SECTION A Examiners should refer to page 32 (Listening paper – Section A (SL and HL)) of the IB Music Guide (published February 2009‚ first examinations 2011) when marking questions 1 to 3. 1. 2. 3. Symphony No. 1 in D Major‚ Op. 25 “Classical” by S Prokofiev The Yellow River Piano Concerto by X Xian Symphony No. 1 in D Major‚ Op. 25 “Classical” by S Prokofiev and The Yellow River Piano Concerto by X Xian Question 1 or question 2 The arguments should refer to the appropriate prescribed work. Arguments
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Early as the 3000 B.C. there was a cylindrical cane tube that looked similar to the clarinet used in Egypt. It was used mostly in the eastern world‚ there was a prototype that was made out of bone called the hompipe ir pibgorn‚ very similar to Egypt’s cane tube. The first clarinet ever made was around the 1700’s in Nuremberg‚ Germany by Johann Cristoph Denne. Of course it wasn’t as prestigious as now‚ but it still had a big impact on music. The very first clarinet invented looked similar to a recorder
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of life very low. Such people will read the grand tragedies of Shakespeare and remember only this line‚ “Put money in thy purse.” The horizon of their lives is bounded with dollars and the chink of silver is more melodious to them than the symphonies of Mozart. The man who becomes wealthy is in a measure successful‚ but only so far as the acquirement sharpens his intellect‚ broadens his powers‚ and develops him into a self-reliant‚ powerful member of society for its good. Selfish wealth is never
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composer. In 1818 at around the age of 9 Mendelssohn began to perform in public playing pieces of music from composers Joseph Wolfl‚ Jan Ladislav Dussek‚ and Johann Bach. Mendelssohn’s biggest inspiration was from George Handel‚ Joseph Hayden‚ Wolfgang Mozart‚ but his biggest and probably his favorite composer was Johann composer. Even though they all came before Mendelssohn’s time listened and would examine works from all composers and find a way to use a certain technique from each one of these composer
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The History of Western Music Music has been around since the dawn of time‚ ever since man first inhabited this planet we have learned to communicate in ways other then conventional speaking. Different Cultures all have there own specific way of communicating through music. Music is basically broken into two specific groups Eastern Music and Western Music. Eastern music is mainly derived from the orient and India. While‚ Western music first emerged from Europe. Western music has developed
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The Musical Canon The musical canon put simply‚ is a form of disciplining music. As Augustine once suggested “Music is the art of measuring well”. “The canon is a list of composers or works that are assigned value and greatness by consensus” 1 However‚ the canon will always call into question the nature of its exclusions and which composers make it in and which composers do not. “The Canon‚ promotes proper decorum‚ and ensures proper conduct”2 Authors such as Adorno and Horkheimer‚ members of
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composer and period: Beethoven‚ Ludwig van (1770-1827) • Period: Classical (1750-1820)/early Romantic (about 1820/30s-1910) • Nationality: German • Contemporaries: Haydn‚ Mozart‚ Clementi • Works included: • 32 piano sonatas (including the ’Pathetique’; the ’Moonlight’; the ’Appassionata’); bagatelles‚ 6 sonatinas • 9 symphonies - including the ’Eroica’ (3rd); ’Pastoral’ (6th); the ’Choral’ (9th) • chamber music - including 9 piano trios‚ 5 cello and piano sonatas and 10 violin and piano sonatas
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1810 to 29 July 1856. He composed this piece in 1842‚ also known as his ‘Chamber Music Year.’ Schumann had never written a chamber work until this year except an early piano quartet in 1829. However‚ in 1842‚ he composed the Three String Quartets Op. 41‚ the Piano Quintet Op.44‚ the Piano Quartet Op.47 and a piano trio‚ which became the Fantasiestuke Op. 88 later on. This Piano Quartet is also known as the ‘creative double’ of the Piano Quintet and is less known then its other significant half. He
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Intro In the late nineteenth and twentieth century there was a departure from the traditional art forms. Rather than represent what is real‚ artists were presenting abstractions. Technological innovations influenced the arts. Artists represented electric light in paintings with images of light in buildings. With the development of the camera‚ photography became a fine art. Industrialism During the early years of the twentieth century‚ America went through a period of social and economic change
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at the age of 5. By the time he was 8 he knew all of the notes ‚just as well as his teacher did. When he was 14 his mom had died‚ his mother’s death caused him to turn more towards music. He enjoyed composers such as Rossini‚ Bellini‚ Verdi ‚ and Mozart. Tchaikovsky was removed from the Ministry of Justice‚ where he worked
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