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Musical Genres, 2005.
Examines the development of several contemporary musical genres.
2,043 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 44.95
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This paper presents an understanding of certain musical genres. The research includes various examples of formats such as rap, techno, disco, and other musical outreaches. By examining the likes of these various genres, we gain an insight into society's trends at the time the particular musical style was most popular. For example, the foundation of rock was strongly influenced by the Vietnam war, 'free love,' and a drug experimentation era. The paper shows that disco, rap, and techno are no exceptions. There were cultural situations that greatly increased the chances of these styles' success.
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"The entire movement revolved around a new way to dress, dance, talk and even walk. "The way they danced, dressed, walked, and talked was unique, as opposed to most of the disco artists and fans of the time, which were not as in touch with the urban streets of America." (Blow, Kurtis) Hip-hop represented the new generation of blacks suffering in urban poverty. The passion and truth generated were really cries for help and today those cries are being answered by middle class whites all trying to be as cool as the original B-Boys."
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Discrimination in the Music Industry, 2008.
This paper discusses how white musicians receive credit for musical genres originally created by African Americans.
1,558 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 9 sources, APA, £ 35.95
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The paper looks at the racism and discrimination that still appears to exist in the music industry in general and in the jazz and hip-hop world specifically. The paper gives examples of white musicians who have grown rich by performing African-American music without having the actual African-American artist involved in delivering it. The paper believes that society must give recognition to African-American musicians where it is due.
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"One type of music, Jazz, has its roots in many different countries and cultures, however, the primary development of jazz occurred in the United States in the deep south within the African American culture. In the early days of jazz, there existed a "set of white Americans, who had identified jazz only with liberation from the social responsibilities of full citizenship" (Jones 188). "As a musical language of communication, jazz is the first indigenous American style to affect music in the rest of the World" (Morgan). Jazz music is prevalent in most major metropolitan cities such as New Orleans, Chicago, and New York City (Morgan)."
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Women Of Country Music, 2005.
This paper describes the lives of nine female country western singers and their contributions to the history of this musical genre.
2,090 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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This paper explains that country western historically has been primarily a male-dominated industry but there are women that have been responsible for the major changes in this industry. The paper discuses some of the women that are responsible for these changes: Louise Massey, Rose Maddox, Dolly and Mille Good, Patsy Montana, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Shania Twain and The Dixie Chicks. The paper relates that Louise Massey, who formed a band in 1918 with her father, husband and two brothers, are called the 'original rhinestone cowboys' because of the flashy clothing they introduced into the country music society. Blazing the hillbilly and rockabilly trails and still thriving in 1995, at the age of 70, when she received the Grammy nomination in the Bluegrass Category, Rose Maddox had a major influence on Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and Janis Joplin.
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""Come on Over" came out two and half years after her last release of "The Woman in Me". "The Woman in Me" is a nine time platinum album and spent over 140 weeks on the Billboard Country Albums chart. Shania was born in Timmons, Ontario and her name was Eileen. She started singing at a young age, being pulled out of bed to sing at midnight at a local bar. At 21, Shania lost her parents in a car accident and took on the responsibility of raising her three younger siblings. During this time she performed at Ontario's Deerhurst Resort, learning the ins and outs of theatrical performances."
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Screwball Comedies as a Genre, 1992.
A review of "Some Like It Hot" by Billy Wilder and "Victor/Victoria" by Blake Edwards including plots, stereotypes, a discussion of sexual duality, musical numbers and genre stages.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 2 sources, £ 43.95
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"The purpose of this research is to discuss film genre and theory. Genre is a method of classifying narrative structure. It is a formula consisting of style, subject matter, stereotypes, and conventions that characterizes certain types of film that have become popular with American audiences. Several genres that have emerged out of the collective American psyche are the gangster film, the Western, the musical, the screwball comedy, and the horror film. An audience knows what the ingredients are and recognizes these conventions in a film of a certain genre, even finding comfort with the familiarity of the stereotypes.
Making a film in a certain genre also allows the filmmaker to use a kind of shorthand in presenting his world. Stock devices are useful and do not take away from time that might better be spent for other aesthetic purposes. However, the..."
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An Examination of the Development of Rock and Roll Music in America, 2002.
This paper examines the forgotten black roots of rock music in America, its influence on rebelling youth, and the evolution of new popular musical genres.
3,508 words (approx. 14.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 68.95
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Rock and Roll music was both influenced by and influenced the youth movement of the 1960s. The beginnings of Rock music during the 1950s were actually quite rebellious and controversial. This paper puts the development of rock music into a cultural and historical context, drawing on examples such as Wynonnie Harris, Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Bob Dylan. The paper also mentions beatniks and the psychadelic counterculture.
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"Rock and Roll music broke into the forefront of American culture as the baby boomer generation came of age. During the 1950s, the new musical style helped young people begin to rebel against their parents? generation in a stylistic, subtle, and symbolic way, generating more differences and encouraging a widening of the generation gap. Popular culture tends to disregard the 1950s as a sterile and orderly decade, however, the youth of the 1950s were beginning to rebel much more drastically and blatantly than we are led to believe, and more so than what remains as the lasting image in the historical memory of Americans who were alive at that time. While this music that we now call ?oldies? seems so boring and unhip by today?s standards, the earliest Rock and Roll music contained sexual implications and a gift of immediate gratification that spoke to the so-called juvenile delinquents of the time. By the early Sixties and the beginnings of the ?movement,? Rock and Roll music had already established itself as a successful form of cultural radicalism, that is, an individuality of spirit and expressive form of defiance against the norm. (The ?movement? collectively refers a shift to the ?New Left? which supported the Civil Rights Movement, was against the Vietnam War, and opposed the Old Left Liberal methods of working within the system to end poverty and racism by means of a technocracy.) The more the youth rebelled, the more the music changed to suit this rebellion. The lyrics became more overtly political and explicit, and Rock and Roll music began to ?evolve out of artistic necessity,? when new ways to rebel were necessary, in order to keep on rebelling, as it were. Folk musicians began to blend their lyrics and style with Rock music, and wrote songs that were true reflections and reactions to the times and responded to the changing world. By the mid 60s, a youth ?counterculture? hit the scene, and Rock and Roll had split into two breeds of music: one which served an industry and popular culture, and another type of music for political activism, which eventually infused itself in the drug-laden hippie subculture."
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How Camp Culture Changed "The Sound of Music", 2008.
This paper discusses the unique stylistic elements of "The Sound of Music" cinematography and genre, as well as its subject matter.
1,450 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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This article analyzes the success of the musical film "The Sound of Music" from its introduction in 1965 to its high popularity in modern times. The author concludes that the continued popularity of the film has been largely determined by a small and enthusiastically devout alternative audience's demands, rather than by the sustained appeal of the factors which made for its dramatic commercial success in 1965.
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"According to Rohrer's BBC News article, Joe Heaney (arts editor of the Gay Times) believes that "Maria's transformation is key to the story's enduring popularity" (Heaney, cited in Rohrer "BBC News Magazine"). Heaney adds that the film is "about someone who is a complete outsider, she has been living in a convent and is very afraid to live in the real world and yet she is able to conquer her fears" (Heany, cited in Rohrer "BBC News Magazine"). "
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Religion in Carnatic Music, 2006.
A exploration of the role of religion in Carnatic music, the genre indigenous to southern India.
1,632 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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This paper begins with an explaination of some of the history of Carnatic or Karnatak music and explores how it has evolved. It provides detailed descriptions of the main instruments and song types. The final section provides short biographies of the three most influential Carnatic composers.
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"Music, in general, began in primitive times (hundreds of thousands of years ago). People living during this time period were hunter-gatherers and they used music and dance as a way to express emotion. The oldest songs consisted of words sung using a single pitch and gradually evolved to have a few (two or three) notes (Prajnanananda, 1963, p. 83). These ancient people had few instruments. They had flutes and lutes made from wood, bamboo, or bone as well as clay or wooden drums (Prajnanananda, 1963, p. 85). "
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Modern Broadway Musicals, 2006.
A paper looking at why the modern Broadway musical genre is not faring as well as older musicals and revivals of shows.
3,356 words (approx. 13.4 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 66.95
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This paper takes a look at the changes that Broadway, as a physical place, as well as a genre, has undergone since its inception, in an attempt to understand why modern Broadway musicals are not doing as well as they had in earlier years. The paper concludes that the diminishing popularity of Broadway today is due to both financial reasons and audience-motivated reasons.
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"Currently, according to Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, at least one fourth of the 30 million visitors to New York each year still come to see a Broadway play (Kroll 64), making it one of the top reasons tourists travel to New York. However, while there indeed seems to be a resurgence of interest in Broadway, there is a great disparity in profits for older musicals and revivals of shows from earlier decades and the more current modern musicals."
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Film Genres, 2002.
An analysis of different genres of films, including examples of various movies.
781 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 18.95
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This paper examines film genres and indicates that they cannot be clearly identified to the exclusion of all other possibilities because genres overlap and intermix. The paper explains that genres are identified by plot elements, style of presentation, and tone, and many genres include several sub-genres identifying different plot types within the more general category. Several different movies are described in relation to their genres. The paper claims that intermixing genres and sub-genres keeps the art of film fresh and can produce entirely new genres.
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"Film genres are as often as not selling tools, ways of identifying the type of film offered to a potential audience. Yet, there are different genres in any art which involve repeated patterns of plot and tone. Film genres are differentiated according to plot and style, and there are many ways genres can overlap. A film can be identified as a mystery if it contains the elements of a mystery--a crime, a puzzle to be solved, suspects, a detective--but a film can have all these elements and be a comedy, using the mystery elements in a comic framework."
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Reggae, 2007.
An analysis of the history of Jamaican music, particularly the development and sub-genres of reggae.
2,236 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 48.95
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This paper discusses the history and development of the music genre, reggae. In order to understand reggae, the paper also describes other genres of Jamaican music. It then discusses the instrumental tracks and musical dynamics of reggae music. The paper finally looks at the three main categories that reggae drumbeats are grouped into and its two sub-genres.
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"The supplementary subgenre of reggae is Dancehall, which is a type of Jamaican popular music that developed around 1980 through the likes of such artists as Yellowman, Super Cat, and Shabba Ranks (Chang, 30). Today, it is known to many as "Bashment". This style of reggae can be seen by a deejay singing and rapping or toasting over raw and danceable music riddims. The rhythm in dancehall is much faster than in reggae, whereas drum machines replaces acoustic sets. Dancehall as a musical genre, has been considered as the creation of Henry "Junjo" Lawes in 1979 and further refined by King Jammy in the early 80's during their transition from dub to dancehall and original attempts to digitize "hooks" to "toast" over by Jamaican deejays (pg. 30). . Dancehall also developed in Jamaica as a result of varying political and socio-economic factors when Jamaicans became dissatisfied with the socialist movement and the harsh economic realities of the time. As a result, neo-liberalist ideologies and materialism become a factor in society and a new entertainment form. Dancehall is an integral part of the Jamaican life and has become a foundation or culture in which music, dance and community vibes come together."
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History of Musical Theater, 2004.
An examination of the history of musical theater in the United States from 1864-1950.
812 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 19.95
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This paper explores some of America?s most important musical styles, which were usually found outside of the concert hall and represented such genres as comic opera, operetta, and other types musical revues. It looks at how these were usually located in the major cities like New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco. This paper provides a brief discussion of the history of these musical styles.
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"The ?Great Depression? years, circa 1929 to 1940, created a huge impact on American music, for some long-existing institutions were forced to close their doors due to financial difficulties. The genre of the musical revue was also affected because of nationwide radio broadcasts that severely limited the number of people that attended live musical performances. As an example, ?between 1929 and 1934, about 70 percent of all musicians in the United States were unemployed? (Crawford, 2001, 590). Thus, with the advent of radio and later television, the true musical revue and its related genres were doomed, and in light of today?s technology have never fully recovered."
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The Film Genres, 2002.
Looks at to which genre the film "Gone With the Wind" belongs and details the concept of 'genre'.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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A very basic and instinctive part of analysis of any type of information or data is to first categorize it according to some common factor. The paper shows that in relation to the field of the arts however, such classification becomes difficult, because art has more to do with perception than hard-core facts. That is why the study of genre has been so controversial and as yet inconclusive. This paper looks at the classic film "Gone With the Wind" and after analyzing the film, shows that it is made up of different genres and should therefore be classified as an epic.
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"Drama Films are supposed to be serious presentations, portraying realistic characters, settings, life situations, and stories. It follows a character's development with all the accomplishments and failures inherent in a life.(2) Due to the varied and complex syntax in "Gone With the Wind" it could very well fit this category. The movie dealt with issues of the era it represented. Societal problems such as slavery, poverty, civil war, inequality of races and gender, etc. were all dealt with at some level while entwining with the story faultlessly. It deals with the maturation and changing relationships of human beings according to situation and passage of time. The film dealt with important issues and gave distinct messages on each through the actions of its characters. However it became more than just a war drama with a strong backbone of romance by the scale on which it was produced."
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The Hollywood Musical, 2002.
A brief history of the genre.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, £ 32.95
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Brief history of the genre. Conventions of early musicals (1939s, 40s, 50s); influence of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies. Issues of form and content. Musical conventions. Techniques that shaped the narrative. Sound & image unification. Fantasy elements. Examples of film "Singin' In the Rain," the film noir miniseries "The Singing Detective" and "Pennies From Heaven."
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"The Hollywood musical was long a staple of the film industry, at least from the beginning of the sound era to the early 1970s, and the form continues to reappear from time to time. It has fallen into disfavor in recent years because it is viewed as artificial and unrealistic, given that orchestras play where there are no orchestras and people break into song in lieu of dialogue when the mood strikes them. Filmmakers always accepted the conventions and made use of them, but with Bob Fosse's film version of Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972), the trend in filmmaking turned away from the conventions of the musical in the belief that audiences would no longer accept them. Cabaret presented all of its musical numbers in a naturalistic way so that they took place as they would in life--on stage, for instance, or as part of a public rally. People no longer broke..."
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Genres: Horror and Mystery, 2004.
This paper discusses ?The Yellow Wallpaper? by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and ?The Cask of Amontillado? by Edgar Allan Poe as examples of the horror and mystery genres in literature.
1,075 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 2 sources, APA, £ 25.95
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This paper explains that most of the literary works under the horror and mystery genres provide insightful depictions and illustrations of social criticisms that the writers want to critique symbolically or figuratively. The author points out that, while Poe in ?The Cask of Amontillado? uses both themes of insanity and murder in his story, Gilman?s ?The Yellow Wallpaper? effectively uses the protagonist?s downfall to insanity to portray the grotesqueness not only of psychological instability, but also of emotional repression the woman character experiences in the story. The paper reviews various forms of irony that are used in both stories to create the monstrous feeling within the tales and to state the authors? position on social issues.
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"The short story ?The Cask of Amontillado? illustrates both themes of the protagonist?s downfall to insanity and celebration of death through the commitment of murder. The story shows how Poe, through the main character?s (Montresor) narration, behavior, and action, is able to generate fear and the air of mystery, especially in illustrating the shocking narration and illustration of the death of Fortunato, the man Montresor despised and considered as his enemy and competitor."
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