Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 131 and the Expansion of Tonality

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Here is a term paper, dated February 11, 1992. It was written in graduate school and received an A. As with other papers on this site, the examples used have since been lost.
The late string quartets of Ludwig von Beethoven are monumental works in the development of the evolution of tonality in the 19th century.  [...]

Cesar Franck and the Rise of French Chamber Music

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

I wrote this paper in graduate school. I recall being highly motivated by the subject, reading and researching as much for my own enjoyment as for this paper. It is dated June 1992, and received an A.
Chamber music had never been an integral part of French music until the end of the nineteenth century.  There [...]

Jefferson, Thoreau, and King: Justice and Equality

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

I wrote this paper during my Senior year in college for an English course. I received an A in the class, so this paper must have earned a decent grade. It is dated July 25, 1990.
Justice and equality are two ideals which Americans claim as of the foundations of the United States.  It is ironic [...]

In Defense of Foreign Aid

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

This is a paper I wrote during a summer session in my last few months in college. I still needed one lower level English course, so I took one during the Summer. I received an A in this class, so this paper must have earned a decent grade. It is dated August 22, 1990.
A [...]

The Immigration Reform Act of 1986

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

This was my final term paper for a Political Science class in college, dated March 6, 1989.

The Immigration Reform Act of 1986 was a five-year effort to make sweeping changes in United States immigration policy – the first since the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952. For the first time, U.S. employers were seen as much [...]

Methods of Analyis of Schoenberg’s Die glückliche Hand

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

I wrote this paper in  June 1993 for one of my graduate music theory classes, which I believe was taught by the John Crawford mentioned in this paper.
Schoenberg’s Die glückliche Hand is a work which combines music with other elements, such as drama, visual effects, libretto, and art.  It is perhaps different than other [...]