Music Essays

Electronic Music | An introdcution
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2017
Introduction: Electronic Music: The standard way of thinking about music has it that it is an important aspect of any culture and socialization. Although there is major difference in music genres from culture to c...

Carmen Opera | Exotic Musical Elements
Example essay. Last modified: 17th May 2017
Introduction: Carmen, as one of the most famous operas in the world, has been performed many times in lots of different troupes. This 4-act opera represents the highest achievement of the 19th century French opera....

Musical Culture In Various Regions
Example essay. Last modified: 16th May 2017
Introduction: Through research and studying about the different musical culture in various regions, one can often link the different characteristics of music with the particular place. Music shares a close connecti...

History And Evolution Of Hip Hop
Example essay. Last modified: 15th May 2017
Introduction: During the late 1970s an underground urban movement known as hip-hop began to develop in the South Bronx area of New York City. Encompassing graffiti art, break dancing, rap music, and fashion, hip-ho...

The Development Of Punk Rock
Example essay. Last modified: 15th May 2017
Introduction: Punk rock first appeared during the 70s in the Bowery district of New York, it was basically a bunch of amateur bands who wanted to make music. Studio executives didn’t care much for rock at the...

Music and Censorship
Example essay. Last modified: 15th May 2017
Introduction: Music and Censorship Music today is an important part of our lives. It is a way to express ourselves as individuals and it is a form of art that helps us define who and what we are. We use it to expre...

Musical Form And Structure
Example essay. Last modified: 15th May 2017
Introduction: What is the difference between music and noise? In a personal point of view, one important difference is that music makes sense. It has its own structure, basic patterns and it shows how composers mad...

Why Stravinskys Rite Of Spring Is Revolutionary
Example essay. Last modified: 12th May 2017
Introduction: The Rite of Spring is famously and perhaps infamously regarded as one of the most major turning points in the history of Western music. Furthermore, the notoriously catastrophic reception at the premi...

Music Essays | Traditional Irish Ireland
Example essay. Last modified: 11th May 2017
Introduction: Traditional Irish Ireland Before discussing the contexts behind the development of traditional Irish music and the resulting label, it is important to define what is actually meant by the label “tra...

The Life Of Kurt Cobain
Example essay. Last modified: 9th May 2017
Introduction: Throughout the history of pop culture there is one unmistakable truth. Change comes gradually until someone or a group of people make their presence known. Then the change happens almost overnight. ...

Western Art Music | Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 5th May 2017
Introduction: Western Art Music Western practices define art music as a musical tradition that is basically written, not transmitted by rote or in any recordings but preserved in the form of music notation. This ar...

The Dada And Punk Movements
Example essay. Last modified: 4th May 2017
Introduction: In this essay I will be looking at two design movements from very different decades and discussing the relationship between them. The two movements which I will be analysing are the Dada and Punk move...

Baroque Period And Opera
Example essay. Last modified: 4th May 2017
Introduction: Early baroque composers favoured homophonic texture over the polyphonic texture typical of Renaissance music. They felt that words could be projected more clearly by using just one main melody with a ...

Nineteenth Century Romantic Period
Example essay. Last modified: 4th May 2017
Introduction: What is music.The dictionary says music is, an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner (Dictorniary.com). Most people wo...

The Big Band Swing Era
Example essay. Last modified: 4th May 2017
Introduction: It is said by historians, that they believe the Big Band Swing era dates back as early as the 1920s in early routes of jazz. It wasnt until the 1930’s ranging into the 1950’s, when the Big...

Listening report: Symphony No. 89 in F major
Example essay. Last modified: 4th May 2017
Introduction: I thought about few of the many song I know to write a report on, but I was not sure what which song was a right one. All the songs I know are short and do not last longer than fifteen minutes. So I d...

The development and evolution of Gregorian chant
Example essay. Last modified: 3rd May 2017
Introduction: For centuries, Gregorian chant was considered the official music of the Catholic Church. Naturally, this degree of importance placed on the genre gives it considerable significance, both religious ...

The Essence Of Blues Music
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd May 2017
Introduction: Blues music at its inception is the music of the downtrodden and poor. Having its roots in the plantations of the South, blues music gave expression to the trials and sufferings of African-Americans w...

Johannes Brahms And The Romantic Period
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd May 2017
Introduction: The Romantic period was a period that spanned the entire 19th century. It came after the classical period and sought to increase the expression of deeper truths and the feelings of human beings while ...

Sexual Dominance In Hip Hop
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Apr 2017
Introduction: “Take a couple days off take it off leave nothing but ya t-shirt ya panties on. Damn right imma get that thang imma put my name on it all night imma whip dat thang allstate betta put a claim o...

The historical and significance of Weber output
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Apr 2017
Introduction: The historical and significant of Weber output (Der Freischutz )in the romantic Germany Opera. The so called Camerata that first met in Florence in the 1580s arose in German Opera. On seventeenth cent...

Classical Music From 1760 To 1810
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Apr 2017
Introduction: Why is the music of 1760-1810 described as classical. Explain the meaning of the term and how it relates to the music of that time. Refer to specific composers and works. In musical context, the term ...

Impressionism And The Work Of Debussy
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Apr 2017
Introduction: Debussy was a tonal trailblazer; a musical pioneer who revolutionised not only French music at a time when it was stagnating and receding from the world stage, but the entire Western musical tradition...

Music: the International Language
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Apr 2017
Introduction: Music: the International Language Music is a part of people’s lives from all around the world. It has been around for at least 50,000 years and most likely originated in Africa (Wallin, et al. 1). T...

Timbre In The First Movement Of La Mer
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Apr 2017
Introduction: ‘Timbre is the quality of a musical note or sound or tone that distinguishes different types of sound production, such as voices or musical instruments’. Sometimes timbre is also known as ...