If we will talk about these two legendary songs by AC/DC and Led Zeppelin‚ we can predict that Stairway to heaven is literary better‚ simply because of that specific band called Led Zeppelin. That outstanding band had and still has several iconic performers such as Robert Plant‚ Jimmy Page and John Bonham. AC/DC is one of the classical and the best bands in that genre of music‚ we simply can’t argue about that because of at least Angus Young’s divine charismatic nature and professionalism. Despite
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George Gershwin was an American composer and song writer of the early 19th hundreds. He was born on sept 26 1898 in Brooklyn New York to parents of Russian descent and would eventually become a composer of jazz‚ opera‚ and popular songs for the stage and screen. Gershwin began playing piano professionally in several New York night clubs after he dropped out of school at the age of 15. He began his career as a “song plugger”. A “song plugger” was a vocalist or a piano player who was employed in the
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George Gershwin: “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” When thinking about significant American composers‚ one name in particular came to me: George Gershwin. Influenced by French composers of an earlier time‚ George developed his own style‚ mixing jazz with the popular music of his time and creating something unique. Though he was met with mixed reviews in most of his endeavors‚ he kept writing‚ producing songs and plays for no purpose other than because he loved doing it. He started off as a song-plugger
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Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the greatest composers in history. “People felt his music and art helped protect people against the advance of doubt bred by the renaissance ideas of scientific‚ rational inquiry.”(The World Book Encyclopedia 2012. Chicago‚ IL: World Book‚ 2012. Print). He bought music techniques such as Counterpoint (playing of two or more melodies at one time) and Fugue(where different instruments repeat the same melody with slight variation) to their greatest heights. He wrote
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PETER TCHAIKOVSKY Jasmin Gomez Music 42: Music Appreciation April 15‚ 2016 Peter (Pyotr) Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a composer during the Romantic period. Tchaikovsky was born in the year 1840 in Russia. Although his family wanted him to be a lawyer‚ he was later recognized as a captivating composer. Another pianist‚ Anton Rubinstein‚ who was well known at the time‚ tutored him. When he began composing music‚ it was mostly folk music from his country. However‚ as time went on his work
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The Canadian Premiere of Gorecki’s IV Symphony The Contemporary Music Festival in Winnipeg is one of the most important festival of modern music on the American Continent. This year’s edition will take place from January 22nd to January 29th ‚ and its culmination will be the first ever Canadian premiere of Gorecki’s Fourth Symphony. Henryk Gorecki has an extremely rich artistic work‚ but the greatest popularity has brought to the composer’s the Third Symphony “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.”
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CHAMBER RECITAL The first piece written by Lowell Liebermann‚ Sonata for Flute and Harp‚ Op. 56 was a vibrant piece music dealing mostly with chromaticism at its center. The harp slowly and gradually moves in a crescendo with an almost synonymous sound to a suspense movie. The flute on the other hand‚ acts as the amplifying instrument that amplifies the tension created by the harp. Similarly‚ David Kechley’s piece‚ Available Light: Midwinter Musings for Flute and Harp possesses almost the same
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Stupid Fucking Title for Stupid Fucking Paper Liz Rutter Liz Rutter As public music became common in the eighteenth century‚ the concept of musical taste began its literal development. There were new ideas that music should be universal and appeal to all tastes‚ connoisseur or untutored. These ideas represent the Enlightenment; a time when people favored a more natural take on art however‚ the idea of musical taste was not brand new in the eighteenth century. Though musical taste
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Gustav Mahler 1860-1911 Gutav Mahler‚ born July 7‚1860‚ was a post romantic composer. He was born in eastern Bohemia‚ which was the Austrian Empire back then. Mahler and his family moved to Iglau‚ Germany when he was a little boy. He and his family lived near the town square; they frequently heard concerts‚ this gave Mahler an initial exposure to music. At age 6 he was playing piano and studying under the influence of several musicians in the area. By 15‚ he was accepted into the Vienna
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Concert Report The concert I attended was North Idaho College Wind Symphony In Concert‚ featuring the Whitworth University Wind Symphony. It took place in the Schuler Preforming Arts Center at the North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene on March 21st. The main pieces which I will be focusing on are Aspen Jubilee‚ Walking Tune‚ and The Invincible Eagle. All of these pieces were performed by the Whitworth University Wind Symphony‚ whose conductor was Richard Strauch. Strauch conducted a symphony of 55
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