Classical Music Essays and Research Papers

Music for ages has entertained and delighted everyone. Almost everyone listens to music, whatever the genre may be. It is no surprise that music and band is often an offered credit at most high schools, music education is considered a very important part of the curriculum. It also comes to no surprise that the majority…

The effects of music on the human body can be soothing and relaxing, raising vitality and annoying. American neuroscientist John Hughes from Illinois tested the effects of Mozart’s works on 36 patients with severe epilepsy who suffered from almost constant seizures. In the process of observing the sick, the scientist included the music of Mozart…

Today, students are surrounded by multiple types of distractions through technology from video games, music, and movies, to Facebook and other types of social media. While some students relish in the distractions, others do not. There have been multiple studies conducted on how music effects learning, and results have been mixed (Lehmann, and Seufert, 2017)….

The Classical period was an era of classical music roughly between 1730 and 1820.during this time classical music was lighter, had clearer texture and was less complex. It is was mainly homophonic, using a clear melody line over a subordinate chordal accompaniment, but counterpoint was by no means forgotten, especially later in the period. It…

Imagine going on stage in front of thousands of people to play a sold out show. This sounds like something that Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Post Malone, or other famous musicians do regularly, but most people do not know that this is also regular for some of the top orchestral musicians in the world. Orchestral musicians…

In this day of social distancing it was nice to be able to stay home and watch a free concert. When will that ever happen again? Hopefully not soon, I know I am ready for the world to get back to normal now. The concert I chose to watch was Iván Fischer: Gustav Mahler Symphony…

I had been planning to attend a live concert throughout this whole class since I do play at several concerts every year and get to watch the Chamber Orchestra for free, I figured this was the perfect opportunity to write about one of the concerts. I was disappointed to discover that this paper was due…

For my concert review I chose to attend a Daniel Roth Recital, on Tuesday February 12th 2019 at 7:30 PM. It was held at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Downtown Houston. After attending that majestic recital, I was in shock on how one person can be so talented and passionate about what he…

I attended a performance the Utah Symphony preformed “An American in Paris” on September 28, 2018. I was seated in the second tier on the right side of the Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City. The concert hall has amazing acoustics and I was able to see the entire orchestra and hear the entire performance….

I went to an orchestra with my sister at Tennessee Tech on November 19th. This performance by Tennessee Tech was very interesting, it’s not what I thought it was going to be. As I go inside the building was like a small auditorium with a small stage. I thought it was going to be big…