The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
... Leuven and Liege accepted in 1733 an appointment as bass in the electoral chapel at Bonn. In 1761 he was appointed Kapellmeister, a position which - although he seems not to have been a composer, unlike other occupants of such a post - carried with it the responsibility of supervising the musical es ...
... Leuven and Liege accepted in 1733 an appointment as bass in the electoral chapel at Bonn. In 1761 he was appointed Kapellmeister, a position which - although he seems not to have been a composer, unlike other occupants of such a post - carried with it the responsibility of supervising the musical es ...
Notes for the Ebène String Quartet program, April 5, 2011
... According to musicologist James Goodfriend, the mystique of the string quartet is twofold: "In the first place, it must be classically controlled and balanced. In the second, it must express the composer's innermost feelings. The relationship between a quartet and a symphony, for example, is much li ...
... According to musicologist James Goodfriend, the mystique of the string quartet is twofold: "In the first place, it must be classically controlled and balanced. In the second, it must express the composer's innermost feelings. The relationship between a quartet and a symphony, for example, is much li ...
Chapter 27
... further, his tone poems often deal with lofty philosophical concepts (e.g., Also Sprach Zarathustra, but they just as often deal ironically with commonplace issues, another distinctly Modernist position), and his early operas are expressionistic. 2. Describe some of the reasons for Mahler’s attracti ...
... further, his tone poems often deal with lofty philosophical concepts (e.g., Also Sprach Zarathustra, but they just as often deal ironically with commonplace issues, another distinctly Modernist position), and his early operas are expressionistic. 2. Describe some of the reasons for Mahler’s attracti ...
Israel -- Hirschberg -- Grove Dictionary
... ensembles, such as the Israeli Quartet, that preserved the central European chamber-music tradition with regular series in intimate halls, such as the old Tel-Aviv Museum. The founding of the orchestra completed the stratification of musical life in the Yishuv. More than 40 well trained composers ca ...
... ensembles, such as the Israeli Quartet, that preserved the central European chamber-music tradition with regular series in intimate halls, such as the old Tel-Aviv Museum. The founding of the orchestra completed the stratification of musical life in the Yishuv. More than 40 well trained composers ca ...
VOCAL ELEMENTS OF BELCANTO IN THE ROMANTIC
... stage, the attempts made at continuously perfect‑ ing – in infinite combinations and timbre nuances – the contemporary concert instruments (Bechstein, Blüthner, Bösendorfer, Steinway etc). Along the historical musical epochs, for attaining the sonorous continuity obtained through succession of pian ...
... stage, the attempts made at continuously perfect‑ ing – in infinite combinations and timbre nuances – the contemporary concert instruments (Bechstein, Blüthner, Bösendorfer, Steinway etc). Along the historical musical epochs, for attaining the sonorous continuity obtained through succession of pian ...
Producer - BTEC FIRST CERTIFICATE IN MUSIC PORTFOLIO
... precise project. The part will then be performed by a musician or an ensemble. The composer makes sure that the composition suits the project; as in the case of film scores where the music should help move the story without overpowering the scene. The music he writes may be instrumental or have ly ...
... precise project. The part will then be performed by a musician or an ensemble. The composer makes sure that the composition suits the project; as in the case of film scores where the music should help move the story without overpowering the scene. The music he writes may be instrumental or have ly ...
Week 12 Notes p.1 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770
... lead poisoning could have caused his deafness and other illnesses. Beethoven was the supreme architect in music, finding his greatest expression in large forms (symphonies and sonatas). Compositional activity fell into three periods: 1. Early (Classical elements inherited from Mozart and Haydn). 2. ...
... lead poisoning could have caused his deafness and other illnesses. Beethoven was the supreme architect in music, finding his greatest expression in large forms (symphonies and sonatas). Compositional activity fell into three periods: 1. Early (Classical elements inherited from Mozart and Haydn). 2. ...
Music - Abbey College
... You are able to write a short paragraph about an extract form a specific genre of film Music. Ensuring you are concentrating on SPAG. ...
... You are able to write a short paragraph about an extract form a specific genre of film Music. Ensuring you are concentrating on SPAG. ...
iTunes Booklet - Belarca Records
... concerts worldwide. He appears regularly at international festivals presenting his compositions and also music by other contemporary composers. Alongside music for piano, his compositions include chamber and orchestral music and film soundtracks. Much of his output includes music for the theatre, ha ...
... concerts worldwide. He appears regularly at international festivals presenting his compositions and also music by other contemporary composers. Alongside music for piano, his compositions include chamber and orchestral music and film soundtracks. Much of his output includes music for the theatre, ha ...
Program Notes PDF - The Grant Park Music Festival
... Roberto Sierra, one of the leading figures in American music today, was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico on October 9, 1953. After graduating from the Conservatory of Music and the University of Puerto Rico in 1976, he attended the Royal College of Music and the University of London (1976-1978), and t ...
... Roberto Sierra, one of the leading figures in American music today, was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico on October 9, 1953. After graduating from the Conservatory of Music and the University of Puerto Rico in 1976, he attended the Royal College of Music and the University of London (1976-1978), and t ...
Brief History of Music in Hungary
... [pipe-player], Dobos [drummer] and appreciative of cultural achievements. few more decades before falling into Igricfalva [village of minstrels]), which Plainsong singing was still popular, yet silence for good at the beginning of indicates that music was a part of cele- polyphonic works also spread ...
... [pipe-player], Dobos [drummer] and appreciative of cultural achievements. few more decades before falling into Igricfalva [village of minstrels]), which Plainsong singing was still popular, yet silence for good at the beginning of indicates that music was a part of cele- polyphonic works also spread ...
Harp and Percussion Duo 2008
... written for two pianos, Artistic Director Ingrid Gordon has arranged the piece for harp and keyboard percussion. The work consists of three parts: Pemoengkah, Gambangan and Taboeh Teloeh. This piece, first recorded in 1941 by Benjamin Britten and McPhee, is the result of McPhee’s lifelong passion fo ...
... written for two pianos, Artistic Director Ingrid Gordon has arranged the piece for harp and keyboard percussion. The work consists of three parts: Pemoengkah, Gambangan and Taboeh Teloeh. This piece, first recorded in 1941 by Benjamin Britten and McPhee, is the result of McPhee’s lifelong passion fo ...
Stile Antico - The Friends of Chamber Music
... chorale melodies – hymns which could be sung easily by the congregation not unlike the Anglican hymns of the 18th and 19th century with which many in the Englishspeaking world are familiar – indeed, many traditional Lutheran tunes have now been adopted into the Anglican repertoire. Ein Kind geboren ...
... chorale melodies – hymns which could be sung easily by the congregation not unlike the Anglican hymns of the 18th and 19th century with which many in the Englishspeaking world are familiar – indeed, many traditional Lutheran tunes have now been adopted into the Anglican repertoire. Ein Kind geboren ...
Music progression statements Year 5
... Improvise on own with increasing aural memory. Create accompaniments for tunes using drones or melodic ostinato (riffs). Create (dotted) rhythmic patterns with awareness of timbre and duration. Compose and perform melodies using four or five notes. Use a variety of different musical devices includin ...
... Improvise on own with increasing aural memory. Create accompaniments for tunes using drones or melodic ostinato (riffs). Create (dotted) rhythmic patterns with awareness of timbre and duration. Compose and perform melodies using four or five notes. Use a variety of different musical devices includin ...
Structure in Western Classical music 1600–1899
... accompaniment is taken from a type of work known as an oratorio. This form developed at roughly the same time as opera. It took its name from St. Philip Neri’s oratory or ‘hall of prayer’ situated in Rome, where the first oratorios were performed. These works were essentially made of operatic forms ...
... accompaniment is taken from a type of work known as an oratorio. This form developed at roughly the same time as opera. It took its name from St. Philip Neri’s oratory or ‘hall of prayer’ situated in Rome, where the first oratorios were performed. These works were essentially made of operatic forms ...
notes - Blue Heron Renaissance Choir
... prefiguring the coming of Christ: “the nut of the Perotin’s music may come as a revelation to mod- mystical rod” is from Numbers 17:8 (“the rod of ern listeners hearing it for the first time, an effect Aaron…brought forth buds, and bloomed blosperhaps similar to that on the congregation of soms, and ...
... prefiguring the coming of Christ: “the nut of the Perotin’s music may come as a revelation to mod- mystical rod” is from Numbers 17:8 (“the rod of ern listeners hearing it for the first time, an effect Aaron…brought forth buds, and bloomed blosperhaps similar to that on the congregation of soms, and ...
Repetitive Minimalism: A historical style or a perspective
... Perhaps it is important to divide the two concepts “minimal” and “repetitive”. “Minimal” refers to the used musical material: it has to be very poor, reduced to a minimum of musical parameters (a chord, a melody with just one or a few sounds, a simple infrastructure like pentatonic or modal, basic r ...
... Perhaps it is important to divide the two concepts “minimal” and “repetitive”. “Minimal” refers to the used musical material: it has to be very poor, reduced to a minimum of musical parameters (a chord, a melody with just one or a few sounds, a simple infrastructure like pentatonic or modal, basic r ...
Website: www.martinchovanec.net//tango²cuadrado, E
... is the musical meaning of it? Well simply is enough when you imagine two musical instruments necessery for tango – bandoneon and violin, multiply them and you will get brilliant combination of two musicians, who while playing are exponentiating their musical skills, so tango is complete. Have you st ...
... is the musical meaning of it? Well simply is enough when you imagine two musical instruments necessery for tango – bandoneon and violin, multiply them and you will get brilliant combination of two musicians, who while playing are exponentiating their musical skills, so tango is complete. Have you st ...
1 - Julianne Baird
... c. A chromatically altered note from outside the system of diatonic modes d. A new bass line added below an existing chorale melody e. A contrapuntal device closely related to canon 5. Which of the following statements characterizes Jean Calvin’s attitude toward music? a. He firmly rejected all musi ...
... c. A chromatically altered note from outside the system of diatonic modes d. A new bass line added below an existing chorale melody e. A contrapuntal device closely related to canon 5. Which of the following statements characterizes Jean Calvin’s attitude toward music? a. He firmly rejected all musi ...
The Baroque Concerto
... he had hemorrhoids and stood for relief he had to go to the bathroom he mistook the words “And he shall reign forever and ever” to be a personal tribute he thought the chorus was so splendid that he assumed it marked the end of the show he was actually moved and inspired to stand ...
... he had hemorrhoids and stood for relief he had to go to the bathroom he mistook the words “And he shall reign forever and ever” to be a personal tribute he thought the chorus was so splendid that he assumed it marked the end of the show he was actually moved and inspired to stand ...
Instrumental music of 17th century Italy Sunday July 28th – 3pm
... About Fontana’s life very little is known, aside from a few basic details. He was a composer and violinist from Brescia, who worked during his lifetime in Venice, Rome, and finally in Padua. His only surviving works are in a collection of eighteen sonatas, Sonate a 1. 2. 3. per il violino, o cornett ...
... About Fontana’s life very little is known, aside from a few basic details. He was a composer and violinist from Brescia, who worked during his lifetime in Venice, Rome, and finally in Padua. His only surviving works are in a collection of eighteen sonatas, Sonate a 1. 2. 3. per il violino, o cornett ...
Son of the east
... and musician. In addition, his father often took him to numerous performances and musical evenings - all this gradually took root in his young memory, and when he lost his father at six, the decision to become a musician was firm. The composer admitted that “intuitive attraction to creative work aros ...
... and musician. In addition, his father often took him to numerous performances and musical evenings - all this gradually took root in his young memory, and when he lost his father at six, the decision to become a musician was firm. The composer admitted that “intuitive attraction to creative work aros ...
Salon Piano Music by Ionian Composers
... piano paraphrases continued for his own Greek operas after returning to Greece in 1857. However, his piano compositions with original melodic material are clearly salon-music pieces. More often that not, the titles of his works include a type of dance – with a special emphasis on polkas, even though ...
... piano paraphrases continued for his own Greek operas after returning to Greece in 1857. However, his piano compositions with original melodic material are clearly salon-music pieces. More often that not, the titles of his works include a type of dance – with a special emphasis on polkas, even though ...
George Bruns • 101 Dalmations • Walt Disney Records 60783
... adapted from the life of Sigmund Romberg. Like its predecessors (Words And Music by Rodgers and Hart, Till the Clouds Roll By by Jerome Kern, etc.) it also showcases a broad cross section of the composer’s hits and rarities performed by most of the stars still glimmering in the MGM heavens. The real ...
... adapted from the life of Sigmund Romberg. Like its predecessors (Words And Music by Rodgers and Hart, Till the Clouds Roll By by Jerome Kern, etc.) it also showcases a broad cross section of the composer’s hits and rarities performed by most of the stars still glimmering in the MGM heavens. The real ...