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    Jan Doe MUL 1010 Professor John‚ Doe 20 Oct. 2013 Concert Review: “The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra” On October 19‚ 2013 I sought out to listen to some classical music for my review for class. It was a pleasure to have found the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra at the St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Oviedo‚ FL‚ a part of St. Luke’s concert series of 2013-14 that has been held in the last nineteen years here in Oviedo‚ FL. This free event that’s held each year at St. Luke church holds about three

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    Richard Strauss’ fame first began in the late 1800’s when his tone poems became extremely popular. One of his most popular tone poems that also brings him his claim to fame and acknowledgement in the musical world was Also Sprach Zarathustra‚ or in English‚ Thus Spoke Zarathustra. The work itself has been an extremely important contribution to music and movie history‚ as it is extremely recognizable because of its use in modern and historical media. The symphonic work was first premiered in 1896

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    September 26‚ 1898‚ in Brooklyn‚ New York. George dropped out of school and began playing the piano instrument professsionally only at 15 years old. Within a couple years‚ he was one of the most sought after musicians in America. He is a composer of jazz‚ opera‚ and popular songs for screen and stage‚ many of his works are now respectable. Gershwin died following his brain surgery on July 11‚ 1937‚ at 38 years old. George Gershwin

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    to western observers. In Ivan’s first song alone‚ he is singing what seems to be a folk song and accompanying himself on the instrument (Shostakovich‚ Act II Scene VI). The melody and its accompaniment are by far the most traditionally tonal of the opera up to that point. This is especially striking because this relatively simple scene comes after a complex eight voice composition followed by an orchestral interlude which features fast figures with rapidly changing and highly varied instrumentation

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    master. He learned at the young age of three how to play the piano and by the age of five had mastered multiple instruments. At the young age of six he was touring European concert halls and opera houses dazzling the audiences with his works that included sonatas‚ symphonies‚ masses‚ concertos and operas‚ marked by vivid emotion and sophisticated textures. His timing to erupt into the classical music scene was perfect because the music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods were transitioning

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    1962 (Schrott). He also played Papageno in The Magic Flute (Lewis). Over the years‚ Fischer-Dieskau’s repertoire changed. After he became well known on stage‚ Fischer-Dieskau began digitally recording many works. He recorded many Italian and German operas. He also recorded many Bach cantatas (Lewis). The one work Fischer-Dieskau is most well known for is in lieder. His repertoire consists of over 1000 songs – more than any other singer ever. He recorded every male song written by Schubert‚ Schumann

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    use of word painting‚ the musical representation of a literal word‚ phrase‚ or poetic image‚ is clearly seen in many pieces. Baroque music‚ with the institution of the opera being created‚ was able to fully examine human emotion and the expression of characters. While word painting continued to be used‚ the use of the aria in operas enabled the audience to witness an outpouring of emotions through a soloist. The techniques used during the Renaissance era were carried over into the Baroque era and

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    romantic/sexual relationships they may find it rather difficult to distinguish the difference between true love and sexual arousal‚ this can lead to things such as torn relationships‚ broken hearts and confusion. In the movie The Phantom of the Opera two men‚ the Phantom and Raoul‚ sings two love songs‚ Music of the Night and All I Ask of You‚ to a girl named Christine whom they both love. In both love songs the lyrics‚ the location‚ and movements of the people during the songs all illustrate;

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    Chapter 32‚ p. 266 1. What innovations did Wagner bring to the world of opera? - 2. What famous literary works became the basis for Romantic operas? Chapter 35‚ p. 299 1. How did the traditional system of tonality break down in the early twentieth century and what replaced it? 2. How did composers change their approach to the orchestra in early twentieth-century music? How did they approach form? Chapter 36‚ p. 312 1. What elements made Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring shocking to its first audiences

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    be extremely specific and careful about the way he wrote each character (in this case‚ Walther). Achieving this writing successfully is not only an accomplishment in and of itself‚ but the fact that Die Meistersingers is a four-and-a-half hour long opera is astonishing‚ since the first phrase is as carefully crafted as the very last one. Bribitzer-Stull emphasizes that Wagner’s way of writing indeed “provided a paradigm adopted by countless later composers across a wide variety of genres” (XX). By

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