Essays on Music

During the 1980s hip hop arrived in Cuba via radio broadcasts from Miami. Since then the hip hop cultures main focused in breakdancing. By the 90s, with the collapse with the Soviet Union, many young “raperos” were looking for ways to demonstrate their disappointments. Hip...

Live music is very entertaining and electric and I enjoy attending concerts. The passion of the musicians and the fans is evidently seen in the concert. I enjoy attending music concerts with my friends that are passionate about the music. I attended a Jazz concert...

Lively jazz spanning wide stylistic flavor filled a room in the Bellevue Library on June 1st. The main artist was noted jazz guitarist Chris Spencer, who is respected around the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere for his professionalism, versatility, and recording and teaching experience. On this...

I was blown by the song “Cry me a river” by Ella Fitzgerald. The delivery of her voice feels mesmerizing and soothing; she completely interprets the lyrics. It was first written in 1953 for a piece of a song track for the film Pete Kelly’s...

The Divina commedia has been a source of inspiration in pop culture since Dante’s death in 1321. Several aspects of Dante’s work have been widely incorporated in modern popular culture, whilst some literary decisions he made have been left to the Middle Ages. Dante’s piece...

There are many religions that believe that there is an afterlife. After they die, they either go to heaven or hell. In the first book of The Divine Comedy, Inferno, written by Dante Alighieri, Dante believes that there are nine circles of hell. You will...

Throughout Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy, we see frequent inclusion of and reference to pagan and sinful cultural figures. From mythological beasts to great poets, such icons fill this primarily Christian text. In many ways, a parallel can be drawn between their inclusion and the...