According to The American Art Therapy Association, "Art therapy is a mental health profession that uses the creative process of art making to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages. Through creating art and reflecting on the art products an...

The works of a composer are not the only factor used to determine canonization; culture and gender play a large part in this process. Marcia J. Citron shows how the Western art canon is the result of a complex mixture of opinions, traditions, and interests that often go unacknowledged and unchalleng...

Importance of Meaningful Music Music is one of the most influential forms of expression. You can see, hear, and even feel music. Music can lift your spirits, can make you depressed, make you think of your lover, or send surges of adrenaline through your body. Music also keeps traditions alive. ...

In his lifetime, Adam de la Halle was perhaps best known by the name \"Adam le Bossu,\" which means in English, \"Adam the Hunchback.\" The hump in Halle\'s upper back was a birth defect, which caused Halle, all his life, to appear slightly stooped in his posture; and to be noticeable if not extreme...

What to Listen for in Music Aaron Copland's book, What to Listen for in Music, seemed helpful to me because it explained music, and where music comes from through the eyes of the composer. The book creates the foundation for an intelligent musical appreciation, beginning with such basics a...

The Renaissance period saw the rise of the middle class. All the wealth did not go straight to the higher class and the middle class became more privileged and able to experiment with their own music. People moved to cities, and spent more time seeing plays and concerts. Music became part of a goo...

There had been difficulties defining art, but as it was defined in general, it is the product of creative human activity in which materials are shaped or selected to convey an idea, emotion, or visually interesting form. Art can\'t easily be defined as simple as any ordinary object because it implie...

Why is art necessary? \"It is necessary for us to give physical form to things we feel, think, and imagine.\" We use art in everyday living such as communicating information, day-to-day living, spiritual sustenance, personal expression, social and political purposes, and visual delight. Art can ...

Duke Ellington was one of the most influential jazz musicians ever. In a time when music was going through a transformation from a ragtime style to a jazz-blues mix, Duke was there to add his own style. He was a composer, conductor, and pianist who revolutionized the way music was written and earned...

Music is a substance like nothing else in the world. It can touch our deepest emotions with such an intensity or it can be in the background and hardly noticed. There isn't anything in the world that is as strong of an expression of who people are, what they love, and what they represent. Music...

The arts are commonly grouped into four categories, those of dance, music, theater, and the visual arts. Dance is the human experience translated by physical movement. It can be anything from the classic form of ballet to ballroom. Music is sound, how pitches relate to one another-composed to con...

ScitheMarch 8, 2000Music CritiqueBeethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 On December 16th, 1770, Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in Bonn. His father a court musician and tenor as well as a forceful alcoholic. Ludwig's father forced him into becoming a child prodigy, and at 14, he became a paid member of th...

Today in the music world a new element has been added into the mix of the industry. An element some view as a threat to music but I see it more as a threat to overly rich performers who might not afford that new beach house in Cancun. This threat is one of several programs which link thousands of co...

Listening Analysis: Mozart's Mass in C MinorMozart's Mass in C Minor, also known as The Great Mass, is a large multi-movement piece of sacred music. I picked this piece because I particularly enjoyed the part commonly known as "Et incarnates" and I wanted to focus on this solo. The Great Mass was...