Music Essays

On April 8th 2004 I attended the “Music for Piano” concert featuring Bette Coulson and Philip Seward at the Columbia College Concert Hall. The show was only about an hour. Mr. Seward and Mrs. Coulson played five pieces together and then each play on solo. This was my first piano …

Music is the most important thing in my life.The reason this is, I think, is because my family was built around two main things: Music and Religion. Although I value religion greatly, I think you can’t have worship without song. Also, I was influenced by my siblings because they each …

The trumpet has probably evolved more than any other instrument that is presently in use. Its long history began with ancient people using hollow materials such as animal horns and seashells to amplify sounds that they made. The trumpet as we have it today is almost a totally different instrument …

“Mad Girl’s Love Song” Critical Analysis The poem, “Mad Girl’s Love Song”, was written by Sylvia Plath. This poem has a theme of suicide as an escape. The author, Sylvia Plath, is writing this song from her own personal view. There are many places where the theme of suicide appears …

Mozart’s Requiem, in d minor K 626, was written in 1791. Franz Sussmayr, who was Mozart’s understudy, completed it. About half of the Requiem is credited to him, however analyzer’s today and of his day question whether he really did complete any of it due to the mastery of the …

Punk rock music and style has subsisted for several decades since it originated. The punk movement opposed modern culture, not only through its fast paced music, but also through its fashion. The youths who proceeded to follow punk, were reacting to current social situations in the 1970’s and doing so …

Sunset Song, by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, is the story of a young Scottish peasant girl, Chris Guthrie, and her development from childhood to adulthood in the small farming village of Kinraddie. The principal theme of the novel is that of change. This is depicted through the eyes of Chris Guthrie …

Attending a classical concert is a very different experience to attending other concerts. Classical concerts in particular are very special, in that, it is almost like re-creating history. The performers play music from the past and in a way serve as a ‘bridge’ between the composers and the listeners. It …

Don’t look at me is the first line of Christina Aguilera’s song “Beautiful.” This instant whisper from the voice of Aguilera creates an ashamed vibe for the song. It is spoken quietly and without any musical instrumentation. As the music softly and brilliantly builds up to the first verse listener’s …

I have listened to ‘Beautiful Day’ by U2 a number of times and each time the message Bono, the writer and lead vocalist, is sending out becomes clearer and clearer. The message behind this song is the environment and how it has changed as a result of how people have …