Music in Modernism c. 1900-2000
... neither would break from. It was therefore up to Schoenberg and his students to make the first major step into a new and original form of musical expression, one that can truly be said to have begun the twentieth century’s age of modernism. Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School The single most i ...
... neither would break from. It was therefore up to Schoenberg and his students to make the first major step into a new and original form of musical expression, one that can truly be said to have begun the twentieth century’s age of modernism. Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School The single most i ...
hugues dufourt`s “manifesto of the music of our times”
... If we look to Dufourt’s previous compositions, we might expect that his music might show little concern for narrative, shunning “moments of anticipation capable of creating desire for what comes next.” 3 Yet, ...
... If we look to Dufourt’s previous compositions, we might expect that his music might show little concern for narrative, shunning “moments of anticipation capable of creating desire for what comes next.” 3 Yet, ...
The Classical Period - University of St. Thomas
... Dynamics: use of different levels of volume, like piano (soft) and forte (loud), as well as gradations thereof (for example, crescendo-getting gradually louder and decrescendo-getting gradually softer). In the case of the piano, this was done by varying the finger pressure on the keys (unlike the ha ...
... Dynamics: use of different levels of volume, like piano (soft) and forte (loud), as well as gradations thereof (for example, crescendo-getting gradually louder and decrescendo-getting gradually softer). In the case of the piano, this was done by varying the finger pressure on the keys (unlike the ha ...
GCSE Music Revision Guide
... Pedal vs. drone: A pedal tone is a repeated note, typically with other notes around it. When a pedal tone is being performed the player will keep returning to the note even though he is playing other notes. The pedal note is typically in the bass (lowest) note, however there are instances where t ...
... Pedal vs. drone: A pedal tone is a repeated note, typically with other notes around it. When a pedal tone is being performed the player will keep returning to the note even though he is playing other notes. The pedal note is typically in the bass (lowest) note, however there are instances where t ...
Thai Music
... mounted in a frame and shaken; generally played by a group. comes from Indonesia. 3.8 Bronze drums ...
... mounted in a frame and shaken; generally played by a group. comes from Indonesia. 3.8 Bronze drums ...
Chapter-3 Stringed Instruments Violin - Historical Facts
... Instruments of Karnataka Music - Plucked Stringed Instruments with Frets – Plucked Stringed instruments without Frets – Bowed Instruments of KarnatakaMusic – violin in particular - Its Evolution and History- OriginChronology- Manufacture –Playing. Stringed instruments are musical instruments that pr ...
... Instruments of Karnataka Music - Plucked Stringed Instruments with Frets – Plucked Stringed instruments without Frets – Bowed Instruments of KarnatakaMusic – violin in particular - Its Evolution and History- OriginChronology- Manufacture –Playing. Stringed instruments are musical instruments that pr ...
HARLEM QuARTET - Rockport Music
... were commissioned by and dedicated to Count—and later, Prince—Andrei Kirillovich Rasumovsky, the Russian Ambassador in Vienna. They immediately became known as “the Rasumovsky quartets.” This patron and friend of Beethoven, one of the wealthiest men in Europe, was a passionate amateur musician. He m ...
... were commissioned by and dedicated to Count—and later, Prince—Andrei Kirillovich Rasumovsky, the Russian Ambassador in Vienna. They immediately became known as “the Rasumovsky quartets.” This patron and friend of Beethoven, one of the wealthiest men in Europe, was a passionate amateur musician. He m ...
Chapter - 5 - Shodhganga
... with a mouthpiece and had three, four, five or six finger holes. Again while discussing about prehistoric art Mr. T.Wilson has written that the whistles and flutes made of5 human or animal bones, have been found in the deposits of the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages, the flutes being pierced with ho ...
... with a mouthpiece and had three, four, five or six finger holes. Again while discussing about prehistoric art Mr. T.Wilson has written that the whistles and flutes made of5 human or animal bones, have been found in the deposits of the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages, the flutes being pierced with ho ...
Renaissance Period (1450 – 1600)
... The two main forms of sacred Renaissance music are the motet and the mass. They are alike in style, but a mass is a longer composition. The motet is a polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass. The mass is a polyphonic choral composition made up of five s ...
... The two main forms of sacred Renaissance music are the motet and the mass. They are alike in style, but a mass is a longer composition. The motet is a polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass. The mass is a polyphonic choral composition made up of five s ...
anatomy of the orchestra
... The following year, Wagner’s mother remarried, to an actor named Ludwig Geyer, who became a fatherfigure to Wagner and his brothers and sisters. Geyer was a painter, playwright and actor and inspired a few of Wagner’s siblings to go into acting. When Wagner was eight, however, Geyer died and Wagner ...
... The following year, Wagner’s mother remarried, to an actor named Ludwig Geyer, who became a fatherfigure to Wagner and his brothers and sisters. Geyer was a painter, playwright and actor and inspired a few of Wagner’s siblings to go into acting. When Wagner was eight, however, Geyer died and Wagner ...
Music is a Language - Kitchener
... At the same time, travelling virtuoso performers would write concerti that showed off their skills, and they would travel from town to town, arranging concerts along the way. The aristocratic orchestras worked together over long periods, making it possible for ensemble playing to improve with practi ...
... At the same time, travelling virtuoso performers would write concerti that showed off their skills, and they would travel from town to town, arranging concerts along the way. The aristocratic orchestras worked together over long periods, making it possible for ensemble playing to improve with practi ...
Table of Contents
... number of “chant” traditions. Gregorian Chants became the most common and enduring form. These are the chants that were organized by Pope Gregory the Great (540-604.) They were sung in unison, without any accompaniment. Their melodies were built on a number of musical scales, two of which approximat ...
... number of “chant” traditions. Gregorian Chants became the most common and enduring form. These are the chants that were organized by Pope Gregory the Great (540-604.) They were sung in unison, without any accompaniment. Their melodies were built on a number of musical scales, two of which approximat ...
Music and paleolithic man the soundtrack of human
... languages require a visual mode that aids in the transfer of ideas, or rather, an alphabet. Writing systems vary all over the world, from English’s Roman alphabet to ancient Sumerian “wedgeshaped” cuneiform (Olszewski 2007:349). The varied forms of alphabets bear a certain testament to the human ing ...
... languages require a visual mode that aids in the transfer of ideas, or rather, an alphabet. Writing systems vary all over the world, from English’s Roman alphabet to ancient Sumerian “wedgeshaped” cuneiform (Olszewski 2007:349). The varied forms of alphabets bear a certain testament to the human ing ...
Education Guide - Caribbean Sound
... 18th century by composers such as Hadyn and Mozart; a slang expression often used to denote all “serious” music. Culture—the arts, beliefs and customs that make up a certain way of life for a group of people at a certain time. Ensemble—a group of musicians, dancers, or actors who perform together. B ...
... 18th century by composers such as Hadyn and Mozart; a slang expression often used to denote all “serious” music. Culture—the arts, beliefs and customs that make up a certain way of life for a group of people at a certain time. Ensemble—a group of musicians, dancers, or actors who perform together. B ...
Anthropological Discourse within Los Pasos Perdidos: Contact
... capacities as eye-witness accounts, these early texts provided the framework for the Latin American travel narrative that would emerge in the 20th century, a means of legitimizing the Latin American novel through association with “those texts that tell the first stories” (“Archival Fictions” 184). ...
... capacities as eye-witness accounts, these early texts provided the framework for the Latin American travel narrative that would emerge in the 20th century, a means of legitimizing the Latin American novel through association with “those texts that tell the first stories” (“Archival Fictions” 184). ...
conference abstracts
... Some musical instruments lend themselves more readily to collecting than others. While a pianist usually strives to own one perfect grand piano, a trumpeter needs a variety of instruments to play the standard repertoire of various genres: a B-flat and C-trumpet, possibly one in D, a cornet, and a fl ...
... Some musical instruments lend themselves more readily to collecting than others. While a pianist usually strives to own one perfect grand piano, a trumpeter needs a variety of instruments to play the standard repertoire of various genres: a B-flat and C-trumpet, possibly one in D, a cornet, and a fl ...
Summary EWCM ppt Lectures (FALL2016)
... • Snare drum – a small drum consisting of a metal cylinder covered with a skin or sheet of plastic that, when played with sticks, produces the “rat-ta-tat” sound familiar from marching bands. V. Keyboard instruments: piano, organ, clavichord, virginal, harpsichord. • Harpsichord – a keyboard instrum ...
... • Snare drum – a small drum consisting of a metal cylinder covered with a skin or sheet of plastic that, when played with sticks, produces the “rat-ta-tat” sound familiar from marching bands. V. Keyboard instruments: piano, organ, clavichord, virginal, harpsichord. • Harpsichord – a keyboard instrum ...
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... little scratches in the block at the labium). In the case of the trumpet, which made a swishing noise for every note, it could easily have been avoided by rounding off the edge in the cup of the mouthpiece. In other words, it seemed as if a certain ugliness in the sound was desired. It was not until ...
... little scratches in the block at the labium). In the case of the trumpet, which made a swishing noise for every note, it could easily have been avoided by rounding off the edge in the cup of the mouthpiece. In other words, it seemed as if a certain ugliness in the sound was desired. It was not until ...
Listening Notes
... play actual notes. They are used in orchestras and bands. One exciting effect on the tympani is a roll – when the player strikes the drum with both sticks very quickly over and over again. Rolls can also be played on the snare drum and are used a lot in pipe band music. Some percussion instruments h ...
... play actual notes. They are used in orchestras and bands. One exciting effect on the tympani is a roll – when the player strikes the drum with both sticks very quickly over and over again. Rolls can also be played on the snare drum and are used a lot in pipe band music. Some percussion instruments h ...
Adapted from the Country Music Hall of Fame ® and Museum`s
... Banjos are plucked or strummed stringed instruments whose distinctive tones stem from the strings being supported by a bridge that rests on a tightly stretched skin membrane. Historically, American banjos are descendants of a broadly related family of lutes developed in West Africa from earlier Midd ...
... Banjos are plucked or strummed stringed instruments whose distinctive tones stem from the strings being supported by a bridge that rests on a tightly stretched skin membrane. Historically, American banjos are descendants of a broadly related family of lutes developed in West Africa from earlier Midd ...
Working as a Musical Ensemble
... The main difference between Pop and Rock is the terms themselves. Popular music is ever changing, while Rock is a separate genre evolving throughout the 20th century Pop could be applied to any genre of the day. Therefore, the Pop musicians of the Baroque era would be composers such as Bach! ...
... The main difference between Pop and Rock is the terms themselves. Popular music is ever changing, while Rock is a separate genre evolving throughout the 20th century Pop could be applied to any genre of the day. Therefore, the Pop musicians of the Baroque era would be composers such as Bach! ...
MusicHistory2
... Symphonies, sonatas, concertos & opera still created in new styles Programme music still created Film & TV music become important Impressionism – much like in visual art, melody creates a blurry “picture” with lots of interesting blended harmonies Neo-Classical Music – using musical forms from class ...
... Symphonies, sonatas, concertos & opera still created in new styles Programme music still created Film & TV music become important Impressionism – much like in visual art, melody creates a blurry “picture” with lots of interesting blended harmonies Neo-Classical Music – using musical forms from class ...