Music Essays

Ave Maris Stella is composed by Guillaume Dufay. He was born in approximately 1398 and died in about 1474. He was known as the innovator of the 15th century during the renaissance. When he was younger he was brought up as a choirboy in the Cambrai cathedral. That is also …

A musical instrument is broadly defined as any device created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds. Once humans moved from making sounds with their bodies for example, by clapping to using objects to create music from sounds, musical instruments were born. Primitive instruments were probably designed to …

The purpose of this essay is to provide an account of the metamorphosis of distortion and how it has impacted music, music culture and the world. Electronics have played a massive part in the transformation of music over the years. There are many devices that we use today that have …

Music is a universal trait of humankind. Throughout the ages it has played a significant role in the lives of people in every part of the globe. This can be illustrated by imagining an internal soundtrack for each of the following vignettes. Fortaleza, Brazil: Nighttime revelers parade down the street …

At the beginning of Louis Nowra’s play, Cosi, protagonist Lewis Riley holds views that are consistent with society in 1970. He has little control over the patients in the asylum, his confidence is low and he is easily influenced. Through Lewis’s interactions with the mental patients, his beliefs, understandings and …

Question: “Dancehall music is corrupting Jamaica’s musical expression and should not be encourage.” Do you agree? Ban, stop orders and incarcerations. Is Jamaica’s music, or more specifically dancehall music, under threat? The musical industry in Jamaica is corrupted by the influence and expression of dancehall music and should not be …

One of the less visible but highly challenging aspects of the Internet is the impact it has had – and is having – on the entertainment business. This is particularly the case with music. At one level its impacts could be assumed to be confined to providing new ‘e-tailing’ channels …

The film opens with a perfect spoof of an eighties-era music video, featuring the band Pop! with Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant). In the video, Hugh Grant looks like an alternate member of Duran Duran, makes dance moves stolen from George Michael or Wham! In fact, it might be worth seeing …

Abstract  The Rebab is a stringed instrument with one or two strings and played by using a bow. And it is considered part of the lute family (oud in Arabic). A lot of plucked versions like the kabuli rebab (sometimes referred to as the robab or rubab) are plucked like …

Patti Smith’s song “25th Floor” is a song about the rigid structure of society. In the beginning of the song, the ladies’ room has lost electricity, so they explore the men’s room, at which she says “we don’t give a shit,” which means that they don’t care what others think …