The Well-tempered Prelude and Fugue Part 1 in G minor BWV 861 J.S. Bach (1680-1750) Johann Sebastian Bach was a great composer and performer‚ born in Eisenach Thuringia Germany. Future musicians praised him as ‘father of music’; throughout his life he had composed countless beautiful pieces‚ including the Brandenburg concertos‚ the Mass in B minor‚ The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book 1 & Book 2) etc. The Well-Tempered Clavier is considered to have a set of the Prelude and Fugue for each piece. They
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Cage’s life is mandatory. Born in 1912‚ it can be deduced that most of Cage’s creative thoughts originated from his father‚ who invented the submarine that held the world’s record of staying underneath water (Nicholls 4). At a young age‚ Cage learned piano from his aunt who exposed him to music of the 19th Century and laid his foundation in music theory (Haskins 19-20). Despite being a top student‚ Cage dropped out of college after realizing that the education system contradicted his ideals. For example
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“Mr. Durkin is out there. He has been her piano teacher for five years. He’s the closest thing Risa has to a parent. She’s lucky. Not every kid at Ohio State Home 23 has a teacher they can say that about.” Imagine yourself a kid who lost their parents at a young age? Could it affect you? You would be 1 out of 150 million children who are orphans. Don’t feel bad‚ you’re aren’t the only one. You may feel like you are different‚ but that’s a good thing. Everyone is different in their own way‚ and
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| Name: Larquitin JohnsonCourse: Music 11Professor: Dr. Anthony Gatto Assignment: Song Analysis – Forget You Date: 10/25/11 The spell of a saccharine song such as Cee Lo Green’s “Forget You‚” demonstrates the magical powers of a great song that captivates the senses of many people. Even my seven-year-old daughter gets excited whenever she hears the song “Forget You” playing over the airways. From the outset‚ I was also wooed by its spell. The message of the song redefines my experiences
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Compare and Contrast Lark Ascending by Vaughn Williams and The First Cuckoo In Spring by Delius Florence Bird The Lark Ascending was written in 1914 however the score was thoroughly revised between the years 1919-1920 with the first performance being on December 15th 1920. The performance lasts for approximately 13 minutes and the orchestra consists of two flutes‚ an oboe‚ two clarinets‚ two bassoons‚ two horns‚ a triangle‚ and strings. The piece was inspired by traditional English folk song
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After attending the concert‚ the piece of work I would like to talk in most detail about was "Overture to the Magic Flute" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Mozart was a child prodigy‚ was able to play the piano at 4 and composing his own music at 5. As Professor Chapman stated‚ "When he was older‚ he could just write music while talking to friends without testing it. He was able to hear the piece entirely in his head." The piece being focused on was an opera he composed‚ and not just any
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2013 ENG 120: Floyd B02 Literary Analysis One Literary Analysis: Sonny’s Blues In “Sonny’s Blues‚” by James Baldwin‚ the two main characters‚ Sonny and the narrator‚ face many conflicts with each other. These conflicts all contribute and lead to the climax of the story‚ the scene in the narrator’s apartment. The first conflict between these two characters occurs after their mother dies when the narrator discovers Sonny’s dream to become a jazz piano player‚ which the narrator believes
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Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics. New York: Dover Publications Ferrara‚ Lawrence (1991). Philosophy and the Analysis of Music. New York: Greenwood Press. Johnston‚ Ian (1989). Measured Tones. New York: IOP Publishing. Rowell‚ Lewis (1983). Thinking About Music. Amhurst: The University of Massachusetts Press. "Music is the harmonization of opposites‚ the unification of disparate things‚ and the conciliation of warring elements...Music is the basis of agreement among things in nature and of
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Film Soundtrack Analysis A motion picture would not appeal to its viewers without the orchestrated sounds within the background that intently helps draw out the emotions from the audience from watching the movie. Many great movie soundtracks can be overshadowed by the performance of a great actor or even just the motion picture itself. Hardly anyone misses out on giving credit to a great movie or performer but many people do not realize that a great movie and performer is nothing without the soundtracks
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Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer‚ and he was a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who had a non-traditional style‚ as seen in works like "Central Park in the Dark" and his sonatas. According to www.biography.com‚ Charles Edward Ives was born in Danbury‚ Connecticut. The young Ives‚ having learned piano and organ‚ composed original material as a teen and played for his nearby church. He composed the "Central Park in The Dark" from July through December 1906. Ives wrote detailed notes concerning
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