File - United States History I
... Romanticism rejects the Enlightenment ideas that elevate reason as the ultimate reality, and validated emotion as an authentic experience of reality. Emotions of trepidation, horror, terror, and awe gain a new emphasis. ...
... Romanticism rejects the Enlightenment ideas that elevate reason as the ultimate reality, and validated emotion as an authentic experience of reality. Emotions of trepidation, horror, terror, and awe gain a new emphasis. ...
Style/Period
... A. The memorable melodies, strong colors and uninhibited emotionalism made him one of the most widely popular of all composers. He is well known for his ballets. B. He was a leading composer of concerti grossi, operas, and is known today mainly through his musical compositions called oratorios- a fo ...
... A. The memorable melodies, strong colors and uninhibited emotionalism made him one of the most widely popular of all composers. He is well known for his ballets. B. He was a leading composer of concerti grossi, operas, and is known today mainly through his musical compositions called oratorios- a fo ...
EXERCISE 29
... The painter Andrew Wyeth is widely admired. He is not universally admired. Some critics view his work as sentimental. The painter Andrew Wyeth is widely but not universally admired; some critics view his work as sentimental. 1. Electronic instruments are prevalent in jazz. They are also prevalent in ...
... The painter Andrew Wyeth is widely admired. He is not universally admired. Some critics view his work as sentimental. The painter Andrew Wyeth is widely but not universally admired; some critics view his work as sentimental. 1. Electronic instruments are prevalent in jazz. They are also prevalent in ...
Renaissance Period (1450 – 1600)
... longer content to remain unknown; like other artists, they sought credit for their work. Many leading Renaissance composers came from the “low countries” (Flanders), an area which now includes parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France. Flemish composers were highly regarded and held imp ...
... longer content to remain unknown; like other artists, they sought credit for their work. Many leading Renaissance composers came from the “low countries” (Flanders), an area which now includes parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France. Flemish composers were highly regarded and held imp ...
Program Notes - Music Academy of the West
... Scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and contrabassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, and strings Franz Joseph Haydn was, with his friend and admirer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the two great composers of the late 18th century, a period we now think of as music’s “C ...
... Scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and contrabassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, and strings Franz Joseph Haydn was, with his friend and admirer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the two great composers of the late 18th century, a period we now think of as music’s “C ...
time periods - GRICE ARTISTS!
... The baroque period was characterized by energy and movement. There was a great deal of ornamentation, meaning extra notes and trills were added to decorate the melodic line. This mirrored the architecture and art of the period. Baroque composers and performers tried to represent passions in their wo ...
... The baroque period was characterized by energy and movement. There was a great deal of ornamentation, meaning extra notes and trills were added to decorate the melodic line. This mirrored the architecture and art of the period. Baroque composers and performers tried to represent passions in their wo ...
Karl Johnson - The University of Tulsa
... Permanent: 19806 Red Cedar Canyon Ln Cypress TX 77433 ...
... Permanent: 19806 Red Cedar Canyon Ln Cypress TX 77433 ...
Frederic Chopin
... Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) • Czech composer • Traveled abroad, eventually came to America (director of National Conservatory of Music) • Spent summers in Spillville, IA • Interest in Negro Spirituals, Native American music • "I am convinced that the future music of this country must be founded on w ...
... Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) • Czech composer • Traveled abroad, eventually came to America (director of National Conservatory of Music) • Spent summers in Spillville, IA • Interest in Negro Spirituals, Native American music • "I am convinced that the future music of this country must be founded on w ...
Alexander von Humboldt-Professor Dr. Brian Foster
... other instruments or musical forces. Composers have often gone along with and indeed brought about these musical transfers in response to requests from instrumentalists, or to give a new lease on life to works whose longevity they sought to enhance. Hence, working from operas whose performance could ...
... other instruments or musical forces. Composers have often gone along with and indeed brought about these musical transfers in response to requests from instrumentalists, or to give a new lease on life to works whose longevity they sought to enhance. Hence, working from operas whose performance could ...
Math Behind the Music - Arkansas symphony orchestra
... Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770 into a very musical family in Bonn, now the capital of Germany. His father taught him to play the piano and organ. Ludwig played the piano exceptionally well at an early age. He performed his first public piano concert at the age of seven. By twelve years old, ...
... Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770 into a very musical family in Bonn, now the capital of Germany. His father taught him to play the piano and organ. Ludwig played the piano exceptionally well at an early age. He performed his first public piano concert at the age of seven. By twelve years old, ...
ANOUSHKA SHANKAR Sitar player and composer Anoushka
... Sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar is a singular figure in the Indian classical and progressive world music scenes. Her dynamic and spiritual musicality has garnered several prestigious accolades, including five Grammy Award nominations, recognition as the youngest – and first female – recip ...
... Sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar is a singular figure in the Indian classical and progressive world music scenes. Her dynamic and spiritual musicality has garnered several prestigious accolades, including five Grammy Award nominations, recognition as the youngest – and first female – recip ...
Sophie Fuller and Nicky Losseff, eds, The Idea of Music in Victorian
... The following essay, ‘Indecent Musical Displays: Feminizing the Pastoral in Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss’, by Alisa Clapp-Itnyre, is drawn from the author’s book, Angelic Airs, Subversive Songs: Music as Cultural Discourse in the Victorian Novel (Athens, OH: Ohio UP, 2002). For Clapp-Itnyre, The Mi ...
... The following essay, ‘Indecent Musical Displays: Feminizing the Pastoral in Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss’, by Alisa Clapp-Itnyre, is drawn from the author’s book, Angelic Airs, Subversive Songs: Music as Cultural Discourse in the Victorian Novel (Athens, OH: Ohio UP, 2002). For Clapp-Itnyre, The Mi ...
Baroque Period - Musical Accents
... barroco, meaning "misshapen pearl", a strikingly fitting characterization of the architecture of this period; later, the name came to be applied also to its music. Baroque music forms a major portion of the classical music canon, being widely studied, performed, and listened to. It is associated wit ...
... barroco, meaning "misshapen pearl", a strikingly fitting characterization of the architecture of this period; later, the name came to be applied also to its music. Baroque music forms a major portion of the classical music canon, being widely studied, performed, and listened to. It is associated wit ...
Instrumentation Lyrics orLanguage Tempo Dynamics Melody Rhythm
... techniques, and musical repertoire. Russian composer Tchaikovsky composed instrumentation for the balalaika, and “The Birch Tree” folk song is found within one of his orchestral compositions. An immense musical repertoire exists for the balalaika today. While Andreyev was credited for bringing “folk ...
... techniques, and musical repertoire. Russian composer Tchaikovsky composed instrumentation for the balalaika, and “The Birch Tree” folk song is found within one of his orchestral compositions. An immense musical repertoire exists for the balalaika today. While Andreyev was credited for bringing “folk ...
Slide 1
... And, because the aristocracies were powerful and important, this music found its way to the “unestablished” musical world of the new America ...
... And, because the aristocracies were powerful and important, this music found its way to the “unestablished” musical world of the new America ...
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - Stephen F. Austin High School Choir
... • Result of his father's discouragement, learned to play the piano. • Proficient at guitar, flageolet and flute. • Learned harmony by textbooks alone • The majority of his early compositions were romances and chamber pieces • At age 12, first passion for a woman, an 18-year14 old next door neighbor, ...
... • Result of his father's discouragement, learned to play the piano. • Proficient at guitar, flageolet and flute. • Learned harmony by textbooks alone • The majority of his early compositions were romances and chamber pieces • At age 12, first passion for a woman, an 18-year14 old next door neighbor, ...
March 7, 1875, Ciboure, France Died: December 28, 1937, Paris
... Claude Debussy, and there are some important similarities in their music. Both used the rich harmonies and new scales that are usually associated with musical impressionism, and both had an interest in the exotic. But where Debussy was a sensualist, influenced by the symbolist and decadent movements ...
... Claude Debussy, and there are some important similarities in their music. Both used the rich harmonies and new scales that are usually associated with musical impressionism, and both had an interest in the exotic. But where Debussy was a sensualist, influenced by the symbolist and decadent movements ...
Program notes by
... great Viennese composers, he was the proverbial “prophet ignored in his own land.” Born into the lower middleclass with no prospects higher than that of a mere schoolteacher, he lacked the social connections that could have set his career on a successful course. Not only were his operas – complete a ...
... great Viennese composers, he was the proverbial “prophet ignored in his own land.” Born into the lower middleclass with no prospects higher than that of a mere schoolteacher, he lacked the social connections that could have set his career on a successful course. Not only were his operas – complete a ...
Introduction to Music: Musical Forms
... bass line (basso ostinato , or ground bass) , began in early-16th-cent . dance music in Italy and Spain . English keyboard composers were soon developing melodic variations extensively , as were J . P . Sweelinck and his followers . Ground-bass forms include the chaconne and passacaglia , both of wh ...
... bass line (basso ostinato , or ground bass) , began in early-16th-cent . dance music in Italy and Spain . English keyboard composers were soon developing melodic variations extensively , as were J . P . Sweelinck and his followers . Ground-bass forms include the chaconne and passacaglia , both of wh ...
MUSIC IN LATE-MEDIEVAL CULTURE 1100-1500
... • Plainchant = fixed text/music unit used in the Catholic liturgy • Plainchant was used by Charlemagne and the Carolingians to unify • “A little bird told me…” Gregorian ...
... • Plainchant = fixed text/music unit used in the Catholic liturgy • Plainchant was used by Charlemagne and the Carolingians to unify • “A little bird told me…” Gregorian ...
Music Genres and styles – blank worksheet – close
... Traditional music is a ___________ name for what has been called "folk music", excluding the expansion of the term folk music to include much non-traditional material. The defining characteristics of traditional music are: ____________ transmission: The music is handed down and learned through tradi ...
... Traditional music is a ___________ name for what has been called "folk music", excluding the expansion of the term folk music to include much non-traditional material. The defining characteristics of traditional music are: ____________ transmission: The music is handed down and learned through tradi ...
Bach Book - mshumanities
... Leopold’s court, things changed. Maria died then the Prince married and his new wife didn’t care for Bach’s music. ...
... Leopold’s court, things changed. Maria died then the Prince married and his new wife didn’t care for Bach’s music. ...