Eliot is able to explore the issues‚ which are hugely relevant to the modern experience. Specifically these include the isolation or alienation of an individual and the decay of social morality. These concerns are accentuated in Preludes (1917) and Rhapsody on a Windy Night (1917) The decay of the constructs of society and social morality were a major Modernist concern‚ which is prevalent in many of Eliot’s works. This issue in many ways was most likely brought upon by the aftermath and the horrors
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Chicago Launched in 1975‚ the musical Chicago‚ created by a talented pair of composers and producers that included both John Kander and Fred Ebb later known as Kander and Ebb. Kander was born on March 18‚ 1927 in Kansas City‚ Missouri. His exposure to music began at an early age as a result of having had tuberculosis as a baby. During this time‚ Kander was cut off and not allowed to be around other people‚ that separation developed his ability for sound. Kander started piano lessons at the
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Research Paper: Hungary One of the largest Hungarian immigration groups migrated to the United States between 1880 and 1914. Most migrated in Eastern cities while later generations moved west to California. Many different groups came for various reasons. The ‘Forty-Niners’ came to the U.S to escape retribution from a failed Hungarian Revolution in 1848. Another group of immigrates came from 1880-1915‚ called the ‘Great Immigration’. They came because of overpopulation‚ economic reasons‚ and because
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bottomless sea‚ devoid of any boundaries. Every single musical instrument‚ right from the African djembe to the Indonesian gamelan angklung‚ and the Arabic shababa to the Indian sitar‚ is a testament to the fact that music is a universal language having multiple dialects. The tongue twisters that some of these musical instrument names are‚ it took me a while just to get their names right! Anyway‚ the sheer magnitude of the different musical instruments that I was exposed to‚ from all over the world
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New York‚ I finally got to lose my broadway virginity and was able to watch what a real broadway show looks like‚ and I couldn’t have picked a better musical than Hairspray. This musical has one of the most imaginative set design‚ incredible and catchy music‚ and important messages. When entering the theatre‚ I had a different view on the musical Hairspray. Like many I had watched the Ricki Lake version‚ and expected it to be just like it. But as the show began‚ I discovered that this Hairspray
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Musical evening No‚ I haven’t been to a musical (lately). But Friday "my" choir and I had an appointment with‚ well‚ the rest of the population here‚ really. The local choirs (5) and whoever else who wanted to come along‚ were gathered to sing. The choirs had 2-3 songs each in between‚ but the rest was pure singalong (not karaoke..). Before going I felt as if I was a hundred years old‚ because that’s what I expected the average age of the people attending to be - but no such thing. Admittedly
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opera or other musical stage work. | Castrato* | Castrated male singers – to sing castrato. | Monothematic | One theme. | Sonata* | Genre in several movements for one or more instruments/baroque instrumental piece with contrasting movements often with imitative counterpoint. | Monody | An accompanied solo song/texture of solo singer and accompaniment. | Concerto* | Composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra mainly. Large scale. | Mass | Musical work setting
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with concentration in piano and was eventually appointed to the music faculty in 1907 as an ethnomusicology professor. Bartók was a Hungarian nationalist and studied Hungarian folk music. While he composed in all genres‚ he is most known for his interest in folk music. He incorporated it into many of his pieces. Bartók collected‚ transcribed and anthologized Hungarian folk songs with his friend‚ Zoltan Kodaly. Bartók did not believe in the flashy popular art music that had been composed during his
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S al Malaki Concert Reaction Paper We are very much interested in music and upon hearing that we will be watching a musical concert we felt excited. The music pieces used in concert were based on Rizal’s travelling expeditions all over Europe. It was mainly classical music and we were amazed by how Sal Malaki sang because nowadays‚ people are so into pop that they have forgotten the beauty of music as a whole‚ including the other genres‚ especially the classics. The concert was amazing all throughout
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Musical Elements In the process of analyzing musical elements of a work‚ one must direct one’s attention to such matters such as: Song Form – Binary (A-B-A-B) ‚ Linear (A-A-A)‚ Open‚ Suite‚ etc. Dynamics – Such as: Soft/Loud (piano-forte)‚ Rit.‚ Performance Expression‚ Cresendo Decresendo‚ Articulations (‚ legato‚ staccato‚ etc.) (Music without dynamics or expressions can easily become sterile.) Time Signature/Meter – Look for consistencies or changes in meter‚ tempo‚ feel‚ musical style
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