Music in ancient Greece was generally ______ in texture
... The “Age of enlightenment” refers to which period? In 1607, who composed the opera Orfeo? The text of an opera is called a(n)___________? The solo songs in an opera are called….? Who did they call “il prete rosso (the red priest)? Whose date of death (1750) is generally accepted as the end of the Ba ...
... The “Age of enlightenment” refers to which period? In 1607, who composed the opera Orfeo? The text of an opera is called a(n)___________? The solo songs in an opera are called….? Who did they call “il prete rosso (the red priest)? Whose date of death (1750) is generally accepted as the end of the Ba ...
Neighbor Notes
... perception of the meter created by patterns of accents. In the first section of the piece, the rhythmic force of the three melodic lines is persistent, while the sonority of two major thirds (which would be an augmented chord in traditional harmony) develops into the central sound of the piece. In t ...
... perception of the meter created by patterns of accents. In the first section of the piece, the rhythmic force of the three melodic lines is persistent, while the sonority of two major thirds (which would be an augmented chord in traditional harmony) develops into the central sound of the piece. In t ...
9. NEO-CLASSICISM and JAZZ
... minor thirds, augmented fourths and minor sevenths. Tango is a Latin-American dance style with dotted bass rhythms. Some jazz shares characteristics of neo-classicism, such as thin textures and careful articulation (legato, staccato and accents). Jazz chords and rhythms are often reflected in the mu ...
... minor thirds, augmented fourths and minor sevenths. Tango is a Latin-American dance style with dotted bass rhythms. Some jazz shares characteristics of neo-classicism, such as thin textures and careful articulation (legato, staccato and accents). Jazz chords and rhythms are often reflected in the mu ...
Philip Thomas piano
... Music for Piano with Slow Sweep Pure Wave Oscillators is one of a number of pieces by American radical Alvin Lucier to explore the combination of acoustic instruments with the purity of electronically created sine waves. The pianist plays tones around the sliding pitches of the two sine waves which, ...
... Music for Piano with Slow Sweep Pure Wave Oscillators is one of a number of pieces by American radical Alvin Lucier to explore the combination of acoustic instruments with the purity of electronically created sine waves. The pianist plays tones around the sliding pitches of the two sine waves which, ...
1306 Study guide I.doc
... Symphony: A multimovement orchestral form. Concerto: A multimovement work for orchestra and an instrumental soloist. Program Music: Instrumental music that purports to tell a stroy or describe a scene, idea, or event. Absolute music: “Music” for music sake. Instrumental music based upon abstract pri ...
... Symphony: A multimovement orchestral form. Concerto: A multimovement work for orchestra and an instrumental soloist. Program Music: Instrumental music that purports to tell a stroy or describe a scene, idea, or event. Absolute music: “Music” for music sake. Instrumental music based upon abstract pri ...
history of Western music
... the 16th century and greatly developed in the 17th century by the Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi. Other new genres of vocal music included the cantata and the oratorio. Instrumental music also became increasingly prominent during the 17th century, often in the form of a continuous contrapuntal ...
... the 16th century and greatly developed in the 17th century by the Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi. Other new genres of vocal music included the cantata and the oratorio. Instrumental music also became increasingly prominent during the 17th century, often in the form of a continuous contrapuntal ...
MUSIC A cappella ........................................Italian for “singing without
... Kazoo..............................................Tubal instrument that produces sound when one hums into the mouthpiece Lyrics ..............................................Words of a song as distinguished from the music Measure..........................................Notes that lie between 2 ver ...
... Kazoo..............................................Tubal instrument that produces sound when one hums into the mouthpiece Lyrics ..............................................Words of a song as distinguished from the music Measure..........................................Notes that lie between 2 ver ...
Keyboard Concerto No - Celebrity Series of Boston
... Well-Tempered Clavier by J. S. Bach, with each book containing preludes and fugues in all 12 major and minor keys. The Austrian composer Johann Hummel might have been the first to treat preludes independently when he composed a set of 24 Preludes in 1815, but it was Chopin who revolutionized the for ...
... Well-Tempered Clavier by J. S. Bach, with each book containing preludes and fugues in all 12 major and minor keys. The Austrian composer Johann Hummel might have been the first to treat preludes independently when he composed a set of 24 Preludes in 1815, but it was Chopin who revolutionized the for ...
Chamber Orchestra Jeffery Meyer, conductor Ursula Oppens, piano
... Symphony 8 in F Major, Op. 93 Although Beethoven composed his Seventh and Eighth Symphonies nearly concurrently, and they were premiered together on the same concert in 1812, they are wildly different in style and musical language. The Seventh"s muscular textures and propulsive rhythms are contraste ...
... Symphony 8 in F Major, Op. 93 Although Beethoven composed his Seventh and Eighth Symphonies nearly concurrently, and they were premiered together on the same concert in 1812, they are wildly different in style and musical language. The Seventh"s muscular textures and propulsive rhythms are contraste ...
Comparison of Sonata IV by Biagio Marini and Trio
... It is amazing to consider the value of the resource left to us by composers such as Biagio Marini and Arcangelo Corelli, when viewed through the lens of history. The Baroque era was an exciting time in which musical ideas were changing and being challenged, and the diversity of work from that era is ...
... It is amazing to consider the value of the resource left to us by composers such as Biagio Marini and Arcangelo Corelli, when viewed through the lens of history. The Baroque era was an exciting time in which musical ideas were changing and being challenged, and the diversity of work from that era is ...
Misha Dichter - Coastal Concerts
... international career, Misha Dichter traces his musical heritage to the two great pianistic traditions of the twentieth century: the Russian Romantic School as personified by Rosina Lhévinne, his mentor at The Juilliard School, and the German Classical style that was passed on to him by Aube Tzerko, ...
... international career, Misha Dichter traces his musical heritage to the two great pianistic traditions of the twentieth century: the Russian Romantic School as personified by Rosina Lhévinne, his mentor at The Juilliard School, and the German Classical style that was passed on to him by Aube Tzerko, ...
6DExperimental
... to the performer through the use of the three line stave. Unlike conventional notation, this form of notation allows the performer to decide the actual pitches of notes during the performance, from within a range set by the composer. ...
... to the performer through the use of the three line stave. Unlike conventional notation, this form of notation allows the performer to decide the actual pitches of notes during the performance, from within a range set by the composer. ...
Paul Ayick
... Listeners, he says, are usually more apt to respond favorably to music that speaks in the same way in which their native language flows, each having it’s own peculiar rhythmic flow or feel. On a personal note, over the years I have worked in many ethnic bands that played in the musical styles repres ...
... Listeners, he says, are usually more apt to respond favorably to music that speaks in the same way in which their native language flows, each having it’s own peculiar rhythmic flow or feel. On a personal note, over the years I have worked in many ethnic bands that played in the musical styles repres ...
The concerto
... ! The term Romantic is applied to music composed between about 1810 and 1910 ! Whereas classical music aimed to balance expression and form, romantic music placed an emphasis on the expression of emo ...
... ! The term Romantic is applied to music composed between about 1810 and 1910 ! Whereas classical music aimed to balance expression and form, romantic music placed an emphasis on the expression of emo ...
PROGRAM NOTES Antonio Vivaldi Piccolo Concerto
... with unusual ease, even by his own standards. (Vivaldi claimed he could compose a concerto faster than a scribe could copy it.) It was the publication in Amsterdam in 1711 of a collection of twelve concertos called L'estro armonico that first spread Vivaldi's name throughout Europe; it became the be ...
... with unusual ease, even by his own standards. (Vivaldi claimed he could compose a concerto faster than a scribe could copy it.) It was the publication in Amsterdam in 1711 of a collection of twelve concertos called L'estro armonico that first spread Vivaldi's name throughout Europe; it became the be ...
A Guide to Musical Styles File
... During the classical period, the desire for gradual change led to the replacement of the harpsichord by the piano. By varying finger pressure on the keys, a pianist can can play more loudly or softly. Although the piano was invented around 1700, it began to replace the harpsichord only around 1775. ...
... During the classical period, the desire for gradual change led to the replacement of the harpsichord by the piano. By varying finger pressure on the keys, a pianist can can play more loudly or softly. Although the piano was invented around 1700, it began to replace the harpsichord only around 1775. ...
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... Classical melodies are among the most tuneful and easiest to remember. The themes of even highly sophisticated compositions may have a folk or popular flavor. Occasionally, composers simply borrowed popular tunes (Mozart borrowing “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star) More often, however, they wrote origin ...
... Classical melodies are among the most tuneful and easiest to remember. The themes of even highly sophisticated compositions may have a folk or popular flavor. Occasionally, composers simply borrowed popular tunes (Mozart borrowing “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star) More often, however, they wrote origin ...
Partner search
... The Oratorio “APOCALYPSE – The Revelations of St John” composed by Greek composer Tassos Ioannides is based on the last book of the New Testament, written in Greek by St John the Divine, on the Greek island of Patmos while on exile by the Romans. The visionary, allegorical passages of the text, full ...
... The Oratorio “APOCALYPSE – The Revelations of St John” composed by Greek composer Tassos Ioannides is based on the last book of the New Testament, written in Greek by St John the Divine, on the Greek island of Patmos while on exile by the Romans. The visionary, allegorical passages of the text, full ...
The Classics
... • Snare Drum – It is hit with sticks or brushes. Underneath the drum there is a set of curled, metal wires stretched across the bottom of the skin, this gives a ‘rattly’ sound. • Bass Drum – It is large, low in pitch and played with a large headed beater. It can also be part of a drum kit. • Cymbals ...
... • Snare Drum – It is hit with sticks or brushes. Underneath the drum there is a set of curled, metal wires stretched across the bottom of the skin, this gives a ‘rattly’ sound. • Bass Drum – It is large, low in pitch and played with a large headed beater. It can also be part of a drum kit. • Cymbals ...
NOTES ON THE OCTOBER PROGRAM JOSEPH HAYDN
... movement; it was normally reserved for the lighter finale of a symphony (when Haydn used 6/8 for the first movement of his “Clock” Symphony, No. 101, nearly twenty years later, it was preceded by a slow, weighty introduction). The first theme bounces along in sunny mood in staccato eighth notes quie ...
... movement; it was normally reserved for the lighter finale of a symphony (when Haydn used 6/8 for the first movement of his “Clock” Symphony, No. 101, nearly twenty years later, it was preceded by a slow, weighty introduction). The first theme bounces along in sunny mood in staccato eighth notes quie ...
Francesco Tristano – Idiosynkrasia
... flows effortlessly between ideas, ensuring that it never feels worn out. This ebb and flow between the highly processed and the more traditional piano-based tracks continues throughout Idiosynkrasia. The piano-based tracks are a necessary and pleasant contrast to some of the unbelievably unique and ...
... flows effortlessly between ideas, ensuring that it never feels worn out. This ebb and flow between the highly processed and the more traditional piano-based tracks continues throughout Idiosynkrasia. The piano-based tracks are a necessary and pleasant contrast to some of the unbelievably unique and ...
Quartet for the End of Time
... the end of Time. • Messiaen’s description: First and last sections evoke the power of the angel • Middle section: blue-organge chords in piano, violin and piano like plainchant ...
... the end of Time. • Messiaen’s description: First and last sections evoke the power of the angel • Middle section: blue-organge chords in piano, violin and piano like plainchant ...