And the goal of Impressionist painting is always just that -- to given an impression, rather than to suggest a coherent, linear picture of experience. Impressionists depicted emotions and subjective concepts, rather than attempted to convey a singul 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...
In other words each music performance is different and the impulsiveness of each performance confirms the concept of indeterminate music. 6) Describe an Indonesian Gamelan. (Textbook p. 282-283) It said that Debussy, when he heard the Indonesian e Continue Reading...
This lack, especially in the voices, lends a spectral quality to the piece. Even later in the piece, when the timbres of the various voices -- the strings especially -- grow in richness and fullness, this spectral quality remains. The various timbre Continue Reading...
Gamelan Music Overview- The gamelan is a traditional musical ensemble from Java and Bali, islands in the Indonesian chain. In the Javanese language, the word meaning bronze instrument. The word gamelan includes several different types of instruments 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...
The accessible sounds of the beats are meant to be enjoyed by all. Third Construction (1941): John Cage (1912-1992) Although a relatively contemporary piece, this work sounds almost primitive, as if it is played on traditional wooden, handmade ins Continue Reading...
