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    Music Style in Modern Music Jose Joya’s “The Maranao”‚ an abstract expressionism uses line‚ texture and color to express complex themes and messages. • The 20th century is perceived to have attained a wide variety of development that one finds difficult to interpret. The predominant trait of the twentieth century is individualism. It talks about the imagination and expression of an individual’s innermost feelings with clarity and balance. This king of direction has greatly affected the stream

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    distinctly American. Copland was very interested in jazz‚ but started getting more interested in folk music. In 1935 he composed El Salon Mexico‚ this was the beginning of his popular composer years. One of his very popular films was Our Town. Igor Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg influenced a lot of his pieces. For my musical choice I picked Rodeo: Hoe Down. I think the mood in this music is happy there is a lot of upbeat rhythms and tones. The speed is very fast and quick it never stops its instruments

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    Hitler’s Influence on Music Between the years of 1939 to 1945 the world was an entirely different place. This was one of the darkest parts of world history‚ World War II. This war truly reshaped the world‚ as we know it today. During this type period there was also a huge amount of compositions being produced and performed. Often times though certain composers music was censored because the leader of their nation did not agree with the composition or the ideas of the composer. The most powerful

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    century‚ was an exciting time for music. The traditional rules from the Classical and Romantic eras were being challenged and new ones were being created. This allowed composers to develop new styles‚ sounds‚ and genres. One of these composers was Igor Stravinsky‚ who challenged the norms with his “experimental and often controversial style” (Hanson 165). Due to this‚ Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” and “The Firebird” will be compared for this week’s assignment. All comparisons will be based off the

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    Alexander Kasser Theater in Montclair State University on Wednesday‚ December 8th‚ 2010 at 7:30 pm. The program was approximately an hour and a half long‚ with two parts and a short intermission. The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps- 1913) by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) was performed. There was an assortment of musical energy in parts of the first section of the symphony with a quantity of sections constantly changing rhythms. I really enjoyed the piece‚ it was not too long to become fed up with

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    Fantasia 2000 Analysis

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    Concerto No. 2‚ Allegro‚ Opus 102 by Dmitri Shostakovich‚ Carnival of the Animals‚ Finale by Camille Saint-Saens‚ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas‚ Pomp and Circumstance‚ Marches 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ and 4 by Sir Edward Elgar‚ and Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky. All of which were performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and conducted by James Levine except for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice‚ which was by an ensemble of Hollywood studio musicians conducted by Leopold Stokowski.

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    During these years‚ he worked with cardinal composers‚ such as Prokofiev‚ Stravinsky‚ Claude Debussy‚ Erik Satie and Ravel‚ and Famous artists who were in charge of designing sets and costumes‚ such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse‚ creating new works that integrated all the arts. Among his new works‚ in Paris‚ 1928‚ Balanchine staged the premiere Apollon musagète (Apollo and the muses) in a successful collaboration with Stravinsky. It turned out to be one of the most innovative ballets combining a classical

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    Get Smart

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    in poet T.S. Eliot. -Logical mathematical intelligence-number smarts‚ reflected in scientist Albert Einstein. -Spatial Intelligence-space smarts‚ reflected in artist Pablo Picasso. -Musical intelligence-music smart‚ reflected in composter Igor Stravinsky. -bodily Kinesthetic-body smart‚ reflected in dancer Martha Graham. -Interpersonal intelligence-people smarts‚ reflected in psychiatrist Sigmund Freud. -Intrapersonal intelligence-self smart‚ reflected in philosopher-activist Mahatma Gandhi

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    Music of the 20th Century

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    MUSIC OF THE 20th CENTURY Music of the 20th century Introduction In this history of music and arts‚ every period has its own characteristic style which is associated with the society from which it originated. The period of the 19th and 20th century perceived the two world wars‚ and had been a period of many changes: advancement in technology‚ a period of many inventions such as the telephone‚ television‚ electronic light‚ computers‚ cassette tapes‚ synthesizers‚ CD players‚ and many others.

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    twentieth century‚ Vienna was Paris’s only musical rival‚ the heart of the great Austrian German musical tradition”. Concurrent to Paris‚ the Modernist musical movement in Vienna‚ underwent a different sort of musical revolution. “While Debussy and Stravinsky both grew out of Romanticism‚ their musical debts to the

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