The first piece, "Wind Blues," had a very harsh sound and was hard to listen to, partly because it was very loud. The trumpet part sounded the best. It had a metered rhythm; it became faster toward the end. The second work, "Archa," was very easy to hear. It had a slow tempo at the beginning, was metered, and reached crescendo at certain points. It mostly stayed at the same volume. The trumpet players performed solos at the beginning, and provided a longer soothing piece.…
The three-part work, set to popular and gospel music by Alice Coltrane, Laura Nyro and Chuck Griffin, depicts a woman 's journey through the agonies of slavery to an ecstatic state of grace. Knowing Ms. Jamison 's strengths, Ailey had made it for her and as a birthday present for his mother. He phoned Ms. Jamison the morning after the first performance. ' ' 'You 're in headlines in The Times, ' Alvin told me, ' ' she says. 'Clive Barnes calls you a triumph. ' ' ' Awakened from a deep sleep, she responded, ' 'O.K., thanks, I 'm a little tired. ' ' She didn 't know it then, but overnight she had become a star. In time, ' 'Cry ' ' became her signature piece.…
1. In the Prologue, what does the chorus say will happen to the two lovers?…
Conceived out of a concept devised by Alvin Ailey, Cry took its inspiration from the suffering of the African American Woman. "She represented those women before her who came from the hardships of slavery, through the pain of losing loved ones, through overcoming extraordinary depressions and tribulations. Coming out of a world of pain and trouble, she has found her way-and triumphed." In this three part solo, the dancer, clad in a white leotard and long ruffled skirt, brings the audience on a journey of bitter sorrow, brutal hardship and ecstatic joy. The dancer began the piece in the centre of the stage, towards the back, immediately pronouncing to the audience the fact that the woman will be the principal aspect of the work. The dancer…
This makes it almost impossible to forget them. The song is more greatly focused on the emotional aspect rather than the lyrics themselves which is more introspective to the audience. The mournful feature of the song triggers a small section in our brain. This constructs the feeling of sorrowfulness but also rage and terror. The distress caused by the misfortune suffered by others can carve a whole in our hearts but also bring our inner rage from inside of us. [More of a conclusion, summary of what the cranberries have used in…
The woman faces a “hard” life as a peasant. I feel the rhythm and imagery work together sort of as I explained in the last paragraph. They connect together through the…
the dominant tones used is rebellious. Many parts of the story comes off with a sense of…
The instrument played by Marais sets the mood of the film. There is music throughout the film. The viol played shows its almost human quality and that is rendering almost any human expression. There are several recurring pieces in the movie. One of them is the Tombeau les Regrets done by Sainte Colombe. Except in the last scene, it is played by a single viol. Sainte Colombe uses the music to evoke his dead wife. Through this, the mood of the film is set. It is a very haunting mood as Sainte Colombe plays the music to evoke his wife. And he does so quite literally. The emotions of love are also evoked as Marais has an affair with Sainte Colombe’s daughter. The mood also varies to that of regret throughout the film from the time we are introduced to Marais mourning his tutor. The texture of the music is so dense in the film. The homophony in the music brings a good feel in the film. The harmony in the film is nothing far from perfect. The characters play instruments and although at some point, they…
The movie begins with Paula, a beautiful and talented young singer, being told by men that she must essentially forget what she is to become. We hear it first when she is leaving her aunts home and again we hear it from her voice teacher. The teacher states that “she is not invested in her singing and she might just want to give up singing if she is in love.” At this point we see both her voice and sense of freedom are taken away from her. “So not only individual men are destroying her mind, but the world of men, in its contradictions with itself, is destroying for her the idea and…
Second, McKay describes her performance as “gracefully and calm” (line 5). This shows she is not a part of the chaos around her, and she just dance and sing regardless the environment where people have “wine-flushed, bold-eyed” (line 11). Here, her heart is chaste and is clearly not as obscene as her operation.…
Chihiro’s Spiritual Pursuit, Turning Ashes to Stone Without the protection of parents, Chihiro impresses every audience with her brave and strong mindset to save her parents and her friends, while being thrown in a magical and dangerous world. The director Miyazaki Hayao, cooperating with Japanese soundtrack master Joe Hisaishi, successfully links his “fairy tale” to the real world life in our modern society via a combination of music and the scene in the film. The music in Spirited Away significantly provides the audience with the inner world of the characters and the feelings of how the characters perceive their surroundings. The music in the scene “The Sixth Station” expresses a strong spiritual longing for home and love, which has often been…
‘Kiss me Kate’ is a musical play that passes the theme of a play by the use of songs. All characters in the play use music to pass their message. The setting of the play creates a perfect environment for music to take centre stage. Basically, half the play involves the use of music to pass information. A prominent example of such occurrences includes when Graham and Lille are reminiscing their past lives. That day had marked their first anniversary after their divorce in the court. Her ring stirs up the events of the past. This reminds them of the numerous previous occasions and the fine time they shared together. Unable to illustrate this, both Graham and Lille engage in a music duel where they dance and sing to music that reminds them of their past lives. In this case, music has been used to pass a certain kind of information. It has been used to narrate past events. During the climax of the play, various actors are seen together singing to one another, trying…
songs of hers, delve deep into her personal life, providing the listener with several meanings of…
In Act 2 Scene 4 we come across Viola who has just returned from Olivia’s house with yet another rejection for the duke Orsino. Along with Viola the scene includes a melancholic Orsino who is sick with love and wishes to hear a rather sad love song as a way to alleviate his grief. This song is played at the midpoint of the play, by this time we have heard multiple conversations between the Duke and Viola in which he expresses grief and longing for the countess Olivia whom shows no interest in him. When we hear and see the song being played in the film, the context in which it is placed helps in answering some questions we might have at the end of the play. For example, at what point does Orsino express enough…
her sense of being wronged. When she is describing the excitement and anxiety in the…