Keelyn McInroe Mrs. Williams COMM 1310 Online Informative Speech Title: The Trombone Specific Purpose: After hearing my speech‚ the audience will have a basic understanding of the history of the trombone‚ types of trombones‚ how to put it together‚ and how to play it. Thesis: The trombone is a historical instrument‚ modified and used in many genres of music. Introduction: Many people misunderstand the beauty of music‚ and more importantly‚ the power of it. In the words of Plato‚ “Music gives
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Concert Report #2 My second concert I attended was located at the Fowler Center Thursday‚ November 4‚ 2010. The Arkansas State University Wind Ensemble played several works‚ which gave to the title “Folksongs and War Songs”. Timothy Oliver was the main conductor and there was a guest conductor also‚ Dan Patterson. A classmate and I arrived to the Fowler Center on time and got settled‚ but neither one of knew what to expect really since we didn’t have a very sturdy musical background. Everyone
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brilliantly demonstrated the best features of her talent: the plasticity song lyric and scherzo‚ fantastic images‚ the simplicity and sincerity of lyrical expression‚ richness of melody. Concert genre - solo works‚ which being accompanied by a symphony orchestra‚ and therefore complies with the big stage - to determine the extent of the composition‚ emotional intensity‚ the virtuosity violin style. The first two parts of the concert - Allegro‚ molto appassionato and Andante – have their common lyrical character
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She wants that spot badly‚” my orchestra teacher nudges back to the girl sitting a row behind me. I glanced back to find a pair of beady‚ innocent eyes following the lines of the music sheet as she played. The hopeful gleams of her eyes made my bored‚ stoic ones seem cynical. Like a breath
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Symphonie fantastique was written in order for Berlioz to profess his undying love for the Shakespearean actor‚ Harriet Smithson. This piece was written at the start of Romantic period and was an excellent example of one of the first works of program music. Program music is defined as instrumental music that‚ in Berlioz’s case‚ showcased a personal drama. This type of music was fairly new‚ but Berlioz does fit the expectations that are associated with this genre‚ including five movements that
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Matt Keller 02W mkeller2@nwacc.edu Antonin Dvorak Duke‚ Weston. "Antonin Dvorak biography." 8notes.com. 8notes.com‚ 2011. Web. 25 Feb 2011. <http://www.8notes.com/biographies/dvorak.asp>. Green‚ Aaron. "Antonin Dvorak." About.com. About.com‚ 2011. Web. 25 Feb 2011. <http://classicalmusic.about.com/od/classicalcomposers/p/dvorakprofile.htm>. Gifford‚ Katya. "Antonin Dvorák - Biography." Humanities Web. Humanities Web‚ 2010. Web. 25 Feb 2011. <http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human
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Arts & Crafts of Myanmar Gold Leaf The square gold leaf tissues used for centuries and fragile enough that a breath of the softest wind could crumble them are all hand made in the lovely ancient capital of Mandalay. Only 24 carat gold is used. First‚ about 200 gm is pulled into thin wires‚ and then pulled through a press to form a ribbon 90 cm long and 2 cm wide. This is cut into 200 squares. Each is placed between thin sheets of bamboo paper about 7 cm square and the whole stack wrapped
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Mahler was born in Kalischt‚ Bohemia‚ on July 7‚ 1860. At the time‚ Bohemia (later to form a major component of Czechoslovakia‚ and later the Czech Republic) was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire‚ then enduring its final crumbling decades‚ and the region where Mahler spent his youth was strongly associate with the Czech independence movement. However‚ Mahler also was a Jew‚ and Jews in the region were associated by ethnic Czechs with Germans. Mahler famous quote is: "I am thrice homeless‚ as
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I. Liszt and his Years of Pilgrimage “Western composers-Mendelssohn and Schumann‚ for example-wrote works using national color characteristics of various countries. In so doing they came to fabricate some imaginary national atmosphere‚ as in the making-believe Hungarian and Spanish music of Liszt‚ Brahms‚ Bizet. But above all‚ new national styles of their own developed in the various countries of East as well as West Europe”. The Years of Pilgrimage is a collection of Liszt’s trip. During the years
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by Turkish marching bands transposed Folk music into brass.[1] It is popular throughout the Balkans‚ especially Serbia‚ Macedonia and Bulgaria. The beats are usually fast and accompanied by kolo. The performers each have their instrument of the orchestra and are called trubači (трубачи). The best known examples of acclaimed music in this style are from Goran Bregović and Boban Marković Orkestar. The Serbian film maker Emir Kusturica has‚ through his films (Black Cat‚ White Cat)‚ made the style popular
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