The Music Man

Theories in Music Ontology and a Feigned Argument in Support of the Historicist Theory Two persistent and basic questions surrounding music are (1) what is a musical work1, and (2) what is the thing that makes something a piece of music?2 To answer these questions, philosophers have relied on several ontological theories that purport to answer these, and other questions, of importance in the field of music. The first theory of musical ontology, the Platonist view, contends that works of music are objects

factor amongst the African-American people in the U.S. One of the most segregated states in the entire country, Mississippi, was on the brink of one of the most influential forms of modern music that the world had ever seen or heard: the blues. What the blues did for music is reflective in almost every

Meredith Willson “Seventy-six trombones led the big Parade, with a hundred and ten cornets close at hand,” says the man known as the Music Man. Meredith Wilson was born and raised in Mason City, was very musically talented, made Mason City famous, was very successful, and is still known today. To start off, Meredith Willson was born and raised in Mason City. First of all, according to “http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/bio/C316” Meredith Willson was born in Mason City, Iowa on May 18th

With no doubt about it, Chuck Berry is the true King of Rock and Roll as well as the Father of Rock and Roll. His music stood out, his style was in general was unique and his impact on the races brought them together. He influenced many musicians and when it comes down to Presley and Berry, “Presley was an imitator; Berry was an originator”. His music was meant for everyone and he wasn't afraid to share it with the world and especially the white community. To me, Chuck Berry’s style is one of the

was a child, he was a man of the church and loved gospel music. Finally, when introduced the music, he began to light up, his eyes widened, began to sing, hum, and rock to the music. He then began to remember his past and had the ability to tell stories and share memories. I chose to focus on Henry because he reminded me of a resident I work with. Currently, I work closely with a man named John, was in fact a father. He loves gospel music and lights up

can’t touch music—it exists only at the moment it is being apprehended—and yet it can profoundly alter how we view the world and our place in it” (“Preface” 7).1 Music is a form of art enjoyed by millions of people each day. It is an art that has continued through decades and can be seen in many different ways. That is why Ellison chooses to illustrate his novel with jazz. Jazz music in Invisible Man gives feelings that Ellison could never explain in words. In Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, the narrator’s

Stacking two photographs on top of each other, Emmanuel Radnitzky’s (Man Ray) untitled work could be considered unique, but also mind-boggling. Although it’s clear that the center of focus is of an accordionist’s performance, the tubes of the accordion are a jumbled mess, the majority of the photograph is a distorted blur (Radnitzky). Since it takes great scrutiny to view individual pieces of this art, some may wonder why Man Ray challenges us with a juxtaposed style. Although it may seem disorienting

In today’s media and music men are expected to be very masculine and display those traits loudly and without breaking that perceived character. No emotion is to be shown because that’s just not what a man does. A man is supposed to be strong mentally and physically and cannot display traits that would usually be reserved for the female sex. Males are mean, dirty, and rough and would never back down to a challenge especially if their “masculinity” is on the line, which in most cases other men are

the New Orleans wore perfumes made up of jasmine and the best of the music came from their houses in New Orleans. The word jazz came from the word Jass which was later converted to Jazz. The jazz music was an explosion of feeling and an outburst of the emotion was through music art and writing. The black voices were heard, celebrated and even applauded, gave voices to the voiceless. It didn’t follow the traditional pattern of music. Jazz was a combination

field work assignment, I chose to analyze the messages about gender in Hip-Hop and R&B music. I came across a few challenges in choosing songs for this genre before the 1990's. Hip-Hop is a newer style of music and it was difficult to find top ten songs from the 1980's, but after some digging, I came up with a set of songs that I think illustrates the themes that were present in each of the decades music. The 1980's presented an interesting mix of messages. I chose to analyze five songs by men