his essay "How We Listen‚" Aaron Copland classifies and divides the listening process into three parts: "the sensuous place‚ the expressive plane‚ and the sheerly musical plane" (1074). I believe by this mechanical separation‚ Copland succeeds in discussing difficult topic‚ so natural that most people tend to by pass it. He uses analogy and sometimes stresses on certain situation where these planes are abused or become a cause of a problem. The main purpose for Copland to separate the listening process
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people. Aaron Copland said that even “One note is enough to change the atmosphere of the room” (599). This essay was written for just about everybody‚ with hearing of course‚ because most everyone listens to music. Even for the few that do not listen to music often‚ this could perhaps persuade them to listen to music . This was presented in a creative essay type format. The different types of music and conclusion of this essay are examples of evidence to support the purpose. Copland mentioned
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Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence‚ just north of Boston‚ on Sunday‚ August 25‚ 1918. Bernstein was named Louis at birth‚ after his mother’s grandfather‚ but at the age of sixteen he had it formally changed to Leonard‚ or Lenny. As a child‚ Bernstein was sick very often with asthma and hay fever. Perhaps due to these and many other medical conditions‚ Bernstein preferred to be alone. He didn’t care to spend much time with his family or even with his peers. Most likely because of this self-isolation
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Martha Graham Discuss the influence Martha Graham had on the development of Modern Dance. Make detailed reference to her technique‚ choreography‚ and performing. Modern Dance is a style of dance that originated in the early 1920s as a rejection of Classical Ballet; it can be used to show raw emotion‚ political/social issues‚ and freedom. Martha Graham (11th May 1894 – April 1st 1991) was an American dancer who had a large impact on Modern Dance. The development of Modern Dance was largely impacted
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Emily Dickinson is well known for writing poems about subjects that were very personal and relatable to her life and producing a vibrant image to intensify it. Most of her poetry consists of themes regarding death‚ love‚ nature‚ religion‚ and success. Before‚ these themes were rarely brought up in American literature. Researchers argue that the themes Dickinson wrote of were too controversial to profess at the time‚ therefore her contemporaries simply chose to neglect these topics and hoped to appeal
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composers began to compose music that attempted to fuze together both Jazz and classical music. Igor Stravinsky ‚ Maurice Ravel‚ and Darius Milhaud were just a sum of the most notable. America had a few of its own successful composers as well such as‚ Aaron Copland ‚George Gershwin ‚ Gunther Schuller‚ and Leonard Bernstein also arrived through the inspiration of Jazz music. Most of the Jazz scene began to develop in New Orleans‚ other major cities such as St.Louis‚ Memphis‚ and Chicago had their own style
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to change one’s whole outlook upon a certain subject. In Copland’s theory he states that music should be listened to only the beat. He thinks that music is supposed to be heard on only three planes; expressive‚ sensuous‚ and the musical plane. Yet Copland doesn’t talk about what lyrics add to these planes. In a song called "Changes" by Tupac Shakur ‚ lyrics to this song made it a brilliant example of Copland’s theory on all three planes. Tupac was a brilliantt rap artist that used the times around
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the Aztec Renaissance because of his ability to incorporate components of Indian culture in his music. The final chapter is focused on the american composer Aaron Copland. Copland and Chavez had a close friendship with one another that also impacted their music. Copland is known as one of the early forgers of an American style of music. Copland had traveled to Mexico for the first time with Chavez and immediately fell in love with the land. He describes it as a colorful atmosphere and went on to be
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by Aaron Copland‚ there are four elements of music: rhythm‚ melody‚ harmony‚ and tone color. Each of these elements are not heard by themselves but are heard together as one sound. Each part of music has a special and unique way wherewith we interpret and react to it. Rhythm comes first in the musical elements because many historians say that music started with a beating of a rhythm. Whether it was the cavemen with branches or another group rhythm was the first element of music found (Copland‚ 33)
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follow each other 2. What are the families of instruments? Give an example of 1 instrument from each family. Strings- Violin Woodwind- Oboe Brass- Trombone Percussion- Cymbals 3. What are the three panes of listening to music as described by Aaron Copland? On which plane do YOU normally listen to music? 1. Sensuous 2. Expressive 3. Purely Musical I listen to music in a purely musical way. 4. Give 3 examples of ideas or aspects of music from Ancient Greece that are still used today in one form
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