musicians comparison

FINAL PROJECT ESSAY
For your final project you have chosen two unlike musicians to compare and contrast, in terms of their music and in terms of some of the common themes in American music. You have listened to their music, conducted research using primary and secondary sources, considered their careers and art in light of recurring themes in American music. You have formed and refined a thesis about the relationship of the two artists.
The final step for the final project essay is to write an essay of 1750-2000 words that satisfies the following requirements:
__1. The writer presents and argues for a thesis about how two musicians relate to one another, using supporting evidence.
__2. The writer incorporates at least one thorough, paragraph-long description of a song or instrumental work by each musician.
__3. The writer refers to a minimum of two additional recordings.

__4. The writer quotes from or describes evidence provided by a minimum of two primary sources.
__5. The essay includes a bibliography. All quotations are properly cited in the body of the essay.
__6. The writer communicates clearly.
The review is polished and free of spelling and punctuation errors.
Each paragraph exhibits excellent continuity.
The essay as a whole exhibits excellent continuity; related ideas are
kept together.
The writer uses vivid language and action verbs.
The writer uses varied sentence structures.
The essay is free of grammatical errors.
The essay is free of plagiarism.

__7. You may use MLA, Turabian, or Chicago Style as long as you follow one guide consistently.
I. CHOOSING TWO MUSICIANS
One musician should be someone we have studied in the course and the other one someone whose style contrasts with the first musician. Here are some examples of interesting musician pairs:
James Brown (a soul pioneer) and Steve Reich (a classical minimalist composer)
Billie Holiday (one of the most famous jazz singers) and Bruce Springsteen (a current singer-songwriter)
Antonin Dvorak (a 19th century romantic Czech composer who wrote works inspired by American music) and John Adams (a contemporary composer who writes in a minimalist style)
Duke Ellington (great jazz band leader born in 1899) and Aaron Copland (great classical composer born in 1900.)

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