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Music History Essays and Term Papers
Death Of The SuperstarsHave you ever wondered what it would be like to listen to some of the
greatest music stars of our time. I'm talking about the stars that never made it
to full prominence. The list of players is alarmingly high and sad. The
potential of these performers never met. It would be something to see what ...
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Leonard Bernsteinwas born in Lawrence, just north of Boston, on Sunday, August 25, 1918. Bernstein was named Louis at birth, after his mother’s grandfather, but at the age of sixteen he had it formally changed to Leonard, or Lenny.
As a child, Bernstein was sick very often with asthma and hay fever. Perhaps due ...
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A Brief History Of The BluesJoseph Machlis says that the blues is a native American musical and verse form, with no direct European and African antecedents of which we know. (p. 578) In other words, it is a blending of both traditions. Something special and entirely different from either of its parent traditions. (Although ...
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Lenonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence, just north of Boston, on Sunday, August 25, 1918. Bernstein was named Louis at birth, after his mother’s grandfather, but at the age of sixteen he had it formally changed to Leonard, or Lenny.
As a child, Bernstein was sick very often with asthma and ...
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Popular Music RevolutionMusic has undergone many changes throughout and history and prehistory. These changes were always somehow connected to sociological movements at the time. Rock music evolved mostly out of a need by young people of the fifties to break away from so-cietal norms. America had just come out of the ...
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Rock MusicRock is a topic not often touched because of its complexity and its avoidance by conservative adults. Often viewed by them as “a bunch of noise”, is actually very complex. In fact, "It's stylistic scope is to broad to be encompassed by any single definition" ("", Groliers, p.1). This music is ...
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The History Of Electronic Musical InstrumentsElectronic instruments and digital audio have changed the world’s musical paradigm forever. The advent of consumer electronics in the 1920’s gave musicians and composers alike, the ability to both create new sounds and the devices to manipulate them by electrical means.
The 20th century has seen ...
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Rock MusicRock is a topic not often touched because of its complexity and its avoidance by conservative adults. Often viewed by them as “a bunch of noise”, is actually very complex. In fact, "It's stylistic scope is to broad to be encompassed by any single definition" ("", Groliers, p.1). This music is ...
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Importance Of MusicIMPORTANCE OF MUSIC
Art and music are basic human activities. Humankind can not really function without art and music. As humans we always strive to create things be they small or big. Also as humans we strive to create sound or get involved with sound in some way. People have always found ...
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The Misconception Of Classical Music“The term classical is confusing because it has so many different meanings. Many people take classical music to mean anything that is not rock, jazz, folk or popular music.” I used to have a firm belief in the previous statement. I used to believe that all Western Europe concert music not from ...
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History Of MozartProbably the greatest genius in Western musical history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria, Jan. 27, 1756, the son of Leopold Mozart and his wife, Anna Maria Pertl. Leopold was a successful composer and violinist and assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg court, whose ...
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The Life Of Ludwig Van BeethovenThe rise of Ludwig van Beethoven into the ranks of history's greatest
composers was paralleled by and in some ways a consequence of his own
personal tragedy and despair. Beginning in the late 1790's, the increasing
buzzing and humming in his ears sent Beethoven into a panic, searching for
a cure ...
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The Life Of Ludwig Van BeethovThe rise of Ludwig van Beethoven into the ranks of history's greatest composers was parallelled by and in some ways a consequence of his own personal tragedy and despair. Beginning in the late 1790's, the increasing buzzing and humming in his ears sent Beethoven into a panic, searching for a cure ...
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Ludwig Van BeethovenThe rise of into the ranks of history's greatest composers was paralleled by and in some ways a consequence of his own personal tragedy and despair. Beginning in the late 1790's, the increasing buzzing and humming in his ears sent Beethoven into a panic, searching for a cure from doctor to ...
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Early History Of The Pipe OrganThe “king of instruments” has a long history, one which can arguably be traced
to the concept of a collection of “fixed-pitched pipes blown by a single player
(such as the panpipes)” (Randel 583). The first examples of pipe organs with
the basic features of today can be traced to the third ...
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History Of Rock And RollIn the early 50's, at the end of the big band swing era, came a
form of music that, like others, parents would reject and their children
would love. This type of music is known as Rock and Roll.
Rock and Roll is defined as a popular type of music played on
electric instruments and characterized ...
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Ludwig Van BeethovenThe rise of into the ranks of history\'s greatest composers was parallelled by and in some ways a consequence of his own personal tragedy and despair. Beginning in the late 1790\'s, the increasing buzzing and humming in his ears sent Beethoven into a panic, searching for a cure from doctor to ...
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The Music Of Louis Armstrong“Louis Armstrong was the epitome of jazz and always will be” (“Louis Armstrong Quotations” Np). This quote, by Duke Ellington, is the frank truth about Louis Armstrong. Jazz is a form of music that has been defining itself over the ages. This music form is one that has become an American ...
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Hank Williams Jr.Hank Williams, Jr. was meant to be a superstar from the day he was born.
His father, the legendary Hank Williams, and mother, Audrey Sheppard, both
played an intricate part in his early stardom. Hank had to overcome many
obstacles in his life including escaping from his father's shadow and a ...
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The Evolution Of A Disc JockeyIn The Hip-Hop Culture
With the turn of the century, a musical evolution began. The phonograph was part of this musical change. It was a simple musical output device. The role of
this musical component was greatly regarded as that of just a music player during the modernistic period. During the ...
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