Xmas 2009 Concert programme
... George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-English Baroque composer, who is famous for his operas, oratorios, and concerti grossi. He was born in Germany, trained in Italy, and settled in England in 1712, becoming a naturalised subject of the British crown on 20 February ...
... George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-English Baroque composer, who is famous for his operas, oratorios, and concerti grossi. He was born in Germany, trained in Italy, and settled in England in 1712, becoming a naturalised subject of the British crown on 20 February ...
Classical Composer Report
... You will be assigned a composer and are expected to research him/her, his/her music, and the time period, so that you can present a 5 minute oral report to the class and a short paper. ...
... You will be assigned a composer and are expected to research him/her, his/her music, and the time period, so that you can present a 5 minute oral report to the class and a short paper. ...
Music in the Romantic Era – 1825-1900
... including Robert Schumann, Heinrich Marschner, and Hugo Wolf. And while Schubert may not have been the first composer to work with lieder (Beethoven had even sketched out a setting of ErlKönig, but did not go further with it), he certainly was the catalyst that elevated lieder to a higher art form, ...
... including Robert Schumann, Heinrich Marschner, and Hugo Wolf. And while Schubert may not have been the first composer to work with lieder (Beethoven had even sketched out a setting of ErlKönig, but did not go further with it), he certainly was the catalyst that elevated lieder to a higher art form, ...
Aaron Copeland
... gangs- the white Jets led by Riff and the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo. Their hatred escalates to a point where neither can coexist with any form of understanding. But when Riff's best friend (and former Jet) Tony and Bernardo's younger sister Maria meet at a dance, no one can do anything to ...
... gangs- the white Jets led by Riff and the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo. Their hatred escalates to a point where neither can coexist with any form of understanding. But when Riff's best friend (and former Jet) Tony and Bernardo's younger sister Maria meet at a dance, no one can do anything to ...
Mike McFerron is a professor of music and composer-in
... the MANTIS (UK) festival, ÉuCue “Plugged Festival” (Montreal), University of Richmond’s 3rd Practice Festival, Spark Conference, Annual Florida International Electroacoustic Music Festivals, Spring in Havanna, the MAVerick Festival, several SCI regional conferences, and concerts and radio broadcasts ...
... the MANTIS (UK) festival, ÉuCue “Plugged Festival” (Montreal), University of Richmond’s 3rd Practice Festival, Spark Conference, Annual Florida International Electroacoustic Music Festivals, Spring in Havanna, the MAVerick Festival, several SCI regional conferences, and concerts and radio broadcasts ...
Programme Notes Faure - Requiem
... did not attend the Paris Conservatoire but continued his studies with Saint-Saëns, who greatly encouraged him by putting work his way and helping him to get his music published. The two became lifelong friends and Fauré later said that he owed everything to Saint-Saëns. Fauré was a fine organist and ...
... did not attend the Paris Conservatoire but continued his studies with Saint-Saëns, who greatly encouraged him by putting work his way and helping him to get his music published. The two became lifelong friends and Fauré later said that he owed everything to Saint-Saëns. Fauré was a fine organist and ...
Classical Music and Architecture — A Historical Perspective
... of ‘the arts’, a phrase that summarises all the forms of human creativity. (Here we distinguish ‘arts’ from ‘art’, the word which normally denotes visual arts only.) Although these disciplines can vary greatly in form — for example, music is an audible but intangible experience while a sculpture is ...
... of ‘the arts’, a phrase that summarises all the forms of human creativity. (Here we distinguish ‘arts’ from ‘art’, the word which normally denotes visual arts only.) Although these disciplines can vary greatly in form — for example, music is an audible but intangible experience while a sculpture is ...
13185-2 ciurlionis - Celestial Harmonies
... years prior to his untimely death in a Polish sanatorium in 1911, he produced an immense number of artistic and musical works including 200 paintings, 80 drawings and more than 270 musical compositions, about 170 of which were scored for solo piano. This recording presents both his early and late pi ...
... years prior to his untimely death in a Polish sanatorium in 1911, he produced an immense number of artistic and musical works including 200 paintings, 80 drawings and more than 270 musical compositions, about 170 of which were scored for solo piano. This recording presents both his early and late pi ...
CHAPTER 13
... in England. One was called rondellus. In rondellus, two or three voices engage in voice exchange or, more correctly, phrase exchange. J.S. Bach later, coincidentally, used the same procedure in some of his fugues. ...
... in England. One was called rondellus. In rondellus, two or three voices engage in voice exchange or, more correctly, phrase exchange. J.S. Bach later, coincidentally, used the same procedure in some of his fugues. ...
THE ANCIENT GREEK LYRE
... can be heard today in the amazing lyres still played throughout the continent of Africa, where unlike the rest of the Western world, a precious remnant of the cross-cultural influences from the around ancient world have miraculously survived. Some of these lyre-playing techniques include the “block ...
... can be heard today in the amazing lyres still played throughout the continent of Africa, where unlike the rest of the Western world, a precious remnant of the cross-cultural influences from the around ancient world have miraculously survived. Some of these lyre-playing techniques include the “block ...
Program Notes
... composers Simpson and Dowland. Although Simpson worked his entire life in Germany, Dowland left England for religious reasons, returning home in 1604 to publish his important instrumental collection Lachrimae. This collection, along with Holborne's Pavans, Galliards, etc. for Viols, Violins or other ...
... composers Simpson and Dowland. Although Simpson worked his entire life in Germany, Dowland left England for religious reasons, returning home in 1604 to publish his important instrumental collection Lachrimae. This collection, along with Holborne's Pavans, Galliards, etc. for Viols, Violins or other ...
Programme notes Stevie Wishart The Rough with the Smooth
... Over the course of the last year, Wishart has carried out some research into the role that historically informed improvisation might have in contemporary music, and this concerto is a practical manifestation of these theoretical ideas. The OAE – with its background in music of the 18th century – is ...
... Over the course of the last year, Wishart has carried out some research into the role that historically informed improvisation might have in contemporary music, and this concerto is a practical manifestation of these theoretical ideas. The OAE – with its background in music of the 18th century – is ...
Nextet_03.13.14.pdf
... preview premiere performance, as the official premiere will be played by Timothy in Houston on March 23 , in a concert dedicated to my music.” – Virko Baley Arvo Pärt is an Estonian composer of classical and sacred music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs his s ...
... preview premiere performance, as the official premiere will be played by Timothy in Houston on March 23 , in a concert dedicated to my music.” – Virko Baley Arvo Pärt is an Estonian composer of classical and sacred music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs his s ...
program notes. - Elgin Symphony Orchestra
... Bach sent off a set of six elegantly copied concertos to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg and brother of the King of Prussia. To be sure, Bach had a job, and a good one at that, as court musician to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen. For various reasons, however, he was becoming dissatisfied ...
... Bach sent off a set of six elegantly copied concertos to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg and brother of the King of Prussia. To be sure, Bach had a job, and a good one at that, as court musician to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen. For various reasons, however, he was becoming dissatisfied ...
Unit 3 baroque
... Known for contrapuntal technique, and harmonic and motivic organization • Fugue (like extreme imitative polpyhony !) ...
... Known for contrapuntal technique, and harmonic and motivic organization • Fugue (like extreme imitative polpyhony !) ...
“Spring” from The Four Seasons, Opus 8 – Antonio Vivaldi (1678
... the Symphony, the tune having been given its own identity with the song title Going Home. Many have come to view this theme as an expression of Dvořák’s longing for his homeland of Bohemia. Others associate it with the Song of Hiawatha and varyingly suggest that it portrays Hiawatha’s courtship of M ...
... the Symphony, the tune having been given its own identity with the song title Going Home. Many have come to view this theme as an expression of Dvořák’s longing for his homeland of Bohemia. Others associate it with the Song of Hiawatha and varyingly suggest that it portrays Hiawatha’s courtship of M ...
the folger consort - Rice Scholarship Home
... a common instrumental form in England. In a division, the notes of a given tune are ''divided,'' or embellished with many shorter note values in a Renaissance sort of theme and variations. Our anonymous example is extremely virtuosic. We close this group with two more songs from Shakespeare. The "Wi ...
... a common instrumental form in England. In a division, the notes of a given tune are ''divided,'' or embellished with many shorter note values in a Renaissance sort of theme and variations. Our anonymous example is extremely virtuosic. We close this group with two more songs from Shakespeare. The "Wi ...
Fifteen Minutes of Fame with West Winds
... My playing and conducting career began at an early age. Playing trumpet in numerous orchestras and conducted small orchestras and wind ensembles. Being a self taught composer, composing and arranging tunes for all types of instruments has brought great pleasure and I intend to keep on writing whenev ...
... My playing and conducting career began at an early age. Playing trumpet in numerous orchestras and conducted small orchestras and wind ensembles. Being a self taught composer, composing and arranging tunes for all types of instruments has brought great pleasure and I intend to keep on writing whenev ...
Baroque
... • Baroque art is characterized by great drama, rich, deep color, and intense light and dark shadows • Portraits are intentionally dramatic, pompous and outrageous • Baroque artists chose the most dramatic point, the moment when the action was occurring • This art evoked passions and emotions • Carav ...
... • Baroque art is characterized by great drama, rich, deep color, and intense light and dark shadows • Portraits are intentionally dramatic, pompous and outrageous • Baroque artists chose the most dramatic point, the moment when the action was occurring • This art evoked passions and emotions • Carav ...
william bolcom`s songs of innocence
... two Guggenheim Fellowships, several Rockefeller Awards and NEA grants; the 1977 Henry Russel Award (the highest academic prize given by the University of Michigan) and 20 years later the prestigious Henry Russel Lectureship; investiture in the Academy of Arts and Letters in 1992; and numerous other ...
... two Guggenheim Fellowships, several Rockefeller Awards and NEA grants; the 1977 Henry Russel Award (the highest academic prize given by the University of Michigan) and 20 years later the prestigious Henry Russel Lectureship; investiture in the Academy of Arts and Letters in 1992; and numerous other ...
here - American Brass Quintet
... Originally adaptated from French and Flemish chansons, the canzon is a type of instrumental music that was popularized in the 16th and 17th centuries. Most often characterized with the opening dactylic rhythm (long, short, short), the canzon da sonar (chanson to be played) became independent of earl ...
... Originally adaptated from French and Flemish chansons, the canzon is a type of instrumental music that was popularized in the 16th and 17th centuries. Most often characterized with the opening dactylic rhythm (long, short, short), the canzon da sonar (chanson to be played) became independent of earl ...
Classical Period 1750-1825
... independent sinfonie without reference to the opera that it came from – Composers began composing concert sinfonie in three movements, fast-slow-fast ...
... independent sinfonie without reference to the opera that it came from – Composers began composing concert sinfonie in three movements, fast-slow-fast ...
RENAISSANCE - KingsParkMusic
... Sacred and Secular • Some of the greatest pieces of music from the renaissance period were sacred. This means they were composed for the church and worship. • Although sacred music was very popular, composers began to experiment with secular music, this is non religious music, which was commonly us ...
... Sacred and Secular • Some of the greatest pieces of music from the renaissance period were sacred. This means they were composed for the church and worship. • Although sacred music was very popular, composers began to experiment with secular music, this is non religious music, which was commonly us ...
Powerpoint
... Extended techniques created by the composer. The piece requires acting as well as singing abilities. Berio described Sequenza III as being a 3 part invention built on elements of text, gesture and expression Different sound types accompanied by hand or body gestures Performer has to show w ...
... Extended techniques created by the composer. The piece requires acting as well as singing abilities. Berio described Sequenza III as being a 3 part invention built on elements of text, gesture and expression Different sound types accompanied by hand or body gestures Performer has to show w ...
View the Album Liner Notes
... three collaborative works by as many composers and videographers. Each is an integrated whole—the impact of the audio-visual experience being much more than the sum of its parts. As unified as the works are individually, the collection is stunning in the range of themes, sounds and aesthetics they o ...
... three collaborative works by as many composers and videographers. Each is an integrated whole—the impact of the audio-visual experience being much more than the sum of its parts. As unified as the works are individually, the collection is stunning in the range of themes, sounds and aesthetics they o ...