a great variety of instrumental music from the Medieval to the late Baroque eras and was the most important instrument for secular music in the Renaissance. What is a harpsichord? Where were these instruments often found? A keyboard instrument with horizontal strings that run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case and are plucked by points of quill‚ leather‚ or plastic operated by depressing the keys. It is used chiefly in European classical music of the 16th to 18th centuries.
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Throughout history‚ music has always played a great role in culture. Music has always influenced the way people think and act but when the 1950´s arrived music played even a greater role in people’s lifestyle and as the decades went on music kept becoming more and more popular and it is now one of the biggest industries and influences in the world. Music doesn’t only changes people´s mood. It goes beyond that‚ Music reflects society on a much deeper level because it mirrors the attitudes of its
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Comparing the Classical and Baroque Eras of Music From the 1600’s through the 1900’s‚ two distinct forms of musical composition and periods came into play that would change the way the world looked at musical performance in all its revelations. Baroque music displayed music that expressed drama‚ expression of self and talent in retrospect to the way church felt had previously felt about in the medieval era of thinking. The form of Classical era music that began to engulf much of western Europe gave
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I’m going to share my personal speculations on rap music versus‚ classical music. Born in a family of Jehovah’s witnesses‚ I personally enjoy all types of music‚ rap being the only one I detest . In perspective classical music is much more soothing than rap can ever be. Rap tends to discredit and disfigure woman. Rap started in the late 1970’s. Rap to me is a cluster of drug dealers‚ and hood rats rapping telling young kids there troubled child hood stories. Rappers use vulgar language‚ that
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clarinet as my object and the Cittern as my object from The Met. I have chosen these two objects‚ because they have a lot in common as they are both musical instruments. The cittern was made roughly in 1685 made by German man‚ Joachim Tielke. The material used to make this was cypress‚ ivory‚ ebony‚ parchment‚ and brass. The cittern is 24 ⅞ in by 9 5/16 in. Also‚ this was made in Hamburg‚ Germany‚ so it is a german instrument. This was used to play music during church services and ceremonies such as weddings
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descent. In the year 1804‚ Haiti gained their independence from France and now DBR and Val-Inc are using their Haitian background to express feelings of freedom‚ revolution‚ and human spirituality. When I walked into the concert I was very skeptical and biased that I would dislike it. They asked the audience to take a risk and explore the boundaries of classical music together. My boundaries have been broken and now I see a whole new side of music that I did not know existed. They played several different
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Music In the 1980’s The 1980s was a decade of revolutionary changes on the music scene. The two major developments were the advent of MTV and the compact disc. Music became more diverse‚ with new wave‚ heavy metal‚ rap‚ techno pop‚ alternative rock and the "new" country sounds. And music became a huge marketing tool as filmmakers‚ TV producers and manufacturers of everything from sneakers to soft drinks used hit songs and hot performers to sell their products. Search: how pop culture affects teens
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Classical and Modern day Music From the 12th century to the 21st century music has been vital to everyday life. Whether the music is coming from the trumpet playing an old time classical or from the beat of a rapper raping his favorite tune or song; the creativity and passion for music starts to flow out of every person who lets it. Music had changed drastically over the years. Three ways music has changed is by adding instruments‚ changing the message‚ and by changing the purpose. A lot of people
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Listening log Composer- W.A Mozart Title of work- Bassoon Concerto in B flat major (K. 191) Date of Composition- 1774 Date of listening- 22/10/2010 Medium of performance-CD Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) BBC Philharmonic‚ Gianandrea Noseda This is Mozart’s only surviving bassoon
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A Qualitative Study on Classical Music from the 20th Century to the Present OUTLINE I. Introduction II. Musical Characteristics III. Major Stylistic Developments IV. Chosen Composers of the Major Stylistic Developments V. Conclusion Classical Music from the 20th Century to the Present Music is part of our daily lives. Also‚ no one can deny the fact that music is a language and like language‚ it is subjected to evolution. Music from the 20th century to the
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