Defining American Music
... the New Englanders were by no means the only composers active in America at the time; nor were their responses the only ones that emerged. Indeed, Adrienne Fried Block has asserted that “Not only was [Dvořák’s] influence still strong two decades after he left the United States, but there is also co ...
... the New Englanders were by no means the only composers active in America at the time; nor were their responses the only ones that emerged. Indeed, Adrienne Fried Block has asserted that “Not only was [Dvořák’s] influence still strong two decades after he left the United States, but there is also co ...
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... plainchant is not merely to relegate it to a single voice with accompaniment, though he is known to have occasionally used this technique, but rather to set the notes of the chant across all the voices with each part at some point taking up fragments of the melody, in the manner of a fifteenth centu ...
... plainchant is not merely to relegate it to a single voice with accompaniment, though he is known to have occasionally used this technique, but rather to set the notes of the chant across all the voices with each part at some point taking up fragments of the melody, in the manner of a fifteenth centu ...
Operetta Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of
... character. Operettas are often considered less "serious" than operas. Topical satire is a feature common to many operettas. Normally some of the libretto of an operetta is spoken rather than sung. Instead of moving from one musical number to another, the musical segments — e.g. aria, recitative, cho ...
... character. Operettas are often considered less "serious" than operas. Topical satire is a feature common to many operettas. Normally some of the libretto of an operetta is spoken rather than sung. Instead of moving from one musical number to another, the musical segments — e.g. aria, recitative, cho ...
CIM/49.4
... In the “young composers” category, the work selected as most worthy for worldwide broadcasting was So Very Strange (2013), for electronics by young Icelandic composer Úlfur HANSSON (born 1988). The work had been presented by Icelandic National Broadcasting Service in a recording of the composer. Ha ...
... In the “young composers” category, the work selected as most worthy for worldwide broadcasting was So Very Strange (2013), for electronics by young Icelandic composer Úlfur HANSSON (born 1988). The work had been presented by Icelandic National Broadcasting Service in a recording of the composer. Ha ...
Kaleidoscope CD Full-Color Digital
... The duo is a versatile medium capable of encompassing a more complex repertoire than a single guitar. In particular the duo lends itself to imaginative arrangements from a wide variety of sources, including the pianoforte and even orchestral scores. If, as Segovia maintained, the solo instrument is ...
... The duo is a versatile medium capable of encompassing a more complex repertoire than a single guitar. In particular the duo lends itself to imaginative arrangements from a wide variety of sources, including the pianoforte and even orchestral scores. If, as Segovia maintained, the solo instrument is ...
Dvorak, Nationalism, and Racism
... American Conservatory of Music was part of this nationalist trend. In addition to teaching the very best American music students, Dvorak was asked to help seek out and define a distinctly American form of classical music, one that did more than simply copy the traditions of European music. How would ...
... American Conservatory of Music was part of this nationalist trend. In addition to teaching the very best American music students, Dvorak was asked to help seek out and define a distinctly American form of classical music, one that did more than simply copy the traditions of European music. How would ...
Program Notes- Part 2 - James Thompson, Flutist
... period works, the instrumentation is flexible. Originally written for violin and basso continuo (harpsichord plus cello), this piece works equally well on flute or oboe and either piano or harpsichord, and is often performed by flutists today. This Sonata is a three movement work, with the outer mov ...
... period works, the instrumentation is flexible. Originally written for violin and basso continuo (harpsichord plus cello), this piece works equally well on flute or oboe and either piano or harpsichord, and is often performed by flutists today. This Sonata is a three movement work, with the outer mov ...
Untitled - Brooklyn Arts Council
... Eric Platz: drum kit and percussion Sha’abi by Samuel R. Tomas Ethnomusicologist and musician Samuel R. Tomas has provided the following introduction to maghrebi sha’abi music. At times referred to as a specific Maghrebi (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) rhythmic groove or as an entire music genre, sha’ab ...
... Eric Platz: drum kit and percussion Sha’abi by Samuel R. Tomas Ethnomusicologist and musician Samuel R. Tomas has provided the following introduction to maghrebi sha’abi music. At times referred to as a specific Maghrebi (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) rhythmic groove or as an entire music genre, sha’ab ...
Baroque PP
... Bach composed many pieces of music and they are often listed with the letters BWV followed by a number. Such as: BWV #212 or such. BWV is an abbreviation for Bach Werke Verzeichniss, which is a catalog of Bach's works. The catalog is organized by genre, not in the order the pieces were composed. ...
... Bach composed many pieces of music and they are often listed with the letters BWV followed by a number. Such as: BWV #212 or such. BWV is an abbreviation for Bach Werke Verzeichniss, which is a catalog of Bach's works. The catalog is organized by genre, not in the order the pieces were composed. ...
Brass Chamber Music: Victor Ewald`s Brass Quintet No. 2, Op. 6
... music. Ewald’s four brass quintets would turn out to be some of the most influential works for chamber brass. His second, Opus 6 Quintet in E Flat Major, was written in 1890. This quintet, unlike Ewald’s more famous Opus 5 Quintet in B Flat Minor, is optimistic and cheerful in tone. It shows Ewald’s ...
... music. Ewald’s four brass quintets would turn out to be some of the most influential works for chamber brass. His second, Opus 6 Quintet in E Flat Major, was written in 1890. This quintet, unlike Ewald’s more famous Opus 5 Quintet in B Flat Minor, is optimistic and cheerful in tone. It shows Ewald’s ...
the bells themselves Few composers today explore so poetic and
... have significant influence on a diverse group of younger American composers, including myself. He began receiving performances of his music in the late 1960s, working closely with selected individual performers. His music and his thinking have steadily evolved from that time forward. That his music ...
... have significant influence on a diverse group of younger American composers, including myself. He began receiving performances of his music in the late 1960s, working closely with selected individual performers. His music and his thinking have steadily evolved from that time forward. That his music ...
Early History of the Violin (1520-1650)
... those with specific names, such as the trill, mordent, vibrato and (b) those which constituted some improvised melodic formulae. The practice of adding passages to the written score was so common that sometimes composers felt it was necessary to add "come sta senza passaggi." Since the demands of d ...
... those with specific names, such as the trill, mordent, vibrato and (b) those which constituted some improvised melodic formulae. The practice of adding passages to the written score was so common that sometimes composers felt it was necessary to add "come sta senza passaggi." Since the demands of d ...
CMS
... MP2 How does a composer’s life influence the music that he/she writes? Why is Bach considered one of the most important composers of his time? -- Meet the Great Composers (Book One) by June Montgomery and Maurice Hinson -- Classical composer CDs ...
... MP2 How does a composer’s life influence the music that he/she writes? Why is Bach considered one of the most important composers of his time? -- Meet the Great Composers (Book One) by June Montgomery and Maurice Hinson -- Classical composer CDs ...
Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian composer, a Catholic priest, and an
... He was also famous for his cantatas as he was a very religious man. Bach wrote hundreds of cantatas and became well known as an organist and composer of church music. In 1723 Bach became the director of music for the city of Leipzig, Germany. “This was probably Sebastian’s busiest time. He was resp ...
... He was also famous for his cantatas as he was a very religious man. Bach wrote hundreds of cantatas and became well known as an organist and composer of church music. In 1723 Bach became the director of music for the city of Leipzig, Germany. “This was probably Sebastian’s busiest time. He was resp ...
Inside Story
... “Well, this doesn’t happen very often – at least not in the middle of a busy reviewing time-table. No sooner had I got to the end of Piers Hellawell’s Quadruple Elegy than I was reaching for the repeat button. As expected, this intensely lyrical, subtly original music revealed even more the second t ...
... “Well, this doesn’t happen very often – at least not in the middle of a busy reviewing time-table. No sooner had I got to the end of Piers Hellawell’s Quadruple Elegy than I was reaching for the repeat button. As expected, this intensely lyrical, subtly original music revealed even more the second t ...
2. Middle Ages
... “Bernard de Ventadorn was from the castle of Ventadorn in Limousin. He was a man from a poor family, the son of a servant who was an oven-tender and heated the oven to cook the bread for the castle. He grew handsome and skilled, and knew how to compose and sing, and he was courtly and ...
... “Bernard de Ventadorn was from the castle of Ventadorn in Limousin. He was a man from a poor family, the son of a servant who was an oven-tender and heated the oven to cook the bread for the castle. He grew handsome and skilled, and knew how to compose and sing, and he was courtly and ...
Quarter Notes and Banknotes: The Economics of Music Composition
... credits Locke with being the first to apply “the methodology of the physical sciences” to philosophic questions, but both Bacon and Hobbes preceded him in that respect (p. 21). When Scherer gets to Rousseau, he confuses his First Discourse with his Second—it is in the latter, and not the former as S ...
... credits Locke with being the first to apply “the methodology of the physical sciences” to philosophic questions, but both Bacon and Hobbes preceded him in that respect (p. 21). When Scherer gets to Rousseau, he confuses his First Discourse with his Second—it is in the latter, and not the former as S ...
Chapter 4: European Art Music: Middle Ages to
... The medieval approach to understanding the world, which was based on speculative systems of divine order and harmony, was supplanted by theories derived from scienti c observation. Learning was highly valued and, through the invention of printing, became available to a wide population. Other importa ...
... The medieval approach to understanding the world, which was based on speculative systems of divine order and harmony, was supplanted by theories derived from scienti c observation. Learning was highly valued and, through the invention of printing, became available to a wide population. Other importa ...
Among the characteristics of great men and women are humility
... days when few such facilities were available. These composers include, Godfrey Winham (1934-1974) Barry Vercoe (1937- ), Charles Dodge 1942), Hubert S. Howe (1942- ), J.K. Randall (1929- ), and Jonathan Harvey ...
... days when few such facilities were available. These composers include, Godfrey Winham (1934-1974) Barry Vercoe (1937- ), Charles Dodge 1942), Hubert S. Howe (1942- ), J.K. Randall (1929- ), and Jonathan Harvey ...
Introduction To Orchestration
... The term “orchestration” can be defined as a description of the general way in which a harmony is played, or more specifically, the instrumentation used for a piece of music. More commonly, orchestration is understood to be the composition, transcription or arrangement of music for performance by an ...
... The term “orchestration” can be defined as a description of the general way in which a harmony is played, or more specifically, the instrumentation used for a piece of music. More commonly, orchestration is understood to be the composition, transcription or arrangement of music for performance by an ...
Symmetry and Transformations in the Musical Plane
... Composers have been using symmetry for hundreds of years. Sometimes this is done on a small scale, such as when the notes in one measure of a Bach fugue are found repeated upside-down within the next measure, or when an arpeggio is played going up and then back down. On a large scale, one can find e ...
... Composers have been using symmetry for hundreds of years. Sometimes this is done on a small scale, such as when the notes in one measure of a Bach fugue are found repeated upside-down within the next measure, or when an arpeggio is played going up and then back down. On a large scale, one can find e ...
EuroMed Music Festival 2010
... The Festival wishes to respond to current social problems, when gaps continue to exist between civilizations and cultures, when the individuals have to face with a society that becomes more and more multicultural. The musicians – whose origins roots back to twelve different countries and cultures – ...
... The Festival wishes to respond to current social problems, when gaps continue to exist between civilizations and cultures, when the individuals have to face with a society that becomes more and more multicultural. The musicians – whose origins roots back to twelve different countries and cultures – ...
UNDERSTANDING MUSICAL FORM THROUGH LEARNING
... you like about a favourite on music download sites piece of music. Create a and/or for CD cases. Design chart that shows how the a cover (with text, images, elements of the music are charts, and designs) that organized, combined, or illustrates the main idea arranged to create the of the piece of mu ...
... you like about a favourite on music download sites piece of music. Create a and/or for CD cases. Design chart that shows how the a cover (with text, images, elements of the music are charts, and designs) that organized, combined, or illustrates the main idea arranged to create the of the piece of mu ...
The Italian Madrigal
... experimental, chromatic, and highly expressive style had a decisive influence on the subsequent development of the secular madrigal. His early works are mostly for four or five voices, with one for six and another for eight 1. The tone of his writing tends toward the serious, especially as contrast ...
... experimental, chromatic, and highly expressive style had a decisive influence on the subsequent development of the secular madrigal. His early works are mostly for four or five voices, with one for six and another for eight 1. The tone of his writing tends toward the serious, especially as contrast ...