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    Castrati Essay

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    era‚ around 1750. The baroque musical era is notable for many changes in the arts including the development of the opera and the castrato. The castrato‚ introduced to the society during the 16th century‚ famously known for their male sopranos with voices of great range‚ flexibility and power. Also known as the castrati‚ these male singers were castrated in childhood to preserve the treble pitch of their voice prior to transitioning into adulthood. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica

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    “Sing We And Chant It” is a vocal composition in the English madrigal tradition by Thomas Morley (ca. 1557-1602)‚ who was the first in a long line of many great English madrigalists. The recording is performed by The Douglas Frank Chorale. Morley is credited with the transplantation of the Italian madrigal tradition to England. He fashioned his works on the Italian models‚ but he used greater tonal sophistication and harmonic variety. “Sing We And Chant It” is an a capella choral work featuring

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    Citations: 1. IMDB‚ last updated Oct 13’. Scarface. Retrieved on Oct 28‚ 2013 from‚ Www.IMDB.com/scarface 2. Unknown‚ Jan 31‚05. Sorpranoes cleaned up for A&E. Retrieved on Oct 25‚2013‚ From http://byteboy.wordpress.com/2005/01/31/sopranos-cleaned-up-for-ae-5/ 3. IMDB‚ Last updated Oct 13’. Breaking Bad. Retrieved Oct 25‚2013‚ From http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903747/ratings 4. Unknown‚ Last updated Oct 13’. Drug War Statistics Retrieved on Oct 28‚ 2013 From http://www.drugpolicy.org/drug-war-statistics

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    Despite the fact that I‚ Maggie McCormick‚ am not the most talented musician out of my fellow sopranos‚ I believe that I should be permitted to attend the choral festival because it would help me to grow as a musician‚ it would be a great opportunity for me to develop greater bonds with my fellow attendees‚ and it would be a fantastic learning experience to hear the way each choir from the southeast sounds. To become a better musician is my top priority. It has been my main goal since my musical

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    Concert Report

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    October 30‚ 2011‚ I attended an orchestral music concert presented by WLU at Maureen Forrester Recital Hall. This concert features the WLU Symphony Orchestra‚ Paul Pulford as the conductor‚ Samantha Lee as the guest pianist‚ and a special guest‚ soprano Jane Archibald. A total of 6 pieces were played during the concert‚ with one being a Concerto and the rest being Operas. Out of all the pieces played‚ I liked the third piece Carmen: Suite No. 1 by Georges Bizet the most. This piece has 6 movements

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    The work “Warum Willst Du andre fragen?” by Clara Schumann is an exceptional piece that brings out the irony of loving someone. It is written for a solo singer and is accompanied by the piano. According to this recording it was written for a mezzo soprano voice. The melody of the piece is very smooth and contains conjunct motion. When she asks a question‚ the beginning portion of the piece repeats. Then when she answers the questions the melody changes and descends down the scale. To accentuate a word

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    He created it to help students with learning music. It is a basic method for many children and very easy. This method is used with percussion instruments‚ speech‚ and movement. It is said this method is used by two voices‚ Alto and Soprano. The percussion instruments that can be used are cymbals‚ triangles‚ wood blocks‚ jingle clogs‚ and sometimes a single-barred instrument. The benefit of this method is to help students come up with their own rhythm and beats. Helping them have

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    as forcefully as any politician‚ perhaps more so‚” he says. On Sunday‚ May 5‚ 20 the UNH Concert Choir premieres the new arrangement of “The Sleeping of a Child.” Originally for solo‚ unaccompanied voice‚ it is now for five-part chorus‚ solo soprano‚ baritone‚ and harp. It will be dedicated to the families of Newtown‚ Conn.‚ and the national effort to lessen gun violence in American society. The choir will perform Ripley’s piece under his direction as part of a program titled “A New Created World

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    ‘And the glory of the Lord’ from Messiah TEXTURE: There are alternates between homophonic and contrapuntal textures. For example in bars 11-14 there is homophonic melody. There are also a few short monophonic parts as well though. Throughout the whole piece vocal lines are often doubled with instruments‚ but it is usually at a different octave. TONALITY: There are major keys in use during the whole of ‘And the glory of the lord’ from Messiah by Handel. The piece begins and end on the key

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    Lenore The Raven

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    composer‚ and vocalist‚ and she made several artistic work’s thats is to say interpreting poetry as musical work’s and turn classic poem into catching music. In her adaptation of “The Raven” we can hear that she amidst pipe organ and strings‚ and her soprano voice carries all 18 verses of the famous poem‚ as if it is sung by the ghost‚

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