Eugene Onegin
... Ivanovna. They had been sent from the court of August II the Strong in Dresden to entertain the new empress and her court. The success of this first opera troupe paved the way for more. In 1735, composer Francesco Araja and his opera troupe were invited to St. Petersburg to establish a resident oper ...
... Ivanovna. They had been sent from the court of August II the Strong in Dresden to entertain the new empress and her court. The success of this first opera troupe paved the way for more. In 1735, composer Francesco Araja and his opera troupe were invited to St. Petersburg to establish a resident oper ...
Music: An Appreciation by Roger Kamien
... - Modern dance clashes with classical ballet - Picasso and cubism present distorted views as artwork - Kandinsky and others no longer try to represent the visual world - Expressionists: deliberate distortion and ugliness as protest ...
... - Modern dance clashes with classical ballet - Picasso and cubism present distorted views as artwork - Kandinsky and others no longer try to represent the visual world - Expressionists: deliberate distortion and ugliness as protest ...
Goldmark, Tunes for `Toons
... pays careful attention in his music to the action of each cartoon. I discuss the modernist techniques Bradley used both to elevate his scores aesthetically and to give them a unique musical “signature”—a compositional style distinct from that of any other studio composer for cartoons, most of all St ...
... pays careful attention in his music to the action of each cartoon. I discuss the modernist techniques Bradley used both to elevate his scores aesthetically and to give them a unique musical “signature”—a compositional style distinct from that of any other studio composer for cartoons, most of all St ...
History of Music, Mr. Robert L. Johnston Who was Heinrich Schütz?
... and almost austere. 1. Practical considerations were certainly responsible for part of this change: the Thirty Years' War had devastated the musical infrastructure of Germany, and it was no longer practical or even possible to put on the gigantic works in the Venetian style which marked his earlier ...
... and almost austere. 1. Practical considerations were certainly responsible for part of this change: the Thirty Years' War had devastated the musical infrastructure of Germany, and it was no longer practical or even possible to put on the gigantic works in the Venetian style which marked his earlier ...
Classical Music: Ludwig van Beethoven
... from the world of sound, Beethoven isolated himself more and more into the world of notes in his head. All he wanted to do was compose and play music. He began to be careless about taking care of himself. Sometimes he wouldn’t bathe or dress. If friends came to visit him while he was writing music, ...
... from the world of sound, Beethoven isolated himself more and more into the world of notes in his head. All he wanted to do was compose and play music. He began to be careless about taking care of himself. Sometimes he wouldn’t bathe or dress. If friends came to visit him while he was writing music, ...
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
... compositions for choir, piano, organ and orchestra. Besides, he was the first to composed Lithuanian symphonic and chamber music. Folf songs for choir Čiurlionis began compose because he saw, that Lithuanians’ choirs don’t have good national repertoire. Some of his most-performed musical works inclu ...
... compositions for choir, piano, organ and orchestra. Besides, he was the first to composed Lithuanian symphonic and chamber music. Folf songs for choir Čiurlionis began compose because he saw, that Lithuanians’ choirs don’t have good national repertoire. Some of his most-performed musical works inclu ...
Paper - Ross School Senior Projects
... One should also note that while each of the etudes focus on a specific aspect of the performer’s technique, a common thread ties all of them together. Even though the Etude Op. 10 No. 1 is a difficult exercise in broad chords and the Etude Op. 25 No. 10 is more of a study for octave technique, they ...
... One should also note that while each of the etudes focus on a specific aspect of the performer’s technique, a common thread ties all of them together. Even though the Etude Op. 10 No. 1 is a difficult exercise in broad chords and the Etude Op. 25 No. 10 is more of a study for octave technique, they ...
SALZBURG - Another sight
... Is the fourth largest city in Austria and the capital city of the Federal State Salzburg. The highlights of Salzburg are among the most famous of the world, such as Mozart's place, the Fortress “Hohensalzburg”, the chimes (“Glockenspiel”), the Residenz-Brunnen (Residenz-fontain), the Salzburger Dom ...
... Is the fourth largest city in Austria and the capital city of the Federal State Salzburg. The highlights of Salzburg are among the most famous of the world, such as Mozart's place, the Fortress “Hohensalzburg”, the chimes (“Glockenspiel”), the Residenz-Brunnen (Residenz-fontain), the Salzburger Dom ...
Chapter 3: Genre Issues in Cuban Son
... complex of popular dances (in a hybrid and unstable state).”2 Alén Rodríguez (1998: 56) identifies five complexes: rumba, son, danzón, canción, and punto guajiro. Beyond some stylistic unity within each complex, he asserts that “one can detect a certain homogeneity in the musical attitudes and behav ...
... complex of popular dances (in a hybrid and unstable state).”2 Alén Rodríguez (1998: 56) identifies five complexes: rumba, son, danzón, canción, and punto guajiro. Beyond some stylistic unity within each complex, he asserts that “one can detect a certain homogeneity in the musical attitudes and behav ...
Derek Bermel New Century Chamber Orchestra 2014
... "rhythmically fluid, rich-hued" and "first-tae." The Boston Globe wrote, "There doesn't seem to be anything that Bermel can't do with the clarinet." As a performer he has worked with a diverse array of musicians including Paquito D'Rivera, Luciana Souza, Tan Dun and John Adams. In recent seasons he ...
... "rhythmically fluid, rich-hued" and "first-tae." The Boston Globe wrote, "There doesn't seem to be anything that Bermel can't do with the clarinet." As a performer he has worked with a diverse array of musicians including Paquito D'Rivera, Luciana Souza, Tan Dun and John Adams. In recent seasons he ...
Program Notes Tesla Quartet Salon Concert, Feb 16, 2013
... friends and patrons. Eventually he became famous for his Lieder, or song settings of German poetry for voice and piano, of which he composed more than six hundred. Yet the prolific Schubert also wrote numerous instrumental works, the overwhelming majority of which languished in obscurity for decades ...
... friends and patrons. Eventually he became famous for his Lieder, or song settings of German poetry for voice and piano, of which he composed more than six hundred. Yet the prolific Schubert also wrote numerous instrumental works, the overwhelming majority of which languished in obscurity for decades ...
CINE Announces Winner of the Marvin Hamlisch Film Scoring Contest
... Carlos Simon’s music is deeply rooted in the tradition of neoromanticism with contemporary influences of passionate lyricism and driving rhythms. Simon's musical vocabulary stretches from Classical, Gospel, and Jazz. Carlos Simon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Morehouse College (Piano an ...
... Carlos Simon’s music is deeply rooted in the tradition of neoromanticism with contemporary influences of passionate lyricism and driving rhythms. Simon's musical vocabulary stretches from Classical, Gospel, and Jazz. Carlos Simon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Morehouse College (Piano an ...
Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart - Contact
... servants, and he received many visitors and public honors during his last years, but they cannot have been very happy years for him. During his illness, Haydn often found solace by sitting at the piano and playing Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser, which he had composed himself as a patriotic gesture in ...
... servants, and he received many visitors and public honors during his last years, but they cannot have been very happy years for him. During his illness, Haydn often found solace by sitting at the piano and playing Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser, which he had composed himself as a patriotic gesture in ...
Program - The Society for American Music
... Conferences held each year in the early spring give members the opportunity to share information and ideas, to hear performances, and to enjoy the company of others with similar interests. The Society publishes three periodicals. American Music, a quarterly journal, is published for the Society by t ...
... Conferences held each year in the early spring give members the opportunity to share information and ideas, to hear performances, and to enjoy the company of others with similar interests. The Society publishes three periodicals. American Music, a quarterly journal, is published for the Society by t ...
toud `sames - Laurent Jouin
... Born in a family of chansonniers, he got immediately very familiar with the country people of Western Brittany (Breiz Izel), working in farms where he learned the Breton language and starting to collect songs and tales everywhere he would stay. He rapidly became one of the most brilliant singers of ...
... Born in a family of chansonniers, he got immediately very familiar with the country people of Western Brittany (Breiz Izel), working in farms where he learned the Breton language and starting to collect songs and tales everywhere he would stay. He rapidly became one of the most brilliant singers of ...
Leitmotif - Università degli studi di Pavia
... more convincing than ‘contrast’ and ‘difference’. John Tyrrell (1982) commented on K.H. Wörner’s attempt to demonstrate all-embracing thematic connections in Janáček’s Kát’a Kabanová that ‘too wide an interpretation of permissible manipulations allows almost anything to creep in’. By contrast, Peter ...
... more convincing than ‘contrast’ and ‘difference’. John Tyrrell (1982) commented on K.H. Wörner’s attempt to demonstrate all-embracing thematic connections in Janáček’s Kát’a Kabanová that ‘too wide an interpretation of permissible manipulations allows almost anything to creep in’. By contrast, Peter ...
Antonio Vivaldi
... • When Antonio Vivaldi was born there was a earthquake going on. • His first known performance was in 1696. • During his life he dealt with Bronchial asthma. • Many of his compositions were written for the female music ensemble of the opedale della pieta’ an orphanage for poor and illegitimate child ...
... • When Antonio Vivaldi was born there was a earthquake going on. • His first known performance was in 1696. • During his life he dealt with Bronchial asthma. • Many of his compositions were written for the female music ensemble of the opedale della pieta’ an orphanage for poor and illegitimate child ...
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... • His sister, Ludwika, also played piano. • Chopin never got married, but he had many rocky ...
... • His sister, Ludwika, also played piano. • Chopin never got married, but he had many rocky ...
"Old-Fashioned" American Concerto: Exploring Neo
... regarding the same movement, "[the] finale in quintuple time... seems to have been much influenced by Bartok."12 I would suggest that these reviewers are not incorrect in their assessments, rather that this is a reflection of Barber's ability to synthesize a broad spectrum of influences. These views ...
... regarding the same movement, "[the] finale in quintuple time... seems to have been much influenced by Bartok."12 I would suggest that these reviewers are not incorrect in their assessments, rather that this is a reflection of Barber's ability to synthesize a broad spectrum of influences. These views ...
Corvus Corax
... "Republikflucht" and left eastern Germany. In memory of a tame raven they had to leave behind they called themselves Corvus Corax. The first album, "Ante Casu Pecatti", was released as a cassette in the same year. Soon the band became known for driving rhythms, sweaty concerts and masterly instrumen ...
... "Republikflucht" and left eastern Germany. In memory of a tame raven they had to leave behind they called themselves Corvus Corax. The first album, "Ante Casu Pecatti", was released as a cassette in the same year. Soon the band became known for driving rhythms, sweaty concerts and masterly instrumen ...
Multidimensional scaling of emotional responses to music
... The instruction we used encouraged participants to focus on induced emotions and not to recognise the emotional information encoded in the music. That it to say, the task prevents using labels that can bias emotional judgement The difference between induced and perceived emotion has been a matter of ...
... The instruction we used encouraged participants to focus on induced emotions and not to recognise the emotional information encoded in the music. That it to say, the task prevents using labels that can bias emotional judgement The difference between induced and perceived emotion has been a matter of ...
Viola da Gamba
... •Viols were (and are) strung with (low-tension) gut strings, unlike the steel strings used by members of the modern violin family. Gut strings produce a sonority far different from steel, the former generally described as softer and sweeter. •Around 1660, gut or silk core strings overspun with coppe ...
... •Viols were (and are) strung with (low-tension) gut strings, unlike the steel strings used by members of the modern violin family. Gut strings produce a sonority far different from steel, the former generally described as softer and sweeter. •Around 1660, gut or silk core strings overspun with coppe ...
pour violon et piano
... substance that betray their model, we already discern a number of individual turns, such as a metrical irregularity, and the first signs of a tart and highly subtle harmonic language. Much later in date, the second Sonata is also very different in style from the so-called ‘posthumous’ one. With this ...
... substance that betray their model, we already discern a number of individual turns, such as a metrical irregularity, and the first signs of a tart and highly subtle harmonic language. Much later in date, the second Sonata is also very different in style from the so-called ‘posthumous’ one. With this ...
Pump Audio Genre Guide
... Classical-Opera — Opera is a form of musical theatre that developed in Italy around 1600. Inclusive of the entire spectrum of classical music styles, opera features solo and choral singing, as well as drama, dance, costumes and staging. Claudio Monteverdi is often cited as the first composer of note ...
... Classical-Opera — Opera is a form of musical theatre that developed in Italy around 1600. Inclusive of the entire spectrum of classical music styles, opera features solo and choral singing, as well as drama, dance, costumes and staging. Claudio Monteverdi is often cited as the first composer of note ...