Organized by the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of music‚ the evening was filled with a wide variety of piano repertoires given by students of the keyboard department. Audiences were looking forward to the concert as the majority are pianist themselves‚ amatuers and professional alike. The program started off with Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in E major BWV854 book 1 by Ong Junlin‚ the performance didn’t go smoothly however as he was not confident throughout. The prelude was fine overall‚ as listeners preferred
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20th century. Generally‚ he is referred to as a prominent and a great cellist of all times. Casals made many of his recordings in his career with solo‚ orchestral music‚ chamber and conductor (Lea‚ pg42). Very commonly‚ remembered in the recording of Bach in the year 1939. He is termed more Catalonian than Spanish since he spent all his time in Catalonia where he was born. Compared to other‚ like Andres Segovia who was a Spaniard and was well known for his prowess in a guitar‚ they both were in the
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Alan Watts FAMOUS AS: Philosopher‚ Writer & Speaker BORN ON: 06 January 1915 BORN IN: Chislehurst‚ Kent‚ England DIED ON: 16 November 1973 NATIONALITY: United Kingdom WORKS & ACHIEVEMENTS: Popular philosopher known for his Eastern philosophy and Zen teachings‚ Wrote famous books like The Way of Zen (1957)‚ Psychotherapy East and West (1961)‚ The New Alchemy (1958) and The Joyous Cosmology (1962). Alan Watts or Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher‚ writer‚ and speaker who
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works without opus numbers (WoO). Some significant works includes Variations on a March by Dressler‚ WoO 63 and Three Piano Sonatas in E flat‚ f and D‚ WoO 47. The 2nd movement in f minor‚ a key rarely used as that time gives a passionate mood. CPE Bach‚ whose works were studied by Beethoven‚ also wrote 3 keyboard sonatas in f minor. Another important work of the period is the Three Piano Quartets in E flat‚ D‚ C. Each Piano Quartets is modeled after a specific piano or violin sonata by Mozart‚ the
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concertos and sonatas. Baroque music aroused from composer Arcangelo Corelli who influenced many of the composers during the time period. Like Georg Friederich Handel who was born in Halle (Germany)‚ on February 23rd‚ 1685‚ just a month before JS Bach was born in Eisenach‚ not so far to the south. Handel’s father intended him for the law‚ but his own musical talents soon prevailed. Following his studies in Germany‚ Handel went to Italy where he spent more than three years‚ in Florence‚ Rome‚ Naples
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Thomas Frost December 10th‚ 2014 Dr. Rasmussen Music History I MUSC-3370 George Frideric Handel George Frideric Handel was born February 23rd‚ 1685 to a family indifferent to music in Halle‚ Germany. He spent the majority of his career in London and is best known for his operas‚ oratorios‚ anthems and organ concertos. He opened three commercial opera companies to supply the English with Italian operas and wrote more than forty operas in just over thirty years of his career. His works are said to
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Music Comparison Task: Prokofiev‚ Mvt 3‚ Yellow River‚ Mvt 2 The Yellow River’s 2nd movement begins with the conjunct rise and fall of the cello melody in the upbeat to the first bar‚ the Classical Symphony’s 3rd movement melody begins after the 4 bar intro with a heavy ‘rustic’ ie. pastoral-like themed in its whimsicality. This melody in the upper strings descends sequentially and modulates to chord 6 in B minor after the first two bars of figure 1. The chord progression in bar 7 moves from
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Through the use of techniques and themes‚ a composer is able to create distinctively visual images when describing the setting and characters in detail which help us to understand and form meaning of what the composer is trying to convey in their texts. The use of techniques such as body language‚ symbolism‚ lighting‚ music and photographic background slides create distinctively visual images same with themes that are being used within the texts such as truth which is evident in the dramatic text
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Terms | Definitions | Sequence | Restatement of a pattern on successive or different pitch levels. | Duetting | Song performed by two. | Imitation* | Repeating a melody‚ with one voice entering at different times slightly altered. | Canon* | Several voices sing the same melody entering at different times. | Cantus firmus* | Polyphonic mass when each work is based on the same polyphonic work. | Stile recitativo | Style used in operas‚ oratorios‚ and cantatas where the text is declaimed
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In Baroque Era‚ you can see the style throughout various of life forms in that time‚ for the purpose of this response‚ we are focusing on the architect and musical style of the Baroque Era. Bach’s composition No. 5 (Brandenburg)‚ has polyphonic texture and uses the string and woodwind instrument family. You can hear the violins‚ flute‚ and harpsichord in this piece. The musical form of this piece is a three-part ritornello‚ and there are 3 movements. The movements go: (1) fast‚ (2) slow‚ and (3)
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