Concert Band vs Orchestra “Band members have a special bond. A great band is more than just some people working together. It’s like a highly specialized army unit‚ or a winning sports team. A unique combination of elements that becomes stronger together than apart”. (Zandt) Have you ever played an instrument? Was it with a Concert Band or an Orchestra instrument? Do you have a preference? I think playing in a band is better than playing in an orchestra because of its modernized features‚ variety
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Music and dance were the biggest forms of entertainment during the Renaissance. People would sing and play an instrument for fun so‚ it became a part of everyday life. Some of the great music from this time period was sung by choirs. A new style of music consisted of blending voices at the same time. That style of singing was called polyphony and became very popular. Also‚ the madrigal was another popular form of music. This form of music was sang by three or six singers. Like the polyphony‚ the
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There are two different musics between Peter and the Wolf and Montagues & Capulets from Sergei Prokofiev. Prokofiev is a prominent composer of Russia. Since he was young‚ he showed exceptional musical talent. He composed Peter and Wolf for children and Montagues & Capulets with Radlov. This is the first soviet ballet to find the classical literature. Montagues & Capulets is composed of narrator and orchestra. it is also called Romeo & Juliet. The Ballets of Sergei Prokofiev have deep emotional
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On Saturday‚ February 27‚ I attended a concert choir that was presented by the Department of Music and College of Liberal Arts; the title of the program was From Darkness to Light. There were eight songs that were performed by the choir‚ all of which were accompanied by a piano. The first song was Sure on this Shining Night by Samuel Barber‚ which possessed a medium-paced tempo. Throughout the song‚ there was an equal distribution between the male and female voices. The change in dynamics was very
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Frederic Francois Chopin was born in Zelazowa Wola‚ Poland on March 1st‚1810. Shortly after his birth his parents moved to Warsaw‚ where he grew up. While growing up people said Chopin was a sensitive and poetic child and he showed a passionate love of music in his early age and was even taught to play the piano by his older sister Ludwika. (Orga‚ pg.13) While he was being taught by his sister his parents started to see that he was very talented at playing the piano‚ so when he was around the age
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Program Notes By Xiaohan Sun Béla Bartók Born 1881‚ Nagyszentmiklós‚ Hungary Died 1945‚ New York‚ New York Viola Concerto (1945) Bartok left two major concertos unfinished: the Third piano concerto and the Viola Concerto. The former was complete except for the orchestration of the last seventeen measures‚ but the latter required much more extensive work. The manuscript for this unfinished work was given to Bartok’s friend and informal student Tibor Serly‚ who reconstructed the work and prepared
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In this paper we will learn and compare two famous composers of patriotic songs Lee Greenwood and Irving Berlin. These brilliant men are both renowned composers‚ and through the years have created brilliant catalogs of songs. As we compare and contrast Lee Greenwood and Irving Berlin in this paper we will identify multiple areas of their lives such as marital status‚ song styles‚ and even heritage. I choose these two fine individuals and their style of music because this style and genre is a true
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Pirates of the Caribbean VS. Elein Kleine Nachtmusik The Pirates of the Caribbean theme song was written by Hans Zimmer and is widely known by most people‚ similarly to Mozart’s Elein kleine Nachtmusik. Pirates of the Caribbean is a very well-produced movie‚ therefore it has a very complex theme song. Even though Mozart has many instruments and different variety of music characteristics‚ he is able to balance different characteristics. Their characteristics range from their meter‚ melody‚ rhythm
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On 1st September‚ 1725‚ I attended a performance of “The Four Seasons”‚ a concerto by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi at the Pieta. The composer‚ often known locally as the “Red priest” (Heller‚ 1997) for his ostensibly red hair and ordainment‚ wrote the piece in 1723 in Mantua; Italy’s music sure seems to be increasing in its grandeur. However‚ I would doubt the sincerity of Vivaldi’s concertos; ever since Corelli these instrumental pieces are pumped out massively for the aristocracy (Michalik
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The idea of an overture started in the 17th century or the Baroque era. An overture is defined as an instrumental introduction and usually played before a larger work such as an opera‚ play‚ ballet‚ etc to set the mood for what is coming up in the rest of the performance. Concert overtures started to appear in the early 19th century or the Romantic era. These overtures were inspired by a play or story‚ but they did not necessarily lead up to a larger work. Instead‚ they were independent‚ individual
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