Essays on Music

Ars Nova is a musical style that flourished in France and Burgundian Low Countries in the Middle ages between the period 1310s till about 1400. It is translated “New Art”. During this time, the mode, time and pronation of music began to shift. Time signatures…

When asked who I look up to, my answer comes without hesitation. I think of a woman that doesn’t let fame control her humanity. A woman who faced dragons, but slayed them, and continues to do so fearlessly. A woman who is perfectly imperfect. I…

“I wrote my first song!” I yelled, as I sprinted up and down the hallways, paper held tightly in my eight year old fist. Of course the song was horrible, and now, being nineteen years old, I can write better ones. However, this epiphany that…

My favorite song is Coffee Houser Sei Addata (Bangla song). I always listen to this song because it’s a song surrounded with my old memories from childhood. I still had dream about my old buddies back in my country. Whenever I listened to this song…

The documentary is based on “Theatre Of India”. The documentary is very informative it tells us about the history of theatre that how all this was started. Our theatre was started with Sanskrit drama ages ago they said about Kalidas and Bhas these were the…

When talking about Drake’s fan base it is important to know the sheer size. Without exact numbers for fans one way to do this is to look at the sheer amount of sales he has made. Some examples of first week sales are the song”…

When an artist is writing music they generally are trying to captivate a certain feeling or emotion in the listener. Greed, angst, alienation, and questioning one’s own sanity is all covered in Pink Floyd’s album “the dark side of the moon” When Pink Floyd was…

Music! An ancient form of expression that has been a cornerstone of humanity still widely persists in human culture. It’s what connects people and has the ability to reflect a person’s most inner thoughts and emotions through sounds and lyrics. From the abnormally structured classical…

In the 50´s and 60´s, Rock music was blamed for riots and crimes among youths, and Elvis was blamed for promoting sexual behavior in teens, because of the way he danced. The same arguments used against hip-hop are basically the same from the 50´s, and…

Introduction SZA uses different narratives throughout her music video, in some ways, contradicting what her lyrics are saying. I think her use of imagery plays a deeper role than what she is leading on. She is digging into her self-acceptance, using the reference of Adam…