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    Taehui Shin Journal Entry 6 I heard “William Tell Overture” composed by Gioachino Rossini. In order to understand in detail of this music‚ I need to research a little bit about this music and the composer. In the several websites for music‚ Gioachino Rossini was Italian composer and he wrote 39 operas and sacred music and chamber music. But his best well known music is “William Tell Overture” which is composed in 1829 and led to the nickname “The Italian Mozart” in 18th classic era. When I listened

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    The 1812 Overture‚ composed by Peter Tchaikovsky is the most widely regonized piece of classical music. The 1812 Overture was written to commerate the victory of Russia in the Napoleonic War in 1812. The defeat of this battle marked the start of the long and disastrous retreat that destroyed Napoleon and his army. In 1880‚ the Russian composer Tchaikovsky was commissioned to write an uplifting and patriotic piece to immortalize Napoleon’s defeat and celebrate the liberation of the Russians. Cannons

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    GUIDE FOR READING THEME: “Overcoming poverty” LISTENING-SPEAKING CONNECTION: Put your upper teeth on your lower lip. Blow out air between your lip and teeth. You have produced /f/. Listen and repeat /f/ /f/ Fin fill Fit feel Fine foal Fail laugh Phrase Fan BUILD VOCABULARY Learning other forms of a word can help you expand your vocabulary. There’s a lot of fun in learning new words and you’ll discover a store of treasures with those. As you read the story entitled

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    The 1812 Overture is a sixteen minute‚ thirty nine second long classical composition by Tchaikovsky written in 1880 to commemorate Russia’s defeat of Napoleons Grand Armenia was scored for an orchestra that consists of the following: • brass band • woodwinds (a piccolo‚ 2 flutes‚ clarinets‚ bassoons and oboes‚ and one English horn) • Brass(four horns in F‚ two trumpets‚ two cornets‚ three trombones and a tuba).The trombones have to be two tenor and one bass • Strings: first and second violins‚ violas

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    Tchaikovsky music pieces seem to all have some type of meaningfulness or dramatic twist. . Tchaikovsky’s "1812 Overture” perpetuated to be popular because musical program featured booming cannons‚ ringing church bells‚ patriotic sing-a-longs‚ and a grand fireworks finale. The Boston event became the first to play the overture as a component of a Fourth of July celebration. Tchaikovsky was born May 7‚ 1840‚ in Votkinsk Russia. Tchaikovsky was a composer who was reproved rigorously by peers‚ edifiers

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    1812 Overture and Leitmotif { By: Leane‚ Maddie‚ Jamie & Ibrahim Leitmotif A recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition‚ associated with a particular person‚ idea or situation. Originated in the late 19th century. The story behind Leitmotif Originally‚ it had seemed as though the 1812 overture symphony acted as a representation of the USA’s victory against the British Empire during the war of 1812‚ however it was later discovered that the song tells the story of Napoleon’s

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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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    Concert Report 1 (Symphony Orchestra) Name: Laura Cooper Date: 2-3-13 Class/Section: MUS1140-104 Instructions: Attend a symphony orchestra concert. Get a program of the concert and staple it to the back of this form. Sign your name on the program. NOTE: DO NOT take this form to the concert. Look up the piece(s) to be Performed and listen to them on YouTube beforehand. Turn in form no more than 10 days after event. CONCERT INFORMATION: 1. Date: 2-3-13 2. Place: Pope Joy Hall

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    Beethoven’s Leonore No. 2 overture also overture was composed in the sonata form like Leonore No. 1 overture‚ and Leonore No. 2 revised from Leonore No. 1 with new musical ideas. Even though Leonore No. 1 has large scale and heavy structure than the contemporary formal overtures‚ Beethoven’s Leonore No. 2 has larger scale and heavier structure than Leonore No. 1‚ and it was composed like independent symphonic work for concert. Further‚ Leonore No. 2 includes five hundred thirty measure with fifty-six

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    While sailing through the Hebrides Islands off the coast of Scotland‚ he saw the famed Fingal’s Cave and was so moved by its beauty that he jotted down a full orchestration that became the beginning of one of his most famous works‚ The Hebrides Overture. Originally titled‚ The Lonely Island‚ this masterpiece has become a staple in today’s orchestral repertoire. Felix Mendelssohn was born on February 3rd‚ 1809‚ in Hamburg‚ Germany. His father was Abraham Mendelssohn‚ who was a wealthy banker. Abraham

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