Would Broadway be what it is today without the magic of Sondheim? Stephen Sondheim is an American composer that dates all the way back to 1930. (Stephen Sondheim Biography.com) Sondheim is a musical theatre legend who has won eight Tony awards‚ making him the composer who has received the most Tony’s (Tony Awards Facts and Trivia Tonyawards.com.) His words and wisdom seep onto paper and put on a variety of productions. From “West Side Story” to “Passion‚” there is diversity between the shows that
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ABA pattern. While Classical composers such as Haydn and Mozart used sonata forms in their work‚ the term was not applied to the specific pattern until later. Yet‚ understanding the sonata form is critical to understanding the symphonies and other large-scale works of music during the Classical and later periods of music. The main three parts of the sonata form are as follows: Exposition: The exposition is the first part of the sonata form‚ and it is where the composer will bring in‚ or “expose‚”
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students began studying overseas in Japan and Europe‚ where they first learned about Western music. After that‚ they returned to China and began spreading their knowledge of Western music. During the twentieth century‚ many Western musicians and composers came to Shanghai to perform and spread their style of music. Chinese musicians associated Western music with the superiority of Western science and technology‚ and they embraced this music. This led to the transformation of traditional Chinese music
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and changed to Amade or Amadeus later in his life. Mozart was born to Leopold and Anna Maria Pertl Mozart‚ and his only sibling was an older sister called Maria Anna. Mozart ’s father Leopold Mozart was one of Europe ’s leading musical teachers‚ a composer and a violinist but he gave up all of these when his son ’s outstanding musical talents became evident. Mozart ’s talents started to become evident when he was 3 years old and his father was his only teacher at those times. By the time he was 5‚
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The Classical Music era is the most influential period of music because it had a lot of genius composers who wrote music that became the foundation for our music today. The Classical Music era lasted from 1750-1820 and was between the Baroque and Romantic era. The Classical music era created the foundations for modern orchestra and instruments. The Composers that lived in the classical era and still know today. Their music is still known around the world.Composers in the classical era of music we
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Title: If Jesus Walked the World Today Performer: Alan Jackson Composer: Alan Jackson Source: Youtube Comments: This song definitely has a song country western feel to it‚ as well as Christian tone because of the lyrics. Alan Jackson uses humor in this song to catch people’s attention by saying that Jesus would be a hillbilly if he were to come back to Earth. I like the use of the guitar in this song because it is what makes the song have a more country rhythm. I think the lyrics are what is most
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Any meaningful attempt to appreciate a piece of vocal music must begin with its text‚ if it has one.2 Listener‚ analyst‚ critic and performer must all take the text as their starting point for the simple and obvious reason that that was where the composer almost invariably began. This dictum applies with equal force to solo and choral compositions‚ old music and new‚ nothing diminished by a few notable exceptions. It is now taken for granted that the analysis of a vocal work ought to take at least
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the term ‘Baroque’ refers to a clearly definable genre of music which occurred between 1600-1750. In this essay‚ I will be talking about the socio-cultural influences on music during the baroque period‚ the philosophy of baroque composers‚ some famous and influential composers of the era‚ musical forms that came to define the baroque period‚ some characteristics of baroque music‚ and finally
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read music at the time.[5] Whitacre states that the first work that he sang‚ Mozart’s Requiem‚ changed his life.[5] He studied composition with avant garde Ukrainian composer Virko Baley and choral conducting with David Weiller‚ completing his BA in Music in 1995. Whitacre credits Weiller with the inspiration that put the young composer on the musical path.[6] At 21 he wrote his setting of Go‚ Lovely Rose for his college choir and presented the composition as a gift to David Weiller. Whitacre went
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classical music in our wedding by Johann Pachelbel’s “Canon in D Major”‚ which is heard very often in weddings. I chose to do my research paper on classical music throughout history because nobody understands the true importance behind the music‚ composers or how it enlightens me. Johann Pachelbel was born in Nürnberg‚ England in 1653. While he was in high school Pachelbel’s father recognized that he had a special talent for music and enrolled him in advanced music training. The first two instructors
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