November 7, 2016 Award-winning composer, arranger, and musical
... Wolf teaches courses in American musical theater history, dramaturgy and dramatic literature, histories of U.S. performance, performance theory, and performance studies. She is the author of Changed for Good: A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical (recently named one of the “top ten books every ...
... Wolf teaches courses in American musical theater history, dramaturgy and dramatic literature, histories of U.S. performance, performance theory, and performance studies. She is the author of Changed for Good: A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical (recently named one of the “top ten books every ...
EC1 Music History -- Music of the Baroque (1600
... Baroque music is a style-period of Western art music composed from approximately 1600 to 1750. It is long period of time that saw many important developments that established the foundation of the music we are familiar with today. Baroque music is a major part of what we call classical music. Compos ...
... Baroque music is a style-period of Western art music composed from approximately 1600 to 1750. It is long period of time that saw many important developments that established the foundation of the music we are familiar with today. Baroque music is a major part of what we call classical music. Compos ...
Revision Guide
... The metre used within ‘Grace’ is a 12/8 time signature. This means the piece is in compound time. It remains in this time signature throughout. The rhythms used get repeated and at times they are fairly complex- especially on some guitar riffs. ...
... The metre used within ‘Grace’ is a 12/8 time signature. This means the piece is in compound time. It remains in this time signature throughout. The rhythms used get repeated and at times they are fairly complex- especially on some guitar riffs. ...
ANSWERS How were revolutions influential to the Classical period
... Freelance Romantic composers were hired per composition. This meant that they could exercise more choice and freedom and thus develop an individual musical style. While, hired Classical composers developed their own musical style, they were bound to please their boss whom they tended to serve for ...
... Freelance Romantic composers were hired per composition. This meant that they could exercise more choice and freedom and thus develop an individual musical style. While, hired Classical composers developed their own musical style, they were bound to please their boss whom they tended to serve for ...
Comparison of musical period
... Change frequently Use of rubato More free in rhythm Use of triplets etc Homophonic ...
... Change frequently Use of rubato More free in rhythm Use of triplets etc Homophonic ...
Student Sheet
... Messiah was composed in 1741 with a sacred text compiled from the King James Bible and from the version of the Psalms included within the Book of Common Prayer. It is an extended reflection on the life of Jesus Christ. The text begins in Part I with prophecies by Isaiah and others, and moves to the ...
... Messiah was composed in 1741 with a sacred text compiled from the King James Bible and from the version of the Psalms included within the Book of Common Prayer. It is an extended reflection on the life of Jesus Christ. The text begins in Part I with prophecies by Isaiah and others, and moves to the ...
American Music: Aaron Copland Unit Organizer
... Identify and aurally recognize simple melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patters Aesthetic Valuation of Music 1. Identify personal preferences for specific music 2. Respond to, and make informed judgments about, music through participation, performance, and the creative process 3. Articulate music’s si ...
... Identify and aurally recognize simple melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patters Aesthetic Valuation of Music 1. Identify personal preferences for specific music 2. Respond to, and make informed judgments about, music through participation, performance, and the creative process 3. Articulate music’s si ...
Document
... • Developed the twelve-tone system – “Method of composing with the 12 tones solely in relation to one another” – Became known as serialism – Ensures atonality while imposing order and coherence ...
... • Developed the twelve-tone system – “Method of composing with the 12 tones solely in relation to one another” – Became known as serialism – Ensures atonality while imposing order and coherence ...
Schoenberg Lesson 1 - Cotham School Music
... Timbre is as important as melody Extreme dynamics – Very dramatic when played in a large ensemble. Quite short pieces – It is difficult to write extended pieces in this style, without key relationships and recognisable themes in the traditional sense to form a structural framework. ...
... Timbre is as important as melody Extreme dynamics – Very dramatic when played in a large ensemble. Quite short pieces – It is difficult to write extended pieces in this style, without key relationships and recognisable themes in the traditional sense to form a structural framework. ...
grade 12 september 2012 music p1 memorandum
... may not be an instrumentalist. Keyboards (especially the organ) were popular with early metal bands. A key aspect of much heavy metal is the guitar solo. Uses a highly amplified distorted sound. The lead role of the guitar in heavy metal often collides with the traditional "front man" or bandleader ...
... may not be an instrumentalist. Keyboards (especially the organ) were popular with early metal bands. A key aspect of much heavy metal is the guitar solo. Uses a highly amplified distorted sound. The lead role of the guitar in heavy metal often collides with the traditional "front man" or bandleader ...
What is a Music Arrangement
... extent that they are combining their own musical ideas. In that way, an arrangement may involve some composition. “What is a composition?” A composition is musical work that has been created from scratch (non-existent before). At the beginning of this post I mentioned the term “song”. What then is t ...
... extent that they are combining their own musical ideas. In that way, an arrangement may involve some composition. “What is a composition?” A composition is musical work that has been created from scratch (non-existent before). At the beginning of this post I mentioned the term “song”. What then is t ...
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... • What is a Melody? • A musical line, with direction, shape, and structure • The main part in the music that we listen to ...
... • What is a Melody? • A musical line, with direction, shape, and structure • The main part in the music that we listen to ...
Short Analysis - Trevor de Clercq
... rises to the new note of G b. The first "chord" of bar 6, with the G n in the cello, has pitch content in the [0157] set class, however; while this new vertical sonority might come as a surprise, perhaps it acts as some sort of climatic relief to the similar pitch content of the bars around it. Exam ...
... rises to the new note of G b. The first "chord" of bar 6, with the G n in the cello, has pitch content in the [0157] set class, however; while this new vertical sonority might come as a surprise, perhaps it acts as some sort of climatic relief to the similar pitch content of the bars around it. Exam ...
Authors: Doc. Burcu Yazici and Doc. Ezgi Gonlum Yalcin Anadolu
... THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DEBUSSY STRING QUARTET IN THE HISTORY OF WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC ...
... THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DEBUSSY STRING QUARTET IN THE HISTORY OF WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC ...
folk music of the mediterranean
... comments on musical culture. Many diversified instruments were used -- harp-like and mandolin-like plucked instruments, flute-like and oboe-like blown instruments; and there were drums, cymbals, rattles and other percussion devices. This culture lasted for several thousand years, and penetrated into ...
... comments on musical culture. Many diversified instruments were used -- harp-like and mandolin-like plucked instruments, flute-like and oboe-like blown instruments; and there were drums, cymbals, rattles and other percussion devices. This culture lasted for several thousand years, and penetrated into ...
PAVLOS KAVOURAS (NIKOS POULAKIS) Ethnographic cinema
... caliphates. The main topics we will investigate are: the formation of Arabian theory of music during the Middle Ages, the role of Syrian and Arabian translators in the diffusion of ancient Greek musical/theoretical thought, the historical and cultural context of sources, the tone-system of Arabs and ...
... caliphates. The main topics we will investigate are: the formation of Arabian theory of music during the Middle Ages, the role of Syrian and Arabian translators in the diffusion of ancient Greek musical/theoretical thought, the historical and cultural context of sources, the tone-system of Arabs and ...
Abstracts
... Rameau himself. Additional evidence in favor of Rameau’s authorship is the substantial discrepancy between this part and the rules prescribed in Michel Corrette’s well-known treatise, inclusion of elements of fundamental bass (according to Rameau’s theory), and the broad interpretation of the instru ...
... Rameau himself. Additional evidence in favor of Rameau’s authorship is the substantial discrepancy between this part and the rules prescribed in Michel Corrette’s well-known treatise, inclusion of elements of fundamental bass (according to Rameau’s theory), and the broad interpretation of the instru ...
Compositional Technology
... • Mathematical models are based on mathematical equations and random events. The most common way to create compositions through mathematics is stochastic processes. In stochastic models a piece of music is composed as a result of non-deterministic methods. The compositional process is only partially ...
... • Mathematical models are based on mathematical equations and random events. The most common way to create compositions through mathematics is stochastic processes. In stochastic models a piece of music is composed as a result of non-deterministic methods. The compositional process is only partially ...
John Kefla Kerr
... I began my W.A.L.K. presentation by outlining an important 'enabling condition' for my work as a composer, namely that music and sound are always already subjectively immersive, omnipresent and interpenetrative. In attending to such aspects of music's ontology (what Caroline Abbate calls its "drasti ...
... I began my W.A.L.K. presentation by outlining an important 'enabling condition' for my work as a composer, namely that music and sound are always already subjectively immersive, omnipresent and interpenetrative. In attending to such aspects of music's ontology (what Caroline Abbate calls its "drasti ...
Writing about Music
... than Beethoven. It is easier to pin a meaning-word on a Tchaikovsky piece than on a Beethoven piece. Often, it is quite difficult to put your finger on just what Beethoven is saying. Any musician will tell you that this is why Beethoven is a great composer. C. the sheerly musical plane At this level ...
... than Beethoven. It is easier to pin a meaning-word on a Tchaikovsky piece than on a Beethoven piece. Often, it is quite difficult to put your finger on just what Beethoven is saying. Any musician will tell you that this is why Beethoven is a great composer. C. the sheerly musical plane At this level ...
Edexcel GCSE Music - AOS2 - Schoenberg - Study
... Electric Counterpoint was written for the jazz guitarist Pat Metheny. Metheny would record all the parts himself (12 guitars and 2 bass guitars). He would then play the recording (called a µEDFNLQJWUDFN¶and would play the ³OLYH´SDUWRYer the top. The piece uses tape loops where each part is pre-r ...
... Electric Counterpoint was written for the jazz guitarist Pat Metheny. Metheny would record all the parts himself (12 guitars and 2 bass guitars). He would then play the recording (called a µEDFNLQJWUDFN¶and would play the ³OLYH´SDUWRYer the top. The piece uses tape loops where each part is pre-r ...
Josef Hoffman notes
... the reach of their conscious will and control. Critically thinking on one’s work during its creation is unthinkable, for it is the fancy and imagination that carries it forward. The piano grants to its players a greater freedom of expression than any other instrument. However, in terms of dynamic an ...
... the reach of their conscious will and control. Critically thinking on one’s work during its creation is unthinkable, for it is the fancy and imagination that carries it forward. The piano grants to its players a greater freedom of expression than any other instrument. However, in terms of dynamic an ...
Analysis and performance. Views on the performers musical
... Established techniques of musical analysis were developed for application to scores, and as a result are of limited value to the study of music in either live or recorded performance. Both Schenkerian and motivic approaches have emphasized synchronic rather than diachronic relationships, resulting i ...
... Established techniques of musical analysis were developed for application to scores, and as a result are of limited value to the study of music in either live or recorded performance. Both Schenkerian and motivic approaches have emphasized synchronic rather than diachronic relationships, resulting i ...
Tin Pan Alley Notes
... v. Sliding pitches (Rip or drop off a pitch) vi. Place consonants on different pitches and slide to correct pitch vii. Bending the pitch after you sing it viii. Sing a different note within the chord ix. Play with the way words sound, sing diphthongs slowly, linger on consonants x. You may sing slig ...
... v. Sliding pitches (Rip or drop off a pitch) vi. Place consonants on different pitches and slide to correct pitch vii. Bending the pitch after you sing it viii. Sing a different note within the chord ix. Play with the way words sound, sing diphthongs slowly, linger on consonants x. You may sing slig ...
Program notes for October 26, 2004
... Paul Hindemith, one of the most important 20th-century composers, partially subscribed to the concept that music serves a utilitarian purpose, known as "Gebrauchsmusik." Its purpose fulfills educational needs or serves a functional role in society. This concept may not be entirely understood in tran ...
... Paul Hindemith, one of the most important 20th-century composers, partially subscribed to the concept that music serves a utilitarian purpose, known as "Gebrauchsmusik." Its purpose fulfills educational needs or serves a functional role in society. This concept may not be entirely understood in tran ...
Music theory
Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music. It generally derives from observation of how musicians and composers make music, but includes hypothetical speculation. Most commonly, the term describes the academic study and analysis of fundamental elements of music such as pitch, rhythm, harmony, and form, but also refers to descriptions, concepts, or beliefs related to music. Because of the ever-expanding conception of what constitutes music (see Definition of music), a more inclusive definition could be that music theory is the consideration of any sonic phenomena, including silence, as it relates to music.Music theory is a subfield of musicology, which is itself a subfield within the overarching field of the arts and humanities. Etymologically, music theory is an act of contemplation of music, from the Greek θεωρία, a looking at, viewing, contemplation, speculation, theory, also a sight, a spectacle. As such, it is often concerned with abstract musical aspects such as tuning and tonal systems, scales, consonance and dissonance, and rhythmic relationships, but there is also a body of theory concerning such practical aspects as the creation or the performance of music, orchestration, ornamentation, improvisation, and electronic sound production. A person who researches, teaches, or writes articles about music theory is a music theorist. University study, typically to the M.A. or Ph.D level, is required to teach as a tenure-track music theorist in an American or Canadian university. Methods of analysis include mathematics, graphic analysis, and, especially, analysis enabled by Western music notation. Comparative, descriptive, statistical, and other methods are also used.The development, preservation, and transmission of music theory may be found in oral and practical music-making traditions, musical instruments, and other artifacts. For example, ancient instruments from Mesopotamia, China, and prehistoric sites around the world reveal details about the music they produced and, potentially, something of the musical theory that might have been used by their makers (see History of music and Musical instrument). In ancient and living cultures around the world, the deep and long roots of music theory are clearly visible in instruments, oral traditions, and current music making. Many cultures, at least as far back as ancient Mesopotamia, Pharoanic Egypt, and ancient China have also considered music theory in more formal ways such as written treatises and music notation.