for Piccolo‚ 2 Flutes‚ 2 Oboes‚ 2 Bassoons‚ Contrabassoon‚ 4 Clarinets in B-Flat‚ Bass Clarinet‚ B-Flat Contrabass Clarinet‚ 2 Alto‚ Tenor and Baritone Saxophones‚ 3 Trumpets in B-Flat‚ 4 Horns‚ 2 Tenor Trombones‚ Bass Trombone‚ Euphonium‚ 2 Tubas and 5 Percussions. The duration of the work is 13 minutes and would be a great choice of a piece to program on the first half of the concert. This work was commissioned by the confederation of following University Wind Ensembles: Arizona State University‚
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The Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra and Fady Deeb Saturday‚ October 6‚ 2012 Lontano by György Ligeti This piece has an eerie and dissonant aura throughout the piece‚ without having much musical resolve in its sounds. The entire orchestra was included in this piece‚ except for the percussion section. These polyphonic sounds of this piece were played extensively‚ reflecting no noticeable tempo or rhythm‚ therefore creating ambiguous sounds. However‚ the dynamic range was wide enough to create
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Gustav Stresemann led Germany through a very difficult period in their history. He had to contend with economic hardships‚ political turbulence and much more. In this essay‚ I will examine his tenure as Chancellor‚ and the ways in which he was able to achieve stability. First of all‚ the severity of the problem that Gustav Stresemann encountered when he first came into power was immense. Not only was there great political instability‚ there was also economic instability. The French occupation
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during the classical era of music‚ but his compositions led to the end of that period and to the start of the romantic era. He helped greatly to develop tonal music. One of the amazing things about Beethoven was that he was deaf. At his last symphony‚ “Ninth Symphony”‚ he had to turn around and look at the audience to see if they were clapping. He was greatly influenced by the composers Haydn and Bach. He greatly influenced his music with the power of romanticism.  Beethoven’s father‚ Johann Van Beethoven
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Beethoven’s use of Sonata form in his 1st Symphony Beethoven‚ in common with his predecessors Haydn and Mozart‚ uses the Sonata form in the first movement of his first symphony. This was Beethoven’s first attempt at the symphonic form having composed chamber music and two piano concertos. Beethoven made the sonata form more expressive through his use of dynamics and more extreme key relations. Beethoven started this piece with a slow introduction. It is not unknown
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The Moran Woodwind Quintet was on Tuesday‚ November 17. The performers included John Bailey‚ William McMullen‚ Diane Barger‚ Jeffrey McCray‚ and Alan Mattingly. Bailey played the flute‚ McMullen played the oboe‚ Barger was on the clarinet‚ McCray played the bassoon‚ and Mattingly played the horn. The first piece was called Quintet in g minor‚ Op. 56‚ No. 2. It was by Franz Danzi. The first movement was an Allegretto. It was in a major mode and in triple meter. It started with polyphonic texture
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Set in D major with a duple meter‚ traditional ricerare-type alla breve fugue‚ with a step by step ascending and descending repeated note pattern‚ the movement has a Baroque like nature within its ornate‚ chant-like‚ modal‚ conjunct‚ harmonic and tonal characteristics. Strangely‚ “Gratias agimus tibi” does not document any sort of dynamic qualities; therefore‚ Bach has left the dynamics up to the performers to differentiate their parts in a way that reflects both the music and its text. Much of the
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Spectacular at the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra. I have thoroughly enjoyed each and every event I have attended at the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra. They seem to always do an excellent job. I come from a small town in eastern Iowa‚ so it is incredible to have such amazing resources to enjoy from such a short drive away. To see a symphony like this from my hometown‚ I would have to drive over an hour‚ and the symphony still would not be as high quality as the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra. I think more
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Haydn’s symphony no. 94 second movement Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was born in Rohrau. He was exposed to a lot of folk music when he was younger and this had an effect on his later style. His talents were soon discovered and at the age of 29 he started working for a wealthy family in Hungary‚ where he worked for almost 30 years. Haydn composed his works extremely quickly‚ performing two concertos and two operas weekly‚ and chamber works daily. Haydn’s compositions became popular throughout Europe
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MUL 2110-02 10/22/07 Word Count: 791 Beethoven’s 9th Symphony: Mvt. 2 Scherzo Throughout time there have been an ample amount of composers that have made great contributions to the musical world. The standard orchestral repertoire includes a lot of amazing works that have influenced countless people. However‚ since 1827‚ it can be argued that no composer has had the monumental impact on music that Ludwig van Beethoven did. Beethoven was a third generation musician. His grandfather
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