The Sound of Music is a very iconic piece of work from the stage to the big screen to the TV screen. It is very well known due to the success of the film adaptation. It has been credited as one of the most iconic movies surpassed only by Gone with the wind. The sound of music originally aired on Broadway on November 16‚ 1959‚ with music by Rodgers and lyrics by Hammerstein. And in 1965 the film musical adaptation starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer was released which would go on to receive
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A Night of Music A night of Music at the Dunham theatre‚ the first piece played at the venue was a wonderful piece by Gustav Holst called Second suite in f. Starting off very subtle and with a sequence that continues throughout the whole piece. As the brass and percussion make entry the pitch of the winds dim down while the others increase making the dynamics of the music vary from a very delicate to very strong when the percussion and brass sections start playing. It’s melody had a very folk tune
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Trace the evolution of the music known as "bop" or "bebop" from the swing era of the 1930s and early 40s‚ into the 1950s. What developments and artists in the swing era were a precursor to bop? Is Bop a reaction to the swing/ big band style? Why or why not? What are the principle differences between bop and the typical music of the swing/big band era. Name 3 pioneers of the bop style‚ and why they are significant in the history of jazz. Bebop came from swing it did not suddenly appear but gradually
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IGCSE BASIC THEORY TEST REVISION RHYTHM Metre – the number of beats to a bar and their value Time signature – two numbers signifying the metre of the music Simple – each beat is divisible into halves e.g. 2/4‚ 3/4‚ 4/4 Compound – each beat is a dotted note which can be divided in to three quavers e.g. 6/8‚ 9/8‚ 12/8 Triplets – three notes played in the space of two Dotted rhythms – placing a dot after a note which adds half the length (a dotted crotchet is worth one and a half beats‚
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Thomas Classical Music Report 10/18/2006 Dear Friend‚ I attended a classical music concert recently at Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle. The collection of artists seated uniformly by size of instrument went by the name of Seattle Symphony. The grand orchestra was mainly an older group and were dressed to occasion wearing black outfits. The conductor‚ Zuckerman‚ also played the violin in a primary position. It was very interesting how he balanced
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The 1960s was a decade of liberation for music‚ public opinion‚ dance invention‚ and The binds of racism(Blanton). In the 1960s the majority of the Vietnam war was fought‚ the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963 also the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr in 1968. The Vietnam war‚ John F. Kennedy’s‚ and Martin Luther King Jr assassination affected music in the 1960s by causing nation protest such as Woodstock‚ causing social unrest and depression and pushing and enlarging the Black Power
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genres of music‚ but his forte is in the Jazz genre. He possesses a musical charm and charisma which allows him to mesmerize his audiences‚ not by uttering verbal words‚ but by letting the smooth‚ sultry sound of the Jazz rhythms from his guitar take you on a musical journey. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Clifford Charles was raised in Caroni Savannah Road‚ New Settlement‚ Chaguanas. It was at the tender age of 8 that his parents recognized his talent‚ but they were not able to pay for his music tuition
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Department of Music at Ohio Northern University Getty College of Arts and Sciences. The director was Hannah Harding a pianist who was assisted by Alma Whetsel also a pianist. This recital focused on four musical selections which were Fantasia No.3 by Mozart‚ Prelude No.20 and No.4 both by Chopin‚ Piano Sonato No. 8 by Beethoven‚ and Morning Mood by Greig. I was extremely drawn to the style‚ sound and mood of the melody generated by Prelude #4 and Morning Mood. The first piece of music that I immensely
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Music Report Course : MUS105 Venue : Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO)‚ Kuala Lumpur Program :CARMINA BURANA The MPO concert opened with choir singing with the whole orchestra playing their instruments. In the prelude‚ there are two movements. Both of these movements are exciting and dramatic in moods. At first‚ the violinists are playing with the skill of pizzicato .The woodwind part also plays a important part in creating the atmosphere. The musician hit the bass drum and increased
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Music Concert Review Adam Kapasi Last month‚ on Friday‚ January‚ 30‚ 2015‚ at 7:30 in the evening my friends and I attended a concert‚ Wind Symphony‚ in downtown Toronto. It was at the Edward Johnson Building McMilan Theatre‚ 80 Queens Park. The concert was conducted by the University of Toronto band and the conductor was Tony Gomes. The two musicians that played my instrument were Brian Burell‚ and Caleb Michalski. The layout is that there were clarinets in the front to the left and
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