...Sanders Music Appreciation Final Exam My comparison will go between two periods that was classic vs. romantic classical music composers were satisfied to stay and work within a definite boundary of what made up the acceptable music. In this era the chord resolutions were at all times the identical, and furthermore the connection between keys, sections, and movements, maintained proportion. On the other hand the Romantic composers extended these boundaries or rather limitations, and in place they brought in new chords, atypical key changes and in numerous ways went in opposition to the way they were made in the classical period Romantic period dealt with more emotions. Ludwig Van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor which is my favorite piece from the classical period and Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody which consisted of great story telling through the music. Exoticism influenced by some ethnic groups music groups from the late 19th-century. This means when different ethnic cultures start to make a dramatic influence on the primary music at this time which led to a major change in music. Nationalism is the fact that various types of political evolution were achieved in each country that in turn affected musical nationalism refers to the various national schools that consciously tried to separate themselves from the standards set in the Classical period. Trying to remove themselves from the boundaries of which classical music set transcending music itself by breaking...
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...GRADE 9 Learning Module MUSIC (Qtr 1 to 4) Compilation by Ben: r_borres@yahoo.com MUSIC LEARNER’S MATERIAL GRADE 9 Unit 1 To the illustrator: Using the blank map of Europe, place pictures of ALL the composers featured in EACH UNIT around the map and put arrows pointing to the country where they come from. Maybe you can use better looking arrows and format the composer’s pictures in an oval shape. The writers would like to show where the composers come from. I am attaching a file of the blank map and please edit it with the corresponding name and fill it the needed area with different colors. Please follow the example below. (Check the pictures of the composers and their hometowns in all the units.) Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Music Page 1 MUSIC LEARNER’S MATERIAL GRADE 9 Unit 1 Time allotment: 8 hours LEARNING AREA STANDARD The learner demonstrates an understanding of basic concepts and processes in music and art through appreciation, analysis and performance for his/her self-development, celebration of his/her Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and expansion of his/her world vision. key - stage STANDARD The learner demonstrates understanding of salient features of music and art of the Philippines and the world, through appreciation, analysis, and performance, for self-development, the celebration of Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and the expansion of one’s world vision...
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...Concert Attendance Report I went to go see Musica Antiqua Koln on Tuesday November 7 at the L.A. Philharmonic. The concert included the works from such famous composers from the Baroque period such as Heinrich Bach, Johann Christoph Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann, Johan Sebastian Bach, Johann David Heinichen, and Jan Dismas Zelenka. All of whom were either friends, relatives, or acquaintances of Johan Sebastian Bach. Prior to going to the concert I was not sure what to expect, I have been to concerts and small shows many times, but I have never been to a classical concert. Throughout the concert, I played to role of a perceptive listener which I believe is largely due in part to this class. This class has given me a whole new appreciation for classical music especially pieces from the Baroque Period, but I also listen to every piece of music in a way I have never listened before. I always analyze a musical pieces now, I listen to every piece of music fully giving it a chance, before passing judgment on it, and I now take pride in having a knowledge of a wider variety of musical styles. The instrumentation of the orchestra varied with each piece that was performed. Two Sonatas “a sinque”, by Heinrich Bach consisted of two violins, two violas, and a double bass. In this Sonata there is a 5 part texture evident throughout the piece. The Unity is evident through the double bass and the two violas. The listener is given variety through to violins. The rhythm of the...
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...Karis Miller Bob Pedersen Music Appreciation November 5, 2012 Berg/Debussy/Stravinsky Chicago Symphony Orchestra The concert video that I watched was called Berg/Debussy and Stravinsky with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Pierre Boulez with soloist soprano Christine Schafer and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. On the video the full orchestra played three different composers musical works. Alan Berg, symphony selections from Lulu, there was also Claude Debussy’s Le Jet D’eau and Trois Ballades de Villon, and lastly there was Igor Stranvinsky’s The Firebird. This music was all from the Classical Period between 1750-1820. The first section that I choose to review was the last movement of Debussy’s music. The beginning of the fourth movements dynamics are Mezzo piano and with a tempo of accelerando. The soprano soloist begins singing allegro and builds the drama with her voice and with the help of the orchestra. The music soon climaxes fortissimo where the focal point is very dramatic and the orchestra is playing loud enough to her less of the soloist and more of the powerful sounds of the violins and the brass instruments in the orchestra. With many tempo changes, the music does an elaborate rise and fall beginning with much force and fortissimo and ending with a complete cadence that gives you a feeling of finality. I do think that the last cadence kind of left me feeling like I wanted more and didn’t want it to be over. I liked this piece very much but...
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...Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the symphony W.A Mozart was the first great composer who writes the music for the piano, and he wrote many different kind of music like symphonies, operas, solo concertos, and chamber music. Mozart composed forty-one symphonies from which "Symphony No.25 in G Minor K.183" and "Symphony No.40 in G Minor K.550" are most popular one and written in G minor. Mozart was from the mid classical period and wrote pieces which included multiple themes in a single movement. Mozart was brilliant composer in the true classical style and succeeded to satisfy the desire of his musical connoisseurs even though of the classical era’s rigid constraints. "Symphony No. 25 and 40," both have similar first, second, and forth movements...
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...Music Appreciation The Renaissance and Classical Style The Renaissance artist was attracted by knowledge and began studying the models of the classic antiquity while researching new techniques are developed and the natural world view with loyalty especially interested in human anatomy and architectural construction techniques. The paradigm of this new attitude is Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance essentially personality, who dominated various divisions of knowledge, but just as Michelangelo Buonarroti, Raphael Sanzio, Sandro Botticelli and Bramante artists were touched by the image of antiquity and concerned about developing new techniques of sculpture, painting and architecture, as well as music, poetry and the new humanistic sensibility. All this was part of the renaissance in the arts in Italy. Renaissance music is characterized by a gentle sound that comes from the acceptance of the third as consonant harmony interval and the progressive increase in the number of voices, all equally important and governed by the rules of counterpoint, independence of voices, preparation and resolution of the dissonances, using parallel thirds and sixths, excluding parallel fifths and octaves, and others. The prototype is a musical renaissance that is a piece of vocals polyphonic texture, often imitative, written for three to six sing able character voices, each melodic line or voice could be interpreted either with real voices or instruments. The genres and forms of music in these times...
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...American Literature (0.5) Throughout the course of American Literature, students will be able to encounter and experience the full span of America’s rich literary history. The course begins with the literary contributions of America’s first settlers, and explores how their faith and difficult circumstances shaped their lives and the literature through which they captured these early moments of America. The course then moves through the Age of Faith, during which the core of American Literature was shaped by a strong and foundational faith, and then into the Age of Reason, during which the world of science and modern thinking started to shape the literature of the times. The study of literature then moves into the Romantic period, and then the Realist period, both of which shaped American Literature at its core and brought about significant changes to the style, structure, and purpose of literature. The introduction of Modern literature includes the literature of the early 1900s, including the Harlem Renaissance, and then Post-Modern literature brings students into the study of current day texts. Overall, the course includes literature spanning from the 1500’s to current day, and introduces students to some of the greatest authors and works in American Literature. Genres that are included are: nonfiction essays, diaries, sermons, letters, and...
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...Cinematographer Santosh Sivan signed Rahman for the Malayalam film Yodha, directed by Sivan's brother Sangeeth Sivan and released in September 1992. The following year, Rahman received the Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) award for best music director at the National Film Awards for Roja. The films' score was critically and commercially successful in its original and dubbed versions, led by the innovative theme "Chinna Chinna Aasai". Rahman followed this with successful scores for Tamil–language films for the Chennai film industry, including Ratnam's politically-charged Bombay, the urban Kadhalan, Thiruda Thiruda and S. Shankar's debut film Gentleman (with its popular dance song, "Chikku Bukku Rayile").[22][23][24][25] Rahman collaborated with director Bharathiraaja on Kizhakku Cheemayile and Karuththamma, producing successful Tamil rural folk-inspired scores; he also composed the saxophone score for K. Balachander's Duet.[26][27] The 1995 film Indira and romantic comedies Mr. Romeo and Love Birds also drew attention.[28][29][30] Rahman attracted a Japanese audience with Muthu's success there.[31] His soundtracks are known in the Tamil Nadu film industry and abroad for his versatility in combining Western classical music, Carnatic and Tamil traditional and folk-music traditions,...
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...Christoph Willibald Gluck, also known as Ritter von Gluck, was a German opera composer that lived during the early classical period. He was best known for the operas Orfeo ed Euridice, Alceste, Iphigénie en Aulide, and Iphigénie en Tauride, with Iphigenie en Tauride being his most famous composition. He was specialized in Italian, French, and German operas. He was also known for making major reforms to the opera. As Gluck was a composer in the time period between Baroque and Classical Periods, he was a major composer in transforming Baroque style opera into Classical opera. Gluck’s operas have proven successful, as they had received good reviews by the concert-goers and have been performed many times around the world. His work inspired...
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...The contemporary ballet Petrouchka, was originally composed in 1910. The ballet tells the story of the loves and jealousies of three puppets. The three puppets are brought to life by The Charlatan during St. Petersburg's 1830 Shrovetide Fair and begin to develop emotions. Petruchka a traditional Russian puppet, made of straw and with a bag of sawdust as his body is in love with the Ballerina. The Ballerina rejects Petrouchka and begins to fall for the Moor. Hurt and angry from the rejection of the Ballerina, Petrouchka challenges the Moor to a duel. Petrouchka attacks the Moor, but quickly realizes he is too small and weak. Consequently, Petrouchka runs away with the Moor chasing him from behind. The Moor, soon after kills Petrouchka with a blow of his scimitar. Petrushkas ghost rises above the puppet theatre as night falls. He shakes his fist at The Charlatan, and then collapses in a second death. The original choreographer Michael Fokine deliberately differs the Moor and Petrouchka’s choreography. The movements of the self satisfied Moor, an extrovert, are large and turned out. While the movement of the pathetic, frightened Petrouchka, an introvert, are small and turned in. Fokine had three geometric visions for the posture and the manner in which the puppets moved. The moor is a square, the Ballerina a circle, and Petrouchka a straight line. Petrouchka is often said to depict the tensions of Russia, pre Russian Revolution. The ballet depicts the bitterness between those...
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...The Art of Music Katrina Dudley-Proby MUS-101 Music Appreciation Michael Rader 01/11/16 Introduction Music has so many components and elements to it, from pitch, sounds, dynamics even durations. It could be someone singing a solo a cappella or with musical instruments. Music is something that is utilized in most of our daily lives rather it be contemporary, rhythm and blues or classical. The mechanisms that are used to produce sounds has a broad range ad categories such as, string, percussion, brass, woodwind, piano or keyboard. In understanding music it is so much more than just sound but it is also history music is a unit of art. Area One In my opinion the composer that was most influential would be Robert Schumann and his wife Clara...
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...Music Appreciation “Our lives are constantly changing, with new avenues of the supertechnology highway opening every day. This technological resolution has a strong impact on our work and our leisure activities. It also conditions how, when, and where we listen to music” Yes, as our book immediately states, our lives have changed. We can now listen to music in almost any location on earth. The music we’ve created has evolved into a great number of genres, all with wonderful different sounds. But without the old, there would have been nothing for the new to build upon. Much, if not all music from the middle ages and before is religious. This is due to sponsorship from the churches at the time, which usually consisted of monophonic Gregorian chants. Towards the end of Romanesque era, however, began the rise of polyphony. This evolved into the motet, while secular music was coming about in France and Spain. Afterwards, we move on to the Renaissance, an era of exploration, science, and artistic awakening. Melodies made specifically for the voice began springing up, and expressive word painting became a common theme. Around this period, amateur secular music started to appear. Later, we would be in what is now known as the Baroque era. It was a turbulent time, of change in politics, science, and arts. This marks the introduction of Monody, as well as the genre of the Opera. In a way, an opera’s Librettist, who makes the main story of the work is like the author of a show, or movie...
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...Music for Mind, Body, and Soul Music comforts discomfort, and strengthens will. It is a vital element to every single culture. Listen to a beat, and a medley of emotions will arise. Music knows has no limits. Language cannot even constrain its powers. Sometime ago I was trying to learn a new language. Seeing as I don't pick up on linguistics well I decided to search the net for methods to improve memory retention. One strategy that continually popped up was Suggest podia, or Accelerated Mastering. Basically, certain musical pieces can tap into the vast capabilities that remain dormant in the brain. Music is effective, and since the beginning of time (pretty much) proof has been uncovered that show a link between music and human behavior. The Early Beginnings Music dates back to the Predynastic Period (3100 BCE) of Egypt. Depictions of different instruments have been found etched out in ruins, and documents state that music was a critical piece in Egyptian culture. The Egyptians declare their God Thoth (frequently known as "Master of Balance") discovered music. All the secrets of the world were recorded by way of music. Therefore, it is no shock that songs have hidden unknowns directly linking to the brain. At one time Ancient Egypt was a barbaric society. It was the God Osiris who grew to become King, and through his appreciation of songs he civilized the nation. No matter where he went, his musicians were sure to follow. Music filtered the lands of Ancient Greece through...
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...THE HISTORY OF MUSIC The Middle Ages 450-1450 Characteristics of Music Music comes from the Ancient Greek muses, who were the nine goddesses of art and science. Music actually began around 500 B.C. when Pythagoras experimented with acoustics and how math related to tones formed from plucking strings. The main form of music during the Middle Ages was the Gregorian chant, named for Pope Gregory I. This music was used in the Catholic Churches to enhance the services. It consisted of a sacred Latin text sung by monks without instrumentation. The chant is sung in a monophonic texture, which means there is only one line of music. It has a free-flowing rhythm with little or no set beat. The chants were originally all passed through oral tradition, but the chants became so numerous that the monks began to notate them. Music in Society Towards the end of the Middle Ages, about the 12th and 13th centuries, music began to move outside of the church. French nobles called troubadours and trouveres were among the first to have written secular songs. Music of this time was contained among the nobility, with court minstrels performing for them. There were also wandering minstrels who would perform music and acrobatics in castles, taverns, and town squares. These people were among the lowest social class, along with prostitutes and slaves, but they were important because they passed along information, since there were no newspapers. Links to Composers...
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...Controversy and Twentieth Century Music Controversy and Twentieth Century Music The music has presented ever-changing throughout history. A variety of musicians has passed through each century leaving a lasting impression on the world. Each musician gave you a piece of him or her and how he or she saw the world of music and life through his or her eyes (Kamien, 2011). The write will elaborate on two well-known musicians of the 20th century, and then contrast and compare a 20th century musician song and a modern day song which both had aspects of controversial issues within each work. Ravels lacked emotion within his music. His music had extended harmonies. In his time, Ravels music was seen as very controversy. It seems as if his music had no feeling. The music seemed just to play. There was no intimacy or remembrance by it. When Ravels wrote this piece, it was as if he separated himself from everything around him. Although his music was bland, Ravels stayed true to his form of music. His music put a person in the mind of elevator music that has vague melodies. One can forget that the music is playing in the background after a while. Stravinsky music was unpredictable. It was as if he created a box around him and said, "This is what I am going to play, and you can either like or dislike, because I do not care and will play it." Stravinsky broke away from the romantic period and any other period. He created his own period. The Romantic period had a wide range of emotions of...
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