Untitled - Wheeling Symphony
... air in different ways. Flutes blow across the top of an open hole. Clarinets blow between a reed – usually a small piece of bamboo – against a mouthpiece. That is why clarinets are called “single-reed” instruments. Bassoons and oboes blow between two reeds that vibrate against each other. That is wh ...
... air in different ways. Flutes blow across the top of an open hole. Clarinets blow between a reed – usually a small piece of bamboo – against a mouthpiece. That is why clarinets are called “single-reed” instruments. Bassoons and oboes blow between two reeds that vibrate against each other. That is wh ...
Chapter 30: Neoclassicism and Twelve
... and other devices “comment” on their relationship. c. Berg also makes use of a poem by Baudelaire and quotes Wagner’s Tristan chord as other clues to his feelings. 7. With all of these expressions of love for Hanna, Berg uses a Modernist work to communicate Romantic feelings. 8. Berg’s final opera, ...
... and other devices “comment” on their relationship. c. Berg also makes use of a poem by Baudelaire and quotes Wagner’s Tristan chord as other clues to his feelings. 7. With all of these expressions of love for Hanna, Berg uses a Modernist work to communicate Romantic feelings. 8. Berg’s final opera, ...
3e_Late_Med_MUS
... A man's last day is always the first in importance, but his first day is never considered his last. Yet it is fitting to live always on this principle, that one should act as if in the moment of death. . . . We are forever dying while we are alive; we only cease to die when we cease to live. Therefo ...
... A man's last day is always the first in importance, but his first day is never considered his last. Yet it is fitting to live always on this principle, that one should act as if in the moment of death. . . . We are forever dying while we are alive; we only cease to die when we cease to live. Therefo ...
Gunther Schuller on the Role of the Conductor
... generally are not in a position to critique the conductor. . . . Musicians complaints rarely rise above the personal level, as for instance when a conductor’s wrong tempo (too slow or too fast) makes it technically difficult to play a given passage; it is never a complaint based on the fact that the ...
... generally are not in a position to critique the conductor. . . . Musicians complaints rarely rise above the personal level, as for instance when a conductor’s wrong tempo (too slow or too fast) makes it technically difficult to play a given passage; it is never a complaint based on the fact that the ...
THE BAROQUE PERIOD
... small orchestra where each player has her own part to play. Chamber music is played by trios (3), quartets (4), quintets (5), and up to about ten players. ...
... small orchestra where each player has her own part to play. Chamber music is played by trios (3), quartets (4), quintets (5), and up to about ten players. ...
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (23 April 1891 – 5 March 1953) was a
... music and also distinguished himself through his neoclassical experiments. Later he would be known precisely for his synthesis of the unusual and the familiar, of complexity and simplicity, of constructive rationality and melodious emotionalism. In 1918, hoping for greater artistic perspectives, Pro ...
... music and also distinguished himself through his neoclassical experiments. Later he would be known precisely for his synthesis of the unusual and the familiar, of complexity and simplicity, of constructive rationality and melodious emotionalism. In 1918, hoping for greater artistic perspectives, Pro ...
glossary of musical terms - Western Michigan University
... madrigal: (genre) a composition on a short secular poem, sung by a small group of unaccompanied singers (one on a part). The madrigal flourished in Italy from 1520 to 1610, and was adopted in England during the Elizabethan Age (c. 1600) major key: music based on a major scale (traditionally consider ...
... madrigal: (genre) a composition on a short secular poem, sung by a small group of unaccompanied singers (one on a part). The madrigal flourished in Italy from 1520 to 1610, and was adopted in England during the Elizabethan Age (c. 1600) major key: music based on a major scale (traditionally consider ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
... their own way or by abandoning them completely. Composers in the impressionist style such as Ravel and Debussy wrote music that used recognisable chords and harmonies, but combined them in original ways, using instrumental colour to paint musical pictures. They would use Chords out of their norm ...
... their own way or by abandoning them completely. Composers in the impressionist style such as Ravel and Debussy wrote music that used recognisable chords and harmonies, but combined them in original ways, using instrumental colour to paint musical pictures. They would use Chords out of their norm ...
MUSIC APPRECIATION
... What is the musical term (type of scale) for 12 equidistant notes within one octave? On the piano, a white note to its adjacent black note is musically how far apart? What is the musical term for the distance or difference between any two notes? What type of notation was developed in which a system ...
... What is the musical term (type of scale) for 12 equidistant notes within one octave? On the piano, a white note to its adjacent black note is musically how far apart? What is the musical term for the distance or difference between any two notes? What type of notation was developed in which a system ...
File - Duncanrig Secondary School Faculty of Music and
... Listen to this movement from a violin concerto, by the famous Baroque composer Vivaldi. Listen out for the ornaments in the solo violin part… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA ...
... Listen to this movement from a violin concerto, by the famous Baroque composer Vivaldi. Listen out for the ornaments in the solo violin part… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA ...
Jeffrey Perry
... this patch of text-painting that most strongly suggests that the deceased protagonist of the movement is some composite of Prometheus, Achilles, Napoleon, and Beethoven himself, a warlike hero, the eroe of the composer's subtitle. 13 (The degree to which this hero is or is not the hero of the more f ...
... this patch of text-painting that most strongly suggests that the deceased protagonist of the movement is some composite of Prometheus, Achilles, Napoleon, and Beethoven himself, a warlike hero, the eroe of the composer's subtitle. 13 (The degree to which this hero is or is not the hero of the more f ...
Harmonic vs. thematic structure
... • The first section begins with Theme 1 and then leads—via a transitional section—to Theme 2 which ends with a perfect authentic cadence in the dominant key. The second section returns to the tonic key (often by adding a minor seventh to the tonic chord of the dominant key, making it a V7 chord in t ...
... • The first section begins with Theme 1 and then leads—via a transitional section—to Theme 2 which ends with a perfect authentic cadence in the dominant key. The second section returns to the tonic key (often by adding a minor seventh to the tonic chord of the dominant key, making it a V7 chord in t ...
Hannah Huff - Davenant Foundation School
... with the vocal part of a song, playing exactly the same notes. The instrument was not seen as a key component, but as a guide. This was most often an organ, a lute, or a viol. Later instruments became more valued and composers and performers began having instruments accompany the vocals, playing the ...
... with the vocal part of a song, playing exactly the same notes. The instrument was not seen as a key component, but as a guide. This was most often an organ, a lute, or a viol. Later instruments became more valued and composers and performers began having instruments accompany the vocals, playing the ...
Text on music
... Music, especially purely instrumental, does not seem to have any meaning or contents (subject matter) at all. Are there modes in music? Some composers came up with the idea of “musical language.” Music can imitate actual objects or characters directly by imitating the sounds they usually produce: — ...
... Music, especially purely instrumental, does not seem to have any meaning or contents (subject matter) at all. Are there modes in music? Some composers came up with the idea of “musical language.” Music can imitate actual objects or characters directly by imitating the sounds they usually produce: — ...
Masterpieces of Western Music
... The Baroque Concerto Vivaldi wrote more than 450 concerti, a genre that demonstrates several Baroque principles: • The principle of contrast (the word “concerto” suggests both playing together, “in consort,” as well as the idea of “contest”). A concerto contrasts a small group of instruments or a so ...
... The Baroque Concerto Vivaldi wrote more than 450 concerti, a genre that demonstrates several Baroque principles: • The principle of contrast (the word “concerto” suggests both playing together, “in consort,” as well as the idea of “contest”). A concerto contrasts a small group of instruments or a so ...
MUSICAL ELEMENTS
... • Tonality has a psychological aspect associated with it. – Music that is atonal can be disturbing to the listener. (Atonal has NO specific key.) -- The listener expects to hear certain sounds that complete the musical pattern. ...
... • Tonality has a psychological aspect associated with it. – Music that is atonal can be disturbing to the listener. (Atonal has NO specific key.) -- The listener expects to hear certain sounds that complete the musical pattern. ...
Thermoscore: A New-type Musical Score with Temperature Sensation
... performer, or, a set of constraints on the performer's improvisation. The first method we suggest is to display key and harmony constraints in terms of pitch. Nobody can touch a very hot object for a long time. When objects are much hotter than body temperature, a person may pull his/her hand away i ...
... performer, or, a set of constraints on the performer's improvisation. The first method we suggest is to display key and harmony constraints in terms of pitch. Nobody can touch a very hot object for a long time. When objects are much hotter than body temperature, a person may pull his/her hand away i ...
AS level Music - Edexcel
... Clara Schumann was famous as a pianist and was married to the composer Robert Schumann. Almost all her works were written for piano so that she could perform them herself. Her piano trio has four movements, like most other piano trios. This movement is in sonata form which was a form established in ...
... Clara Schumann was famous as a pianist and was married to the composer Robert Schumann. Almost all her works were written for piano so that she could perform them herself. Her piano trio has four movements, like most other piano trios. This movement is in sonata form which was a form established in ...
Guidelines for Style Analysis, by Jan LaRue. Expanded second
... landmark accomplishment. It offered an all-purpose guide for dealing with some of the most urgent questions we are likely to face as we attempt to talk or write coherently about music: What are the distinctive traits of a particular composition, and what makes it hold together (or not)? What are the ...
... landmark accomplishment. It offered an all-purpose guide for dealing with some of the most urgent questions we are likely to face as we attempt to talk or write coherently about music: What are the distinctive traits of a particular composition, and what makes it hold together (or not)? What are the ...
ESQ Program Template - Huntsville Chamber Music Guild
... Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet in A-flat Major, Op. 118, No. 10 Program notes by Melvin Berger from Guide to Chamber Music/Published by Anchor/Doubleday. Just before writing his tenth quartet, Shostakovich composed his Symphony No. 13, setting poems by Yevgeni Yevtushenko, including “Babi Yar,” ...
... Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet in A-flat Major, Op. 118, No. 10 Program notes by Melvin Berger from Guide to Chamber Music/Published by Anchor/Doubleday. Just before writing his tenth quartet, Shostakovich composed his Symphony No. 13, setting poems by Yevgeni Yevtushenko, including “Babi Yar,” ...
The History of Music, Second Edition
... influential composer and teacher of the time who pioneered choral music, a new Flemish style. Renaissance composers strove for this ideal sound.] What other Flemish styles became popular at this time? [The Latin Mass, an ideal vehicle for the Flemish style, soon became the chief musical form. Compos ...
... influential composer and teacher of the time who pioneered choral music, a new Flemish style. Renaissance composers strove for this ideal sound.] What other Flemish styles became popular at this time? [The Latin Mass, an ideal vehicle for the Flemish style, soon became the chief musical form. Compos ...
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Programme Notes Online
... Concertantes is a delightful work whether performed in the concert hall or the theatre – not least because of the rhythmic ingenuity, the stylish melodies, the finely focused harmonies and the lucid textures characteristic of the neo-classical manner developed by Stravinsky ever since he had complet ...
... Concertantes is a delightful work whether performed in the concert hall or the theatre – not least because of the rhythmic ingenuity, the stylish melodies, the finely focused harmonies and the lucid textures characteristic of the neo-classical manner developed by Stravinsky ever since he had complet ...
Sonata Form
... 1. More than two key areas in the exposition. Schubert often had three key areas in his expositions, as did Brahms in his second symphony. 2. No development. Some pieces have an exposition with two key areas and a recap with everything in the tonic key, but no development. A retransition is often us ...
... 1. More than two key areas in the exposition. Schubert often had three key areas in his expositions, as did Brahms in his second symphony. 2. No development. Some pieces have an exposition with two key areas and a recap with everything in the tonic key, but no development. A retransition is often us ...
LISTEN!
... Subtle expressive nuances common Overall dynamic level steady for a section or an entire piece When indicated, dynamics were either loud or soft (f or p) Composers preferred abrupt, dramatic dynamic changes, not gradual ones • Terraced dynamics ...
... Subtle expressive nuances common Overall dynamic level steady for a section or an entire piece When indicated, dynamics were either loud or soft (f or p) Composers preferred abrupt, dramatic dynamic changes, not gradual ones • Terraced dynamics ...
Score Card - Spokane Piano Competition
... Good performance demonstrating fluidity, control and accuracy; technically challenging areas are performed smoothly with ease; sense of ability is conveyed to audience. ...
... Good performance demonstrating fluidity, control and accuracy; technically challenging areas are performed smoothly with ease; sense of ability is conveyed to audience. ...