John Dowland: One of the Most Famous Composers of the Renaissance When people think of the music from the Renaissance they will most likely think of pieces written in Italy. While many pieces were created there‚ there were several pieces written in England as well. The most notable composer from England was John Dowland. Dowland had an interesting musical background and composed numerous pieces that still resonate with people today. Much of John Dowland’s life is lost to us today but what we do
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The guitar is a fretted‚ stringed instrument‚ and is a member of the lute family. It originated in Persia and reached Spain during the twelth-century‚ where it¹s versatility as both a solo and accompanying instrument were established. The theory of the guitar was discovered in the early centuries. They found that the sound of a bowstring could be enhanced by attaching a resonating chamber -most like a tortiseshell- to the bow. From the bow came essentially three main types of stringed instruments:
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inches. The painting was created for Caravaggio’s first patron Cardinal Francesco del Monte who had a great interest in music. The picture displays four young boys dressed in classic‚ roman style white togas. They are playing instruments (one has a Lute)‚ singing and reading music. A violin appears in the foreground that is not being played‚ almost as if the artist is inviting the viewer to join in the musical rendition. All of the figures seem to have rosy cheeks‚ one clearly has red hair‚ giving
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education and entertainment *boundaries of good taste* - purpose of 16th C. madrigals Main Ideas * Amateur music making was a major catalyst for the development of national secuar styles * developed over the course of the 16th C. * humanism and text depiction played a large part in madrigal style Amateur Music Making * led to many national styles * musical literacy became a social req. * amateurs needed easy vernacular music * 1st among elite Roots
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GENTRIFICATION IN “BRICK CITY” ***N E W A R K*** Originally‚ the term gentrification was invented to describe the residential movement of middle-class people into the low-income areas of London. (Zukin‚ 131). I understand gentrification to be a plan that focuses on developing urban renewal plans and projects to help uplift and restore low-income urban areas. This is all done in hopes to attract wealthier residents in order to boost the economy of the neighborhood or city. It has been debated that
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Assignment Two There are many similarities between A Vesta Was Descending by Thomas Weelkes and Flow My Tears by John Dowland. Both compositions were written around the beginning of 1600. Both works use colorful words to paint pictures. Ascending and descending scales are featured in both compositions. Each scale parallels the text in both works. As Vesta Was Descending is upbeat has a joyful rhythm. The song is from The Triumphs of Oriana‚ a collection of madrigals honoring Queen Elizabeth‚ who
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“PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY! ATTAWAY GO LUTES!” The crowd goes wild as the men’s basketball team race their way through victory at their home game. As I stand in the front row seats with my sixth grade class‚ the chant of the people around us ricochets in my head as I try to bring back the feelings and memories that came with today’s experience. My sixth grade teacher‚ Mrs. Utto-Galarneau‚ had a rather unique last name so I just called her Utto for short. I only remember her last name because she
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Mayuri Fiddle Originating from northern India‚ the Mayuri fiddle is a stringed instrument in the form of a peacock. The instrument is considered either a vina or a sitar‚ since sitars are derived from vinas‚ both categories are closely related (Weissmann 74). A vina is a stringed instrument with a long hollow gourd resonating chamber connected to a bridge design with strings that was introduced to India from Central Asian cultures around the 13th century. Peacocks in India were seen as sacred and
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around 1400 by Johannes Ciconia‚ a Franco-Flemish composer‚ who worked mainly in Italy. The original singers were probably soloists from the court chapel or cathedral choir. In this recording the piece is performed with two male voices accompanied by a lute. This recording was made by the Royal College of Music especially for the Medieval & Renaissance Galleries thanks to an award from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Download: mp3 | ogg View transcript
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second stanza‚ he is speaking to the individual painted figures. At first to a lute player. Though the lute player is not real and cannot really play (being a painted figure)‚ Keats envies him the eternity which he will spend lost in his song (most educated people could play some sort of instruments back when Keats lived so he and his readers would have known the joy of being lost within music while playing it). The lute player is evidently playing beneath some trees which Keats says will never lose
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