An Introduction to Contemporary Music - Machlis
... c) the romantic artist valued the expressive content of music more than its purely formal content d) Richard Wagner (1813-1883) (1) the central figure in 19th century musical ferment (2) his Tristan and Isolde had decisive importance for all the composers who came after (3) reliance on literary and ...
... c) the romantic artist valued the expressive content of music more than its purely formal content d) Richard Wagner (1813-1883) (1) the central figure in 19th century musical ferment (2) his Tristan and Isolde had decisive importance for all the composers who came after (3) reliance on literary and ...
Listening Notes
... The most common keyboard instruments used today are the piano, electronic keyboard, synthesizer and the church organ. In the 1600s and 1700s, another keyboard instrument called the harpsichord was very popular. All of these instruments have a keyboard made of black and white keys. The church organ a ...
... The most common keyboard instruments used today are the piano, electronic keyboard, synthesizer and the church organ. In the 1600s and 1700s, another keyboard instrument called the harpsichord was very popular. All of these instruments have a keyboard made of black and white keys. The church organ a ...
The Rebirth of the Musical Author in Recent Fiction
... The rebirth of the author in contemporary criticism is being accompanied, I would like to argue, by a growing fascination with the author-character as the subject of recent fiction. This can be seen reflected in current approaches to the life of real and fictional writers such as Henry James, in Dav ...
... The rebirth of the author in contemporary criticism is being accompanied, I would like to argue, by a growing fascination with the author-character as the subject of recent fiction. This can be seen reflected in current approaches to the life of real and fictional writers such as Henry James, in Dav ...
Festival Program - Electronic Music Midwest
... This video uses the piece Clusters by Hubert Howe, for which the program notes are as follows: Most sounds that we hear in music consist of a spectrum of harmonic partials or overtones, and sometimes these also include some inharmonic components. In Clusters, the overtones are all clusters of 5-note ...
... This video uses the piece Clusters by Hubert Howe, for which the program notes are as follows: Most sounds that we hear in music consist of a spectrum of harmonic partials or overtones, and sometimes these also include some inharmonic components. In Clusters, the overtones are all clusters of 5-note ...
MakingMUSIC Concert guide - The Louisville Orchestra
... mark in very distinctive ways. This is why Sousa sounds like Sousa, Mozart sounds like Mozart and why each composer’s music sounds different; much in the same way that writers have unique styles that are easily identifiable from Dr. Seuss to Langston Hughes to J.K. Rowling. Modern day composers have ...
... mark in very distinctive ways. This is why Sousa sounds like Sousa, Mozart sounds like Mozart and why each composer’s music sounds different; much in the same way that writers have unique styles that are easily identifiable from Dr. Seuss to Langston Hughes to J.K. Rowling. Modern day composers have ...
2017 Spring meeting PROGRAM - American Musicological Society
... Exposition (2011), with music receiving only intermittent mention. Therefore, research has been focused primarily in local archives, including the Filson Historical Society, and those of the University of Louisville. These archives contain scrapbooks, drawings, and other memorabilia. In addition, th ...
... Exposition (2011), with music receiving only intermittent mention. Therefore, research has been focused primarily in local archives, including the Filson Historical Society, and those of the University of Louisville. These archives contain scrapbooks, drawings, and other memorabilia. In addition, th ...
Renaissance Period (1450 – 1600)
... Musicians enjoyed higher status and pay than ever before. Composers were no longer content to remain unknown; like other artists, they sought credit for their work. Many leading Renaissance composers came from the “low countries” (Flanders), an area which now includes parts of the Netherlands, Belgi ...
... Musicians enjoyed higher status and pay than ever before. Composers were no longer content to remain unknown; like other artists, they sought credit for their work. Many leading Renaissance composers came from the “low countries” (Flanders), an area which now includes parts of the Netherlands, Belgi ...
Music and Poetr yy - Dayton Performing Arts Alliance
... Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is one of classical music’s most popular pieces with over 100 recordings in existence. The work is actually four concerti for solo violin, string orchestra and harpsichord. These pieces allowed violinists to show off the virtuoso possibilities of the violin, whose design had j ...
... Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is one of classical music’s most popular pieces with over 100 recordings in existence. The work is actually four concerti for solo violin, string orchestra and harpsichord. These pieces allowed violinists to show off the virtuoso possibilities of the violin, whose design had j ...
The Story of Classical Music
... The first composer to actually write an opera was an Italian called Jacopo Peri. It was called Dafne, but it’s been lost, so we don’t know what it sounds like today. The prize for writing the first important opera usually goes to another Italian. His name was Claudio Monteverdi and his opera was ca ...
... The first composer to actually write an opera was an Italian called Jacopo Peri. It was called Dafne, but it’s been lost, so we don’t know what it sounds like today. The prize for writing the first important opera usually goes to another Italian. His name was Claudio Monteverdi and his opera was ca ...
Music in the Romantic Era – 1825-1900
... including Robert Schumann, Heinrich Marschner, and Hugo Wolf. And while Schubert may not have been the first composer to work with lieder (Beethoven had even sketched out a setting of ErlKönig, but did not go further with it), he certainly was the catalyst that elevated lieder to a higher art form, ...
... including Robert Schumann, Heinrich Marschner, and Hugo Wolf. And while Schubert may not have been the first composer to work with lieder (Beethoven had even sketched out a setting of ErlKönig, but did not go further with it), he certainly was the catalyst that elevated lieder to a higher art form, ...
Concert d`aujourd`hui! Works by Domenico Scarlatti (1683
... Rita Hayworth hired him to write the music for The Loves of Carmen (1948), produced by Hayworth for her Beckworth Productions and released by Columbia Pictures. It is generally thought that he actually composed more film music than he is credited with, and that he was often called upon to ghost-writ ...
... Rita Hayworth hired him to write the music for The Loves of Carmen (1948), produced by Hayworth for her Beckworth Productions and released by Columbia Pictures. It is generally thought that he actually composed more film music than he is credited with, and that he was often called upon to ghost-writ ...
The Classical Period - University of St. Thomas
... Bethlehem, I inquir’d a little into the practice of the Moravians: some of them had accompanied me, and all were very kind to me…I was at their church, where I was entertain’d with good musick, the organ being accompanied with violins, hautboys, flutes, clarinets, etc.” The Moravians even had songs ...
... Bethlehem, I inquir’d a little into the practice of the Moravians: some of them had accompanied me, and all were very kind to me…I was at their church, where I was entertain’d with good musick, the organ being accompanied with violins, hautboys, flutes, clarinets, etc.” The Moravians even had songs ...
program - Ensemble for the Romantic Century
... I humbly think that in popular song the spirit is more important than the letter. Rhythm, modality and melodic intervals that determine their cadences and undulations are the very essence of these songs; the rhythmic and harmonic accompaniment of a popular song is as important as the song itself. Th ...
... I humbly think that in popular song the spirit is more important than the letter. Rhythm, modality and melodic intervals that determine their cadences and undulations are the very essence of these songs; the rhythmic and harmonic accompaniment of a popular song is as important as the song itself. Th ...
Electronic Sounds
... The music that Woody makes is done on a synthesizer without keyboards ; rather than keyboards, there are only dials for signal generators, modulators, filters, etc . The music reflects his background in engineering ; it is definitely machine music . He likes to play it loud, and it is full of the so ...
... The music that Woody makes is done on a synthesizer without keyboards ; rather than keyboards, there are only dials for signal generators, modulators, filters, etc . The music reflects his background in engineering ; it is definitely machine music . He likes to play it loud, and it is full of the so ...
The Soundtrack
... how much of it should be provided musically. Directors are often of little help here, sometimes not knowing themselves (or not being able to articulate) what emotional triggers need squeezing. If a composer has the opportunity to attend a film’s read-through or rehearsal stages, s/he can gain valuab ...
... how much of it should be provided musically. Directors are often of little help here, sometimes not knowing themselves (or not being able to articulate) what emotional triggers need squeezing. If a composer has the opportunity to attend a film’s read-through or rehearsal stages, s/he can gain valuab ...
Music in Modernism c. 1900-2000
... chromaticism and complexity, but still remain largely tonal. Reger possessed a deep knowledge and appreciation for the music of J.S. Bach, and credited him with his musical development and inspiration. This is shown in many of his organ works, particularly in the Symphonic Fantasy and Fugue for Orga ...
... chromaticism and complexity, but still remain largely tonal. Reger possessed a deep knowledge and appreciation for the music of J.S. Bach, and credited him with his musical development and inspiration. This is shown in many of his organ works, particularly in the Symphonic Fantasy and Fugue for Orga ...
Music is a Language - Kitchener
... As nobility began to build retreats away from towns, they began to hire musicians to form permanent ensembles. A composer would then have a fixed body of instrumentalists to work with. At the same time, travelling virtuoso performers would write concerti that showed off their skills, and they would ...
... As nobility began to build retreats away from towns, they began to hire musicians to form permanent ensembles. A composer would then have a fixed body of instrumentalists to work with. At the same time, travelling virtuoso performers would write concerti that showed off their skills, and they would ...
The Renaissance
... precepts of ancient Greek theater. Their intent was that this new music should prove more direct and communicative to an audience, as the complex polyphony of the Renaissance could very often obscure the text being sung. They instead set a single melodic line against a basic chordal accompaniment, a ...
... precepts of ancient Greek theater. Their intent was that this new music should prove more direct and communicative to an audience, as the complex polyphony of the Renaissance could very often obscure the text being sung. They instead set a single melodic line against a basic chordal accompaniment, a ...
Summary EWCM ppt Lectures (FALL2016)
... plastic that, when played with sticks, produces the “rat-ta-tat” sound familiar from marching bands. V. Keyboard instruments: piano, organ, clavichord, virginal, harpsichord. • Harpsichord – a keyboard instrument especially popular during the Baroque era. • Celesta – a small percussive keyboard ins ...
... plastic that, when played with sticks, produces the “rat-ta-tat” sound familiar from marching bands. V. Keyboard instruments: piano, organ, clavichord, virginal, harpsichord. • Harpsichord – a keyboard instrument especially popular during the Baroque era. • Celesta – a small percussive keyboard ins ...
MusicHistory2
... Invention/adoption of clarinet Composers Franz Joseph Haydn – Austria – “Papa Haydn” – “Father of Symphony” (wrote over 100) lived to be pretty old, taught both Mozart & Beethoven Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Austria – was a child prodigy – began playing, performing & writing music when still preschool ...
... Invention/adoption of clarinet Composers Franz Joseph Haydn – Austria – “Papa Haydn” – “Father of Symphony” (wrote over 100) lived to be pretty old, taught both Mozart & Beethoven Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Austria – was a child prodigy – began playing, performing & writing music when still preschool ...
program notes - Aston Magna Music Festival
... was a conscious attempt to translate the emotional content and symbolic elements in the text into their musical equivalents. Often this meant that the composer invented (or borrowed from someone else who had already done so) a musical gesture that might look on the page like the intended idea: “moun ...
... was a conscious attempt to translate the emotional content and symbolic elements in the text into their musical equivalents. Often this meant that the composer invented (or borrowed from someone else who had already done so) a musical gesture that might look on the page like the intended idea: “moun ...
Working as a Musical Ensemble
... were forbidden to sing in church, so the high parts were sung by young boys Opera came to the fore in the 15oo’s, leading both men and women to extend their vocal range as composers experimented with new musical techniques Choirs have existed since Medieval times, mainly for church services. The ...
... were forbidden to sing in church, so the high parts were sung by young boys Opera came to the fore in the 15oo’s, leading both men and women to extend their vocal range as composers experimented with new musical techniques Choirs have existed since Medieval times, mainly for church services. The ...
Composer
A composer (Latin com+ponere, literally ""one who puts together"") is a person who creates music. The core meaning of the term refers to individuals who have contributed to the tradition of Western classical music through creation of works expressed in written musical notation. In broader usage, ""composer"" can designate people who participate in other musical traditions, as well as those who create music by means other than written notation; for example, through improvisation, recording, and arrangement.