Cited: Blokker‚ Roy‚ and Robert Dearling. The Music of Dmitri Shostakovich: The Symphonies. London: Associated University Press‚ 1979. "Dmitri Shostakovich." Wikipedia. 17 Nov. 2005 . "History of Russia." Wikipedia. 5 Dec. 2005 . Dakin‚ Deborah Dr. Personal interview. 3 Dec. 2005. Fairclough‚ Pauline. "Facts‚ Fantasies‚ and Fictions:
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The classical period of music combined various musical instruments to create symphonies to be performed by orchestras. With the natural development and progression of music slowly changing with the 18th century society and culture‚ the classical music period was heavily influenced by events taking place in society at that time. Among the many musical types of the period‚ the classical period is best known for the symphony‚ a form of a large orchestral ensemble. The symphonic pieces generally had four
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Contrapunctus XIX‚ from The Art of the Fugue‚ BWV 1080 by Johann Sebastian Bach‚ Metamorphosen by Richard Strauss and Symphony No.7 in A major‚ Op.92 by Ludwig Van Beethoven were performed. The style of Contrapunctus XIX‚ from The Art of the Fugue‚ BWV 1080 is set progresses to double‚ triple‚ and mirror fugues‚ culminating in a quadruple fugue. Metamorphosen is a memorial elegy. Symphony No.7 in A major‚ Op.92 is in four movements‚ Poco sostenuto - Vivace‚ Allegretto‚ Presto and Allegro con brio. The
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to performing arts. Thus a proposal to merge the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera companies was made. There have been very few mergers of this type in history. In 1963 the Madison Symphony Orchestra and Madison Opera merged. Also‚ in 1985‚ the Chattanooga Opera and Chattanooga Symphony combined. These entities remained combined for a period of time‚ but ultimately disbanded due to ideologies and methodologies that differed. The Utah Symphony and Utah Opera merger discussion began in December 2001
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Symphonie Fantastique: The Hopeless Romantic ’s Guide to Nineteenth Century Program Music 1 Inspired by the great philosophers‚ poets and storytellers of his day‚ Berlioz was one of the first composers who sought to merge drama and music into a single genre through the medium of his own creative and highly innovative soundscape. The result was a five movement orchestral masterpiece that is to this day still considered one of the most revolutionary works of the 19th century. The Symphonie
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enhance his own compositions. He was a passionate composer and an extremely talented conductor. Mahler composed 9 symphonies throughout his life. he died writing his 10th. His most famous symphony is Symphony no. 5‚ Adagietto‚ even though symphony no.1 is performed more. His music is considered "Organic"‚ His songs flow naturally into symphonic movements. Mahler’s symphonies are on an expansive scale‚ requiring large forces in performance‚ and are some of the longest in the concert repertoirè
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THE CLASSICAL PERIOD (1775-1825) The Baroque period culminated in the masterpieces of J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel. In the middle of the eighteenth century‚ contemporaneous with the mature years of Bach and Handel‚ a new musical style developed that is known as Rococo or preclassical style. This style is most evident in keyboard and orchestral music‚ but it is mentioned here because it represented a transition from the Baroque to the Classical era‚ occurring between 1725 and 1770. In the world of painting
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Caleb Marshall Mr. Shawhan Rhetoric February 25‚ 2012 Classicism and Modernism Introduction What is music? The art of self-expression that goes beyond simple speech; the proper blending of sound waves to create optimal wave oscillation; the transcendent joy of collective individualism; the use of the notes c-c’ in structured order to build melody‚ harmony‚ counterpoint and tonality—perhaps music is something impossible to completely define and understand. Music manifests itself differently
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Please choose the letter that shows the best answer to the question or the best completion to the statement. Please do not write on these tests‚ use a scantron. Please check the version that is next to the title. 1. The lyrical slow movement of a symphony is most often the A. first B. second C. third D. fourth 2. The usual order of movements in a classical string quartet is A. fast‚ slow‚ minuet or scherzo‚ fast B. fast‚ slow‚ fast‚ slow C. slow‚ fast‚ slow‚ fast D. fast‚ slow‚ fast
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I attended the University Symphony Orchestra’s "An Evening of Handel‚ Schubert‚ and Haydn" on Thursday‚ September 30‚ 2003 in the Daniel Recital Hall. The hall was much more crowded than I expected. At the beginning of the concert‚ the orchestra was seated on the stage; the men wore tuxedos‚ and the women wore black dresses or pants. The concertmaster came out to tune the orchestra‚ and then the conductor made his entrance and gave a brief description of the piece that was about to be played. George
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