A collection of uniquely American music filled the Davies Symphony Hall as the San Francisco Symphony performed on Nov. 12. Veteran music director Michael Tilson Thomas conducted four pieces: Charles Ives’ Psalm 90 and Symphony No. 3‚ Antonín Dvořák’s The American Flag‚ and George Gershwin’s An American in Paris. Although varying in style and tone‚ each piece evoked a facet of the exceptionally American cultural identity‚ coalescing to present a musical microcosm in red‚ white and blue. Featuring
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Johann Sebastian Bach composed his Suite No. 3 in D major. This piece was in Basic Musical Concepts: Types of Listeners 1. At the beginning of the piece‚ the quiet feel of the song almost feels like a quiet show of love. As the line continues‚ it turns into almost a somber cry‚ maybe about losing a love that was once so grand. The piece picks back up as if memories of happier times are coming back to the composer. In the second section of the piece‚ the somberness becomes more pronounced as the composer
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The solo of ‘Peg’ begins at 1:46‚ where the guitarist uses double stops bent with vibrato‚ which gives an almost Hawaiian timbre. The use of distortion throughout the piece is not a timbre typical of Jazz music‚ which outlines the genre as ‘Fusion’. The use of double stops‚ finger taps‚ slides and bends emphasize this genre‚ by outlining ‘rock’ timbres‚ not typical of jazz. An interesting timbre can be found at both 2.00 and 2.03‚ where the use of chromatic‚ open-string licks using pull-offs can
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Trumpet Technique by Frank Gabriel Campos provides a comprehensive overview of the main aspects of trumpet playing – skill‚ breath‚ embouchure‚ oral cavity‚ body use‚ and performance psychology – with one chapter devoted to each of these topics. Campos begins by exploring the nature of skill. He combines components from three pre-existing models to create his own model that applies uniquely to performing artists; Campos’s model states that skill consists of efficiency‚ automaticity‚ timing‚ knowledge
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Music Night 1 - Self Reflection Several months of countless rehearsals along with hard work and dedication result to the Music Department’s showcase of talent in the form of the semesterly Music Nights‚ which typically mark the end of music extracurriculars for students until the next semester. This semester’s Music Nights‚ which took place on May 9th and 10th‚ unfolded in the AY Jackson cafetorium‚ and were filled with a plethora of unique music and instrumentation. From concertos to choirs‚ each
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Introduction Bargemusic‚ was a coffee barge which was founded in 1977 and was converted into a music hall which has advanced over time to present day. It is an intimate floating venue and performance space for classical music in Brooklyn. The converted barge is now anchored at Fulton Ferry Landing on the East River near the Brooklyn Bridge. 1) A description of the performance and pieces Hayden (1732-1809) This first piece of music had a combination of beautiful melodies with two strings instruments
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Versatile Argentine saxophonist Oscar Feldman opens his new album‚ Gol‚ with an inspired Latin feel associated to the colorful harmonic discernment of Duke Ellington’s “I Let a Song Out of My Heart”‚ impeccably arranged by Paquito D’Rivera. It features electrifying improvisations by the bandleader and his fellow countryman pianist Leo Genovese. Another Argentine‚ Guillermo Klein‚ a highly respected pianist/composer with a flair for contemporary jazz exodus‚ appears as a special guest on “La Cancion
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“Now Is the Month of Maying” was composed by Thomas Morley and performed by The King’s Singers. The style of music is Renaissance madrigal music. The melody goes by flute and the singer and the harmony goes by the harmony singer. The tempo was little fast and the meter measured by 4/4 times. The dynamics of this song is normal. Flute and percussion instrument are using in this song. There are five different voices in this song. Happy mood are created and it’s a nice music. “The Four Seasons‚ Movement
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Othello’s Swan Song In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Othello‚ the Moor of Venice he presents his character of Othello as having all the great qualities of a true leader‚ but also a man who lacks any type of reasoning power. Othello being the ideal hero has strength‚ prowess‚ and battlefield knowledge. However these ideas of leadership do not translate well into situations in the real world and in this case‚ situations dealing with the heart. The battlefield and senate are where Othello
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Analysis of ‘Desert Interpolation 1’ – Edgard Varèse Déserts is a soundtrack piece to a modernist film‚ composed by Edgard Varèse‚ also known as “the father of electronic music”‚ during 1950 to 1954. Varese began composing this piece upon the gift of an Ampex tape recorder and it soon became the first work to use recorded sounds. It is a landmark creation that had a great influence on the post World War II composers. However‚ its premiere‚ on 2 December 1954 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in
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