experience credit. After about two songs‚ I remembered that I was in Music Appreciation and some of the songs they were playing‚ I heard in class before. I began to tune into to certain instruments and listen to their unique sound and what significant part they played in the song. I also began to realize that I was catching on to some of the patterns in the melody‚ for example ABBABBA. If I had never been in the music appreciation class I wouldn’t have done any of those things‚ but it’s just ironic that
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music? - An Englishman born in 1543; was one composer who created consort music. He is sometimes considered one of the first "geniuses" of the keyboard and many of his compositions were published in My Ladye Nevells Book and Parenthia. Critical Thinking Questions 1. How did music in the Renaissance differ from medieval music? - Medieval music refers to music written during the Middle Ages‚ around the time of 500AD - 1400. Most music of this time was monothonic or homorhythmic
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Starry Night One of the few universally desired qualities is beauty. Beauty requires no skill or knowledge to appreciate‚ yet provides a most lively pleasure. In order to rank the aesthetic level of an object‚ one must create a concrete definition of beauty. Beauty is a combination of qualities that pleases the intellect or moral sense. The manifestation of life in art is one of the most sublimely beautiful things that I have ever encountered. C.S. Lewis described art’s worth when he wrote‚
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Art Appreciation- Painting Analysis Jacob Lawrence‚ Going Home. 1946. I never realized that art played such an important aspect in our everyday lives. It is my belief that people take art for granted. From a global perspective‚ art would be better appreciated if more time and effort was devoted to it. Art is about helping people understand life and expressing themselves. In just a short time of me studying art‚ I am able to take notice of all the different colors that are
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Carl Scarborough Appreciation for the Arts Professor Barclay 23 June 2014 Formal Analysis for The Night Café This particular painting from Van Gogh is very catching to they eye due to all of the primary colors or red and green that contrast another. One would ask themselves once they studied the painting for a little while if this was the scene of a bar. This setting seems to have sort of slouched over people that do not really seem to happy and may even be depressed. This is the sense that I get
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"Leave Hitler to me‚ sonny - you ought to be out of London‚” was a very prevalent slogan which echoed across Britain back in World War II referencing to Operation Pied Piper‚ an evacuation of several million children‚ that took place early September of 1939 through March of 1946 (Prest; Zimmerman). Although the majority of evacuees had rather pleasant experiences and loving homes‚ others were not as fortunate. Guardians took advantage of them and callously maltreated some‚ while for others the psychological
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Music Appreciation Radio Report Instead of attending a concert and writing a concert report‚ I decided to do the radio report. On April 24‚ 2007‚ I listened to the station WWOZ 90.7 FM from seven to eight p.m. It was hosted by Jivin Jean and Neal. The theme of that session was the 50’s Rhythm and Blues. Because the Jazz Fest is approaching‚ they decided to feature some of the artists that would be performing. In which they varied from Percy Sledge to the Fister Sisters. The first
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The musicians are divided into four main groups called sections: (1) the string section‚ (2) the woodwind section‚ (3) the brass section‚ (4) and the percussion section. The various instruments in the string‚ woodwind‚ and brass section are pitched in different ranges‚ like voices in a choir. In the following discussion‚ the instruments in each of these sections are listed in the order from those of the highest range to those of the lowest. Some percussion instruments are also
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Casual Listening The piece of music that really attracts my attention these days is the song named We Own It. I first heard this piece of music when I was sitting in the cinema and watching Fast and Furious 6 on Monday night. It is one of the official soundtracks of the film‚ owned by Wiz Khalifa. What really captured my attention‚ at the very beginning‚ was its rhythm. I felt really excited and I was kind of obsessed with it. Therefore‚ I did some research about this piece of soundtrack after I
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Introduction Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev commonly known as Serge outside Russia‚ was a Russian promoter‚ ballet impresario and art critic. He was the founder and patron of the Ballets Russes‚ which is credited with producing many famous dancers and choreographers. Sergei is remembered all over the world as one of the greatest ballet personalities that have ever lived. He was born on March 31‚ 1872 in Russia in an affluent family with a history in music. He initially studied law at the University
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