Music Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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A Discussion on the Possibilities and Limitations of Modern TIbetan Music in Building Community Among Tibetan Exiles (464 words, 2 pages)

Writing Assignment 8Modern Tibetan music has various possibilities and limitations in building community among Tibetan exiles. One major limit the Yak Band faced when they performed in India was the exiles in India (outside of Dharamsala) for the most part were not very interested in the Tibetan modern songs. As ... Read More

The Struggles of the People of Dharamsala, Tibet to Preserve Their Music and Culture (445 words, 2 pages)

Writing Assignment 7In chapter 1 of Echoes from Dharamsala, Diehl describes Dharamsala as a crossroads where a number of cultures and groups areexposed to and entangled with one another (Diehl 56). Various other cultures have shared the space with Tibetan exiles and have led to influences in Tibetan music and ... Read More

A History of the Electric Guitar (723 words, 2 pages)

History of the electric guitar The Electric guitar has been around for 60 years and will most likely go on for much longer. The Electric guitar was first used in Blues, Jazz, Country music in 1930s. This was because of the start of Big Band music , which started gathering ... Read More

The Account of the Experiences of the American Soldiers in the Vietnam War in the Song, Goodnight Saigon by Billy Joel (998 words, 3 pages)

Released by singer and songwriter Billy Joel on his 1982 album The Nylon Curtain, Goodnight Saigion is an account of the experiences of American soldiers as they endured the horrors of the Vietnam War. Throughout the song, references are made to different elements of these soldiers lives to honor the ... Read More

A Discussion on Various Aspects in Dunglen Music That Help to Contribute to National Feeling (524 words, 2 pages)

Writing Assignment 9Various aspects in dunglen music help to contribute to national feeling. One important aspect is the use of symbolism in lyrics. For example, Jabb brings up the song An Ingrained Dream, which uses symbolism found on the Tibetan flag throughout the song. The writer uses the images on ... Read More

The Legacy of Ludwig van Beethoven, a Genious Composer (488 words, 2 pages)

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December, 1770 March 26, 1827) has lasted as a familiar name due to his role in the transition between the Classical and Romantic musical eras, alongside the impact his musical genius has had on composers of subsequent generations. Born in Bonn, Germany, Beethoven first developed his ... Read More

A Biography of the Pianist August Wilson (593 words, 3 pages)

August WilsonAugust Wilson was born April 27 1945 in Pittsburgh PA Frederick August Kittel, Jr. the fourth of six children. His mother, Daisy Wilson was an African-American cleaning woman from North Carolina while his father, who was for the most part not an active participant in his life, Frederick August ... Read More

A Plot Summary of the Movie About Mozart Called Amadeus (651 words, 2 pages)

Amadeus is a story about an elderly man named Salieri, which it startsin 1823 as he tries to commit susicide by cutting off his throat whiledesperately begging to be forgiven for killing Mozart in 1791. He is thentaken for rehabilitation for the attempted suicide where he is visited by ayouthful ... Read More

A Discussion on the Music of the 60’s Helping Ease the Tension Between the Whites and the Blacks (1042 words, 3 pages)

In the 60, much like the 20s, music was a very influential and shed light on the struggles and issues of oppressed groups, like African- Americans. As entertainment began to be more inclusive of African-Americans, the idea of being able to socialize with members of another race seemed to be ... Read More

The Literary History of Rock Opera in America (1659 words, 6 pages)

When people discuss critiquing literature, they may unwittingly be neglecting the nuanced spectrum at their disposal. If one proposes a Rock Opera for critique, they can reasonably expect some eyebrows to be raised. Rock is a modern music genre, and is independent of literature, right? Not necessarily so. The Rock ... Read More

An Analysis of Self Agency and Sexuality in Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1798 words, 6 pages)

Self Agency and Sexuality in Don GiovanniDon Giovanni, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, follows the endeavors of a libertarian, sexual deviant, and elite member of society, Don Giovanni. Both from the libretto and numerous interpretations of the text, it is is clear that Don Giovanni has a clear disregard for ... Read More

A Narrative on the Performance of Tenor Saxophonist Juli Wood in The Nash, for a Night of Jazz (792 words, 3 pages)

On February 27th Tenor Saxophonist, Juli Wood visited The Nash for a night of Jazz featuring jazz standards by various artists such as Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, and also songs off of her latest album release which features Finnish Folk Songs. The band consisted ... Read More

The Different Sounds of Dubstep and Electro Hip-Hop Subgenres of Electronic Dance Music (2070 words, 9 pages)

Electronic dance music is a genre of music that is defined by unique characteristics that separates itself from other genres of music. Electronic dance music has multiple different subgenres, which have a lot of diversity from one another while still sharing similar traits. The earliest forms of electronic dance music ... Read More

The Origin and History of Salsa in New York City (1853 words, 6 pages)

Music is the Art of combining sounds or sequences of notes into harmonious patterns pleasing to the ear and satisfying to the emotions. (Sheriff, 1983). This is the principal concept above which each musical genre is built. Each time that a new type of music is born, it has to ... Read More

The Ways in Which The Beatles, N.W.A. and Tupac Shakur Changed the Music Industry (1016 words, 4 pages)

Music comes in several different forms and from several different places. For example, one of the greatest bands the world has ever know, The Beatles, came from London, England and travelled to America and became even greater than they already were. Other artists have also stormed the charts like the ... Read More

A Comparison of the Vincent Bach and Yamaha Musical Instruments (892 words, 3 pages)

I stopped dead in my tracks. I had just heard the most appallingsound. I rushed toward the bedroom, and I stood in the doorframe. I knewwhat I was looking at, but I just couldn't believe it. Electrical wiringdangled from the remains of the wall, while dust and insulation filled theair ... Read More

An Analysis of the Music Piece Piano Sonata Op. 1 by Berg (388 words, 1 pages)

Bergs Piano Sonata Op. 1 is an interesting piece, and is a much shorter work that we have listened to in the past. It was published in 1910, although the exact date of composition is not known. The piece is very tumultuous, in that the melody does not have a ... Read More

A Review of the Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Performed by Yuja Wang (407 words, 2 pages)

I enjoyed Rachmaninoffs Piano Concerto No. 2, performed by Yuja Wang. I thought that the combination of orchestra with piano worked well, and created interesting moments in the piece. The ability of the elements of the orchestra to work with, or against, each other and the piano created a dialogue ... Read More

An Analysis of Violin Sonata No. 3 by Brahms (439 words, 2 pages)

I really enjoyed Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3. The piece was musically very interesting, and contained a very strong sense of continuity throughout. The piece shifted between a violin melody with a piano accompaniment and a piano melody with a violin accompaniment smoothly, which provided the listener with new discoveries ... Read More

An Analysis of The Eroica Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven (569 words, 2 pages)

I really liked this piece when I listened to it. I think that the piece is really fun to listen to, and it is exciting the whole way through. It starts out with just strings, with the piano following shortly afterwards. I liked the first movement, because it was interesting ... Read More

A Review of the Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven (518 words, 2 pages)

I really enjoyed the piece, Beethovens Piano Sonata No. 14, or the Moonlight Sonata. One of the reasons that I liked this piece is that it is very interesting to listen to it uses a wide range of dynamics, tempos, and structures throughout, which allow each new part of the ... Read More

A Critique of Frederic Chopin’s Piano Concert No. 2 Op. 35 (423 words, 1 pages)

Chopins Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 35 was very interesting to listen to. First off, the piece is very familiar, because of the third movement, which is something that most everybody has heard before at one point or another in their life, as the Funeral March. The first movement starts ... Read More

An Analysis of Bach’s Italian Concerto Published in 1735 (459 words, 2 pages)

I thought that Bachs Italian Concerto was interesting to listen to, but I didnt like it as much as the others that we have listened to already. I thought that the piece had interesting elements, and it was clear that in the piece, the piano was used to emulate the ... Read More

A Review of a Musical Piece by Shostakovich (801 words, 3 pages)

This piece was interesting for me, because it is the first of this style, a piano and a string quartet, that we have seen. I liked how the piano and the strings alternated melodies, which reminded me of what we discussed during this duet assignment we have now. It was ... Read More

The Use of the I Ching in the Application of Decisions in John Cage’s Piece Music of Changes (585 words, 2 pages)

A chance operation is a method of generating something independent of the creators will its part of a generative system. John Cage used chance operations to imitate nature in its manner of operation, specifically using the I Ching in his compositions in the mid-twentieth century. He would use the symbol ... Read More

Both Olly Murs and Rihannas album covers have a few similarities but are very different from each other in the way that gender has been represented. The two albums both have a lot of writing on them which looks like they have been handwritten. On the Olly Murs album cover, ... Read More

A Critique of the Definition of Sexy in Two Videos by Chris Isaak (1003 words, 3 pages)

Throughout the music video "Wicked Game", Chris Isaak uses sexual appeal to lure in viewers but fails to keep the audience engrossed throughout the entire four minute showing. To men, sexy could mean a naked woman flaunting her body around in the sand. To women, sexy could mean being as ... Read More

A Review of Kendrick Lamar’s Works (885 words, 3 pages)

These two words seem to be thrown around Kendrick Lamar more so than any other modern Hip-Hop artist. From his breakout display of lyricism and mastery of flow on his debut album Section.80, many regarded Dr. Dres most recent protg to be surely as skilled, and to ultimately become as ... Read More

A Comparative Analysis of the Different Works of Hector Berlioz (1520 words, 6 pages)

Hector Berlioz wrote many great pieces of which we covered some of his most famous in class. Hector also wrote some that were famous but did not quite make Dr, Subers required listening list. Berlioz wrote such pieces as The Damnation of Faust - Hungarian March, Roman Carnival Overture, Les ... Read More

The Life and Legacy of Tina Turner (543 words, 2 pages)

Tina TurnerTina Turner whose real name is Anna Mae Bullock was born November 26, 1939 in Brownsville, Tennessee and raised in the small town of Nutbush. She is part Navajo and part Cherokee. Her parents were Floyd and Zelma Bullock. They were both sharecroppers, they split up and left their ... Read More

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