description of the Changing Views of the Chorus or the Antigone (806 words, 4 pages)

Antigone Changing Views of The ChorusThe chorus, a group of common people who follow the actions of the playAntigone, waver in their support of either Antigone or Creon, depending on theiractions during a particular part of the story-line. Early in the play it isevident that they are extremely pro-Creon, but ... Read More

A Biography of 2Pac a Very Famous Rapper of All Time (727 words, 3 pages)

The Life and Death of 2Pac In the stifling post-boxing match Las Vegas traffic jam, a new black1996 BMW inched along impatiently, it's gold detailing glimmering brightly underthe street lights. Any attempt to catch a glimpse of the passengers within thetinted windows revealed only a distorted reflection of the chaotic, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Two Sisters in the Greek Tragedy Antigone by Sophocles (619 words, 3 pages)

Antigone and IsmeneThe personalities of the two sisters Antigone and Ismene, are asdifferent from one another as tempered steel is from a ball of cotton. One ishard and resistant the other pliable, absorbing and soft. Antigone wouldhave been a strong, successful 90's type woman with her liberated and strongattitude towards ... Read More

An Overview of the First Love Concept by Different Artists (888 words, 4 pages)

How "First Love" is Represented by Different Artists First love is represented in different ways by different artists intheir writings according to their own experiences. Different artists experiencedifferent things when they are growing up and their first loves are not alwaysthe opposite sex. Some felt the love from their parents ... Read More

An Analysis of the Concept of Tragedy in Oedipus the King, Athenian Tragedy Play by Sophocles (580 words, 3 pages)

Tragedy in Oedipus Rex The Greek drama Oedipus Rex is clearly a tragedy. It definitely meets thefive main criteria for a tragedy a tragic hero of noble birth, a tragic flaw,a fall from grace, a moment of remorse, and catharsis. Oedipus Rex clearly meets the first of these five criteria. ... Read More

A Comparison and Contrast of Love in Christopher Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” and C. Day Lewis’ “Song” (1505 words, 7 pages)

A Comparison and Contrast of Love in Christopher Marlowe's "The PassionateShepherd to his Love" and C. Day Lewis's "Song"In the poems "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" by ChristopherMarlowe and "Song" by C. Day Lewis, the speakers display their individual viewsof what can be expected with their love. Both speakers ... Read More

Comparison of Ancient Greek’s Religion and Death Beliefs to Other Cultures (834 words, 4 pages)

Ancient Greek Beliefs of Religion and Death Differs From Other CulturesHow does the Ancient Greek beliefs of religion and death differ with theview of other cultural groups? Death, the way it is represented in Homer's book,The Odyssey, is always caused by human error. Whether their death was caused bygreed, selfishness, ... Read More

The Video Game Wars Have Started to Gain Market Dominance (900 words, 4 pages)

The Video Game WarsBrian PaikVideo games are a big market these days. Within the past few years, theindustry has boomed into a very large business. Within this business, there arethree big companies are fighting to be the best. Nintendo's N64, Sega's Saturn,and Sony's Playstation are the three main systems in ... Read More

The Use of Colors and the Way Pauline Saw the Beauty (1527 words, 6 pages)

Use of ColorsPauline saw the beauty of life through the colors of her childhood downSouth. Her fondest memories were of purple berries, yellow lemonade, and "thatstreak of green them june bugs made on the trees the night we left down home.All them colors was in me"1. Pauline and Cholly left ... Read More

The Creative Writing, The Most Important Day of My Life (552 words, 2 pages)

Creative Writing The Most Important Day of My Life The most important day of my life had just happened recently. It allstarted out when some friends and I were bored. We wanted to do something thatwas fun and cool which also happened to be very bad. We decided we were ... Read More

The Creative Writing, The Meadow (519 words, 3 pages)

Creative Writing The Meadow On a crisp autumn afternoon, I sat idly under an enormous oak treewatching as a whirlwind whisked across the rolling hills of the meadow. As itpassed by me, the whirlwind scooped up a dormant pile of leaves lying next tothe oak tree. The leaves appeared to ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Odysseus, Adonis and Thor (1497 words, 6 pages)

Essay About Odysseus, Adonis, and ThorSection I "Odysseus Is The Most Cunning Man in the World"Odysseus, son of Procris and Cephalus of the Royal House of Athens, played amajor role in the Trojan War. However, the legends of Odysseus do not beginuntil after the great war. At the end of ... Read More

An Overview of the Concept of Censorship in the Musical Industry (1109 words, 2 pages)

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 ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Louis Tanner of Destroying Angel and Rick Deckard of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (1157 words, 5 pages)

Louis Tanner of Destroying Angel and Rick Deckard of Do Androids Dream ofElectric Sheep Importance to the Thematic Development of "moral men in immortalworlds" and Body Mind Invasion How would you feel if you found out you where making love to any android?Shocked I hope. In this essay l will ... Read More

An Overview of the Madonna Phenomenon on the Music Television (2152 words, 9 pages)

MTV and The Madonna Phenomenon "Madonna's intuitive grasp on the televisual world in which we live- ofthe medium's possibilities for engaging spectators in diverse ways- that in partaccounts for her success. She is the supreme television heroine." (E. Ann Kaplan271) "What are the main theories which we have studied so ... Read More

An Introduction to the Martial Arts in Asia (336 words, 2 pages)

Martial ArtsTo follow is my report on martial arts in Asia. This a very interesting subject,and a very good report. It will describe martial arts and some types of martialarts. It will also say where they originated from.The term "martial arts" is a general term used to describe general typesof ... Read More

An Introduction to the History and a Dylanesque Pop Hit Stuck in the Middle with You (1476 words, 6 pages)

Stuck in the MiddleMichael W. Johnson English 151 101295Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty were a duo known as Stealers Wheel when theyrecorded a Dylanesque pop hit, "Stuck in the Middle With You", in April of 1974.The single reached number five on the charts - little did they know thateighteen years ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Woodrow Wilson (447 words, 2 pages)

Woodrow Wilson The name of the person I read about is Woodrow Wilson,but when he was youngpeople called him Tommy.When Tommy was only a year old his fatherDr.Wilsonmoved his family and him from Virginia to Augusta,Georgia.He moved in1857.Tommy's father became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church inAugusta,Georgia. Woodrow came from ... Read More

An Introduction to the Music of Generation X (989 words, 4 pages)

The Music of Generation XSince the beginning of time the human beings have adored the soothingsounds of music. Music has affected the way people have behaved and dressedthroughout different periods of time. Different groups have been formed basedupon their preference in music. Take for an example in the music of ... Read More

An Introduction to the Mythology of Muhammad (801 words, 4 pages)

MuhammadMuhammad was born about AD 570 in the city of Mecca, an importanttrading center in western Arabia. He was a member of the Hashim clan of thepowerful Quraysh tribe. Because Muhammad's father, Abd Allah, died before he wasborn and his mother, Amina, when he was 6 years old, he was ... Read More

A Look at the American Museum of Natural History (1857 words, 8 pages)

The American Museum of Natural History AnthropologyThe American Museum of Natural History has many exhibits thatdemonstrate many aspects of anthropology. The Museum is located on Central ParkWest between W81st and W77nd streets. The museum is an excellent place to openoneself to many new ideas and cultures. When looking through the ... Read More

The Theme of Existence in Sophocles’ Play Oedipus the King (1117 words, 5 pages)

Oedipus The King Existence of Man Since the beginning of time, man has used various methods on which topass down stories, beliefs, and myths which explain different aspects of life.From oral tradition, to pictographs, to clay tablets, and onto paper, allcompose the world of literature. Literature has always been an ... Read More

A Comparison of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘West Side Story’ (450 words, 2 pages)

A Comparison of Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story.There is a lot in common between the two plays Romeo And Juliet and WestSide Story. The main male characters have many things in common. In fact,Toni and Romeo both miss the beginning fight at the beginning of the plays, theyboth ... Read More

A Review of the Documentary “Sex and Aggression: Whip Me, Beat Me, Make Me Feel Like an IDIOT” (301 words, 2 pages)

Sex and Agression Whip me, Beat me, Make me feel like an IDIOT! This documentary does hit on the key issues of instinctual drive, Sex andAggression. I felt like sex and aggression was met by both participants in eachsexcapade by the use of what the customer felt was a mixture ... Read More

The Description of Atonement as a Sin Factor and Its Manifestation in the Old Testament (1563 words, 7 pages)

AtonementAtonement in the larger sense deals with a common factor which is sin.The definition is a making at on which points to a process of bringing those whoare enstranged into a unity(Douglas, 107). It is a theological term whichderives from the Anglo-Saxon. The word atonement appears eighty seven times inthe ... Read More

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