Essays on Song

The classic 1952 musical, Singin in the Rain enlightens the viewer as to the many issues faced in the 1920s as Hollywood transitioned from silent movies to talkies. Following the sensation caused by the first talking picture, The Jazz Singer, the fictional Monumental Pictures decides...

Whilst many of the names and events from Billy Joel’s song “We didn’t start the fire” have faded from the collective memory of the masses, it is interesting to note that one name, now more than ever, has embedded itself into the minds of people...

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 Elizabethan Era displays many different topics for discussion. One subject is the priority of music in this crucial age. Throughout history, music has been a tremendous part of life for many cultures and time periods, while sustaining to bring people together. All music has...

Ever since I was a little girl, my grandfather and I had a special bond. We would watch baseball games, play hide-and-seek, and go out to eat together. He always attended my dance recitals, singing performances, and school plays. My grandfather is unforgettable. His eyes...

Billie Holidays “Strange Fruit” is a very popular protest song from the 1930s and is still talked about in todays age. It was recorded in 1939 and was originally a poem written by Abel Meeropol in 1937. This essay will evaluate the background of the...

Sir Edward Elgar was born June 2, 1857 in Broadheath, Worcestershire, England. Elgar was an English composer who wrote during the era of Romanticism. He came from a musically endowed family; his mother played the organ while his father owned his own music shop. When...

Las Cafeteras is a Chicano band originated from East Los Angeles which is a predominantly Hispanic and Latino oriented community. The group started to form and got their name from being around the Eastside Cafe and eventually getting the name of “Los Cafeteros” but with...

Analyze how audience and purpose affect the structure and content of texts. Here we focus on how a text is inseparable from its context. By looking at an array of texts from children’s stories to brochures, we learn not only about various types of texts,...

Harry Styles released his self-titled album in 2017, almost two years after the hiatus of the boy band One Direction. The album’s songs were very different from what was expected from someone who came out of a boy band that mostly sang pop music. Instead,...