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  • Sound of Music

    Sound of Music

    The Sound of Music relied on orchestral background and multiple solo opera parts. I slightly remember watching The Sound of Music years ago, and dreaded watching it again. Watching it this time was different as I remember. As I?m beginning to have a basic appreciation for music I really enjoyed it much more. When I really paid attention to the music and the words being sung it told the whole movie. I also think that

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    Essay Length: 342 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: Steve
  • Music Composition

    Music Composition

    Music is the most intangible art form. You cannot grasp or hold it, as you can other art forms. It is there for a minute, and it vanishes as soon as the last chord fades away. The great works of music are timeless. They remain with us after all the instruments have been packed away and the players have all gone home, in our heads, playing over and over. We hear them everywhere from shopping

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    Essay Length: 706 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Music Diversity

    Music Diversity

    Some of my friends listen to certain genres of rock music, some listen to hip-hop. Despite our friendship we have differing views upon each genres of music. Having listened to both genres of music at one point in my life I have an understanding of why some rock listeners would be quick to reject hip-hop as meaningful, complex and valid art form. The production of hip-hop music first consisted of two turntables and a microphone.

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    Essay Length: 500 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: Janna
  • Black Music

    Black Music

    Black music has been among one of the most flourishing and cultivating phenomenon’s of American culture for the past decade. The majority of the black music listened to today, falls within two genres of music. Hip Hop, which consist more of rap and up tempo measures, and Rhythm and Blues, also known as R & B, which covers more of the smooth, slow tempo, singing aspect of the music . The black music culture reaches

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    Essay Length: 573 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: Tommy
  • 1960s Music

    1960s Music

    Sex, drugs and Rock and Roll, this saying goes along with the music industry like peas in a pod, but never has it had more of a literal meaning than it did in the free loving 1960s. Many of the greatest rock bands and rock artists in history were forged out of the 60s, which culminated in 1969 with a festival of peace, love and happiness in a time of war. Rock and Roll was

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: July
  • A Comparison of Jazz and Classical Music

    A Comparison of Jazz and Classical Music

    Upon entering a modern record store, one is confronted with a wide variety of choices in recorded music. These choices not only include a multitude of artists, but also a wide diversity of music categories. These categories run the gamut from easy listening dance music to more complex art music. On the complex side of the scale are the categories known as Jazz and Classical music. Some of the most accomplished musicians of our time

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    Essay Length: 1,740 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: February 15, 2010 By: Mike
  • Music & Conscioussness

    Music & Conscioussness

    One evening, after leaving a U2 concert, I breathlessly said, "That was like going to church!" I was startled by my comment. I do not exactly consider myself a religious person. I certainly do not think Bono is God. What could I have meant by that statement? I believe now that I had meant to convey that I had experienced a shift of consciousness and music was the vehicle that enabled it. It appears the

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    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Can the Music Industry Change Its Tune?

    Can the Music Industry Change Its Tune?

    Would you pay $15.99 for a CD of your favorite recording artist if you could get it for free on the Web? This question has shaken the music industry to its foundations. A tremendous number of Internet users have taken advantage of online file-sharing services where they can download digitized music files from other users free of charge. The first such service to be widely used was Napster. Its Web site provided software and services

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    Essay Length: 1,576 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Stravinsky in 20th Century Music

    Stravinsky in 20th Century Music

    Born in 1882 in Oranienbaum, Russia, a city southwest of St. Petersburg, Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian/American composer who was described as one of the most important composers in the 20th century. Stravinsky was even named by ‘Time Magazine’ as one of the most influential people of the century. Stravinsky made many special contributions to music in the 20th century which were wide and varied. His material was raw and produced a fresh and

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    Essay Length: 964 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Janna
  • There’s No Such Thing as Free Music

    There’s No Such Thing as Free Music

    “THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS FREE MUSIC” The Internet has made a significant impact on the American economy. These impacts have been both beneficial and negative for many industries. The Internet’s impact on the music recording industry has received wide-spread attention and much debate over the past eight years. The emergence of file sharing has sent shock waves throughout the industry. In 2003, one study found that 35 million Americans download pirated music on a

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    Essay Length: 357 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Fatih
  • The Bell Jar - Feminist Thought

    The Bell Jar - Feminist Thought

    The Bell Jar This autobiographical novel by Sylvia Plath follows the story of Esther Greenwood, a third year college student who spends her summer at a lady's fashion magazine in Manhattan. But despite her high expectations, Esther becomes bored with her work and uncertain about her own future. She even grows estranged from her traditional-minded boyfriend, Buddy Willard, a medical student later diagnosed with TB. Upon returning to her hometown New England suburb, Esther

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    Essay Length: 683 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Victor
  • Music Appreciation

    Music Appreciation

    The musicians are divided into four main groups called sections: (1) the string section, (2) the woodwind section, (3) the brass section, (4) and the percussion section. The various instruments in the string, woodwind, and brass section are pitched in different ranges, like voices in a choir. In the following discussion, the instruments in each of these sections are listed in the order from those of the highest range to those of the lowest.

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    Submitted: February 18, 2010 By: Artur
  • Essay on Convergance Culture and Trends of Music Sharing online

    Essay on Convergance Culture and Trends of Music Sharing online

    Using an illustrative case study from the Web (site, application, event, etc.), analyze and discuss the significance of what Henry Jenkins calls �convergence culture’. Make specific reference to two or three of the major areas of tension he identifies as shaping the contemporary media environment. Significant innovations have occurred across the business or intermediate services sectors and the domestic or consumer service sectors, across the fields of entertainment, communication, and information sharing and the website

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    Essay Length: 561 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Stop and Listen to the Music

    Stop and Listen to the Music

    Stop and Listen to the Music When The Washington Post prepared an experiment with Joshua Bell, the results were highly unexpected. Bell, an American Grammy-Award winning violinist, was asked to perform in the Washington, D.C. Metro at the L'Enfant Plaza to see if the public would stop and listen to the music, or even recognized who he was, in an inconvenient morning time crunch. The results of the public were incredible. Each person could either

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    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Yan
  • Sounds of Music

    Sounds of Music

    Sounds of Music Sounds of Music In music there are a variety of instruments that display the color of harmonies, when they are played in an orchestra or a band. The ranges of their sounds spans from the lowest pitch of a contrabass to the highest pitch of a piccolo. Moreover their classification derives by the group or section to which they belong. The classification of instruments in music is divided into three broad classes

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    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Music

    Music

    Why do people walk down a busy city street ignoring others and not talking? Why are they ignorant to the homeless asking for change just to survive? And why do cross walk signs become life savers? I can tell you what’s wrong with these people, music. Music works wonders for anyone and everyone. There is no way around music. It is everywhere and playing at all times. From people blasting music with twelve inch subwoofers

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    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Vika
  • Music: An Eternal Melody

    Music: An Eternal Melody

    Music: An Eternal Melody There are many languages spoken throughout this world, but there is one that everybody speaks. Music is a universal language to all people and nations. Be it vocal or pure instrumental, music is used for weddings, graduations, religious events, or as a nation's anthem. It can change people's moods, feelings, or actions. It's easy to say that almost everyone enjoys listening to a tune on the radio. It's been around for

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    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Compare the Ways Plath and Kesey Present Psychological Disorders and Minds Under Stress in the Bell Jar and one Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest?

    Compare the Ways Plath and Kesey Present Psychological Disorders and Minds Under Stress in the Bell Jar and one Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest?

    �One flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ and �The Bell Jar’ can be linked considerably. Both the novels in question are products of the author’s own experiences and the specific culture in which they were written. They both draw upon similar events throughout, yet the philosophy and reason behind them is often significantly contrasting. However, it cannot be argued that their presentation of psychological disorder and the pressure that it forces on the mind are intrinsically

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    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Steve
  • Music Review

    Music Review

    One can’t help but feel rather suspicious of a concert program that features solely foreign composers. For one, audiences have a tendency to feel somehow cheated by music that is sung in a foreign language, as if music sung in a English is more immediately profound due to the inability to comprehend the text. Likewise it is natural for critics to feel disdainful of performers for their blatant avoidance of the difficulties of an unfamiliar

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    Essay Length: 561 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Vika
  • Explicit Music

    Explicit Music

    Music has always had the power to strike emotions good and bad, which is why it is so attractive to people. This has not changed since the days when the Beatles shocked the world. What has changed is that popular music lyrics and videos have become much more explicit. The question is to censor or not to censor? I say not to censor. Explicit music is merely a way for musicians to freely express their

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    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • What Is the Cause and Effects of Music, Television, and Video Game Violence on Children and Teens in America?

    What Is the Cause and Effects of Music, Television, and Video Game Violence on Children and Teens in America?

    Bradis McGriff Humanities 110 November 27, 2004 Dr. Privateer What is the cause and effects of Music, Television, and Video Game Violence on Children and Teens In America? Introduction Usually when a child or a teenager commits a crime, it is never their fault. When a child or a teenager commits a crime, the responsibility never belongs to the parents either. Instead, when a teenager or a child commits a crime, the first thing that

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    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Artur
  • The Master of Music

    The Master of Music

    The music called Jazz was born sometime around 1895 in New Orleans. It combined elements of Ragtime, marching band music and Blues. What differentiated Jazz from these earlier styles was the widespread use of improvisation, often by more than one player at a time. Jazz represented a break from Western musical traditions, where the composer wrote a piece of music on paper and the musicians then tried their best to play exactly what was in

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    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Janna
  • Popular Music

    Popular Music

    Popular Music Popular music, or ‘pop music’, means ‘music of the populace’. The term embraces all kinds of folk music which, originally made by illiterate people, were not written down. The creation of a popular music that aims simply at entertaining large numbers of people is a product of industrialisation, in which music became a commodity to be bought and sold. It is in the rapid industrialised nations, notably Britain and USA, that we first

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    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Edward
  • Violence and Music

    Violence and Music

    Music and Violence Each generation of adolescents has an artist or type of music that parents vehemently disapprove. The current generation has rap and alternative rock music. Many adults make the claim that some of this music causes violence, such as "Big Man with a Gun" by Nine Inch Nails (Palumbo 2). Some music has violent and explicit content, but a violent song, itself does not cause physical harm. Other songs of rap and alternative

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    Submitted: February 25, 2010 By: Janna
  • Music on the Internet

    Music on the Internet

    Albums with explicit lyrics or content started having black and white parental advisories on them in 1994 (http://www.riaa.org/Parents-Advisory-4.cfm). Are these labels necessary? Is controversial music molding our society and causing teenagers to turn to drugs? Is censorship necessary to protect the youth of our nation. Generally, younger people are against censorship on this issue. Music is an outlet and even an anti-drug for many teens -- however, parents and society feel differently. Should parents censor

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    Submitted: February 25, 2010 By: Mike

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