Essays on Music Industry

The Romantic Era was a time in music when there was tons of change throughout the 1850s until the 1920s in the theory and compositional practice of music. Many composers made their work with freedom, experimentation, and creativity more than the composers of older times….

One of the most popular methods to listen to music today is through streaming services such as Apple Music or Spotify. Our society has progressed from physical media purchases such as vinyl, cassette, and CD sales, to digital variants. As we all know it, streaming…

Introduction Music is always around us whether or not we tend to adore it. It has become a tool for relieving stress and tension and has become a part of our life. People tend to use it as a tool to relax and is a…

A unique musical phenomenon, ragtime is generally known to composers and musicians as being more than simply a genre of music. Real Ragtime (booklet 4), a collection of ragtime recordings with booklets containing descriptions and notes stated, “….ragtime created an attitude and defined an era…

Sonata form represents a large-scale structure that can be traced back to many works done in early classical works back in the 18th century up to the late 19th-century romantic period. Sonata forms are easily located in almost every first movement on works of Beethoven,…

Born on January 27th, 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart grew up in a musical home in the oldest city of Salzburg. His father was an exceptional violinist within the City Court Orchestra and a composer whilst his mother was also a music lover who plays several…

I am doing this paper on a composer known as Lewis F. Muir. He was a ragtime composer in the early 20th century. Specifically during 1910-1914. He had published several songs by late 1915, when he died on December 3rd of Tuberculosis. Lewis was born…

Franz Joseph Haydn was an Austrian who was one of the most important Classical composer during 18th century. He was born on 31 March 1732 and died on 31 May 1809. (Knapp & Robbins Landon & Geiringer, 2018). He wrote 104 Symphonies, 32 Piano Trios,…

Music is loved on a global scale and is created and used in various ways. It is sometimes used to express events taking place in society, or ironically, used to express what one would want society to be. Scott Joplin used his musical prowess to…

Introduction During the turn of the 19th century, a new form of music known of ragtime swept across America at a roaring pace. The genre originated from several styles of music including banjo music, syncopated rhythms like the cakewalk, and British Isles dances or jigs….