The dynamics change suddenly rather than gradually as they contrast the forte or piano to make the echo effects. However‚ Classical music used more dynamics. For example‚ the uses of continuously changing dynamics through crescendo and decreacendo. In Baroque music‚ the string orchestra concept begun‚ with added woodwinds. Also‚ the harpsichord or organ were used instead of a piano instruments and it was the main social instrument. In Classical‚ the orchestra was enlarged and organised
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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 at the time? 3. What is the literary basis for West Side Story? What does this story share
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Music Knowledge By Referring to the score of each List piece‚ candidates can be asked to: Name and/or explain any notes‚ rests‚ signs‚ terms its title and its key/tonality Identify (on the appropriate score) any key changes that occur‚ or explain other types of tonal organizations (atonal‚ pentatonic) Explain form‚ through a detailed structural analysis. Where the piece is a movement from a larger work‚ brief knowledge of its relationship to the other movements in the work is expected Either
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before. The orchestra just kept growing. The average orchestra size during the romantic period is 80-90 people. The piano was still the main instrument during the Early Romantic period. Most Romantic Composers composed not only concert music for the instrument but also music intended for amateur use. Because of the political and social changes meant that most people owned pianos in the home. Another change made was the percussion section‚ which grew massively during this period‚ from 1 drum to
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had walked out on Dorothy ’s father‚ Cyrus‚ five months previous to Dorothy ’s birth taking her first child‚ Vivian‚ with her. A friend of Ruby named Geneva Williams soon moved in with them‚ and Geneva began teaching the girls singing‚ dancing and piano. The girls were too young to realize it at the time‚ but
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59‚ No.3 “Razumovsky ” and Antonin Dvorak’s Piano Quintet No.2 in A‚ B. 155‚ Op.82. In this report‚ I will focus on discussing Beethoven’s work. 1Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic period in Western art music‚ he remains one of the most famous and influential icon for all composers. His best-known compositions include 9symphonies‚ 5 concertos for piano‚ 32 piano sonatas‚ and 16 string quartets. 2The String
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sRll use musical idioms of dramaRc music Harpsichord h?p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxzY3tFTz9k Early form of the piano Strings were plucked rather than struck Smaller range than modern piano Dynamic changes harder to achieve Organ
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Dana Butler 12/08/14 Music of the 18th Century Derived from the Portuguese barroco‚ or “oddly shaped pearl‚” the term “baroque” has been widely used since the nineteenth century to describe the period in Western European art music from about 1600 to 1750. Comparing some of music history’s greatest masterpieces to a misshapen pearl might seem strange to us today‚ but to the nineteenth century critics who applied the term‚ the music of Bach and Handel’s era sounded overly ornamented and exaggerated
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“CLASSICAL PERIOD” (Music IV) Presented by: Kevin Abad‚ Max Lee‚ George Ingram Presented to: Ma’am Chesyl Momin Date: February 9‚ 2012 The Classical Era spanned roughly 80 years in music history and gave us 3 of the most famous composers of all time: Mozart‚ Beethoven and Haydn. The classical era spans roughly 80 years in music history during the 18th and 19th centuries and is often associated with the movement called
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AMERICAN CULTURE Visual and performing arts 3.Arts and letters The arts‚ more than other features of culture‚ provide avenues for the expression of imagination and personal vision. They offer a range of emotional and intellectual pleasures to consumers of art and are an important way in which a culture represents itself. There has long been a Western tradition distinguishing those arts that appeal to the multitude‚ such as popular music‚ from those—such as classical orchestral music—normally
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