Essays about Music Page 53

The concept of “religare” is important in various religions as a means of reconnecting with one’s faith. Christianity uses scripture, myths, tradition, and church teachings to establish this reconnection with revealed truth. In contrast, Hinduism provides a distinct interpretation of religare. There is no specific entity to identify or pinpoint. We all originated from one…

James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” recounts the troubled history and unlikely reconciliation of two brothers: an unnamed narrator, and his younger brother, Sonny. The story begins when the narrator, a high school teacher, reads in the newspaper that Sonny has been arrested on drug charges. As the older brother, he feels guilty for not keeping Sonny…

sA Changing Character In the short story “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin a schoolteacher from the city of Harlem struggles with life and figuring out how to helped his troubled brother. All though named Sonny’s Blues the main character is actually Sonny’s brother who is the narrator and goes through his life and how he…

I heard Bob Dylan on the radio for the first time when I was in the eighth grade. While flipping through the stations at random, I came across Like A Rolling Stone playing loud and clear. I immediately became a fan. I started collecting everything I could. My father, seeing my new interest, decided it…

Ragtime and blues are the foundations of jazz. Both were initially very popular among African Americans as jazz came from an African background. The blues contain the musical structure of jazz with the 12 bar pattern, while ragtime supplies the unique syncopations and improvisations. The early musicians of blues and ragtime would eventually provide the…

Washington appointed both Hamilton and Jefferson to his cabinet. Hamilton served as the secretary of the treasury, while Jefferson assumed the position of secretary of state. This formation of the cabinet was a significant decision by Washington, aimed at establishing precedents and offering guidance in areas not specifically outlined in the Constitution. During their time…

Like a rolling stone, written and sung by Bob Dylan was released in July 1965 as part of the album Highway 61 Revisited. The time period this song was released heavily impacted on the construction of the song. According to Dylan the basis of the song came from an extended piece of verse. In 1966,…

Mozart and Bipolar DisorderWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) is one of the most beloved figures in Western music. A child prodigy and an unchallenged musical genius, Mozart composed over 600 works in a variety of musical genres before his death at age 35. Along with his recognized status as a musical genius, Mozart has also been…

Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan are two of the great jazz voices of the 20th century and though they both sang jazz standards and pop tunes of the time they both had their own distinct style. They have recorded much of the same songs but no one can be in doubt that they are listening…

“Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religions for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology, it covers both the natural and spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity.” (Albert…