classics Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby. After his years with Evans’ trio‚ he left to join forces with Paul Bley and began a long association and relationship with Keith Jarrett in 1966. From there he appeared with American-based quartet up until 1977. Along the way Paul freelanced for artists like Mose Allison‚ Charles Lloyd‚ Carla Bley‚ and Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Ensemble‚ and turned down the chance to be John Coltrane’s second drummer. Motian did his writing on the piano—and
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Using his fingers and the edge of his hand‚ he jabs repeatedly at the drum head. A second drummer‚ holding his instrument between his knees‚ joins in. A third black man‚ seated on the ground‚ plucks a string instrument.”(allaboutjazz). The scene could have been Africa‚ but it was an area of New Orleans then known as Congo Square. From those early seeds‚ jazz began its long odyssey across America and the world. The roots of west african culture and musical
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EAMMON MSETFI Contextual studies (MU314) Convenor: Tim Howle Essay 1 Denis Smalley has suggested that the two most important musical developments in the 20th Century are the domains of the ’electro-acoustic’ and the ’vernacular’. To what extent is his assumption correct? This piece will demonstrate an understanding of the developments in 20th century music‚ with a detailed view on the path and expansion of electro-acoustic technology and of the vernacular. This will also be highlighting
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variety of works. These pieces were intended to be played my himself or his sister. Mozart wrote twenty piano pieces between the years of 1782 and 1786. He continued writing many other types of music including; violin sonatas‚ string duets and trios‚ string quartets‚ piano trios‚ chamber music‚ serenades‚ divertimenti’s‚ and opera’s. Mozart also wrote several pieces for masses. These masses were mostly vocal‚ but there are some pieces intended for
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Title: Piano Concerto in G major‚ K. 453‚ I — 1784 C.E. Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Information: Lived from 1756-1791 C.E. German nationality Genre: Symphony Performing Forces: Solo piano with orchestra (pairs of woodwinds‚ horns‚ and strings) Timbre: Form: First-movement concerto form‚ with orchestral and solo expositions‚ then development‚ recapitulation‚ and coda Comments: I was impressed by the various piano sections‚ which display incredible moments of piano virtuosity. This particular
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Score Details Recording Details Comments Stravinsky: “The Rite of Spring” (1913) (learning central audio and score) • In “The Augurs of Spring”‚ the strings play a quaver ostinato that has irregular accentuation (e.g. 2nd and 4th quavers in the third bar of 13). This causes the pulse and sense of rhythm to become obscured. I have made use of this technique in variation 13. • Stravinsky makes use of triplets‚ sextuplets (flute in first bar of 17) and septuplets (7th bar of 32). I have also made
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The trumpet has probably evolved more than any other instrument that is presently in use. Its long history began with ancient people using hollow materials such as animal horns and seashells to amplify sounds that they made. The trumpet as we have it today is almost a totally different instrument from what it was thousands of years ago. Since the beginning of time‚ man has composed music‚ both instrumental and vocal. The very first instruments were probably part of the percussion family. People
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Every artist has their own unique sound‚ no matter what genre of music they use. When you step outside of the box‚ that is when people start to notice‚ and that’s exactly what Mozart did. Although he was traditional in most ways‚ his pieces encaptured extreme sophistication‚ and exuberated effortless emotion. In every great artist‚ you can see a pattern of starting music at a young age‚ and with Mozart there is no difference. He had a natural talent with music. I was shocked to discover that at
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the shape of the body and also the way the bow was used‚ stringed instruments have come quite a long way since first being introduced. The vielle is a chordophone instrument‚ meaning that it is a musical instrument that has strings as the tone-producing elements. The strings are also the part which determines the pitch of the instrument. (Marcuse‚ 1975) It is one of many different stringed instruments that developed during this time. It was among of the first‚ however to use a bow. The vielle
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which one that incorporated other musical forms including style gallant. Like many composers of his era‚ he was a talented in creating almost every major genre‚ including symphonies‚ few operas‚ many concertos‚ and chamber pieces that included string quartets. All of these musical genres are not new; however‚ these concertos were made more mainstream by Mozart. Mozart composed numerous amounts of religious music and many other forms of entertainment. For La Chevalier‚ he did not just compose musical
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