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    envisioned themselves. In stating this‚ Taylor tells his audience that the music is subjective with no wrong or right way to perceive it. While the Disney artists may have envisioned these particular colors and shapes to go along with Toccata and Fugue‚ different Disney

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    Set in D major with a duple meter‚ traditional ricerare-type alla breve fugue‚ with a step by step ascending and descending repeated note pattern‚ the movement has a Baroque like nature within its ornate‚ chant-like‚ modal‚ conjunct‚ harmonic and tonal characteristics. Strangely‚ “Gratias agimus tibi” does not document any sort of dynamic qualities; therefore‚ Bach has left the dynamics up to the performers to differentiate their parts in a way that reflects both the music and its text. Much of the

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    taken a post as court harpsichordist to Crown Prince Frederick in 1747. He played for the king‚ making up a new composition on the spot. Back in Leipzig‚ Bach refined the piece and gave the prince a set of fugues called Musical Offering (BWV 1079). In the spring of 1749‚ Bach started The Art of Fugue (BWV 1080) but unfortunately‚ he never finished it. Bach’s eyesight worsened in May 1749 and he received two operations by the English doctor John Taylor in March to April 1750 but the operation ended up

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    Johan Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach‚ Thuringia‚ Germany on March 31‚ 1685. Bach had prestigious musical lineage and took multiple organist positions during the eighteenth century‚ creating famous pieces such as “Toccata and Fugue in D minor‚” also‚ and “Mass in B Minor‚” The “Brandenburg Concertos and “The Well-Tempered Clavier” Bach came from a family of musician. Bach’s father worked as the town musician in Eisenach. Where he taught Bach how to play the violin. At age seven‚ Bach went to

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    Tin Pan Alley The 1920s was the beginning of a decade of change in the American arts. Jazz‚ along with such inventions as the phonograph‚ radio and sound movies‚ transformed the music industry. By the end of the decade‚ 40% of all Americans had radios in their homes. Not surprisingly‚ 58% of households in New York City owned a radio. New York became the center of the music world‚ and at the center of New York was a small area called Tin Pan Alley. Radios initially provided the young century’s second

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    Later on‚ he composed an additional thirteen preludes in Opus 32‚ seven years after completing Opus 23. When you combine all of the 24 preludes that Rachmaninov had written‚ including his early C-sharp minor prelude‚ you will see that there is a prelude for every major and minor key. When he performed his preludes‚ it was noted that he did not play the preludes in order‚ but rather he took contrasting pieces from both Opus 23 and Opus 32‚ changing the

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    English Sonnets Essay Poets usually write poems in order to communicate ideas or views to readers. In the two poems‚ “High Flight” (John Gillespie Magee) and “Suburban Sonnet” (Gwen Harwood)‚ the poets are trying to convey their experiences and lives. In the poem‚ “High Flight”‚ the poet uses various techniques such as active verbs‚ imagery‚ personification‚ a metaphor‚ exaggeration‚ alliteration‚ and symbolism in order to portray his joyful experience as he test- flies a new plane. Active verbs

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    Guide to Music History Part 1 – Introduction Whether you need to brush up on your knowledge of musical styles for your grade six music theory exam (or higher)‚ or are just keen to learn more about our rich heritage of “classical” music‚ I hope this new series of articles about the history of classical music will offer you something of interest. Here’s a quick introduction to the new series! Each article will take a brief look at one of the main eras that “classical” music is divided into. I’m using

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    to see in both below the green corrie and in the prelude that Norman MacCaig and William Wordsworth both show a strong relationship between man and nature. In below the green corrie we see the narrator describe his experience of coming down a Scottish mountain range; he describes the mountains as highwaymen‚ pirates and bandits which makes nature more animated and entertains the reader‚ he also appears to take riches from the mountain. In the prelude we see a more traditional view on nature as being

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    MUS09100 Essay Plan (3000 words) 2. “If modern music may be said to have had a definite beginning‚ then it started with (the) flute melody‚ the opening of the Prélude à ‘L’ après-midi d’un faune’ by Claude Debussy. Paul Griffiths‚ Modern Music: A Concise History from Debussy to Boulez Why is Debussy’s Prelude considered such an important work of musical modernism? Section 1: (Introduction) Brief outline of the methodology you intend to employ and an overview of the

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