For this analysis I chose George Friedrich Handel’s Messiah (https://youtu.be/71NCzuDNUcg). Handel‚ a German composer various different forms of orchestral works‚ operas‚ organ concertos‚ anthems and oratorios who accomplished great success in England‚ was born on February 23rd 1685 and died on April 14th 1759. In 1741 he stopped composing operas‚ and focused on oratorios with his greatest composition‚ Messiah. This was during a time when illiteracy was widespread and written copies of the Bible
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A Night of Music A night of Music at the Dunham theatre‚ the first piece played at the venue was a wonderful piece by Gustav Holst called Second suite in f. Starting off very subtle and with a sequence that continues throughout the whole piece. As the brass and percussion make entry the pitch of the winds dim down while the others increase making the dynamics of the music vary from a very delicate to very strong when the percussion and brass sections start playing. It’s melody had a very folk tune
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After with the Marines‚ he was discharged. According to The Library of Congress‚ “Thereafter‚ he performed as a violinist and conductor in various theater orchestras in Washington and Philadelphia.” Later after he got discharged‚ the eighteenth of December 1879‚ he was married to a famous singer Jane Van Middlesworth Bellis. Few months after they got married‚ they returned to Washington‚ D.C.‚ where Sousa regained
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Bibliography: Bade‚ Dennis. Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. Last modified 10/2012. Accessed March 15‚ 2013. http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/music/symphony-no-1-johannes-brahms. Rodda‚ Richard. National Symphony Orchestra‚ "Symphony No. 1 in C minor‚ Op. 68." Last modified 04/2011. Accessed February 20‚ 2013. http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/?fuseaction=composition&composition_id=2650. Fink‚ Robert. "Desire‚ Repression‚ and Brahms ’ First Symphony." repercussions
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transition and gradually builds up into a climax. In the second movement‚ the theme is an Adagio cantabile ma non troppo. The instruments used in this part is an oboe‚ muted strings‚ and then it builds up to and emotional peak using the entire orchestra. Then it goes back to its opening mood‚ which is melancholic. The ending of this piece starts with Andante lugubre and ends with Allegro maestoso. Throughout the performance‚ you can tell there is more of a homophonic texture‚ but in some areas
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! 1 Percy Grainger was a prolific composer and pianist in the 20th century. He is especially well known for his masterful compositions and pioneering for the literature of the wind band. Grainger’s works have taken on a variety of compositional approaches across a wide range of genres. His scorings‚ particularly for wind band‚ have been described as having “a rich sonority and color which compares favorably with any celebrated example of brilliant orchestration.”1 A majority of his works‚ specifically
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Beethoven symphony No.6 in F major‚ Op.68‚ also called “Pastoral Symphony”‚ is one of only two symphonies that composer intentionally named. Just like the title‚ it is a fabulous masterpiece which describes a picture of nature and people’s feeling towards the life in the countryside which fill with peace‚ hope‚ and love. Beethoven wrote in his sketchbook “recollections of country life...more an expression of feeling than of painting”.If people describe his Fifth symphony is dark or driven‚ Sixth
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Music Comparison Task: Prokofiev‚ Mvt 3‚ Yellow River‚ Mvt 2 The Yellow River’s 2nd movement begins with the conjunct rise and fall of the cello melody in the upbeat to the first bar‚ the Classical Symphony’s 3rd movement melody begins after the 4 bar intro with a heavy ‘rustic’ ie. pastoral-like themed in its whimsicality. This melody in the upper strings descends sequentially and modulates to chord 6 in B minor after the first two bars of figure 1. The chord progression in bar 7 moves from
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Have you ever heard a really exciting piece played by an orchestra‚ symphony‚ or even a band(meaning one made up of brass‚ woodwinds‚ and percussion)? I think of my cultural identity like a beautiful masterpiece made up of many different components and layers of voices. I hope after reading my essay you will be able to think of your own cultural identity in an exciting manner such as I veiw my own. One of the ways culture can be viewed as a musical piece of music is the many different
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