On April 1st‚ 2015‚ I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the Faculty Recital at the Queensborough Performing Arts Complex. It was an intimate setting‚ a small crowd of approximately twenty people‚ gathered to enjoy a midday concert. The crowd was composed mostly of students‚ as well as‚ a few older patrons of the arts. I had never been in the theater at the Queensborough Performing Arts Complex before‚ even though I have been a student at the college for sometime. I was surprised at it’s size
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time and space. It was‚ however‚ not always so black-and-white during the days of early musical revolution; it was even less of the case when it came to classical music. For the remainder of this thesis‚
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homophonic song belongs to the genre of Christmas music and is arranged for soprano‚ alto‚ tenor and bass. For many years‚ Mark Brymer was a very successful choral writer and arranger for educational and choral music. He had hundreds of choral works‚ musical reviews‚ melodies and copyrighted arrangements in print. He was a senior music producer and arranger for over 400 recordings for music textbooks. This was followed by “Deck the Halls in ⅞.” Director‚ Mr. Brett Kniess‚ said that this was a difficult
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Stronger‚ is an example of a sampling as it has an obvious musical sample from Edwin Birdsong’s 1979 hit ‘Cola Bottle Baby’‚ throughout the whole song. At the start of both of the songs they sound the same‚ although they both take on their genres in the first verse. Daft Punk use electronic noises and voices and other synthesised beats to add to the basic funk/groove bass line. Through the use of technology Daft Punk were able to take a musical idea from a different genre and transform it to fit into
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music‚ Balinese‚ Javanese‚ and a host of contemporary composers from around the world who have sprung up since the 1970’s are but a few from the galaxy of unknown musical artists who have contributed to the creation and playing of - music for health‚ healing‚ and spiritual enrichment. And what distinguishes "healing music" from other musical forms? In one word: SPIRITUALITY. In a few words: Music created from the soul to and for the soul. In a paragraph: Music aimed toward a healing effect‚ a mother
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which Strayhorn received all of the credit he rightly deserved. In addition to the numerous hit songs Billy composed‚ his musical style‚ above all else‚ is what led to his legacy being
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The concert that I attended on November 4th was the Music of the Night‚ a musical theatre gala performance‚ which was performed by the faculty of the Department of Music from the University of Arkansas. They performed thirteen songs that were all performed by piano and their voices. Each song was unique from one another ranging from funny‚ happy‚ upbeat rhythms to songs that made you feel sad emotions. Of the thirteen songs that were performed the two that stood out to me were Whatever Happened to
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1882 in Kecskemet‚ Hungary. Though from a musical family‚ his initial inclination was towards literary studies.As his father was a railway official‚ the Kodály family had moved many times. From 1884 until 1891 they lived in Galánta‚ which was later immortalised in the orchestral dances Kodaly based on folk music from the area. The Kodaly family moved to Nagyszombat‚ where Zoltan studied violin and piano and sang in the cathedral choir. He studied the musical scores in the cathedral music library‚ and
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night away. The Phat Cat Swinger has nine members including one vocalist‚ one baritone saxophonist‚ one alto saxophonist‚ one tenor saxophonist‚ one trombonist‚ one trumpeter‚ one guitarist‚ one drummer and one upright bass-er. All of them have good musical skills that brought us such an amazing show and a great sense of jazz. They are totally deserved to be one of the most popular swing band in Los Angeles area. Generally‚ they have all the characteristics of a typical swing band. Their music that night
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originated in France Clavichord- smaller version of a stringed keyboard that would be used as a solo instrument. Consort- an English instrumental ensemble containing four to seven instruments Crumhorn- similar to bagpipe‚ a wind instrument containing a double reed encased in a cap Fantasia- form of music that was mainly improvised for several different occasions Harpsichord- a stringed keyboard instrument where the strings where actually plucked rather than the
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