The lady that sings the blues was known as Billie Holiday or Lady Day to many. Billie Holiday was the greatest female jazz singer in American history. Billie started out as a young girl who‚ like her idols of Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong turned whatever material she was given into a piece of art of her own. Billie Holiday stated “I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That’s all I know.” Billie Holiday sang as if she knew her music had so much emotional
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Would Broadway be what it is today without the magic of Sondheim? Stephen Sondheim is an American composer that dates all the way back to 1930. (Stephen Sondheim Biography.com) Sondheim is a musical theatre legend who has won eight Tony awards‚ making him the composer who has received the most Tony’s (Tony Awards Facts and Trivia Tonyawards.com.) His words and wisdom seep onto paper and put on a variety of productions. From “West Side Story” to “Passion‚” there is diversity between the shows that
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Andre Williams Jan. 8‚ 2013 Research Paper For American Literature The History of Gospel Music. Introduction The History of Gospel Music Gospel music is a Christian musical genre. Christian music in other forms is the creation‚ performance‚ significance and the significant thing about gospel
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Cited: Machen‚ Bernie. “Humanities Common Lecture.” University of Florida. Reitz Grand Ballroom‚ Gainesville‚ Fl. 24 January 2013. University President Lecture. Smith and Burricheter. “Leonard Bernstein‚ Music and Celebration of Life.” School of Music. Multimedia Lecture.
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written the occasional pop song (with Jule Styne for Tony Bennett) and dabbled in films (Stavisky‚ Reds‚ Dick Tracy)‚ but‚ like Hammerstein‚ he has always come back to the theatre. His initial success came as a somewhat reluctant lyricist to Leonard Bernstein on West Side Story (1957) and Jule Styne on Gypsy (1959). Exciting and adventurous as those shows were in their day‚ and for all their enduring popularity‚ Sondheim’s philosophy since is encapsulated in one of his song titles: "I Never Do Anything
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His Variations‚ which treat a topic that we now know to be by somebody other than Jannequin coasts from a tenderly modular start to a pleasingly unsettled fugato then back again to its modular moorings. Prelude‚ Trio‚ and Fugue in G Major‚ BWV 541- Johann Sebastian Bach (1705) The Prelude and Fugue in G Major‚ BMV 541 is one of Bach’s most extravagant free works. The prelude consolidates the toccata figuration of the North German stylus phantasticus with the cadenced
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one of the primary reasons I chose to attend a Mozart performance. Furthermore‚ Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 represents the standard classical sonata form and consists of 4 movements: the Allegro con brio in G minor‚ andante in E-flat major‚ menuetto and trio in G minor‚ and Allegro in G minor as well. The instruments included throughout
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The Life and Music of Clara Schumann Vocal Pedagogy Presentation 4/25/13 Clara Schumann (Wieck) was born in Leipzig‚ Germany in September 1819 and died in Frankfurt in May of 1896. She was born to Friedrich Wieck and Marianne (Tromlitz). Her father was a talented pianist who taught but began his career in theology at his mother’s insistence. Clara’s mother‚ Marianne‚ was a pianist and soprano who studied with Friedrich. Friedrich and Marianne were wed in 1816 and he began training her to
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Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Notes Writing of Symphony: Beethoven’s Life • Symphony No.9 in D minor was his last symphony • 12 years after his previous symphony • Lived through three major life crisis o End of romance “immortal beloved”‚ an unknown woman Identified as Antonie Brentano by Maynard Soloman 1811‚ dedicated “An die Geliebte” to her Beethoven often rejected by women‚ sought unavailable women Send Antonie letting proclaiming he was unable to enter lasting relationship
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Casual Listener Referential Listener Critical Listener Perceptive Listener Casual listeners are probably the most common type of listeners. So‚ what is a casual listener? This type of listener likes having music playing‚ filling the environment with sounds. Whether present as a background to drive‚ study‚ work‚ exercise‚ or hang out with friends‚ music is an accompaniment to the casual listener’s daily activities. Sometimes the music simply mask the sounds of a noisy street. The casual
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