BRIEF HISTORY OF MUSIC Music is a composition of three important elements which are rhythm‚ melody‚ and harmony. The roots of Western music are strongly influenced by classical music. Tracing back its history‚ classical music is divided into six different periods which includes music from the Gregorian chants to Beethoven’s symphonies to the contemporary artists. The longest and most distant era or period of musical history is the Medieval Era‚ otherwise known as the Middle Age Period. During
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El Salón México by Aaron Copland: A Study and Comparison of the Orchestral Score and Two Transcriptions for Band D.M.A. Document Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Erika Kirsten Svanoe‚ M.M. Graduate Program in Music The Ohio State University 2009 DMA Document Committee: Russel Mikkelson‚ Advisor Hilary Apfelstadt Richard Blatti Daryl Kinney Copyright by Erika Kirsten
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and the second one is Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time. There will be a trio with a cello‚ violin‚ piano‚ and clarinet. This seems very interesting and I review photos on this venue. It has a very nice view and it looks very formal. I plan to focus on both pieces I will listen to both of them on YouTube and they are both interesting find it interesting how a piano‚cello‚clarinet and a violin can come together to make a piece. Even though this is not my type of music I will try to enjoy this
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or may not have an impact on instrument; parental influence depends on the strictness of a parent. Cost may stand as an issue for less fortunate musicians. For instance‚ a french horn costs much more than a clarinet‚ so if someone cannot afford a french horn‚ then the person may buy a clarinet due to the price difference. Friends influence instrument selection‚ because kids care about the choices their friends make and most people select their instrument at younger ages (Bayley
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STUDY QUIZ -- UNIT I 1. Why does a live performance provide a special excitement? 2. What will enhance our ability to evaluate and enjoy music? 3. Why is John Cage’s composition 4’ 33" particularly interesting? 4-7. What are the four main properties of musical sound? 8. What determines the pitch of a sound? 9. The distance between two pitches is called an ______________. 10. If a pitch has a frequency of 100 cycles per second‚ what is the frequency of the pitch one
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impetuous main theme continued then with the passionate downward sweep of the violins. Vigor was enhanced. Rhythm was then quickened first in horn then in trumpet and finally in clarinets and other winds. The first theme then quieted to a cadence leading to the second theme. The beautiful second theme appeared in the clarinet and then followed by oboes which delightfully made the variation. Then a gradual increase of animation forced the theme all the way up to the vigorous cadence. The recapitulation
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Medium of Music Tone is the medium of music and refers to the sound that travels through air and reaches the audience. It is produced by an instrument or by the voice and has 4 qualities: * Timbre * Pitch * Duration * Intensity Timbre (also called tone color or tone quality) is the distinctive quality of a tone. Pitch refers to the highness and lowness of a tone. The vibrations and sound-producing material determine the pitch of a tone : the slower the vibration‚ the slower
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Alice Huang 6th Period First Semester Concert Report On Monday‚ 18 November 2013 at 7:30 p.m. in Evergreen Presbyterian Church the Rhodes College Orchestra and Wind Ensemble performed the Baroque-N Christmas. The event was open to the public‚ to share their joy for the upcoming holiday. The program included the Palladio‚ the Suite for Strings‚ the Chasing Sheep is Best Left for Shepherds‚ the Alleluia‚ the Variants on a Mediaeval Tune‚ and the Concerto Grosso in G Minor‚ Op.6‚ No.8. I was very
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the two are flutes are directly blown into a side hole created at the tip of the instrument. As for reeds have a mouthpiece that is plugged into the instrument to play it. The instruments that are considered woodwinds are the piccolo‚ the oboe‚ the clarinet and the bassoon. The Brass family instruments were traditionally made out of brass but today we see that some of the brass instruments are classified as “brass” and made up of different materials. Simply because not all instruments that are made
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were New Orleans jazz clarinetists working in Chicago‚ notably Johnny Dodds‚ Leon Roppolo‚ and Jimmy Noone. Benny learned quickly and became a strong player at an early age. He was soon playing professionally while still ’in short pants’‚ playing clarinet in various bands and participating in jam sessions with musicians of the Chicago scene‚ including Bud Freeman and Red Nichols. When Benny hit 16 he was recognized as a "comer" as far away as the west coast and was asked to join a California-based
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