Music and fan culture ideology
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A 40 page paper which looks in detail at the relationship between musical genres and the development of fan cultures, with reference to the part that music plays in the development of collective memory and cultural ideology, as well as the relationship between music and the validation of outsider cultures. Bibliography lists 12 sources
Filename: JLfancul.rtf

Music and Youth Development
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A 5 page paper which discusses how music has a powerful influence on the learning and developmental abilities of our youth. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: RAmusyth.wps

Music Education & GPA's
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A 5 page research paper that examines the current literature regarding whether or not music instruction has a positive effect on academic performance. After a literature review, the writer concludes that music instruction is beneficial to academic performance, but that literature discounts the celebrated "Mozart Effect," which maintains that just listening to classical music can improve math scores. Instruction in playing an instrument appears to be crucial in obtaining the optimum cognitive effects from music education. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: khmusgpa.rtf

Music for the Body and Soul
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10 pages. Music encompasses a great many emotions, feelings, and desires. Often represented are rage, love, happiness, sorrow and despair. Music is an avenue to release the inner struggles that can be set free through no other means than verse. It can be a catharsis to one's ailing heart as much as it can be a conduit between two otherwise strangers. Music is as diverse a means of communication as any medium, yet there are vast arrays of elements that make up this very unique and specialized form of communication. The author discusses the use of music in our lives and how it affects our souls, spirits and bodies. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JGAmusic.wps

Music is a Negative Influence on Teenagers
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This 8 page paper looks at contemporary music in the twentieth century and suggests that it is bad for today's youth. Many genres and bands are referenced. Misogyny and violence are discussed as is safety issues at rock concerts. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: SA212mus.rtf

Music of Heinrich Schutz
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A 5 page research paper that examines the music of the greatest German composer of the early Baroque era in the seventeenth century, Heinrich Schutz. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: 99schutz.wps

Music Photography During the 1960s and 1970s
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A 5 page paper which examines why the work of certain photographers has become so valuable (is it because of their style or the artists they photographed), and also discusses the historical effect of music photography on contemporary design, the design movements that relate to music photography and how the study of music photography can help the fledgling student photographer formulate ideas and develop a distinctive visually aesthetic style. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TGmuspic.rtf

Music Piracy and Copyright Law
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This 10 page paper takes a look at music piracy and copyright law and how entities like Napster have gone south. Some cases are mentioned. Recommendations on what record companies should do to make money are noted. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: SA247msc.rtf

Music Post-1945/Opera
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A 19 page research paper that examines the evolution of opera as a music form in the post-1945 era. The writer begins by asking the question "Can musical forms that evolved during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries still serve serious composers today?" To answer this question, the writer focuses on the opera. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: khpo1945.rtf

MUSIC THE WORLD OVER
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This paper supports the thesis that with infiltrations of Western missionaries into various parts of the world during the 19th and 20th centuries, the world's music has become homogenized. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MTmusicw.rtf

Music Topics
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4 separate 3 page research papers on various musical topics, which all address research on various musical topics. These topics are psychology of performance; learning, memory and music; anthropological views of music and brain function and music. Bibliographies list 12 sources in total.
Filename: khmustop

Music/Communication & Society
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An 18 page research paper that argues that studying music provides a great deal of information not only about how human beings communicate, but also how musical communication works within the context of societal frameworks. The writer examines research on musical cognition, such as the Mozart Effect, how music is used to enhance communication with autistic children, and in regards to ethnomusicology. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: khmuscom.rtf