Classical Music Essay Examples and Research Papers

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…

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…

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 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…

My review is on Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven conducted by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Riccardo Muti conducting, featuring the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, and Director. Riccardo Muti is an Italian conductor who is known for his charismatic and brilliant performances of both concert and operatic repertoire. Duain Wolfe is an American choral…

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…

Aim Censorship of music is vast and widespread, with multiple reasons, a mixture of agents and a variety of factors by which it is practiced. To figure out its principled justification I first find a functioning definition; then I layout given and implicit causes for censorship and some conventional means by which this is accomplished….

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…

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…

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…