represented the musical sentiments in that era. In the past‚ many prominent musicians have proposed philosophies challenging the traditional musical expectations of their day and‚ thus‚ revolutionizing music. Music continues evolving even today‚ as modern composers break tradition and reshape societal and cultural attitudes toward music. Stephen Reich in particular was one such composer. Known as the “Father of Minimalism‚” Reich adopted minimalistic techniques that first came to musical prevalence in
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night was comprised of five works‚ including: “Fantasy for Two Pianos in A Minor”‚ “Six Studies in English Folksong”‚ “Melody in A Minor”‚ “Dance Preludes”‚ and “Suite for Violin‚ Clarinet and Piano Op. 157b.” After listening to each of the musical compositions in person‚ I formed my initial opinions‚ researched their historical backgrounds and characteristics to provide an informative concert review. Furthermore‚
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1882 in Kecskemet‚ Hungary. Though from a musical family‚ his initial inclination was towards literary studies.As his father was a railway official‚ the Kodály family had moved many times. From 1884 until 1891 they lived in Galánta‚ which was later immortalised in the orchestral dances Kodaly based on folk music from the area. The Kodaly family moved to Nagyszombat‚ where Zoltan studied violin and piano and sang in the cathedral choir. He studied the musical scores in the cathedral music library‚ and
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the idea to write a musical based on Romeo and Juliette.The story was originally planned to be call East Side Story and was going to be about a Jewish boy and a Italian Catholic girl. Due to other priorities they only started planning again after six years had gone by and changed the name of the musical and the theme. Finally West Side Story(WSS) opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on the 26th September 1957 and it was performed over 700 times before going on tour. The musical is historically known
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play the harp on 5/8/14 at the Mondavi Center‚ the main composition that caught my attention and triggered my memory was Henry the VIII’s "Greensleeve". The first few notes of the piece were already familiar and harmonious to my ears and also to the ears of other people worldwide. "Greensleeve" is a folk composition that was written in 1580‚ well known during the late Romantic period and early Baroque period‚ and continues to be of musical prominence today for "its heartfelt melancholic lyrics"‚
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Interested in the psychological effects of color and sound they developed the method of color composition based on what they termed color chords derived from the color wheel. Russell has been credited for inventing synchromism‚ meaning “with color”. It was chosen as an analogy to the musical term symphony to denote his emphasis on color rhythms. The Synchromists’ first exhibited in Munich in June 1913‚ with artwork that was controversial because
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forms of metal. 4. What are three examples of forms of music? Describe each form. 1.) Concerto: A musical piece in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra. 2.) Sonata: A musical composition for a solo instrument. 3.) Symphony: A musical piece that has been scored for a full orchestra‚ aka an extended composition. 5. What is form in music? Form is the combination of the other musical elements‚ including pitch‚ tempo‚ and dynamics. Critical Thinking Questions 1. Music has sometimes
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This genre came out the mix of cultures living on the Caribbean coast in the colonial era. Every musical genre in Colombia has its own dance‚ and cumbia is no exception. The dance is based in cumbia’s roots as a courtship ritual‚ and is performed by male and female pairs of dancers‚ usually in a group. Women wear long ruffled skirts that were once typical
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he term musical form (or musical architecture) refers to the overall structure or plan of a piece of music‚[1] and it describes the layout of a composition as divided into sections.[2] In the tenth edition of The Oxford Companion to Music‚ Percy Scholes defines musical form as "a series of strategies designed to find a successful mean between the opposite extremes of unrelieved repetition and unrelieved alteration."[3] Musicologist Richard Middleton describes form through repetition and difference:
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Coltrane’s improvisations from compositions of 1965 to 1967. The analysis is categorized in two distinct sections. The first section analyzes melodic vocabulary that is derived from the cycle of descending major thirds progressions found in the compositions of 1959 to 1960. The second section analyzes melodic vocabulary that is derived from Nicolas Slonimsky’s Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns using the theoretical terminology incorporated in the treatise. Musical examples consist of patterns
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