People who listen to classical music can generally be classified into two groups‚ those who listen to Mozart-styled music‚ and those who listen to Bach-styled music. The main difference between the two‚ is being the rhythmic style; Mozart uses “soft” tones‚ and rhythm. His pieces flow smoothly and calm the listener. Bach on the other hand‚ uses heavier‚ driven notes. His work is often classified as being “cinematic” or “suspenseful”. The main point I like about Tchaikovsky is that he combines both
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A motet can be defined as an unaccompanied choral or composition based on a sacred Latin text. There are some exceptions‚ such as motets that have secular text or instrumental accompaniment. In general‚ motets normally used religious texts that were not used in the mass. Motets were often polyphonic‚ meaning that there were multiple vocal parts sung simultaneously. Motets started to be written during the medieval period and then developed throughout time and was most known throughout the Renaissance
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What Is Classical Music The word “Classical Music” means the age-old artwork of European. The period of European art music from 1750-1825 is called the classical music. We can also call classical music as the traditions of western liturgical and secular music. But now there are various misconceptions about “classical Music” in the present world among the people. Many people think that it’s the music of 1970’s or 1980’s.Some people even don’t know what classical music is and some think that
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Bach Fugue 16 in G Minor‚ BWV 861 Analysis Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fugue 16 in G Minor is an example of a conventional fugue. What is interesting about this piece is that the body of the fugue is comprised of fragments of the subject and countersubject. The material within the episodes are a unique to this fugue. Also‚ inversions are found in key spots within the piece‚ and also create a similarity between the answer and countersubject. Within the first 3 measures‚ you find Bach brilliantly
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Western Classical Music When I listen to my favorite songs I always wondered how music from the past is so different than music of today‚ however‚ it turns out that the music we listen to today originated a lot from western classical music. In our textbook “World of Music” by David Willoughby he categorizes five different eras that comes together to be known as western classical music. It includes: Chapter 9‚ “Music to 1600‚” Chapter 10‚ “Music of the Baroque Period‚” Chapter 11‚ “Music of the
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A Schenkerian Analysis of “Preludio” from Bach’s Unaccompanied Violin Partita No. 3 “A single creative genius lies behind all of Bach’s music in all genres…his work exhibits a stylistic uniformity that transcends the differences between all the genres in which he composed…In short‚ Bach’s music in all the genres sounds like it is by Bach.” – Joel Lester Very few theorists touch upon the topic of motivic and structural coherence in Bach’s dance suites. The keyboard and lute suites deservedly have
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Who were the Poor Clares? Why is it somewhat surprising that they were accomplished musicians? They were nuns in the Catholic Church. Its was a surprise because they were nuns and wasn’t expected to be great musicians. What is a chanson? A song in French‚ or a French song. What is the song "Fine Knacks for Ladies" about? What type of song is it? It’s a poetic song. Knacks for Ladies is a madrigal - a poetic song. In it the singer presents himself as a humble pedlar. Through the words to the
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February 9‚ 2011 SMUS 110-201 Paper #1 Josquin Desprez In the history of Western music Josquin Desprez became one of the most influential composers. Not much was known about this great composer’s time on earth. A lot of what people know about his life is expressed through his music. Josquin’s estimated date of birth is said to be 1440. Recent research shows that his birth date could have been later sometime in the 1450’s. Before he died in 1521 Desprez made a huge impact on the music during
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How Bach has composed his Fugue in C Minor‚ BWV 847. Chelsea Hicks Johann Sebastian Bach’s was born on the 21st of March 1685 and died in 1750. He was a German composer‚ during the Baroque period. His Fugue in C minor was written in the middle years of his life‚ 1722. A fugue is a contrapuntal composition‚ where a subject is developed. It has 3 main parts an Exposition‚ Middle section and the Final Section. The exposition is where the subject/theme of the piece is first announced‚ and is
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Motasem Ashour Listening Journal #1 Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 in C minor is one of the most popular compositions in classical music of all time. The tempo of the traditional symphonic performance was much slower than its modern/contemporary counterpart. The traditional orchestra’s tempo was moderato which means Moderate in terms of speed of the beats. The modern performance’s tempo was much faster and livelier. The reason for this is that the modern performance consisted of electric guitars
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