Erkonig by Franz Schubert performed by soloist Ian Martin‚ “Il est doux‚ il es bon” from Herodiade by Jules Massenet performed by soprano Amanda M. Williams ‚ Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn‚Op. 56a by Johannes Brahms and Te Deum by Zoltan Kodaly. The Symphony Orchestra included such instruments as piano‚ violins‚ cellos‚ flutes. Performers were prepared very well. Ovidiu Marinescu was the conductor for all the musical pieces except Variations on the Theme‚ which was conducted by Joseph Gehring
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Musical Analysis The first piece I chose was Frédéric Chopin’s Prelude in E-Minor (op.28 no. 4). It was performed by Aldona Dvarionaite (2009). Chopin was a composer in the Romantic period. This is a sad piano piece. Chopin wrote primarily for the piano. The piece range was almost monotone in nature. The sound was in scale rising and lowering using the same melody throughout the piece. The tones were kept uniform repeating over and over again. I found this piece of music one dimensional.
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Music of any period reflects‚ in its own way‚ some of the same influences‚ tendencies‚ and generative impulses that are found in the other arts of that time (Donna‚ 2005). Thus the word "baroque‚" usually used despairingly by eighteenth-century art critics to describe the art and architecture of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries‚ came to be applied also to the music of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. After some years after the death of Johann
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major In my introduction to music class we were assigned to listen and evaluate a particular piece of music in order to reflect on our unique individuality. For my project I chose Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791 and his work of the piano concerto No. 23 in A Major specifically the second movement that was created in 1786. In addition to listening‚ the piece must be broken down and organized into themes or motives. By the end of the project we should be able
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Faure’s penultimate score‚ Piano Trio in D minor‚ Op. 120 was a prime example of his final style. Commissioned by Jacques Durand‚ a French music publisher and composer‚ its original commission requested a trio consisting of a piano‚ violin‚ and violoncello. Instead Fauré conceptualized the piece as a trio for piano‚ clarinet‚ and violoncello. The second and third movements were composed with a clarinet‚ but the melody consisted of pitches accessible to both clarinet and violin. With the piece finalized
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What are the sacred genres of the Medieval period? 15. Who are the main Medieval composers? 16. The difference between a cantata and a sonata; 17. Know what a lute (a kind of stringed instrument) looks like; 18. Dates of the Baroque Period; 19. Characteristic qualities of harmony during the Classical period; 20. The names of the sections of a Classical Sonata-Allegro form; 21. The Romantic Period dates 22. Who created plainsong? 23. Who are the main Renaissance composers? 24. Who are the
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“Mozart Effect” The Mozart effect has two general definitions. Firstly‚ it is a set of research results that indicate that listening to Mozart’s music may induce a short-term improvement on the performance of certain kinds of mental tasks known as "spatial-temporal reasoning". And also it is popularized versions of the theory‚ which suggest that "listening to Mozart makes you smarter"‚ or that early childhood exposure to classical music has a beneficial effect on mental development. The term
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Outline the major musical development of the classical period and the main characteristics of the classical style. Main characteristics of the classical style: Contrast of mood - Mood in classical music may change gradually or suddenly. Masters like Haydn and Beethoven were able to impart unity and logic to music of wide emotional range. Rhythm - In Classical music‚ there is a flexibility of rhythm. A classical composition has a range of rhythmic patterns. The classical style also can include unexpected
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Analysis of Haydn’s String Quartet: Op. 76‚ No. 4‚ in B-flat Major “Sunrise” Haydn composed his Op. 74 quartets in the later years of his life between 1796 and 1797 and it was the last of his completed string quartets. The set of quartets were dedicated to the Hungarian Count Joseph Erdödy and were published in 1799. It was said that this selection of quartets was one of his “most ambitious chamber works” with his attempt of “emphasizing thematic continuity‚ seamlessly and continually passing motifs
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throughout the variation. Violin 1 is playing sets of semiquavers which give the different harmonies in this variation. Most of the notes in the violin 1 part are in intervals of 3rds and 5ths or are in scale order. This variation is always soft (sempre piano). In the next variation the bass instrument of the quartet has the melody (the cello). The violin 1 plays on the off beats for most of the variation with groups of semiquavers filled in as a small counter melody. Violin 2 is harmonizing between the
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