in class (i.e. Afro-American Symphony‚ “Lost Your Head Blues‚” “I Got Rhythm‚” “Cotton Tail‚” or “Anthropology”). How is Rhapsody in Blue similar to and/or different from the other piece you have selected. You may discuss instrumentation‚ texture‚ tempo‚ etc. Rhapsody in Blue is written for the clarinet‚ and the composer also used orchestration and piano. I Got Rhythm started with piano solo‚ Brass Quintet‚ and use percussions a lot. There’s no orchestration in the latter piece of Gershwin‚ and
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and was a good use of blend. There are many improvements that need to be made to this piece. FIrstly‚ in the introduction‚ the flutes came in off tempo and it took a few bars for the whole back to come back in sync. This resulted in a very sloppy sounding introduction. Then‚ at bar 11‚ when the flutes took control of the melody‚ they also sped up the tempo a lot‚ dragging the rest of the band with them. At bars 56-59‚ the clarinet section needs to improve its articulation. Especially since this is
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In Star Wars: The Force Awakens‚ John Williams’ song “The Ways of The Force” plays during the final battle scene. In this scene‚ the dark and light sides of the force face off‚ represented by the characters Kylo Ren and Rey. The music of the scene is highly effective in relaying the emotions of the fight. Through his composition of film music‚ Williams has been able to greatly influence American culture for decades. In “The Ways of The Force‚” Williams creatively incorporates references to his previous
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20th century orchestral music encompasses orchestral works‚ concertos‚ ballets and symphonies that have been written and performed since 1900. This era had no particular dominant style and composers have created highly diverse kinds of music. One impressionist piece that demonstrates these characteristics is Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring‚ The Kiss of The Earth (1913) is a pinnacle 20th century orchestral piece‚ which boldly rejected structured harmony and the comfort
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The classical era brought about a plethora of changes which drove western music into a brand new direction. Whereas the Renaissance period brought about enlightenment and the breaking away of traditional religious music‚ and the Baroque period exploding the provisions of artistic expression‚ the Classical period came back to square one and established systemized order. Although we no longer have the same verbosity of the Baroque era‚ the Classical period combined the elements of order and grace to
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in Leipzig and five more in Magdeburg‚ Erfurt and Schwerin. Also‚ during that tour Louis Armstrong visited CSSR‚ Hungaria‚ Yugoslavia‚ Romania and Bulgaria. The first song made a tempo of the whole concert. Louis Armstrong began the performance with «When It Is Sleepy Time Down South»‚ this swing song with slow tempo and Armstrong’s wonderful solo part is now considered as a jazz standard‚ followed by «Indiana» with piano solo by Billy Kyle‚ bass solo by Arvell Shaw‚ clarinet solo by Eddie Shu‚
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Not only was Brahms’ intimidated by Beethoven‚ but he also admired Beethoven. He appreciated all of Beethoven’s Romantic innovations and used similar techniques throughout his career. Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 is characterized by his instrumentation‚ tempo changes‚ use of modulations‚ major-minor conflict‚ programming and emotion‚ which prove Brahms to be a true Romantic composer‚ like Beethoven. One way Brahms proves to be writing a Romantic symphony as opposed to one based solely on Classical traditions
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The Music of the classical and Romantic era is a period of time where it shows the development and different styles of music. This can be shown through the manipulation of musical elements‚ (dynamics‚ pitch‚ tempo‚ rhythm‚ texture‚ meter‚ tonality‚ structure‚ melody‚ harmony‚ instrument) while contrasting them‚ but it can also be shown through the composers of the music‚ the size of the orchestra‚ musical directions‚ emotional content‚ and non-musical developments through that period of time. After
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The structures of the poem lines are irregular‚ and italicized words give the impression that the audience responds to the lines. For example‚ in lines 8-9 the audience responds‚ “you think/ It’s a happy beat?” the tempo of the rhythm is cut short but picks up again in lines 10-14. Langston Hughes‚ however‚ in “The Weary Blues” gives the poem a slow rhythm typical of blues songs. In lines 6-7 “He did a lazy sway…‚” the reader can pretty much here the crooning of the
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form but the beat time in compound duple meter. One thing that grabbed my attention is that the variations do not overlap. The last extra piece featured was Trio where three artists were featured. In this piece the meter stays as compound but the tempo accelerates and becomes allegro. The instruments featured in this piece were oboe and flutes. It was one of the best pieces of the concert. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the concert. The concert was somewhat as
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