transforming the work into the acclaimed masterpiece and milestone in ballet it is today. II. Stravinsky- brief background of life up until the premiere of The Rite of Spring A. Birth and Life in Russian Empire 1. Family 2. Musical Influences a) Mussorgsky b) Rimsky-Korsakov c) Glazunov d) Wagner 3. Law school and Nikolai Rimsky-Korskov 4. First orchestral works and Commission by Diaghilev a) Firebird‚ first ballet score B. Life in Switzerland 1. Begins composition on The Rite of Spring III
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projecting the stage for the audience at the back‚ everyone were excited and looking forward to the concert. The atmosphere of the venue was good. The orchestra played 5 songs totally‚ which were Dvorak carnival overture‚ Chopin Piano Concerto No.2‚ Mussorgsky Khovanshchina Prelude to Act One‚ Prokofiev Five selections from Romeo and Juliet‚ and Tchaikovsky 1812 overture. Among these five pieces I like the 1812 overture most‚ its historical background is Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. Beginning with the
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I’m doing up here. I’ve been presenting for about 16 years now‚ and I have so much more to show you‚ that I’m going to need another 16 years before I run out. I’ve made a lot of mistakes‚ because I was and still am learning. I recall a program on Mussorgsky when I introduced an opera that no one had heard of‚ Sorochintsy Fair; but we all knew a part of it: ’Night on Bald Mountain’. Thank you Walt Disney. That night I made a mistake . . .mixing up the performer’s names on my handout. There was a wonderful
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offers a richly varied repertoire of forms and styles‚ both instrumental and vocal‚ from the Baroque Era (1600-1799)‚ with influential artists such as Bach‚ Mozart and Haydn to The Romantic Century (1800-1899)‚ with artists such as Mozart‚ Wagner and Mussorgsky. In The Century of Modernism (1900-today) classical music has played an even greater part in the influence and proliferation of Jazz and contemporary music genre. Majority of popular styles in Western and European countries lend themselves to the
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Brahms - Symphony No. 4 - Marshall - Kingdom Come - Bizet - L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1 - Shostakovich - Symphony No. 9 - Kabalevsky - Overture to Colas Breugnon - Cimarosa - Overture to Il Matrimonio Segrete - Haydn - Symphony No. 104 “London” - Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition - Shostakovich - Festive Overture - Copland - An Outdoor Overture - Beethoven - Symphony No. 1 - Dvorak - Symphony No. 1 - Bizet - Carmen Suite No.1 & 2 - Hanson - Symphony No. 2 Romantic - Strauss - Feierlicher
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The orchestra as we know it now did not exist before the 17th century. At the start of this century the orchestra was just beginning and developing on from the renaissance era where orchestras had only just began to be used rarely and only in tiny groups‚ with a small range of instruments. The main factors influencing this development include: instrumental technology‚ different classes of the public‚ playing techniques‚ economics‚ the role of music directors and changes in musical tastes. The
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inextricably-linked characteristics relating to national identity. Within Russia‚ this idea would be embodied by a school of musical thought known as the Mighty Handful‚ a loose collective of Russian composers headed by Mily Balakirev and including Cescar Cui‚ Modest
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The Musical Canon The musical canon put simply‚ is a form of disciplining music. As Augustine once suggested “Music is the art of measuring well”. “The canon is a list of composers or works that are assigned value and greatness by consensus” 1 However‚ the canon will always call into question the nature of its exclusions and which composers make it in and which composers do not. “The Canon‚ promotes proper decorum‚ and ensures proper conduct”2 Authors such as Adorno and Horkheimer‚ members of
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CULTURE/PERIOD PHILOSOPHY ACTIVITIES/PRACTICES MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PROPONENTS/COMPOSERS Medieval Ages Music Timeline (500-1400) Believed that music should make a listener receptive to spiritual thoughts and reflections They allowed music in Christian churches in the form of medieval music that involves chanting Their characteristic of music as based on plainchant improvising with parallel melodies Medieval singers continued experimenting with melodies and polyphony became more elaborate
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An Introduction Oboe and Bassoon By Marie A Rogers 300005290 Woodwind Techniques 1 1010-1100 Mr. Robinson The oboe is a soprano-range double reed instrument with a length of 62cm. Its wooden tube is distinguished by a conical bore that expands into a flaring bell. The modern oboe’s range extends from the B flat below middle C (b3 flat) to about 3 octaves higher (A6). The oboe has a very narrow conical bore. It is played with a double reed consisting of two thin blades of cane tied together
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