Music Essays

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

The Musician Giovanni Pierluigi, who was born in 1525 (died 1594), at Palestrina (hence “Da Palestrina”) in the Papal States, belongs among the most influential composers of all times. His life work brought the vocal polyphonic style to full development.

Music written since 1900 is called twentieth century music. There have been more types and styles of music written in the twentieth century then ever before. In the twentieth century, the only limit is the composer’s imagination. This great variety

While it has been some time since I have seen the movie “American Beauty”, as I remember it, Kevin Spacey portrays Lester as the films main character, a middle aged man experiencing a mid-life crisis. After being fired from his

Music has always been a part of different cultures across the world. It is a form of self-expression and freedom, and in a way is almost another language. To provide children the gift of music, they need to know about

“Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground will struggle for it.”1 Solomon Northup was born free, in Minerva, New York in 1808. Two men who approached Northup offered him to travel to Washington

The 19 organ praeludia composed near the end of the 17th century form the heart of Buxtehude’s work and are ultimately considered some of his most important contributions to music literature of the seventeenth century. These compositions are sectional that

Although still a relatively new genre, hip-hop has an incredibly storied past, one that cannot be studied without noticing the impact women have had on its shaping. However, the importance of women in hip hop cannot be discussed without diving

There are a lot of studies about the effect of music on memory. Music was defined as a form of entertainment that lessens boredom and it may increase the productivity of a person. There’s music in almost everywhere, for example

Introduction: Once I was searching on internet on how music affects human mind, but at that time I found something interesting, I found an article saying music affecting the growth of the plant. Then I thought if music can affect