Mozart/Don Giovanni
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A 4 page research paper that analyzes Mozart's opera Don Giovanni. The writer establishes a criteria for the "greatness" of a work and then argues that Don Giovanni fulfills this criteria, focusing specifically on the introduction scene. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khmozdon.rtf

Mozart/Figaro & Giovanni
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A 7 page research paper/essay that examines Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) and Don Giovanni, which shows that these two operas are mirror images of Mozart's Enlightenment era philosophy on the struggle between the classes. The writer emphasizes how the plots of these operas demonstrate Enlightenment concepts (music is addressed in this regard, but not the focus of the paper). Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khfiggio.rtf

Mozart/His Life & His Music
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A 5 page research paper that offers a comprehensive look at Mozart's life, his educational background, parental influence, etc., as well as his career, its focus and his considerable talent. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: khmozmus.rtf

Mozart/Piano Concerto in A Major
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A 5 page research paper on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto in A Major, No. 23, K. 448. The writer offers analysis of all three movements, quoting experts on the musical form, harmony, themes, etc. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: khmoz488.rtf

Mozart/Sonata in A minor (K.310) & Sonata in D major (K.311)
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A 14 page research paper that offer analysis of Mozart’s Piano Sonata in A Minor (K.310) and his Sonata in D Major (K.311), which are considered, along with his Sonata in C Major (K.309), to be part of a trio of works that were published as “Opus IV” around 1782, but were composed on a trip that Mozart took with his mother to Mannheim and Paris which occurred between September 1777 and January 1779 (Irving 62). This examination focuses on the stylistic features that Mozart used in the A minor Sonata and the D major, also including relevant information that conveys aspects of interpretation and performance practice. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khmozson.rtf

Mozart/Sonata K.311 in D major
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A 5 page research paper that focuses on Mozart's sonatas and specifically on the first movement of K.311 in D major. The write offers a brief review of critical analysis of this work before also offering personal analysis. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khk311.rtf

Mozart/The Appeal of Don Juan
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A 6 page research paper/essay that discusses the greatest opera of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), which is generally acknowledged to be “Don Giovanni,” which is the Italian name given to the Spanish Don Juan. The legend of Don Juan has attracted the attention of many artists. This examination looks at the features of this legend that inspired Mozart to compose one of his greatest compositions. This will show that the ethical implications of the Don Juan legend offered Mozart an ideal canvas for expressing himself both musically and ideologically concerning the values of late eighteenth century society. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khmojuan.rtf

Muddy Waters / King Of The Blues
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A 5 page research paper on the life and music of this blues artist who was so influential to a whole generation of rock and blues musicians. It has been said of Muddy Waters that he took the blues from being a low moan over the Mississippi Delta and transformed it into an electronic, urban art form. The writer gives background biographical detail of Waters' life and also discusses the progression of his career. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Mudwat.wps

Murder as a Theme in Folk Ballads
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A 3 page analysis of three ballads from the late eighteenth century that deal with the topic of murder. The writer argues that these ballads expressed the 'news' of their day, but emphasized moral considerations over factual recitation. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: 00fkbl.rtf

Music & Learning/Elementary Classroom
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A 5 page research paper that presents a theoretical justification for music instruction in the elementary classroom, based on empirical research. Then, the writer offers some examples of music activities for the classroom. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khelemus.rtf

Music & Mood in The Glass Menagerie
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A 3 page essay that discusses the function of music in the 1987 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menagerie, directed by Paul Newman. In this film, composer Henry Mancini provided some truly memorable music. Mancini's score adds immeasurably to the mood of the film, underscoring Williams' thematic meaning. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: khgmman.rtf

Music & The Cold War
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A 3 page research paper that examines the role of music in the Cold War. The writer argues that in order to win the ideological battle, both sides were determined to co-opt music for their own purposes. Examination of this period demonstrates that music was both affected by the Cold War and also that it affected the Cold War, as it was used to sway the public mindset toward specific ideologies. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khmuscw.rtf

Music and Architecture: Comparing Chartres Cathedral to Wagner's 'Valkyrie'
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5 pages. Determining that there is a connection between building a physical structure and composing a piece of music is not that hard to imagine. In each endeavor the creator is bringing forth from the heart and the imagination a thing of beauty and stability that will bring pleasure to those who experience it. In this paper there is made a comparison of the architecture of the Chartres Cathedral and the classical music piece by Richard Wagner 'Ride of the Valkyrie'. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: JGAvlkry.rtf

Music And Cognitive Learning
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A 7 page paper. Advances in technology and research techniques have turned hypotheses into proven theories. There is a multitude of research that demonstrates that learning a musical instrument at a young age will enhance spatial reasoning and cognitive abilities. The research has especially addressed the relationship between music and math ability. This essay presents some of the research available. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PGmus4.wps

Music And Consumerism
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6 pages in length. The writer discusses how music influences consumer choices. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TLCmuscn.rtf

Music And Culture
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Music can be a cultural component and may also define certain cultures. This 5 page paper looks at the meaning, roles and function of music and briefly compares it with culture. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KTmuscul.wps

Music and fan culture ideology
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A 40 page paper which looks in detail at the relationship between musical genres and the development of fan cultures, with reference to the part that music plays in the development of collective memory and cultural ideology, as well as the relationship between music and the validation of outsider cultures. Bibliography lists 12 sources
Filename: JLfancul.rtf

Music and History: Disco
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A 3 page paper which examines whether disco music was a result of history or rather influenced history. No sources cited.
Filename: RAdisco.rtf

Music and Youth Development
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A 5 page paper which discusses how music has a powerful influence on the learning and developmental abilities of our youth. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: RAmusyth.wps

Music As Sedation for Children
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A 3 page research paper that summarizes the effect of music in a study conducted by Loewy, et al (2006), which utilized a sample group of 60 pediatric patients who ranged in age from 1 month through 5 years in order to compare the effects of chloral hydrate to music therapy in regards to sedating children while they underwent EEG testing. This study showed music therapy to be a safer and more efficient means of sedation for young children undergoing diagnostic testing. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khmussed.rtf

Music Comparison
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This 3 page paper compares the musical works "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" by Claude Debussy and "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVMuComp.rtf

Music Ed./Elementary Grades & Critical Thinking
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A 12 page research paper that consists of a literature review on research on this topic that can be used as part of a proposed research study project. The literature review discusses recent research pertaining to the connection between musical instruction and critical thinking skills. Studies are discussed and suggestions are made concerning possible research design on this topic. Bibliography lists 19 sources.
Filename: khmuscrt.rtf

Music Education & GPA's
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A 5 page research paper that examines the current literature regarding whether or not music instruction has a positive effect on academic performance. After a literature review, the writer concludes that music instruction is beneficial to academic performance, but that literature discounts the celebrated "Mozart Effect," which maintains that just listening to classical music can improve math scores. Instruction in playing an instrument appears to be crucial in obtaining the optimum cognitive effects from music education. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: khmusgpa.rtf

Music Education, Performance Skills
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A 3 page research paper that discusses the areas of performance instruction that should be covered by a musical educator in regards to ensemble performance. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khmuens.rtf

Music for the Body and Soul
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10 pages. Music encompasses a great many emotions, feelings, and desires. Often represented are rage, love, happiness, sorrow and despair. Music is an avenue to release the inner struggles that can be set free through no other means than verse. It can be a catharsis to one's ailing heart as much as it can be a conduit between two otherwise strangers. Music is as diverse a means of communication as any medium, yet there are vast arrays of elements that make up this very unique and specialized form of communication. The author discusses the use of music in our lives and how it affects our souls, spirits and bodies. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JGAmusic.wps

Music is a Negative Influence on Teenagers
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This 8 page paper looks at contemporary music in the twentieth century and suggests that it is bad for today's youth. Many genres and bands are referenced. Misogyny and violence are discussed as is safety issues at rock concerts. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: SA212mus.rtf

Music of Guide D’Arezzo
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A 3 page research paper that discusses the biography and contribution to music of Guido D’Arezzo, the monk who invented present-day musical notation. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khguido.rtf

Music of Heinrich Schutz
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A 5 page research paper that examines the music of the greatest German composer of the early Baroque era in the seventeenth century, Heinrich Schutz. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: 99schutz.wps

Music Photography During the 1960s and 1970s
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A 5 page paper which examines why the work of certain photographers has become so valuable (is it because of their style or the artists they photographed), and also discusses the historical effect of music photography on contemporary design, the design movements that relate to music photography and how the study of music photography can help the fledgling student photographer formulate ideas and develop a distinctive visually aesthetic style. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TGmuspic.rtf

Music Piracy and Copyright Law
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This 10 page paper takes a look at music piracy and copyright law and how entities like Napster have gone south. Some cases are mentioned. Recommendations on what record companies should do to make money are noted. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: SA247msc.rtf

Music Post-1945/Opera
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A 19 page research paper that examines the evolution of opera as a music form in the post-1945 era. The writer begins by asking the question "Can musical forms that evolved during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries still serve serious composers today?" To answer this question, the writer focuses on the opera. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: khpo1945.rtf

MUSIC THE WORLD OVER
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This paper supports the thesis that with infiltrations of Western missionaries into various parts of the world during the 19th and 20th centuries, the world's music has become homogenized. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MTmusicw.rtf

Music Topics
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4 separate 3 page research papers on various musical topics, which all address research on various musical topics. These topics are psychology of performance; learning, memory and music; anthropological views of music and brain function and music. Bibliographies list 12 sources in total.
Filename: khmustop

Music/Communication & Society
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An 18 page research paper that argues that studying music provides a great deal of information not only about how human beings communicate, but also how musical communication works within the context of societal frameworks. The writer examines research on musical cognition, such as the Mozart Effect, how music is used to enhance communication with autistic children, and in regards to ethnomusicology. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: khmuscom.rtf

Musical Education/Performance Anxiety
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A 14 page research paper that examines the topic of performance anxiety in music education. The writer argues that one of the many obligations of a music teacher is to aid students in learning to overcome and harness performance anxiety, turning this potential foe into a friend that will aid, rather than harm, the student musician. This examination of performance anxiety, first of all, looks at how this problem is defined, and then explores strategies and methodologies that a music teacher can employ that can aid students from a constructivist theoretical standpoint. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khperanx.rtf

Musical Heritage / Reactions to a Gospel Concert
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This 4 page essay contains the writer's personal reactions to a school-based Gospel Concert which lasted 120 minutes and featured various examples of the music's sub-genres. No Bibliography.
Filename: Gospelco.wps

Musical Instrument Digital Interface ; MIDI
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This 26 page paper looks at what MIDI is, how it works, how it processes, the different ways it may control and be controlled, different file types, filtering, merging and the use in lighting along with other general lighting. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
Filename: TEmidifi.wps

Musical Interpretation/Beethoven's Orpheus?
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An 8 page essay that compares and contrasts two essays that evaluate the second movement from Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto. Owen Jander, in his essay, "Beethoven's 'Orpheus in Hades': The Andante con moto of the Fourth Piano Concerto," poses some premises that suggest interesting questions for musical interpretation. Specifically, Jander's observations cause the reader to ponder the significance of the composer's intentions to listener appreciation. Theorist Edward Cone challenges Jander's interpretation. The following examination of Jander's essay looks at both arguments and also offers personal assessment of this form of interpretation. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khjancon.rtf

MUSICAL PERFORMANCES REVIEW FOR DALLAS, TEXAS
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This 6 page paper compares and contrasts four live music venues in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Analyzed for music, musicans, audience, atmosphere and overall impression. Bibliography lists 0 sources.
Filename: MBtxmusic.rtf

Napster vs. the Record Companies
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A 10 page research paper that examines the latest legal difficulties of the online phenomenon, Napster, and how this new technology is fundamentally changing the record industry. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: khnapter.wps

Napster/Free but Illegal
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A 5 page research paper that explores the ramifications of Napster, the website that allows users to download MP3s for free, thus, violating copyright law. The writer points out the reasons why Napster is wrong and possible compromises that can be reached. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: khnapbad.wps

Nationalistic Composers/Sibelius & Sousa
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A 4 page research paper that discusses nationalistic music and specifically Sibelius and Sousa. In expressing his own personal view of life, the artist necessarily also expresses the "hopes and dreams" of a cultural heritage. In the nineteenth century, political conditions encouraged the growth of nationalism and this occurred to such a degree that it became a driving force within the context of the Romantic movement in music history. National tensions, "the pride of conquering nations" set against the "struggle for freedom" of the subjected countries, game rise to emotions that their most perfect expression in music. Two composers that are associated with nationalism are Jean Sibelius, who personifies his homeland of Finland, and John Philip Sousa, whose rousing marches personify American nationalism. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khsibsou.rtf

Necessity of Music Education
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A 6 page research paper that discusses the advantages offered to students by music education. Research shows that music should be regarded as a crucial component in childhood development that promotes discipline, self-esteem and responsibility. Examination of the importance of music education shows that it should be a part of every school curriculum as it is through music that society has the hope of producing a happy, mentally-healthy, productive citizenry. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: khmued.rtf

Nicola Vincentino / His Life, Times & Works
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A 10 page research paper on the life and work of the 16th century composer. The writer details the context of his life and work in regard to the music of the time, his harmonic theories, and his published works. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Vincenti.wps

Noel Pointer / A Light That Went Out Too Soon
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A 5 page research paper that looks at the life of jazz violinist Noel Pointer. His life was like a falling star across the night sky--brilliant and beautiful, awe-inspiring and all too short since he died suddenly of massive stroke at the age of 39 in 1994. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Noelpoin.wps