leading the Longshoremen’s Union. Just as important as the plot of the film is the music; the original score by Leonard Bernstein greatly influenced how other composers would approach film scoring. Bernstein combined the “American” characteristics of Aaron Copland’s music (disjunct melodies‚ wide intervals‚ small but colorful ensembles) with the dark and somewhat disturbing elements of modernism. Bernstein did not shy away from dissonance‚ and he also incorporated jazz elements (such as brass and rhythmic
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Kimberly Kraft Mrs. Besel Debate 14 December 2013 Music Essay In this essay I think Aaron Copland’s essay how we listen to music is better because it gives examples and feelings of why and reasons that people listen to music. In Copland’s essay he says there are different planes of music the first one is the sensuous plane‚ the second is the expressive plane‚ and the third is the sheerly musical plane and in Reagon says there are also different types of music but he describes it as one the
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choreographer. De Mille began her association with the fledgling American Ballet Theatre (then called the Ballet Theatre) in 1939‚ but her first significant work‚ Rodeo (1942) with the score by Aaron Copland‚ was staged for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Although de Mille continued to choreograph nearly up to the time of her death—her final ballet‚ The Other‚ was completed in 1992—most of her
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By the turn of the century and for the next few decades‚ artists of all nationalities were searching for exciting and different modes of expression. Composers such as Arnold Schoenberg explored unusual and unorthodox harmonies and tonal schemes. French composer Claude Debussy was fascinated by Eastern music and the whole-tone scale‚ and created a style of music named after the movement in French painting called Impressionism. Hungarian composer Béla Bartók continued in the traditions
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early twentieth-century music? How did they approach form? Chapter 36‚ p. 312 1. What elements made Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring shocking to its first audiences? Is it still shocking today? Chapter 39‚ p. 339 2. What qualities in the music of Aaron Copland are particularly American? Chapter 41‚ p. 362 1. How did George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein both straddle the worlds of Classical and popular music? 2. What is the literary basis for Porgy and Bess? How does this story differ from other musicals
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Cited: Cassileth‚ Barrie R.. "Beyond the Mainstream; Music From the Soul‚ for the Body; (Home Edition)." Los Angeles Times 04/09/2000. Health. 18/03/2006 . Copland‚ Aaron. What to Listen for in Music. Boston: McGraw-Hill‚ 1957. Isabelle Leymarie. Perspectives on Contemporary Issues. Thomson/Wadsworth‚ 2006. Langer‚ Susanne K.. Philosophical Sketches. Baltimore: John Hopkins Press‚ 1962. Soothing Body and Soul.
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Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy that asks questions about the nature of art and beauty. The Classical definition of art is the good‚ the true‚ the beautiful. Art equals something that is beautiful then it is true and leads the person experiencing it‚ to the good. While this may be the classical definition of art it is not quite accurate. To think that something is true and good just because it is beautiful is not right. There are three critiques of this definition which define art in a different
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In this era of increasing emphasis on art， more and more people start learning about some arts‚ one of the famous art activity is to sing a song. For me‚ it’s not like a hobby‚ it’s more like a part of my life. So I choose one of my favorite song to express myself.in the song‚ there are many figurative languages‚ for example‚ there have repetition‚ simile and rhyme. first of all‚ there are many repetitions in this song‚ repetition means the act of repeating‚ or doing‚ saying‚ or writing something
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Michelle Walk Music 174 Impact presentation “Music can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable.” Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein was born August 25‚ 1918. Now usually‚ one would not look for a birth date‚ rather death. This is treasured because‚ what is truly important is not only ones life; but also and especially‚ our founders of music and arts. His death date was October 14‚ 1990. This presents us with the ideal window of what he achieved during his life span. But‚ for all
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Of Studies: Bacon‚ Francis. Bacon’s “Of Studies” is not written like the typical essay you find today. We are taught that an essay must have an introduction paragraph‚ body paragraphs‚ and a conclusion paragraph‚ but Of Studies has only one. Instead we find a variety of statements about how studies can be used. The first thing he argues is that “Studies serve for delight‚ for ornament‚ and for ability.”‚ and then gives an explanation for each one. There is also quite a bit of parallelism in the
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