the environment and dispose any fear of their audiences. The last performer was a sweet young woman who was obviously uncertain about this environment. I know that feeling‚ he said to himself. She chose to play Mozart’s B--flat major (K378) Sonata for piano and violin. Neil liked the choice and sat back hopefully. She played the first movement ’Allegro moderato’ beautifully‚ yet her facial response to the music was serious‚ and by the end of that movement‚ she was apparently unhappy. Why? The
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Carrie Hawkins Dr. Wolinski MUS 327-003 2 March 2016 Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 Johannes Brahms born on May 7‚ 1833 was a talented German composer who was known for writing out there and sometimes controversial pieces of music. Some would also consider his writing habits were too out of the ordinary. For example‚ Brahms liked to write his symphonies or whatever he would be working on during the warmer months like in the spring and summer time. Then he would spend the cooler months going out
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In my performance of Mozart’s sonata no. 12 movement II‚ I took inspiration from both Fazil Say and Maria Jao Pires’ performances of the piece. Each performance has different but not dissimilar interpretations and there is a sense of historical accuracy as well as innovation in both. One could argue that Say takes a more innovative approach whereas Pires plays more traditionally in a classical style. The use of pedal‚ tempo‚ dynamics and ornamentation are all major contributing factors to how each
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Megan Stewart Theory III: MUSI 2311 Dr. Brian Bondari December 13‚ 2010 The Analysis of Mozart’s “Dies Irae” The final composition of Mozart‚ The Requiem mass in D Minor‚ containing “Dies Irae‚” is known to be one of his most powerful and commended works. This piece was composed in 1791 while Mozart was‚ unfortunately‚ on his death bed. However‚ he was unable to complete it so it was then passed on to his assistant and later finished by this man. The choral work can be very dark‚ for it
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"Piano and Drums" is a poem that accurately explores the trying conflict of merging a traditional culture with a new‚ modern civilisation. The author Gabriel Okara‚ who also doubles as the narrator in the poem‚ responds to the drums as his tribal heritage and the simplicity of youth‚ while he sees the piano as the foreign customs irrelevant to the black society‚ with the complexity of experience. Throughout "Piano and Drums"‚ Okara’s choice of diction is used to show his response to the two kinds
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The analysis of the abstract from the novel «Ragtime» by E.L. Doctorow “Ragtime” is a novel about the American life at the beginning of the 20th century. The extract taken for the analysis tells about the time when Coalhouse gets a good job with the Jim Europe Chief Club Orchestra and tries to bring Sarah back. The theme on the general level is “difficult relations between “white” and “black” people”; the theme on the plot level is “love story of two colored people – Sarah and Coalhouse”. The novel
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quintet No. 3 in C major‚ K. 515 Andrew McGuire Dr. Burkart MUSHIS 200 11/19/2012 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prodigy of his time‚ and arguable the greatest of all time. This paper will discuss an analysis of his third string quintet in C major‚ K. 515. Through this piece in Sonata Form we will dissect the exposition‚ the development‚ the recapitulation‚ and the coda; along with an analysis of the quintet we will briefly discuss parts of Mozart’s life‚ as well as
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Within sixty years of the opera’s appearance‚ new concepts developed such as the aria‚ which similarly to a theatrical soliloquy‚ real time stops. “In an aria‚ the librettist provides words that pause and reflect and the composer creates music that interprets and deepens the emotions behind those words” (L12‚ 8:12). About “the year 1660‚ the aria had joined recitative as one of the two essential aspects of operatic dramaturgy” (L12‚ 30:21). “Unlike recitative in which the words carry the expressive
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While most people would assume a composer is merely someone who sits at a piano‚ Bach was in reality an organist‚ harpsichordist‚ violist and violinist. A pioneer of the Baroque period‚ Bach began musical tutelage under his father‚ a famous local violinist from his hometown of Eisenach‚ Germany. Born in 1685‚ the young Johann
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2013‚ from Lecture 17‚ The Enlightenment and an introduction to the Classical Era: http://youtu.be/YD_16z252fo Robert Greenwood‚ P. (2011‚ September 13). (San Fransisco Performances) Retrieved August 27‚ 2013‚ from Lecture 23‚ Classical Era From: Sonata From Part 1:
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