Lewis, Cathleen. (2008). Rex: The musical savant. Thomas Nelson Publishers. Rex: The musical savant is narrated by the title character's mother. It is a true story of a young boy who became blind at an early age, and was later diagnosed with autism. Continue Reading...
Alicia Keys: Diary On Wednesday, April 22 I was lucky enough to see the Alicia Key's Diary concert at Radio City Music Hall, and it was a great night of music. The first performer was a new up and coming artist from Germany named Sasha. She has a ve Continue Reading...
Motzart "Forgive me, Majesty. I'm a vulgar man. But I assure you... my music is not." Amadeus Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus was adapted into a film in 1984 by director Milos Forman. Opening with a dramatic portrayal of the now old and anguished co Continue Reading...
133). Kramer wants to hear all the minute sounds coming from the lead singer, including his or her breath (Massey, p. 133). Kramer employs many different methods to capture the best from the lead singer. If necessary, he will carpet a room, light c Continue Reading...
New England Symphonic Ensemble at Carnegie Hall For this paper I visited Carnegie Hall on May 8th, 2016 for a 2 pm performance by the New England Symphonic Ensemble, conducted by Filippo Arlia, Jacqueline Hairston, and Wendolin Munroe. The program Continue Reading...
In this movement he uses antiphonal, or equal bars of forte and equal bars of piano as the movement opens with a six note falling scale motif for this harmony. Finally there is a trio in D major, side by side, taking abrupt leaps and descents and wh Continue Reading...
The woodwind and brass sections, with instruments parts being produced in factories, were significantly expanded. (Miller) Tchaikovsky's music is exemplary of the Romantic period styles in many ways. "Tchaikovsky's music was marked by its sensuously Continue Reading...
CP.E. Bach's Symphony in D. reflects incredible diversity in mood, character and expression, contrasting rhythm, dynamics and articulation. His juxtaposition of strings and winds in "conversation" with each other is entertaining and creates texture Continue Reading...
7). It is the only symphony out of the nine for which Beethoven chose the key of a. In form, the symphony is not strikingly different from his previous six symphonies but the way in which the power and the beauty of thoughts have been treated gives Continue Reading...
Schumann's "Cello Concerto in a Minor, Op. 129" illustrates this principle. There are three movements of the piece, all of which are quite distinct, but there are none of the showy, distinctive shifts as distinguished the Hayden works. The music is Continue Reading...
Flighty and flirty, Nerina is at once morally repulsive and enormously fun to watch (as so often seems to be the case with characters in popular entertainment), and this aria is no exception. She manages to flounce, pout, and prance her way through Continue Reading...
After the success of these Biblical musicals, Lloyd Webber severed from Rice to explore different methods of conveying his musical vision, such as the more dance-inspired "Cats." In this musical, Lloyd Webber abandoned many of the rock elements of Continue Reading...
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony Beethoven's Fifth: Classical music is still often the most powerful in eliciting an emotion or portraying a feeling. We hear it utilized in many movies and other important social events, for example. However, certain clas Continue Reading...
Dramatic Social and Political Upheaval Following W.W. I and it's Impact on Composers of the Time It is difficult to describe the impact of the First World War on the societies, cultures, economies, and technologies of the time; as this devastating Continue Reading...
piano, including the history and use of the instrument. The piano is one of the most popular musical instruments in the world, and pianos have been in use in orchestras and in homes for hundreds of years. The first piano was created from another sim Continue Reading...
Mozart especially did the trick. Einstein loved Mozart's highly organized, intensely patterned sonatas. He felt, as many before him, that music and the reasoning intellect were linked. Music and his scientific work...were 'born of the same source.'" Continue Reading...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart does not deserve to be on the list of history's most influential people. Mozart's work clearly shows the influence of his time, including the ideas of the Enlightenment and musical influences of the time. His work is clearly l Continue Reading...
MECHANISTIC vs. ORGANIC Choose musical list write. Tell work mechanistic organic work organic mechanistic relate values work analyze integrating bureaucracy -Arnold Schonberg "Finale" of variations Orchestra 1926-1928 -Robert Johnson "I Believe I'll Continue Reading...
Bach's Cantina Recordings Comparison of Bach Cantata Recordings: Richter and Gardiner Just a few generations ago, Bach's Cantatas had seemed to silence; but "since that time, in the intervening four decades, there has been an explosion of interest Continue Reading...
It is likely that because of Jazz innovators, the fusion of musical styles has grown to the level it has. It is also likely that the desire of Jazz to encourage the rethinking of harmony and melody away from a simple chord progression to a haunting, Continue Reading...
The audience's pride in hearing such a powerful and refreshing composition was apparent. Mr. Smith's talent is undeniable and the audience could tell. The next two pieces were from "Symphonie Fantastique" by Berlioz. The first of the two was the ap Continue Reading...
For example, an upscale restaurant, mid-market clothing store, hardware store, and general store could all be sampled, and over the course of four days shoppers could be asked to respond to a survey at the check-out counter about their perceptions o Continue Reading...
Gershwin was influenced by French composers of the early twentieth century. The orchestrations in Gershwin's symphonic works frequently seem comparable to those of Ravel; similarly, Ravel's two piano concertos demonstrate an influence of Gershwin. G Continue Reading...
Slaves' newly acquired freedom, Booker T. Washington's teachings, and the Horatio Alger model, which asserted that the individual molds his own destiny, influenced this form of personalized music. According to historian Lawrence Levine, "there was a Continue Reading...
.. (p. 79). Conclusion The research showed that Walker has "ridden the horse" that got him there and has parlayed his country music savvy into an enormous commercial success. Today, Walker has eleven number one single hits to his credit and has sol Continue Reading...
Mozart wrote the work with the help of a friend and fellow composer, Lorenzo da Ponte (real name Emmanuele Conegliano). He and da Ponte wrote the opera very quickly, as one of his biographers notes, "The writing must have been mainly done in six wee Continue Reading...
Music ImpressionI would say that the standout for me this year was hearing Dvoraks The New World Symphony, also known as his Symphony No. 9 in E Minor. I can honestly say that there is not one moment in this symphony where I was bored: the entire thi Continue Reading...
life of famed musician Frank Zappa. The writer explores his life, his works and why he is a solid candidate for being labeled a 20th century genius in the field of music. There were five sources used to complete this paper. It used to be that the w Continue Reading...
Moreover, the orchestra has shown how much it cares about the younger generation, in particular those talented minority youths who are just looking for a chance to learn an instrument and be part of music-making in Dallas. The program reaching out Continue Reading...
Beethoven: Greatest Hits CD is relatively self-explanatory. It is a compilation of many of the works that Beethoven created during his life and showcases the works that seem to be the most often heard or the most often discussed by music lovers and c Continue Reading...
The basic materials might include tin cans, fragments of speech, a cough, canal boats chugging or natural snatches of Tibetan chant (all these are in a work called Etude Pathetique). Musical instruments are not taboo: one piece used a flute that wa Continue Reading...
To paraphrase something T.S. Eliot said about literary classics, we know more than we did in the sixties -- and the sixties are most of what we know. Taking the good with the bad then became the beginning of the end of an era of excess that began l Continue Reading...
JAZZ: KANSAS CITY AFTER-HOURS CLUBS IN THE 1930S & THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO JAZZ The objective of this work is to examine the question of what would have happened to jazz if there had been a crackdown on illegal "after hour" clubs in Kansas City i Continue Reading...
A Balinese gamelan ensemble from Los Angeles comprised of half Western and half Balinese musicians took my breath away but to analyze the show proved to be the most difficult class assignment the entire semester. For a student accustomed to listenin Continue Reading...
Copland The American Sound Many young musicians often hear the phrase American sound and wonder what the concept actually means. Historically, the idea of American sound is music that identifies with America in one way or another during a period i Continue Reading...
The transportation began as the first notes were played, and throughout the piece the crowd remained entirely enraptured -- and rightfully so. It is by no means an accident that this piece is as respected or as cherished as it is, and the fact that Continue Reading...
Beethoven's 9th Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is a symphonic-choral blend that revolutionized the way composers approached their work in the 19th century. It prepared the way for future artists like Wagner and set the tone for the Romantic spring of cl Continue Reading...
She doesn't need any interventions, and her newest occupation is being a freshman at a big university. I asked Sarah, "Do you feel harmonious with the world?" She answered, "Yes, I have never felt more in harmony with the planet then I do now. Afte Continue Reading...
