Today’s music seems almost completely alien to its birthplace in the Baroque times. By now‚ the harpsichord is all but completely forgotten and the music is much more experimental. One might expect to hear Bach’s or Haydn’s masterpieces at a tea party or ball‚ but having Aaron Copland’s Suite from Billy The Kid playing might come off as a bit absurd.
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MU Medieval Period * Hildegard von Bingen: Columba aspexit * Genre = plainchant * Text = sacred‚ Latin * Texture: monophonic throughout * Performance practice: responsorially‚ that is‚ the performance alternates between a single singer (soloist) and the larger choir‚ which “responds” * The piece becomes more melismatic as it continues. * Ensemble: female vocal soloist‚ female vocal choir‚ droning
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experimented with new recording techniques and effects‚ and incorporated non-Western sources such as the instruments of Indian music. A few things that made it different from earlier rock music had to be its strong keyboard presence‚ especially organs‚ harpsichords‚ or the Mellotron‚ extended instrumental solos or jams‚ and its complex song structures. About.com gives San Francisco most of the
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a raging alcoholic and was physically abusive towards Beethoven. Despite this‚ his father helped him with his music and dreamed that he would become a child prodigy‚ like Mozart. He supplemented his family’s income by playing the organ and the harpsichord. When he was about seventeen he got a chance to play for Wolfgang Mozart during a visit to Vienna. Mozart was impressed and warned people that they would be hearing from this young man again one day. Beethoven was influenced heavily by Mozart’s
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who also grew up in a musical family. Johann Sebastian was born as their eighth child. Being born into this musical family‚ it was only natural for him to pick up an instrument and excel in it. His father taught him how to play the violin and harpsichord at a very young age. Bach’s mother died in 1694 and his father passed away in 1695‚ so‚ at the age of 10‚ he lost both parents in one year. Of the five surviving children‚ Johann Sebastian and his brother Johann Jacob went to live with their
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Queen Elizabeth is heard to be the greatest leader of England in history. She became queen in 1558 and inherited a poor nation. Many of her supporters thought that it would be best if she got married as soon as possible and let him control but Elizabeth had other plans. Government England of Elizabeth I was a very complicated system of government. First there were the national bodies of government such as Privy Council and Parliament‚ and the regional bodies such as the Council of the Marches
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he was enrolled into a local school where he stayed until the age of fifteen. Growing up‚ he had a “beautiful soprano singing voice.” But it was soon enough that his voice began to change. It was then that he switched to playing violin and the harpsichord. He was
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captures the effervescent feeling of spring by using symbolization to convey images representative of the season. The instrumentation for this piece incorporates a solo violinist with a string orchestral accompaniment (violin‚ viola‚ cello‚ bass‚ and harpsichord). The conductor for this piece is Kenneth Sillito who is internationally recognized as one of Britain’s most distinguished musician. Julia Fischer a German classical violinist and pianist known for her renowned skills‚ is the violin soloist for
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The Baroque time frame was from the 1600AD-1750AD and was the first occasion when that instrumental music turned out to be essentially equivalent‚ both in amount and quality‚ with vocal music. “Composers also developed a new way of handling the chords as that their interrelation was felt to be more logical or coherent.” (Kerman pg.‚ 83) There are four musical attributes of the Baroque time frame. These four are Homophony- Monody‚ Recitative-Act‚ or imitate while singing strict metrical rhythm which
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The Elizabethan Era is sometimes referred to as the “Golden Age” of English history for the new found peace of the era and for the flourishing of areas such as poetry‚ literature‚ and music. At this point in time the Elizabethan Era is part of the period of music called the Renaissance where a considerable amount of innovation and exploration was done to the music of the time period. Consequently‚ new forms of music arose in addition to the already present religious music. Street music‚ court music
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