The popularity of the songs dictates the length of time a song may last, but there are questions of how long it will last throughout history. Music survives because it communicates the artist's image of beliefs or values of life to pass on to each generation. Society from both past and present questions the intent of the artist from the beginning of time. "Music is now so foolish that I am amazed. Everything that is wrong is permitted, and no attention is paid to what the old generation wrote as composition." (Samuel Schedidt - 1587-1684) Elvis Presley started his career with his wild shaken leg movements and loving lyrics but was severely criticized by the public as being obscene with his presentation. Think about music and content for today. The content is the same as the past and found in plays, theatre, operas, special events and views of humanism and realism to touch the human emotions, which both embellishes our minds and prevalent for today. Soap operas, for example creates emotions because the access to the personal feelings projected by the cameras.
             The similarities of music from the past as entertainment is the same as today; it surpasses the time zones and embraces our life with a variety of wonderful sounds that entrap our souls and binds our thoughts of realism and humanism. In music, there are political agendas that would separate the classes and allow certain people privilege to perform or listen to the talented. The popes were powerful in earlier times. They enjoyed the company of the musicians and if they were good enough they would live within the confines to write and perform their works.
             Society was divided into classes and ruled by Popes and Kings, which resulted into power struggles. In "The Prince," Niccolo Machiavelli states, "I might be asked how it has come about that the Church has rea
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