Pyotr Llyich Tchaikosvsky was born May 7, 1840 in Vitkinsk Russia. Tchaikosvsky attended Imperial School of Jurisprudence, a boarding school in St. Petersburg. Tchaikosvsky is most known for playing the piano. One of his most famous pieces was the Nutcracker. He was one of the few homosexual composers. He had no children. He died November 6, 1893 in Saint Petersburg Russia.…
3. The Civil War and the political and the end of slavery influenced this song. With the Civil War ending, along with many other conflicts around the globe, there was a great move back to exploration and mapping the world. This was written during the transcontinental railroad being built across the United States. There were…
For the first example, I went with my Scottish half and chose ‘Amazing Grace Bagpipes”. This video is of a company of bagpipers playing Amazing Grace at a funeral. The piece is played slowly (adagio). The dynamic level is initially moderately loud (mezzoforte), with the entire company playing three verses of the song. They end with a solo of just the first line, played softly (piano). The rhythm throughout the piece is slow (adagio). The theme is repeated three times, once per verse. The cadence is obvious, as the bagpipes pause at the end of each line, with a longer pause at the end of each verse. This version’s harmony reflects consonance, the tone is smooth and comforting. The texture is monophonic.…
The emotions that I felt from the song was this is a reflection on time, slavery and all the things associated with them.…
During the 1920s and 1930s, many musicians choose to ignore the great depression and didn’t write many songs about it. During the great depression the unemployment rate was at 60 percent in the united states. Many people were going though very hard times and had very little of anything. Just as most people listen to happy music when they are sad to make them happy, the musicians of the 1920s and 1930s wrote upbeat and happy music to raise peoples spirts during the hard times. Modern popular is very similar to that of the great depression, when the county is facing hard times most tend to ignore the problem, but few chose to face it and use the emotions that they feel during the hard times to create music about the difficult situations. The…
The economy crash also happened to U.S 1920s, which is “The Great Depression” Many people lost their job and lost their life style. In addition, the business of government was almost stuck in the crash. So, people needed to something to lean on. Therefore, during the great depression, people made several types of music and especially blues and jazz were one of medicines to heal the hopeless people in that period.…
Music can increase a person’s knowledge by helping them remember things for a test or for just a fun fact. This is called the Mozart effect. A lot of students all over the world think that music enhances their ability to do better in school. Research shows that listening to sophisticating music can increase the dopamine in the brain. This will increase your knowledge and it will make you feel good in a way(Klemm). Everyone has their own music preference and it’s a good thing that there isn't a certain kind of music you have to listen to to get smarter or to be happy.…
The Great Depression was a very difficult time in American history. The Great Depression was the longest and most severe depression that was experienced in the Western World. The movie Riding the Rails is a good example of times during this depression. The movie presents a story of ten men and women in their youth, who gave their accounts about leaving their homes in search of a better life. I think Riding the Rails gives a very clear and accurate view of how life was for young teenagers during these historical times.…
“Music washes away the dust of everyday life.”- Art Blakey. Being around music develops an appreciation for many genres of music. Although our country was in the midst of WWII, the culture of music in America was thriving. The music of the 1930’s included popular genres such as Big Band and Jazz, Swing, and Country.…
1.What is the Glasgow Coma Scale? The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). The GCS is an objective assessment that defines the level of consciousness by giving it a numeric value…
The second song Der Tod und das Madchen was good in presenting the character of the guy who feel depressed…
The great depression was the one of the hardest year in American history. People were suffering economically, people were dying of starvation, and unemployment had risen. During this era music and art describe the emotion of American people. Music gave people hope, like the song “God Bless America” written by Kate Smith. This song reflected the ability to convey a message to Americans, by giving them faith and prosperity. Another depression-era song was “This Is Your Land” written by Woodie Guthrie in the 1940s. Gurthie believed in the poor, since he saw how people were dying in front of his eyes of starvation which caused him pain, being described in his song, another reason he wrote this song was because he was tired of hearing Kate Smith…
Before the introduction of jazz music, the Great Depression negatively impacted the lives of the Americans. With the Great Depression, there was a major decline in America’s economy, which also led to the decline in social stability. Many Americans lived a life in poverty and faced many struggles. The Americans were living their lives in hardships, which…
Polka and Fugue from the Opera “Schwanda, The Bag Piper” was another piece I found fascinating. It was a Chek Folk tale which told the story about the lonely bag piper and his adventures. It started out with the woodwinds playing the theme of a cheery thrill note and triplet. The feel of the music was cheery and you were almost able to hear the story being told. I also enjoyed hearing the Fugue part of the song because that was also something we discussed in class. The fugue was characterized by imitation and variation on the imitation by different sections throughout the band.…
This essay will be about Frederic Chopin. In this essay, I will be discussing the life and the music world of Frederic Chopin and how it impacted people lives. Zamoyski(2010) documented that Frederic Chopin was born in Zelzowa Wola. Records stated that he was born March 1, 1810. Frederic was a church going man. He decided to give his life to God. He was baptized on April 23, 1810. This the church where his parents attended. Frederic became interested in playing the piano. His mother began to instruct him on how to play the piano. She was his first teacher. Then he had professional music tutors for about fiver years(1816 to 1821), who was known to be Czech pianist Wojciech Zywny (Michalowski & Samson, 2013).…