1988 in music Essays

Truth-telling and lying, authenticity and hypocrisy, and illusion and reality make up the back bone of Gullivers Travels. The novel also explores self- discovery and awareness. Swift uses extreme amounts of satire and irony to present these themes in a complex understanding of how lying fits into human nature. There is an long history of the idea that literature is not only an image, but a lie. Ancient Greek poet Hesiod tells us that it is a gift to the muses to “speak many false things as though

Camp Bernie. Three full days of camping, activities, and craziness in the heat of the sun. Three days away from home. Three days of quite a few memorable moments. Camp Bernie was the 7th grade school trip that I had to go on. At first, I did not want to go at all, but some motivation from my parents and some thoughts about just ‘going for it’ brought me to go on the trip. And, honestly, I’m still not sure about my decision. Whatever my thoughts on the trip, I still went and

The film Big was released in 1988. It is a comedic, family movie written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg and directed by Penny Marshall. The movie begins in New Jersey, a 13-year-old boy, Josh Baskin (David Moscow) is told he is not big enough to get on a ride. So he wishes on a carnival machine, Zoltar, to be big. The next morning he turned into a 30-year-old man (Tom Hanks). He heads to New York City with his best friend Billy Kopecki (Jared Rushton) and gets a job at MacMillen Toy Company. Josh

The Performing Right Society commonly known as PRS for Music, was formed in 1914 by a group of music publishers who help provide an income for composers, songwriters and music publishers. The Performing Right Society is a professional organization that can safeguard and insure the income for many different composers, songwriters and music publishers that join in order to receive an income for their work. PRS for music can therefore pay royalties to the artist when their work is performed in any format

transcribing music. This American-born conductor is Leonard Bernstein. Leonard Bernstein was born on August 25, 1918 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. When Bernstein was born, his birth name was Louis, but when he turned 16, he changes his name from Louis to Leonard because in family they would always called him Leonard or Lenny. Leonard started playing piano when he was age 10. When Bernstein

purpose of music production. This new technology proved to be a useful alternative for producers who could not afford sample fees. For a small up-front price, producers could use these programs to create music. They no longer had to worry about buying specialized pieces of equipment and still had the option of using samples or not. Needless to say, this allowed many up and coming producers and rappers to make mixtapes and gain recognition. This drastic change in technology changed how music sounded

schooling. As a trumpet player, Fisher Tull played both classical and jazz music and early in his life considered himself to be more of a jazz musician. Fisher Tull went on to enroll at The University of North Texas in 1952, where he earned his Bachelor of Music in Music Education. Following the completion of his first degree Tull went on to continue and complete his graduate studies at The University of North Texas in music theory and trumpet performance in 1957. While a graduate student, Tull served

musical home, which influenced his desire in learning to play the piano at a young age. After mastering the piano he took interest in learning to play the “trumpet, trombone, and clarinet” (Eldridge). As a teenager, Williams spent his time writing music. In 1948, at the age of 16, Williams and his family moved to Los Angeles, California. Williams attended the University of California, Los Angeles and the Los Angeles City College. He studied orchestration under musician Robert Van Eps while being

record label, musician, and instrument he encountered. He played around with various genres of music such as funk, jazz, reggae, soul, pop, and many more like any other musician he had his hits and his misses as well. More hits than misses he had 26 number one singles and placed 9 of his albums on the Top 10 list. As a result, he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards in his career. Not only did Wonder use his music to please the ear but he also played an important role during the Civil Right Movement, he

Michael Jackson born in Gary, Indiana often referred to as the “G.O.A.T” (greatest of all time) of pop music, one of the most famous artists to walk this earth. A man of many different traits which made him a man everyone admired. He has been awarded and recognized for his many talents such as singing, dancing, and acting. He spread love and peace wherever he went, and that peace is within the songs he wrote. Jackson has won Grammy's, been in a popular rock and roll group, and has spread awareness

Beyoncé and Rihanna are two of the biggest music icons in the world right now. Each having their own unique careers. Both have a lot of similarities and also a lot of difference. Beyoncé Knowles was born on September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas. When she was child, she performed in different dancing and singing competitions. At the age of seven, she won a school talent show singing John Lennon’s “Imagine” . Her singing talent was recognized by dance instructor Darlette Johnson started humming a

The aim of the study is to observe children aged 4 having a music lesson conducted by their class teacher. It is focusing on two aspects of development: social and emotional, and physical. The class has 30 children and is divided into 3 color groups of 10: red, yellow and blue. Materials needed in the activity were hula hoops: 3 big red hula hoops, 3 big blue hula hoops, 3 big yellow hula hoops; and a small hula hoop in each color. Each hula hoop represented a home. The big one could contain a maximum

creativity with their music, or being “copycats”. Could this be true or is it a misconception brought about by a Western view of Japan? A closer look into historical events in Japan over the last 100-200 years will show that the Japanese are musically creative. From the late 18th Century, music in Japan has been influenced by the Western world in many ways but they have also combined their own traditional music with a more Western twist. Military music was the first western music to be introduced in

An Opera is “… a staged drama set to music in its entirety, made up of vocal pieces with instrumental accompaniment and usually with orchestral overtures and interludes”. (Weinstock, 2014) However, in reality it is far more complicated than that: the genre Opera is broken down into many sub-genres all of which have distinct characteristics which set them apart. Some of these sub-genres include the: German Opera, Italian Opera, Opera Buffa and Opera Seria. By the turn of the seventeenth century the

Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological systems theory developed by Urie Bronfenbrenner is one of the approaches in developmental psychology that explains how individuals’ relationships with others and with the environment affect their development. Bronfenbrenner classified one’s contexts of development into five subsystems- the microsystem, the mesosystem, the exosystem, the macrosystem and the chronosystem. According to Bronfenbrenner, the systems are like circles within circles. (Bronfenbrenner, 1994)

that really inspired me to push the limits as an individual and is also someone I listen to almost every single day. She was one of the first African American woman to associate her sound to a music genre called bebop and came out with many well-known hits. She is not only considered a legend because of her music, but also because of the bravery she had to emit in order to survive a very segregated time. Vaughan was known for her wide range of pitch and her keen ear for sound. Vaughan would sing covers

In this Research I’m going to write about Modern-Day Film Music Composer and its role in motion picture and how the music is important in movies, a brief history of music in motion picture, a short paragraph on some selected composers, how scoring for film is approached and recorded. And last thing some names of famous composers. Role of Music in Motion Picture: Could you imagine your favorite epic film without an interesting musical score? It will not be exciting and inspiring without the drums

Opening with a number titled “Tres Epitafios,” a song composed by Spanish and Mexican composer Rodolfo Halffter (1900-1987). Born in 1988, Wilma Alba Cal is a teacher, producer, and composer of the second song “Portico.” For their third song, the group from USC performed a song by a Venezuelan composer named Beatriz Bilbao. This composer happened to be a teacher of the conductor for

Hum1020 Tuesdays/Thursdays 9:50-11:30 AM Miami Dade College Abstract This essay will be about me attending an Miami Heat game for my cultural event assignment. This essay will have two different forms of art, which is the two team’s uniforms and the music that were played in the area. My expectations and my actual experience of the game will be told in full detail. The purpose for this essay is to explain my cultural event and use multiple concepts, that was taught in class, into my paper. Exploring

Duke Ellington had a successful career and musicians and jazz fans all around the world. Whenever musicians young or old bring up jazz music in a discussion, jazz fan or classicist in any part of the world the name Duke Ellington is mentioned. Starting young after maturing he had a lot of memorable events throughout his life. Duke Ellington had a big impact on music during his time. He is considered by many to be the most brilliant Jazz composers in American history. Edward Kennedy