An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string‚ brass‚ woodwind‚ and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα‚ the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus.[1] The orchestra grew by accretion throughout the 18th and 19th centuries‚ but changed very little in composition during the course of the 20th century. A smaller-sized orchestra for this time period (of about fifty musicians or fewer)
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03/12/2014 On March 31st 1732 in a small village by the name of Roharau‚ in Austria next to the border of Hungary‚ a young boy by the name of Franz Joseph Haydn‚ who would turn out to be a famous composer‚ was born to the parents of Mathias Haydn and Anna Maria Koller. Franz was one of the parents three boy children. Mathias Haydn was a professional master wheelwright who loved music. He was a harp player. He worked as a wheelwright in the Austrian village of Rohrau‚ and was also a maktrichter
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Alex Lee 5/8/14 Smith Concert Report On August 31‚ 2013 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM‚ I attended my very first live concert at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City. Unlike most performers‚ the performer I watched actually doesn’t exist‚ confusing right? The performer I watched was Hatsune Miku. She is a humanoid persona voiced by a singing synthesizer application called Vocaloid (Vocal‚ Humanoid)‚ Hatsune Miku was developed by Cypton Future Media. The developers of Hatsune Miku commemorate her 7th
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Grant Musi200 D004 Fall10 15 January 2011 Concert Report: Mozart Symphony No. 40 The western classical concert that I have chosen to review is A Tale of Two Symphonies. This concert is performed in the Avery Fisher hall within the Lincoln Center in New York City. It was performed on July 29‚ 2008. The orchestra that is performing is the 42nd Mostly Mozart Orchestra. The conductor is Louis Langrée. The two pieces being performed in this concert is Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 and Mahler’s
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McKenzie Maxwell Professor McDaniels MUSI 1306-303 22 October 2014 Concert Report One: Marion Anderson String Quartet Concert I chose the genre string quartet and attended a concert at First Presbyterian church on October 19th‚ 2014. Because of its location the sanctuary where the concert took place had many stained glass windows. It was marvelous and in my opinion well suited the feel of classical music. The audience was very responsive and attentive. They applauded when the musicians appeared
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Music professor: Concert Report #1 October 27‚ 2014 RCC Jazz in Concert On October 20‚ I attended a concert by the RCC Jazz in featuring Lanny Morgan at the Digital Library Auditorium. The name of group members which are used were Doug Webb (Tenor Sax)‚ Tom Ranier (piano)‚ Chuck Berhofer (bass)‚ and Steve Schaeffer (drum “The Magic Flea” is an upbeat tempo song with mostly eighth notes‚ it features the Lanny Morgan as the guest artist on the alto sax. It has many key changes in the solo that he
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12/1/12 Music Appreciation‚ Scott Zeidel Concert Report I went to see Overture to King Stephen‚ Op. 117 and Symphony No. 2 in D major‚ Op. 36‚ both composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic at Disney Hall on December 31 2012. The music group consisted of about sixty-three bowed string instrumentalists‚ ten woodwind instrumentalists‚ nine brass instrumentalists and four percussion instruments and the conductor is Esa-Pekka Salonen. The first piece I am
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1st Concert Report Prof. Schonbrun F1 MU110 The chamber music concert was held in Manhattan School of Music at 5:00 pm Friday‚ April 15. The concert was conducted by many instruments with various types of music. The atmosphere was fairly intense as the concert hall was approximately the size of an average home living room with about 35 people in the audience. The camber concert was divided into two major parts with an intermission of 15 minutes in between the parts. As for this concert report
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Aiden Hall Music Appreciation MWF 9-9:53 German Masters – Gulf Coast Symphony November 2‚ 2013 The concert attended was “German Masters” on November second‚ at the Saenger Theatre in Biloxi. The Gulf Coast Symphony performed it beautifully. This theatre was an appropriate choice for the show. The environment was very comfortable. The temperature in the building was perfect‚ and the people surrounding me were very attentive and did not create any distractions. I sat in
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The New City Sinfonia concert was held in front of the UCLA Medical Center at the first church and conducted by Daniel Ratelle‚ Music Director’s. The audiorium included a mid-sized performance stage that included modern technology that that reflected the sound towards the audience while at the same time‚ blending the tones of each individual instrument. The ensemble was seated in a U-shaped‚ sound blending pattern with the - violas‚ violins‚ percussion‚ and trumpets‚ to the left of the stage to
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