Essays on Music

The Harmony and Cultural Values of Classical Music The harmony created by musical instruments is fundamental to shifting the preference of the listener positively or negatively. The musical sounds and words used in developing the music form the culture relied upon by the artists dealing in the practice. Classical music, my...

The History of Violin Violin is a string musical instrument that is high pitched and is played using various techniques and was informally known as the fiddle. They are used to play a wide variety of genre of music and are used in most parts of the world. According to Chitwood,...

Bob Marley made a plan to visit Brazil so as to promote the launch of Ariola label. On a private jet, he traveled with his girlfriend Nathalie Delon, Chris Blackwell, Jacob Miller, and Junior Marvin. It was a long flight towards Rio de Janeiro. To the television reporters covering his...

The song "Wings" The song Wings is an American hip-hop song produced by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. The song which was released in 2012 under the album The Heist raps about the influence held by multinational corporations like Nike, as well as the evils of advertising. The song thus explores the...

The essay written by Katrina Onstad, do celebrities die anymore is about how stars continue to earn when they are still dead. To fame, death cannot stop them from making money. It is possible through the use of their images by the advertisers to make advertisement hence becoming a way...

McArdle argues that music industry is encountering a significant decline in revenues because of freeloaders' activities which have resulted from improved accessibility to the internet, illegal downloading and sharing of songs, and overreliance on social media to market songs or videos. However, McArdle's claim of a reduction in revenues from...

Kanye West and His Support for President Donald Trump Kanye “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” West recently found himself squarely in the middle of media buzz surrounding his recent support for President Donald Trump. The whole debacle began when Kanye began tweeting his support for Candace Owens, a Black conservative “sensation” who...

Music: An Introduction They say music is composition of vocals and instrumental sounds that make an art. Music can also be defined as the Sound, Rhythm, Beat, Stories being told or even Messages being sent. Rousseau argues that "music is the philosophy of human nature that builds their emotional behavior to...

The Central Park Five Documentary The 2012 “Central Park Five” documentary by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon describes the arrest, trial, conviction and later acquittal of five American youth for the horrific crime of assault, rape, and attempted murder of a female jogger, Trisha Meili on April 19, 1989...

Music as a literary device has continually fused an array of styles from different cultures. The cultural fusion in music tries to portray sensual themes that are often evaded or outlawed in the contemporary society.  Exoticism is a musical approach embraced by Western composers like George Bizet and Benjamin Britten...

Most cities in the United States can be classified based on their nicknames as their identities. These nicknames, which are related to activities, history and main features of the cities are important in revealing their identities. Behind the nicknames are descriptions of the real situation and events that go down...

The book focuses on the artist rebellion that characterized the 20th century.  It covers Post WWI art movements to the Sex Pistols and focuses on the musical elements of this century as evidenced by rise of Punk music that critiqued the political situation. Sex Pistols was a popular music group...