Music 101: Writing Assignment Prompt: Write about a piece of music. In doing so, discuss the composer/performer of the piece, and compare it to other musicians/composers and pieces of music of the same genre and period. Paper is due on 15th. Should be no more than 7 double-spaced pages.

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