312KB - NZQA
... contrasting styles drawn from many types of music. These include an a capella introduction, a ballad section linked with a guitar solo to a pseudo-operatic section, a Hard Rock interlude and back to a ballad outro in a style of similar to the first section, which dies away to tam-tam ending. Evaluat ...
... contrasting styles drawn from many types of music. These include an a capella introduction, a ballad section linked with a guitar solo to a pseudo-operatic section, a Hard Rock interlude and back to a ballad outro in a style of similar to the first section, which dies away to tam-tam ending. Evaluat ...
Joplin and the Ragtime Era
... derived from slavery. As a child Joplin had no formal musical training. He had access to a piano through a family friend and taught himself the rudiments of music. A Germanborn teacher called Julius Weiss, noticed the youngster’s talents and offered him free music lessons exposing the young Joplin t ...
... derived from slavery. As a child Joplin had no formal musical training. He had access to a piano through a family friend and taught himself the rudiments of music. A Germanborn teacher called Julius Weiss, noticed the youngster’s talents and offered him free music lessons exposing the young Joplin t ...
From Modal to Tonal: The Influence of Monteverdi on Musical
... These characteristics are evident in modern music and music dating back to the late Renaissance and early Baroque era. These two different systems of composing music form the theory behind the sound of Western music. However, while the two systems are important in themselves, the transition stage be ...
... These characteristics are evident in modern music and music dating back to the late Renaissance and early Baroque era. These two different systems of composing music form the theory behind the sound of Western music. However, while the two systems are important in themselves, the transition stage be ...
Music P1 MEMO ENG1
... Very good use of opening motif with the use of sequence and/or inversion, etc. Shows understanding of form with a repetition of the opening motif. Melody has a good melodic curve with an obvious climax. Fairly well-suited to the chosen instrument. Fairly good use of opening motif, but not much use o ...
... Very good use of opening motif with the use of sequence and/or inversion, etc. Shows understanding of form with a repetition of the opening motif. Melody has a good melodic curve with an obvious climax. Fairly well-suited to the chosen instrument. Fairly good use of opening motif, but not much use o ...
Musicophilia (E
... or think of ourselves as particularly “musical.” This propensity to music shows itself in infancy, is manifest and central in every culture, and probably goes back to the very beginnings of our species. Such “musicophilia” is a given in human nature. It may be developed or shaped by the cultures we ...
... or think of ourselves as particularly “musical.” This propensity to music shows itself in infancy, is manifest and central in every culture, and probably goes back to the very beginnings of our species. Such “musicophilia” is a given in human nature. It may be developed or shaped by the cultures we ...
Musicians of Note - Molesey Local History Society
... Adams of Pennsylvania and descended from the second US president, John Adams. There were many American guests present, including staff of the American Embassy in London. Shortly afterwards, the couple collaborated in the writing of USA Anthem, a song for chorus for which he wrote the words and she ...
... Adams of Pennsylvania and descended from the second US president, John Adams. There were many American guests present, including staff of the American Embassy in London. Shortly afterwards, the couple collaborated in the writing of USA Anthem, a song for chorus for which he wrote the words and she ...
SCHOENBERG AND HIS LEGACY: A Tribute to
... favorite topics: musical structure. "Why do you think I'm such a nut about thematic form?" he said, with a twinkle in his eye. "Blame it on my studies with Der Meister!" Leonard admired "progressive" composers like Boulez and Berio, Cage and Stockhausen: they pushed the language of music in new dir ...
... favorite topics: musical structure. "Why do you think I'm such a nut about thematic form?" he said, with a twinkle in his eye. "Blame it on my studies with Der Meister!" Leonard admired "progressive" composers like Boulez and Berio, Cage and Stockhausen: they pushed the language of music in new dir ...
Beyond the Nun Danket of Sigfrid Karg-Elert
... and orchestral compositions. Many works comprise multiple movements or are collections of individual pieces, making the total output quite large. Organ and harmonium dominate KargElert’s output. More than 73 numbered works and about two dozen unnumbered are spread throughout Karg-Elert’s career. The ...
... and orchestral compositions. Many works comprise multiple movements or are collections of individual pieces, making the total output quite large. Organ and harmonium dominate KargElert’s output. More than 73 numbered works and about two dozen unnumbered are spread throughout Karg-Elert’s career. The ...
HENRY PURCELL: THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC By Carl Storm 1962
... services in the Chapel Royal. When finally they did, they gave to those services a decidedly non-solemn characteristic. According to Evelyn it was music "better suiting a tavern or playhouse than a church". Purcell, in performance of his duties as composer for the King's Violins must have written a ...
... services in the Chapel Royal. When finally they did, they gave to those services a decidedly non-solemn characteristic. According to Evelyn it was music "better suiting a tavern or playhouse than a church". Purcell, in performance of his duties as composer for the King's Violins must have written a ...
Liturgical Function and Gregorian Chant in the Music of Paulus
... faith, which appears after each composition in the collection he assembled in Riga. The music of Bucenus provides us with many examples of the vitality of the Gregorian chant tradition within the Evangelical-Augsburg environment. The manuscript titled Opus musicae ecclesiae rigensis was written duri ...
... faith, which appears after each composition in the collection he assembled in Riga. The music of Bucenus provides us with many examples of the vitality of the Gregorian chant tradition within the Evangelical-Augsburg environment. The manuscript titled Opus musicae ecclesiae rigensis was written duri ...
CDtext - Baroque Music.Org
... art of the North, which he had hitherto known, was in many respects more brilliant and splendid; but it had not the same knowledge of how to utilize the natural advantages of the instrument. It is interesting to observe that Bach transfers violin music to the clavier and the organ, and tries to get ...
... art of the North, which he had hitherto known, was in many respects more brilliant and splendid; but it had not the same knowledge of how to utilize the natural advantages of the instrument. It is interesting to observe that Bach transfers violin music to the clavier and the organ, and tries to get ...
A Companion to Recent Scottish Music: 1950 to the Present - n-ISM
... • It is a work that illustrates how subtly he has distilled the very essence of Scottish traditional music, culture, landscape, light and weather patterns into the fabric of his compositional technique; • It is also a work that enables us to view his music more generally in the context of some of ...
... • It is a work that illustrates how subtly he has distilled the very essence of Scottish traditional music, culture, landscape, light and weather patterns into the fabric of his compositional technique; • It is also a work that enables us to view his music more generally in the context of some of ...
A SURVEY OF TRAGIC LOVE IN VOCAL REPERTOIRE
... such as Henry Lawes and Matthew Locke, men who had been close friends with Henry Purcell, senior.7 Much of young Purcell's chamber music, fantasias, and odes displayed the clever counterpoint, lengthy solo sections, and elaborate ornamentation of his predecessors. Purcell's best known songs come fro ...
... such as Henry Lawes and Matthew Locke, men who had been close friends with Henry Purcell, senior.7 Much of young Purcell's chamber music, fantasias, and odes displayed the clever counterpoint, lengthy solo sections, and elaborate ornamentation of his predecessors. Purcell's best known songs come fro ...
Witold Lutosławski and the European Musical Tradition
... 63), there appears a system of vertical pitch aggregations. In these several compositions, written in the second period of Lutosławski’s artistic activity, affinities with other composers are less evident; there is, however, a continuation of some traditional ideas from Debussy, Bartók and Bach. Fo ...
... 63), there appears a system of vertical pitch aggregations. In these several compositions, written in the second period of Lutosławski’s artistic activity, affinities with other composers are less evident; there is, however, a continuation of some traditional ideas from Debussy, Bartók and Bach. Fo ...
Tchai - pstevensfhs
... one said a single word to me about the overture the whole evening. And yet I yearned so for appreciation and kindness” (Kamien 254). Tchaikovsky may have thought that the night was to be a success earlier that day, but there were many more years to pass before such a day could come. Tchaikovsky’s fi ...
... one said a single word to me about the overture the whole evening. And yet I yearned so for appreciation and kindness” (Kamien 254). Tchaikovsky may have thought that the night was to be a success earlier that day, but there were many more years to pass before such a day could come. Tchaikovsky’s fi ...
Full, Conscious, and Active…Listening?
... music at a concert or in another situation? And how does listening to music in worship compare to listening to other components of the liturgy, such as a prayer or a sermon? This article will consider these questions with the hopes of presenting some practical guidance to help church music leaders i ...
... music at a concert or in another situation? And how does listening to music in worship compare to listening to other components of the liturgy, such as a prayer or a sermon? This article will consider these questions with the hopes of presenting some practical guidance to help church music leaders i ...
A Topical Survey of Nineteenth-Century Music
... Although commentators have used the label “romantic” to describe music spanning three centuries, its heyday was the period from roughly 1790 to 1850. By the third quarter of the nineteenth century, romanticism was but one of several movements in the arts that included nationalism, historicism, and r ...
... Although commentators have used the label “romantic” to describe music spanning three centuries, its heyday was the period from roughly 1790 to 1850. By the third quarter of the nineteenth century, romanticism was but one of several movements in the arts that included nationalism, historicism, and r ...
Press release () - Academy of Ancient Music
... Dario Castello was an Italian composer and instrumentalist from the early baroque period who worked and published in Venice. There is little biographical information about Castello, even his birth and death dates are unknown, although it is thought he may possibly have died during the great plague o ...
... Dario Castello was an Italian composer and instrumentalist from the early baroque period who worked and published in Venice. There is little biographical information about Castello, even his birth and death dates are unknown, although it is thought he may possibly have died during the great plague o ...
Slide 1
... two themes developed as leitmotives music understood on its own terms Strauss indicates “in rondo form”: two themes recur in variety of guises ...
... two themes developed as leitmotives music understood on its own terms Strauss indicates “in rondo form”: two themes recur in variety of guises ...
File - Issac Pedroza`s Eportfolio
... One of the possible influences is Mozart’s friend Haydn because they spent time together during the time he was writing the piece. There are other ideas out there that say that maybe his day to day life and emotions affected this piece which could explain why it is one of the most emotion filled pie ...
... One of the possible influences is Mozart’s friend Haydn because they spent time together during the time he was writing the piece. There are other ideas out there that say that maybe his day to day life and emotions affected this piece which could explain why it is one of the most emotion filled pie ...
An Extended Analysis of Krzysztof Penderecki`s
... mark 10, where the texture switches from this idea to the microtonal clusters with outeredge glissandos, where section 3 begins. This part continues and develops for awhile until the large scale implementation of the various timbral effects that begins at rehearsal mark 26. This new section conti ...
... mark 10, where the texture switches from this idea to the microtonal clusters with outeredge glissandos, where section 3 begins. This part continues and develops for awhile until the large scale implementation of the various timbral effects that begins at rehearsal mark 26. This new section conti ...
The Genius of Gil Evans
... vocalism and the muffled drums and valve-less brass instruments in the saetas and soleas...this was the inspiration for the Sketches of Spain album.” It’s not clear whether Miles’ initial encounter with the Concierto de Aranjuez or Gil’s experience with La Nina De Los Pienes came first. In any case, ...
... vocalism and the muffled drums and valve-less brass instruments in the saetas and soleas...this was the inspiration for the Sketches of Spain album.” It’s not clear whether Miles’ initial encounter with the Concierto de Aranjuez or Gil’s experience with La Nina De Los Pienes came first. In any case, ...
Redescovering Soler`s Sonatas for Keyboard Instruments
... personality, he imposes himself as one of the most important Spanish musicians of the XVIIIth century. In an era of apparent regression of Spanish music, a cheerful and solitary priest [Encyclopaedia Universalis],Antonio Soler (composer, organist, teacher, mathematician, inventor, writer) succeeds t ...
... personality, he imposes himself as one of the most important Spanish musicians of the XVIIIth century. In an era of apparent regression of Spanish music, a cheerful and solitary priest [Encyclopaedia Universalis],Antonio Soler (composer, organist, teacher, mathematician, inventor, writer) succeeds t ...
A Study of Performance Practices Pertaining to W.A. Mozart`s Flute
... idiomatic for the instrument of the time. Arthur Morgan states that Mozart “knew the types of figures that sounded best for it [the flute]; he wrote within the range where it sounded best; and when he wanted the flute to sound out, the other instruments did not get it its way” (Morgan, 1991, p. 15). ...
... idiomatic for the instrument of the time. Arthur Morgan states that Mozart “knew the types of figures that sounded best for it [the flute]; he wrote within the range where it sounded best; and when he wanted the flute to sound out, the other instruments did not get it its way” (Morgan, 1991, p. 15). ...
Exploring the Nexus of Collaboration, Notation and Meaning in
... works for them: Paula Matthusen, Chantale Laplante, Peter Swendsen. My questions revolved around the relationship of notation to the meaning of a work – with particular attention to what changes when technology/electroacoustics plays a part – and the role taken by collaboration in creating that mean ...
... works for them: Paula Matthusen, Chantale Laplante, Peter Swendsen. My questions revolved around the relationship of notation to the meaning of a work – with particular attention to what changes when technology/electroacoustics plays a part – and the role taken by collaboration in creating that mean ...