that the performers had created. No wonder why The Nutcracker has became the timeless symbol of Christmas around the world. The two-act ballet followed the original story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by E.T.A. Hoffmann‚ with a score by Tchaikovsky. It tells the story
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that the performers had created. No wonder why The Nutcracker has became the timeless symbol of Christmas around the world. The two-act ballet followed the original story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by E.T.A. Hoffmann‚ with a score by Tchaikovsky. It tells the story of the Siberhaus family on Christmas Eve‚ when they had a grand Christmas party for their daughter Clara. Clara’s godfather‚ Herr Drosselmeyer‚ makes a grand entrance and introduces his nephew Peter. Drosselomeyer performs different
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written for the Czechs‚ and Czechs will never cease to gratefully commemorate Smetana‚ who devoted all of his greatest powers to the celebration of his country.” This spreading nationalism influenced many Romantic composers. Antonín Dvořák‚ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky‚ Frédéric Chopin - to list more known composers. With composers filled with a new sense of nationalist pride‚ music changed from an individual-based emotion‚ to a collective-based emotion. This nationalist emotion resulted in bombastic‚ passionate
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MUSICAL PARAMETERS Pitch: consonance Felix Mendelssohn‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Nocturne (MEB 2/10) dissonance Béla Bartók‚ String Quartett no. 4‚ mvt. 1 Melody: conjunct 10. Yıl Marşı Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky‚ The Nutcracker (“Pas de Deux”) (MEB 1/5) Johannes Brahms‚ Symphony No. 1‚ mvt. iv (MEB 1/11) disjunct Istiklal Marşı Claude Debussy‚ Golliwog’s Cakewalk (MEB 1/51) Stockhausen‚ Klavierstück V
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Research NOTES Mozart’s music‚ like Haydn’s‚ stands as an archetype of the Classical style. At the time he began composing‚ European music was dominated by the style galant‚ a reaction against the highly evolved intricacy of the Baroque. Progressively‚ and in large part at the hands of Mozart himself‚ the contrapuntal complexities of the late Baroque emerged once more‚ moderated and disciplined by new forms‚ and adapted to a new aesthetic and social milieu. Mozart was a versatile composer‚ and wrote
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Jenkins‚ Lauren IIA. In order to differentiate between program music‚ symphonic poem‚ concert overtures‚ grandiose‚ or miniature compositions‚ we first need to go over each one individually. Each type has its own unique characteristics. Program music is a term for instrumental music written in accordance with a poem‚ a story‚ or some other literary source (Kerman‚ Tomlinson‚ 233). Program music was not new in the Romantic era but it made music even more expressive because it
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soloist Christopher Deane‚ who played the Marimba. The first piece was Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky‚ Op. 35a (1894) by Anton Arensky (1861-1906). The piece was written in 1894‚ in tribute to Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). It was based on the theme from the poem "Legend”‚ written by Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903). This poem portrays the crucifixion of Christ. Arensky admired Tchaikovsky so much that he used the theme of “Legend” for a set of variations in the second movement of his
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marian Fan MUSIC 202 Music Instrument Research I will present an in-depth research on piano. There are 5 sections‚ which came from 10 different websites. History and/or Manufacturers: http://www.piano.com/welcome/index.cfm http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Piano The piano is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances‚ ensemble use‚ chamber music and accompaniment. The piano was founded on earlier technological innovations
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The Importance of Endangered species in our world Importance of Endangered Species in our world INTRODUCTION The term endangered is used by international and national organizations to define plants and animals currently in danger of becoming extinct. Although the term endangered is universally used‚ the definition of an endangered species is greatly varied. In most cases‚ the factors causing an organism to become endangered are human- related. ABSTRACT Geographic distribution
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SWAN LAKE Swan Lake’ was re-choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov in1895‚ after initially being choreographed by Julius Reisinger in 1877. The musical score was composed by Pytor Tchaikovsky. Swan Lake’ was created towards the end of the romantic period‚ so the culture and style of romanticism was prominent‚ with glimpses of the beginning of the classical era. Because of this‚ it contains elements of both eras. Some of the romantic characteristics include the pursuit of the unattainable
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