Music Book Reviews Samples For Students

The four articles summarized and discussed in this annotated bibliography were selected because they deal with some of the civilizations of the first Americans, the Aztecs in particular. There always seems to be a lot of information and research into Western and pre-Western archaeology and anthropology, such as studies about Celtic, Roman, and Egyptian culture and mythology, but less about pre-Columbian America. All four of these articles were selected from peer-reviewed journals. Journals were selected instead of a book because it seemed like the best way to get a general idea about some very diverse topics regarding the Aztecs. Topics for three ...

Introduction

The book Blink by Malcolm Gladwell is about how we think without thinking. This can be further explained by illustrating that the choices made instantly in the blink of an eye without actually thinking why they are made. The world around us requires that decisions should be footnoted. This means that if we say how we feel about something we must be ready to elaborate about why we feel a certain way. Blink discloses that a quality of good decision maker is not who can spend time providing deliberate answers or process the information effectively but the one who has perfected ...

Book Review

The book discusses the impact of centralization and decentralization of organizations. The authors show that while the lack of a leader may represent chaos, the lack of a traditional leader may be a good way for the organization to survive since there is no specific leader that the rivals can target in order to destroy the organization. The story of the Apache community is used to demonstrate the strength that exists in a decentralized organization. The Apache community was able to defeat the Spanish army because it did not have a centralized leadership. In the same manner, when MGM, a giant in the production industry, ...

The Phantom of the Opera lives under a very famous opera house. There is a mere chorus girl called Christine Daae, who under his guidance becomes a prominent singer with a very beautiful voice. There is also the childhood sweetheart of the young girl; Vicount Raoul de Changy has come into the picture. Christine is haunted by her past and her and her picture seems bleak and uncertain while her present remain undecided. The big question remains: who will win her heart between the handsome childhood sweetheart and the masked angel of music. The Phantom of the opera is a story of murder, romance, ...

The story written by Hwang is very interesting and moving. It is told in a non-structural and non-linear way, which is something that most people are not used to reading. Besides this structural characteristic of the novel, it tells a story of the history of Korea, before Communism spread in North Korea. I do not agree with the thesis statement which claims that the characters Pak Hun and Ojaknyo reject the old and feel that the new is unjust. However, I do believe that they think that there is much improvement to be done in modern times. The characters in the ...

In the book Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell takes the readers on an intellectual ride through the world of “outliers” (those people who break the norms) - the brightest and the best, the most eminent and the most triumphant. This paper aim is to analyze chapter 1 and chapter 2 of this book.
In chapter 1, the author (Malcolm) argues that success, occasionally is found in parable of rag to riches- instead there is glisten of talent noticed ,and then there is a big break to the individual (and not the rest). That give the gifted ...

Abstract

This paper summarizes the story of the Motley Crew as narrated in the book “the dirt confession of the world’s most notorious rock band’’. The essay chronicles their lifestyles from formation, rise to power, moral decadency, and distinct highs and lows among other aspects. It concentrates on most remarkable events of the group as demonstrated in the autobiography. The work goes further to depict frightening scenarios of the Crew events taking place on and out of stage.

Introduction

The Motley crew depicts a group of hardcore Rock Music heroes who begun life at the very center of poverty. The most ...

Book Report: “Songs in Their Heads: Music and Its Meaning in Children’s Lives”

Introduction
The book entitled “Songs in Their Heads: Music and Its Meaning in Children’s Lives” is written by Patricia Shehan Campbell and published in the year 2010. It was published by the Oxford University Press in New York. Besides being a requirement on the reading list, the book is much appealing to me because of the way it addresses a real life scenario concerning the implication of music. The author brings together a masterpiece that entangles various themes concerning the relationship between music and life. The plot of the story is also quite interesting and entertaining.

Summary

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This work was an ethnographic study of the significance of music, as it relates to culture in modern Syria. The study was based on data collected by Shannon in the field, predominantly in the 1990s, which centered around traditional Arabian music, with special focus on the music found in the city of Aleppo. The question was posed, could these traditional musical elements be traced into modern Syrian musical construction, as evidence of a sound that is uniquely or authentically Arab. This became specifically interested in what makes a musical performance authentic, as it relates to the modern audience and ...

The purpose of this assignment is to understand the different religions that have been studied throughout Unit 3. Vedic, Spirit Possession, Hindusim as well as Islam and Judaism will be evaluated. Lessons that have surrounded each of these paradigms suggest that there are considerable core concepts that can be defined throughout religion universally.
Lesson 10 on Christian Hymnody in Uganda explains an important issue relating to song contests. The way that Catholic Identity and African methods of expression have contributed towards observable comparisons in multiple ways.
India is the motherland of not only particular religions, but a unique spirit ...

The following project is going to discuss an album of one of the most famous and significant music bands representing the hard rock scene. In particular, the paper is going to analyze Guns N’ Roses and one of their most famous records. To start with, it is necessary to state that the band was formed in 1985, in Los Angeles with its classic and famous lineup consisting of lead guitarist Slash, vocalist Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin as the rhythm guitarist, bassist Duff McKagan and Steven Adler as the band’s drummer. Still, it is necessary to admit that the ...

Drug addiction and brotherly love. Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin.
Drug addiction and brotherly love. Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin.
African American literature frequently reveals the suffering of people who live in the world full of racism. The Western society used to put African American people in unfavorable conditions throughout the whole history and life in this condition may lead to tragic circumstances. The following essay concerns the story named “Sonny’s Blues” which was written by James Baldwin. It will discuss the main themes of the story which are struggling of people who live in the ...

Book Review - Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip Hop and Black Politic

Lester K. Spence's 2011 book Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip Hop and Black Politics takes a long, hard look at the current state of African-Americans in the predominant political discourse. In essence, Spence explores through this book and its scholarship the idea that rap and hip-hop culture may actually be bad for black politics; "this work represents an attempt to examine the core questions of black politics as well as the politics of the present using rap and hip-hop as the vehicle" (Spence 157). Despite galvanizing many African-Americans and creating a unique subculture, it is claimed that the ...

NeuroMarketing

Buy.ology, the book by Martin Lindstrom is a new take on marketing. In this book he tries to delve deep into the consumer's subconscious to learn, ‘why we buy what we buy’. After testing a lot of techniques, he has devised a new way to revolutionize the marketing industry. He also has a lot of findings from the experiments that he has conducted.
I would like to discuss the key points and findings of his experiments. According to Lidstrom, our subconscious is in the favor of our emotions every time there is a conflict between feelings and rational thought. ...

Music education plays an important role in the retention of elementary school students. This is by improving the progression of students’ retention in the elementary schools and states the ways and factors of retaining a student in elementary school.
Music education improves students’ retention in many ways which are included in this book. Some of these factors are the reading performance, effectiveness of the administration and promotion.
One of the important factors improving student retention in elementary school is the student’s performance level for reading. According to this book, this will be done through class work, observation, ...

The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture

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Book Review on How Should We Then Live:
The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture
“How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture” deals with the major Christian culture written by Francis A. Schaeffer, and published in 1976. Basing on the book, a series of ten films were produced. In the book, Schaeffer objected to the influences of Renaissance, the Charles Darwin and the Enlightenment. His thoughts inspired many leaders of ...

English

I am reading the book entitled “Steve Jobs” that was written by Walter Isaacson, and so far, as I continue reading it, I discovered that Jobs knew that he was adopted at an early age. This book of Isaacson gives a glimpse of the life and success of Steve Jobs. The book was completed after conducting personal interviews with Jobs for a period of two years.
The next week, I was able to read the interviews made by the author on several family members, friends, colleagues, and competitors of Jobs in order to give the real story behind the roller-coaster ...

Staples, an African American man recounts the manner in which his physical presence caused terror to the whites while moving about Chicago as a graduate student and free citizen. In countering the negative impacts of the white fear he undertook whistling classical music piece from Italian composer Vivaldi. This means that he worked on getting a new identity. This was a contingency to victimless victims for his blackness making him even safer. The dangerous black men did not pay attention to classical music hence, the hope goes. The incongruence between Staples’ stereotype as a predator and his musical choices were aimed at disrupting ...

The religious impulse is one of the most deeply seated within all of us. Because it involves the totality of our response to the events of our lives, it begins with our emotional responses to events when we are too young to have the ability to process those events on a more rational level. Often, it is the effects of these events that shape the way that we deal with others our whole lives. When one is in an ethnic group that is the object of discrimination, religion can become an important part of one’s life, as the suffering ...