Essays about Music Page 50

A Brief History of the BluesJoseph Machlis says that the blues is a native American musical and verse form, with no direct European and African antecedents of which we know. (p. 578) In other words, it is a blending of both traditions. Something special and entirely different from either of its parent traditions. (Although Alan…

In every book or novel, each author has a different type of writing style that helps readers become more drawn into the stories that the authors’ are trying to tell. Personally, it is hard for me to determine what kind of writing style and voice I use as a writer in essays or other types…

November 6th is election day in America. For Americans, this is the day we make our voices heard. At least that is the intended goal. Throughout history, many issues have always surrounded our voting process, but just getting people to the polls to vote is a problem in itself. How can we, as Americans, address…

In life, there are numerous expectations. Individuals make choices in the hopes of achieving the best outcome and desiring that those choices lead to happiness. Occasionally, the outcomes of these choices do not align with what was originally intended. In Adrienne Rich’s poem “Living in Sin,” a woman discovers that the romanticized notion of love…

Before one can go on stage and present a successful performance, there is a long journey that musician has to cover the completely learn that musical material. The preparation a pianist should always follow include a preliminary time when he should familiarize himself with the repertoire context. Some background information about that composer, or details…

The concert I wrote a review on is Aerosmith: Rock for the Rising Run. The group started their tour on March 2011 in Japan. This was when Japan was in crisis after an earthquake and a tsunami destroyed their lives. Also, a nuclear plant had suffered a major meltdown and spreading radiation throughout the land…

Employee voice is an important component of many contemporary human (Budd, pg.40). Employee voice strategy has become more effective and useful by management in nonunion organizations. Nonunion means just that, it is any person or employee that is not a member of a union and does not have representation in the workplace. Being in the…

The CCNA Voice certification (Cisco-certified Network Associate) is an information technology certification offered by Cisco Systems. It is a certification that validates an individual’s knowledge and skill about voice technologies at the associate level, in contrast to a Cisco professional-level certification, the CCNP (Cisco-certified Network Professional) (Certiology, 2020). It is one of many Cisco certifications…

Sticks and Stones may break your bones but words will never hurt you. This is not true. Language has a lot of power to hurt others and it is up to people how they wield that power. Loaded words have strong emotional meaning behind them and can be positive or negative. For example, encouraging words…

The pianist performing in the recital was Fazil Say, accompanied by the North German Philharmonic. They performed “Rhapsody in Blue”. The piece was composed in 1924, during the modern period of music, by George Gershin (Lewis, allmusic.com). The concert took place in Laeiszhalle Hamburg on July 31, 2015. “Rhapsody in Blue” consists of only one…