Raines Period 4 3-12-12 Benny Goodman‚ The Swing King Considered one of the greatest jazz players ever‚ Benjamin David Goodman‚ or Benny Goodman‚ was called the King of Swing. The ninth child of eleven was ten or so when he picked up the clarinet. After a year he was performing impressions of Ted Lewis for a little pocket money. When he was fourteen he was playing for a band that featured the famous Bix Beiderbecke. By sixteen he was known as far as the west coast and was invited to be
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Claude Debussy composed the orchestral tone poem Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun in 1894 and was originally written by French poet Stéphane Mallarmé. Born in 1862 Claude Debussy was a French composer. Debussy wasn’t from a musical family‚ but he began piano lessons at seven years old and his parents supported him. Debussy was an extremely talented piano player and by 10 years old his talents entered him in the Paris Conservatoire where he would continue to study music for 11 years. Claude Debussy
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his late operas‚ Don Giovani‚ Die Zauberflöte‚ Cosi fan tutte‚ Clarinet Concerto in A Major‚ and finally‚ his unfinished Requiem Mass in D minor. At this stage‚ Mozart had set his standard instrumentation for writing his symphonies. Every single one of his last eleven symphonies includes parts for Flute‚ Oboe‚ Bassoon‚ Horn‚ Trumpet‚ Timpani‚ and Strings. His Symphony No. 31 in D Major was the first of his symphonies to include Clarinet‚ now an important staple in the Orchestra. Figure 7 illustrates
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however‚ the true significance of music’s impact not only in our academic lives but in our personal character is immense. The day I chose to play the clarinet in fifth grade beginning band‚ I did not choose music because I wanted to be smarter‚ or better disciplined‚ or because I wanted to develop compassion and empathy for others. Instead‚ I chose the clarinet because I liked the way it sounded and my friends begged me to join with them. Even before the end of my first year of playing‚ however‚ both my
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the New York area‚ and was able to benefit from the growth of radio and studio recordings. As he perfected his technical ability with various dance bands‚ he was still relatively unknown in the early 30’s when he began to focus exclusively on the Clarinet while Swing music began to grow in popularity. While we may carefully analyze the two pieces to satisfy our curiosity regarding musical evolution in Jazz‚ we should also not lose sight of the fact that these are two very enjoyable styles of
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The Orchestra of the Romantic Era The Romantic Era was a time of many changes and innovations. While the Classical era was a time of restrictions and laws‚ the Romantic period saw the opposite. It was a time of experimentation – artistic freedom and creativity. There was a change in the way that composers wrote. They began utilising various emotions in their writing‚ as if to tell stories through their music. They began experimenting with new musical ideas. They began to move away from traditional
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Woody Herman was a famous clarinet player. He was also known as Road Father. He was born on May 6‚ 1913 in Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin. He died on October 29‚ 1987 In West Hollywood‚ California. He was 74 years old when he passed away. Herman was suffering from congestive heart failure‚ emphysema‚ and pneumonia. His parents were Otto and Myrtle Herman. His mother was Polish. In 1931‚ he met Charlotte Neste‚ an actress‚ who he married on September 27‚ 1936. Woody was in a band with Tom Gerun when he first
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Concert Report This semester I attended a jazz concert put on by Truman State University’s Department of Music. It was on December 5th at 8 pm‚ in Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall. The university’s Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab band both performed. Both bands were directed by Tim AuBuchon. The bands drew in a decently sized crowd. I was able to recognise several of my peers sitting in the audience alongside of me. I pleasantly surprised by the size of the bands and the level of skill they had. Both
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plantations. However‚ Tiquitaqu learns to play the clarinet and develops his own style of music that is popular among the upper class and lower class alike. The Creole music is high tempo and inspires movement and dance. 3) The film takes place in St-Pierre‚ Martinique. 4) At first Hermansia and Tiquitaque are not successful as musicians so Hermansia works as a maid and Tiquitaque works on the docks. Hermansia buys Tiquitaque a clarinet and he develops his own style of music and is hired
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written in 1914 however the score was thoroughly revised between the years 1919-1920 with the first performance being on December 15th 1920. The performance lasts for approximately 13 minutes and the orchestra consists of two flutes‚ an oboe‚ two clarinets‚ two bassoons‚ two horns‚ a triangle‚ and strings. The piece was inspired by traditional English folk song and also the works of George Meredith. This is shown in the pastoral style of the piece and depicts a traditional English landscape painting
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