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    simpler. Melody was focused‚ led by one voice only‚ rather than many‚ which were imitating each other or having their own melodic lines. In homophonic texture‚ accompaniment was less important‚ and less complicated. Take Mozart’s piano sonata in A minor‚ K.310 as an example‚ melody was played in the upper part and the lower part was playing simple accompaniment such as repeating chords and broken chords. To compare‚ J.S.Bach’s Partita No.3 in A minor‚ BWV827‚ the accompaniment had its own melody line

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    name to be mentioned/ said that the regular chanting of the Bible /and other religious melodies/ recall the historical traumas for which that particular melody was there to diminish the negative effects. Imagine the French Revolution ont he 14th of July 1789‚ people are shouting ont he streets‚ aristocrats are hanged or robbed…But in a small village nearby Bible scholars are busy chanting the prescribed melodies of the Portion of The Week: Hukat-Balak‚ which describes the Red Heifer and the Ass of

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    South Korean composer Yiruma is a calming and beautiful contemporary classical melody. The song is presented very simply‚ a single artist with a piano‚ but this simplicity effectively reaches the audience and creates for them a mood and background to the song. In essence‚ this work is a love story that is translated into a romantic refrain that combines the use of the senses and dynamics to convey the feeling of the melody. Like many other pieces of classical music‚ when words are not there to convey

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    opened with the orchestra playing a crescendo until the appearance of the soloist‚ who presented the principle themes. From this point‚ the texture varied between the monophony of the solo violin and the homophony heard from the full orchestra. The melody introduced by the violin was then repeated in various instruments with large contrasts in dynamics and tempo‚ although the predominating tempo was allegro. When the solo violin returned‚ it was accompanied by the other violins playing a background

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    change of mood through the shift from consonance to dissonance or vice versa without introducing a distinctive new melody. The use of pedal points is visible in the 1st movement of Mozart ’s Symphony no.41. Please refer to the Immerseel 2001 recording for time frame references. In this movement‚ pedal points are evident at 1:07~1:18 and at 8:34~8:44. Here‚ the violins play the melody which deviates from the key of C major in which the movement is written. In order to sustain stability and as a

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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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    pianist. This recital focused on four musical selections which were Fantasia No.3 by Mozart‚ Prelude No.20 and No.4 both by Chopin‚ Piano Sonato No. 8 by Beethoven‚ and Morning Mood by Greig. I was extremely drawn to the style‚ sound and mood of the melody generated by Prelude #4 and Morning Mood. The first piece of music that I immensely liked was Prelude #4 created by Frederick Chopin and focused on the piano as the key instrument. The term prelude means a piece or movement that serves as an introduction

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    Examining The Pathetique Sonata At the start of the nineteenth century‚ the world of music made a transition from the Classic Period of composition to what is now known as the Romantic Era. Composers experimented with more expressive and songlike melodies while pianists developed higher skill levels to match the increased technical demands of the pieces. One man who embodied this particular transitional period was Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven was one of the first composers to stray from traditional

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    CD Review 2 The album “Time Out” (1959)‚ by The Dave Brubeck Quartet is considered one of the greats in the history of jazz. In 1961 it peaked at the number two spot for pop albums and sold more than one million records in the United States. Brubeck’s quartet consisted of Paul Desmond on alto saxophone‚ Eugene Wright on bass‚ Joe Morello on drums‚ and of course‚ Dave Brubeck on the keys. If I refer to just an instrument‚ I’m also referring to the respective player. I’ll use these

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    On Sunday‚ Novermber 20‚2016 at 2:00 pm‚ The New York Youth Symphony performed at the carnegie hall Stern Auditorium. The program includes VIET CUONG Neon‚ BRAHMS Symphony No. 3‚ BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1‚ and RAVEL La valse. The first piece of music was VIET CUONG Neon. I couldn’t get in the carnegie hall on time due to subway lateness‚ so I couldn’t listen the VIET CUONG Neon. When I entered the auditorium‚ everyone was clapping already. I was kinda disappointed because I didn’t have the chance

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