Music Essays

In the boundless ocean of the digital culture, everything should appear as a blessing.  In the music industry, however, the digital age has been seen as a mixed blessing.  Because of piracy or MP3’s, whichever name we give to the mixed blessing of the digital economy as it concerns the …

            Blues is an instrumental and vocal kind of music which originated from the black Americans. Basically it uses the blue notes and patterns that portray African influence. It has revolutionized both Western and American popular music like blue glass, jazz and rhythm and blues. Jazz also originated from the …

Compare Marguerite Duras’ novel Moderato Cantabile, with Peter Brook’s version of the film. Which, in your view, is more successful? Why? Moderato Cantabile tells the story of a bored young wife of a wealthy industrial owner who depends on the only light in her life, her young son. Anne Desbarede …

Black Music in the backdrop of White Music During the late Victorian era, American culture all but demanded that African American musicians re-evaluate their place in society and decide how best to position themselves for the future. The post-emancipation era scramble to dominate new representations of the meaning of blackness …

Life can be so dull with out music and as for the popular music evolution; music has develop a new meaning in every peoples lives. This book “the popular music studies” by Andy Bennett, Barry Shank, and Jason Tonybee, had revealed the music’s probably not the most kept secret but …

The music piece that I listened to was Symphony No. 94 in G “Surprise” by Joseph Hayden. This classical piece of music takes place in the classical period and starts off with a very slow tempo. The rhythm is a contagious pulsating rhythm which appears to have a metered beat …

Question 1: Like Socrates and Jesus, Confucius was a teacher with disciples who had some trouble understanding the import of his words. Why did these masters simply not say what they meant?             Confucius as well as other great teachers chose not to spoon-feed their disciples with their teachings. Instead, …

            Motown is a recording company formed by Berry Gordy, Jr. on 1959 based in Detroit. It was first named as Tamla Record but later it became known as Tamla-Motown. Some of its artists were Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops and the Jackson Five (“Motown Records,”). …

The soundtrack of the film “The Lion King” greatly helped in making the animated movie a big hit.  The movie has been rated 8.0/10.0 by The Internet Movie Database.  Indeed, both young and old have enjoyed it largely because of the songs – their melodies and their lyrics.  Though the …

In order to develop an action plan for Anne Ewers we need to analyze and understand the financial and leadership strengths and weaknesses of the Utah Symphony Organization (USO) and the Utah Opera Company (UOC). In order for the merger to be successful, Anne will need to create some successful …