MUSIC AND PHILOSOPHY

The Clavier Trio displays a vigorous performance of Schubert music and "Ghost" by Beethoven.

Teen-aged boys, particularly, are often desperate for anything that gets them in touch with themselves, makes them feel powerful when they typically feel powerless, and allows them to escape for a while. Heavy metal music has provided all these things, for many of them.

This article examines the history behind and debate over the origins of Jewish sacred music. It also examines modern attitudes towards musical "borrowing" from four major movements of Judaism: Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, and Hasidic (ultra-Orthodox).

Young woman explains the connection between hip hop music, the glorification of the independent woman, and the marginalization of the black man.

A survey of how forms of music like jazz, rock and roll, and krautrock mirrored the rapidly changing social norms and values in Germany from the 1920s through the 1960s, particularly in West Germany.

Are you sick of giving the men in your life ties and coffee mugs? Here is a list of 10 creative, unique gift ideas under $20.00 each.

This is a simple lesson plan outline for Japanese History and Philosophy. This lesson focuses on Ashikaga Japan.

This is a simple lesson plan outline of Chinese History and Philosophy. This lesson looks at the QIn and Han Dynasties.

EMP's Founders Award will be presented to Billy Cox on October 9, 2010 in recognition of his work preserving & celebrating the legacy of Jimi Hendrix.

Sports and leisure pursuits associated with the astrology signs Libra to Pisces

The true definition of Love is explained through an analysis of Plato's "Symposium" and the core principles of Ancient Chinese Taoism. It looks at the speeches of Erixymachus, Phaedrus and Plato.

An insightful paper about the history of music in ancient China and the influence than Confucius and his teachings had on music.

This article explains how I set about creating a budget for music ministry.

Nietzsche would have loved the experiments of anti-control and the disharmonic syncopation of Burroughs writing, themes, and plots.

This essay is an analysis and comparison of two pieces of music, one by Maurice Ravel and the other by Claude Debussy, which were homages to Joseph Haydn.

You'd maybe expect counter-culture icons in America to join in with the U.K. on putting the dangerous drug LSD up on a pedestal for changing art and philosophy here. But they haven't so far, thankfully, though marijuana might end up being a different story...

An essay on my personal beliefs and understanding of humanism. Please note that these opinions are my own, and that I respect those that may differ. My only intention is to share my perspective with others.

Biography of philosopher, screenwriter, and novelist Ayn Rand, including analysis and opinions germane to Chapter One of her monograph: The Art of Fiction. Tied in are theories of Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer.

If you think that you can't write for music magazines just because you can't play the guitar or the violin, you would be wrong. Most writers for music magazines are mere aficionados of music, and are not necessarily musically inclined.

Though Sub Pop founders Pavitt and Poneman have been oft-criticized for their motivations in running the label, the philosophy that they put forth helped to spearhead Seattle's alternative movement.

To understand the unique semantic content of music, we must first understand what language is and how it works in people, and consider music in the context of our discoveries about language.

Mozart joined a Masonic Lodge in the autumn of 1784 at the age of twenty-eight and spent a total of 7 years as a Mason. His last opera, The Magic Flute, is filled with esoteric, Masonic symbolism and meaning.

The Grateful Dead and Particle? At first glance this combo may seem a bit odd, but upon further investigation and interesting conversations with members of both bands, we find plenty of common ground between the two groups.