Philip Lasser Long Bio
... later received his master’s degree from Columbia University, where he undertook intensive studies in counterpoint with René Leibowitz’s disciple, Jacques-Louis Monod, and received his doctorate from The Juilliard School, where he studied with composer David Diamond. Lasser is the author of “The Spir ...
... later received his master’s degree from Columbia University, where he undertook intensive studies in counterpoint with René Leibowitz’s disciple, Jacques-Louis Monod, and received his doctorate from The Juilliard School, where he studied with composer David Diamond. Lasser is the author of “The Spir ...
MLI: STEP TWO ANALYSIS The MLI`s focus is on critical analysis
... How is the piano theme related to the flute thematic material? Are there similarities between the two themes? State measure numbers where the piano is joined by the flute. Are the themes played in unison or harmonized in some way? Has the initial three-note motif been altered in any way during t ...
... How is the piano theme related to the flute thematic material? Are there similarities between the two themes? State measure numbers where the piano is joined by the flute. Are the themes played in unison or harmonized in some way? Has the initial three-note motif been altered in any way during t ...
Anton Webern Born: December 3, 1883, Vienna Died: September 15
... His Symphony, for example, is only ten minutes long, and some of the movements of his pieces last less than thirty seconds. Because of this, each individual note, articulation, dynamic, and timbre takes on new significance. Ultimately, Webern took these other elements and applied the principles of t ...
... His Symphony, for example, is only ten minutes long, and some of the movements of his pieces last less than thirty seconds. Because of this, each individual note, articulation, dynamic, and timbre takes on new significance. Ultimately, Webern took these other elements and applied the principles of t ...
MHST 752: The Isorhythmic Motet
... iv. pre-dates Ars Nova by about 5 years bb. He didn’t, as your book suggests, help to write it cc. In fact, we’re not sure what the collection means iii. Majority in duple mensuration aa. Suggests that once possibility defined as practical bb. Became widely used iv. Such musical interpolations not u ...
... iv. pre-dates Ars Nova by about 5 years bb. He didn’t, as your book suggests, help to write it cc. In fact, we’re not sure what the collection means iii. Majority in duple mensuration aa. Suggests that once possibility defined as practical bb. Became widely used iv. Such musical interpolations not u ...
6 Charles Ives
... Herein then lies the first of the two ways in which Ives pays tribute to ancient music, in his handling of various voices using a kind of layering approach. One sees this approach in all of the earliest polyphonic music. The works of Léonin and Pérotin immediately come to mind as well as that of Tal ...
... Herein then lies the first of the two ways in which Ives pays tribute to ancient music, in his handling of various voices using a kind of layering approach. One sees this approach in all of the earliest polyphonic music. The works of Léonin and Pérotin immediately come to mind as well as that of Tal ...
7th Grade Composers Project
... Length: 2 pages Items that MUST be included: Biography Major Works Listening Example Five other world events during the life of composer Your opinion of the composer and his/her music Picture of composer (drawn or computerized) You MUST have at least ONE of the following: Any type of p ...
... Length: 2 pages Items that MUST be included: Biography Major Works Listening Example Five other world events during the life of composer Your opinion of the composer and his/her music Picture of composer (drawn or computerized) You MUST have at least ONE of the following: Any type of p ...
Key Words Area of Study 1: Western Classical Music 1600 – 1899
... Goblet shaped drum from West Africa Hourglass shaped ‘talking drum’ held under the arm and played with the hand Double headed drum (in several different sizes) played with sticks Effects made by the voice using vowel sounds like ‘eh’ ‘ah’ ‘oh’ Music that is learnt by listening and repeating, and pas ...
... Goblet shaped drum from West Africa Hourglass shaped ‘talking drum’ held under the arm and played with the hand Double headed drum (in several different sizes) played with sticks Effects made by the voice using vowel sounds like ‘eh’ ‘ah’ ‘oh’ Music that is learnt by listening and repeating, and pas ...
here - St. John The Evangelist (Montreal
... Today, a musical work is considered a complete composition, the intellectual property of its composer. The concept of ownership with regard to a musical (or any other) idea was however utterly foreign to medieval people. Music and text were adapted to the needs of the moment and performer. While you ...
... Today, a musical work is considered a complete composition, the intellectual property of its composer. The concept of ownership with regard to a musical (or any other) idea was however utterly foreign to medieval people. Music and text were adapted to the needs of the moment and performer. While you ...
PIANO MUSIC OF THE MIDDLE EAST Amiram Rigai
... in style and content, to my electronic works which tell me more about myself than means other than music do. " This set of four pieces grouped under an unabashed ti tie are, indeed, the farthest among his works from an avant-garde vocabulary. Rich in bitter-sweet melody, permeated with an atmosphere ...
... in style and content, to my electronic works which tell me more about myself than means other than music do. " This set of four pieces grouped under an unabashed ti tie are, indeed, the farthest among his works from an avant-garde vocabulary. Rich in bitter-sweet melody, permeated with an atmosphere ...
Analysis and performance. Views on the performers musical
... hierarchical, generative, transformation-based structure, which is often understood as having universal validity. However, much of what is usually assumed to be universally applicable, in fact originates from aesthetic norms tied up with tonal music. Schenker´s theory emphasizes the fact that music ...
... hierarchical, generative, transformation-based structure, which is often understood as having universal validity. However, much of what is usually assumed to be universally applicable, in fact originates from aesthetic norms tied up with tonal music. Schenker´s theory emphasizes the fact that music ...
Composer of the month - August
... Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and grew up in the Boston area. Bernstein began studying piano when he was ten years old. His father sold wigs and beauty supplies, and wanted his oldest son to take over the business. But after Leonard -- or Lenny, as all his friends called him ...
... Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and grew up in the Boston area. Bernstein began studying piano when he was ten years old. His father sold wigs and beauty supplies, and wanted his oldest son to take over the business. But after Leonard -- or Lenny, as all his friends called him ...
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” | 1 Ludwig van
... Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F Major Pastoral has often been cited as the starting point of 19th-century “program music.” Program music refers to music that attempts to musically render an extra-musical narrative. The narrative itself might be offered to the audience in the form of progr ...
... Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F Major Pastoral has often been cited as the starting point of 19th-century “program music.” Program music refers to music that attempts to musically render an extra-musical narrative. The narrative itself might be offered to the audience in the form of progr ...
performance / recording composition musical direction
... intersection of these two different but complementary traditions. A mass setting composed by Helen also appears on women’s trio Triptych’s inaugural CD, described in Limelight Magazine as “exquisite, near-flawless performances”. Since returning to Australia, Helen has resumed composing, with new com ...
... intersection of these two different but complementary traditions. A mass setting composed by Helen also appears on women’s trio Triptych’s inaugural CD, described in Limelight Magazine as “exquisite, near-flawless performances”. Since returning to Australia, Helen has resumed composing, with new com ...
Kernis: Flute Concerto (World Premiere) Detroit
... 21 he created a program that appeared to play to the orches- tra’s strengths and proved largely satisfying. The major attractions on this program were clearly two concertos. John Williams’s Trumpet Concerto (1996) has some terrific solo writing for the instrument, and Hunter Eberly played with treme ...
... 21 he created a program that appeared to play to the orches- tra’s strengths and proved largely satisfying. The major attractions on this program were clearly two concertos. John Williams’s Trumpet Concerto (1996) has some terrific solo writing for the instrument, and Hunter Eberly played with treme ...
programme_notes_fina..
... usually lyrical and melodic in character. No.2 Intermezzo in A major builds in simple three-part song form (ABA). The A section consists of a graceful melody showing the composer’s introspective depression. This may due to his mental maturity and the recent death of his father and friends. In the B ...
... usually lyrical and melodic in character. No.2 Intermezzo in A major builds in simple three-part song form (ABA). The A section consists of a graceful melody showing the composer’s introspective depression. This may due to his mental maturity and the recent death of his father and friends. In the B ...
GROVE - Instrumentation and orchestration
... other two: loud bands seldom appear in angel-concert paintings, but because of their ceremonial history, they were the first type of ensemble allowed in church. There is relatively little evidence before 1500 for voices and instruments regularly performing together on composed polyphony; when it hap ...
... other two: loud bands seldom appear in angel-concert paintings, but because of their ceremonial history, they were the first type of ensemble allowed in church. There is relatively little evidence before 1500 for voices and instruments regularly performing together on composed polyphony; when it hap ...
Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1
... MasterWorks 5: Reflections of Romanticism Program Notes was thirty when he married Clara Wieck. He wrote nearly 150 songs in that year. A year later, he turned to orchestral music, writing symphonies and the beginnings of a piano concerto. Then he focused on chamber music. By 1843, he was writing c ...
... MasterWorks 5: Reflections of Romanticism Program Notes was thirty when he married Clara Wieck. He wrote nearly 150 songs in that year. A year later, he turned to orchestral music, writing symphonies and the beginnings of a piano concerto. Then he focused on chamber music. By 1843, he was writing c ...
Beethoven File
... Beethoven's compositional career is usually divided into Early, Middle, and Late periods. In this scheme, his early period is taken to last until about 1802, the middle period from about 1803 to about 1814, and the late period from about 1815. In his Early period, Beethoven's work is in the classic ...
... Beethoven's compositional career is usually divided into Early, Middle, and Late periods. In this scheme, his early period is taken to last until about 1802, the middle period from about 1803 to about 1814, and the late period from about 1815. In his Early period, Beethoven's work is in the classic ...
Revision Guide
... the time signature (metre) constantly changes- this is no exception. The piece moves from 2/4 to 3/4 constantly. The rhythm is also highly syncopateddemonstrating the composer’s influences from jazz and music of the early 20th ...
... the time signature (metre) constantly changes- this is no exception. The piece moves from 2/4 to 3/4 constantly. The rhythm is also highly syncopateddemonstrating the composer’s influences from jazz and music of the early 20th ...
Year 3 Music Medium Term Plan Spring DOC File
... To listen and respond to piece. To identify individual instruments within an orchestral setting To understand various instrumental techniques used to create effect. To understand the appropriate elements (tempo, dynamics, rhythm). To analyse mood and character of the piece. To create a n ...
... To listen and respond to piece. To identify individual instruments within an orchestral setting To understand various instrumental techniques used to create effect. To understand the appropriate elements (tempo, dynamics, rhythm). To analyse mood and character of the piece. To create a n ...
(Lack of) Separation Between Church and State in Weelkes
... ideals into an English context. This double clash of ideologies to some extent familiarizes the unfamiliar with respect to English citizens by providing them with “links between Renaissance humanism and Christianity” (Strohm, 7). Renaissance humanism is of the philosophy that man is strong, capable, ...
... ideals into an English context. This double clash of ideologies to some extent familiarizes the unfamiliar with respect to English citizens by providing them with “links between Renaissance humanism and Christianity” (Strohm, 7). Renaissance humanism is of the philosophy that man is strong, capable, ...
Biography - Douglas J. Cuomo
... Douglas J. Cuomo has composed highly acclaimed and original music for concert and theatrical stages, television, and film. His music, with influences from jazz, world music, classical, and popular sources, is as personal, distinctive, and recognizable as it is wide-ranging. His compositions range fr ...
... Douglas J. Cuomo has composed highly acclaimed and original music for concert and theatrical stages, television, and film. His music, with influences from jazz, world music, classical, and popular sources, is as personal, distinctive, and recognizable as it is wide-ranging. His compositions range fr ...
21M011 (spring, 2006) Ellen T. Harris Lecture V Classical Era (1750
... Music influenced by both the “enlightenment” and “classical” traditions of this period •public concerts: opera houses and concert halls •opera: development of comic opera, depiction of contemporary, social life (rather than historical or mythological) “common people” and/or middle class rising again ...
... Music influenced by both the “enlightenment” and “classical” traditions of this period •public concerts: opera houses and concert halls •opera: development of comic opera, depiction of contemporary, social life (rather than historical or mythological) “common people” and/or middle class rising again ...
nwcrl203 - New World Records
... view long before pitches were considered. At the opening, for example, the doublebasses are divided four ways, resulting in a quiet, low-pitched blur of sound that would convey the impression of introduction, of expectation, of upbeat. Likewise I strove to maintain what might be called a backdrop of ...
... view long before pitches were considered. At the opening, for example, the doublebasses are divided four ways, resulting in a quiet, low-pitched blur of sound that would convey the impression of introduction, of expectation, of upbeat. Likewise I strove to maintain what might be called a backdrop of ...