Charlie Parker Music: The music of United States changed significantly during the twentieth century, and each generation went on to develop its own music. These were all immensely popular, had strong rhythmic touch and were very different from the Continue Reading...
Listening & Analysis: Violin Listening Introductory Concepts -- the Referential Listener Clarinet Concerto in a major II. Adagio Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed Clarinet Concerto in A major II for the clarinetist Anton Stadler. The musical wo Continue Reading...
" (Hogwood 7) if there is one term that can describe my work it must be "secular," religion was not the source of my art. Bach: Well, religion is a major theme in my work. It could be because I did not travel as extensively as Mr. Handel and was not Continue Reading...
Out of about 40 million slaves that were transported from African to the United States, only 15 million of them could survive, however they ended up in pure hell. It was expected of the African-Americans to meet the demands of two ideas, both of whi Continue Reading...
A certain feeling toward propriety and morality is stamped upon our sex, which does not allow us to appear alone in public, nor without an escort. Thus how can I present my musical work, to the public with anything other than timidity. The work of a Continue Reading...
Concert Review The type and program of events was Lang, the pianist, who was performing live at Carnegie Hall, Chicago on Sunday, April 04, 2004 at 3:00 PM. The only performer was that of Lang at his piano. Lang's program began with Schumann's "Abeg Continue Reading...
MUSIC Music: Four-Year Master Plan for Musical Productions at SchoolDate: .To: The PrincipalFrom: .Subject: 4- Year Master Plan for Musical Productions at SchoolI am writing to inform you about the schools master plan for musical productions. Music h Continue Reading...
Dvorak occasionally said he simply wished to convey the elemental feelings ordinary people for their native art and resented his musical project being used to serve politics: "But what have we two to do with politics? Let us be glad that we are priv Continue Reading...
Alberto Williams and Nationalism Introduction & Brief History Lesson Generally speaking, the term nationalism is used to describe a sense of identification which individuals within a society or culture share regarding their state of residence. Continue Reading...
The author is extremely qualified to write this book. He began studying piano at the age of six, and remained a musician throughout his life. He also hosted a radio program from 1959 until his death in 2005 about classical music, and he traveled th Continue Reading...
Aaron Copland Outline INTRODUCTION a. The purpose of this paper is to introduce and discuss the life and works of composer Aaron Copeland. It will discuss some of the composer's well-known works, and analyze his contribution to modern classical mus Continue Reading...
He is faster in every movement than any other of the above mentioned conductors and yet he scarcely sounds rushed" (Laurson 2008). Even without an extensive knowledge of the history of Brahms symphonic compositions, the modern, 21th century nature Continue Reading...
"The traditional march became the dominant form, and the result was a new art form, the Classic rag" (Jasen p. 83). However, if one were to analyze the Entertainer more closely, the tonal harmonies are those that one would hear in classical music, Continue Reading...
Philip Glass Biography Philip Glass is certainly the world's finest identified living serious composer owing to vast amounts of American recording contracts. He has a readily exclusive, if ever controversial, style that is both imitated and parodied Continue Reading...
Wolf Schubert Goethe It is often useful to compare artists within certain styles and forms in order to gain a greater understanding of those artists. Judging and comparing art is a beneficial method in determining what is good and acceptable within Continue Reading...
(Classical Net, 1) Because of his "overtly religious" compositions and his strict traditionalism, Bach is recognized as the father of Baroque. (Classical Net, 1) Resources: Blanning, T.C. (2008). The triumph of music: The rise of composers, musici Continue Reading...
...a symphony which could present its creator's image of the world," a concept which "lay at the heart of the Romantic revolution" and through which Beethoven "first brought Romanticism into Western music ("Ludwig Van Beethoven," Internet). Of cours Continue Reading...
Louis Moreau Gottschalk Pianist-virtuoso and composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) was born in New Orleans and grew up in a neighborhood where Creole music was commonly played. He was heavily influenced by African -- Caribbean music throughou Continue Reading...
In fact, in 1968 Stanley Kubrick chose Strauss's tone poem "Also Sprach Zarathustra" as the theme music for the science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Strauss's inspiration for the tone poem also happened to be avant garde fellow German philoso Continue Reading...
Production Techniques and Their Influence Mixing Evolution How it works? Influence on music genres Equalization Evolution How it works? Influence on music genres Music touches every person in this world in a big way and the society as a whol Continue Reading...
There is a similar goal in the "Thriller," but with the annotation that Michael Jackson also aims to follow the story line and, at the same time, create sensations for the listeners. The musical piece is called "Thriller," so the music has to commu Continue Reading...
Jerrold Levinson, John Dewey, and Theodor Adorno all have differing views about the role that music should play in society or in making a good life. Levinson explains his view on the matter by trying to seek a comprehensive definition of music itself Continue Reading...
Mozart v. Schubert Two of the best-known composers of all time, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Peter Schubert, shared much in common in terms of their upbringing. Both from present-day Austria, Mozart and Schubert grew up in musical families, wit Continue Reading...
Minimalist Musical Culture, Techniques, And Composers Minimalist music has its roots in the experimental decade of the 1960's. The musical culture of that time was a relatively avant-garde one. Artistic experimentation and exploring new methods of c Continue Reading...
On the other extreme, some held up Handel's music, especially his religious English oratorios, as the absolute embodiment of English musical style. As a result, English music and Handel in particular gained a false reputation on the European contine Continue Reading...
Sound Recordings Five Books for Children Bernstein, Margery. (1999) Stop that noise! New York: Millbrook Press. Best suited for young children, this book underlines how music is not something one should be intimidated when 'making' -- rather musi Continue Reading...
George Gershwin is undoubtedly one of America's most famous composers because of his originality and his ability to create new forms of music from existing genres. A gifted composer and songwriter, Gershwin adapted many new ideas that can be seen in Continue Reading...
The originality that this enabled -- or rather the complete state of non-hindrance that this created for the originality that existed in Beethoven already -- is the other major source for Beethoven's influence. That is, the innovation that Beethove Continue Reading...
pop culture and high culture are and how can you relate them? Say the words 'high culture' and almost immediately the first images that spring to mind are those of Shakespearean acting and opera. We see Twilight as pop culture, but Romeo and Juliet Continue Reading...
On the other hand, there is Guy Dammann of UK's Guardian, reviewing the O2 London production of Orff's Carmina Burana in 2009. Dammann displays all the aristocratic, snobbish, condescending characteristics that one would expect from a literate Engl Continue Reading...
planning should start with an identification of the causes that has caused the crises at the St. Louis Symphony. There can be two main such causes: a decrease in revenues, due to decreasing demand for the symphony's programs, and an increase in cost Continue Reading...
This means that while jazz was restricted to a structure, popular music was not and hence when jazz musicians tried some de-structuring, the whole genre suffered seriously unlike popular music which was always open to improvisations and had never su Continue Reading...
Various forms of media from the point-of-view of an increasingly mobile population have used local, national, and international media networks in very many different ways towards the development of music. 'Internet offers different schemes and servi Continue Reading...
Debussy repeats this flute melody throughout the piece at different paces against a variety of chords. While the overall form of the piece is considered to ABA, it is important to note how one section of the piece blends beautifully with the next. T Continue Reading...
This is not really a typical swing rhythm, however. Jazz musicians almost always play eighth notes straighter than that, except perhaps in the style known as the shuffle. A correct ratio for swing cannot be given precisely. Different musicians tend Continue Reading...
John Adams & Philip Glass: Defining modern music The 20th century has certainly seen two of the most genius composers of modern classical music: John Adams and Philip Glass. Both composers are innovators and have gone where other composers never Continue Reading...
Les Preludes and Hamlet represent the pianist's symphonic poem. (Gmoser 72) Liszt also left his mark on operatic paraphrases for solo piano. Compared to the other composers, who were writing flashy introductions, Liszt's paraphrases and fantasies o Continue Reading...
Miles Davis and Modern Jazz In every artistic medium there are innovators who push innovation to the edge -- who change the paradigm of their art, and who become iconic figures within their world. Classical music had innovators in every generation - Continue Reading...
Concert Review The Asphalt Orchestra is a band with 12 musicians who play brass (horns of all kinds), woodwind (flutes and clarinets), and percussion (drums, cymbals) instruments. The musicians are very talented and the music they play makes the peo Continue Reading...
Running is just like music, capable of infinite varieties of rhythm and mood. And, like music, running is an art that requires endurance, skill and determination. Often, music and running are not viewed in the same light. Some look upon music as an i Continue Reading...
