’The Pains of Sleep ’ is written in the first person present tense from the point of view of an un-named narrator; which may (or may not) be the author. However‚ the nightmares and sleep disruption described in the poem are symptomatic of withdrawal from opiate addiction‚ an affliction from which Coleridge was known to suffer‚ and it is prudent to assume that it is the poet who speaks in this poem. The use of a first person present narrative gives this poem an intimate‚ almost conversational tone
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Set in D major with a duple meter‚ traditional ricerare-type alla breve fugue‚ with a step by step ascending and descending repeated note pattern‚ the movement has a Baroque like nature within its ornate‚ chant-like‚ modal‚ conjunct‚ harmonic and tonal characteristics. Strangely‚ “Gratias agimus tibi” does not document any sort of dynamic qualities; therefore‚ Bach has left the dynamics up to the performers to differentiate their parts in a way that reflects both the music and its text. Much of the
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Gustav Holst: The Planets The two movements I focus on in my analysis are the first movement: Mars‚ and the third movement‚ Mercury. Mars Mars is the first movement of the suite and it starts with a bang. A slow‚ ominous intro begins with the sound of snare drums being played in the background. Soon the horns greet the drums‚ creating an immediate feeling of danger within the first movement. The powerful tones by the strings section set for a very dramatic‚ almost inhuman feel‚ to the movement
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1. In the first half of the lecture we discussed an example of a "pathosformel" and how it was recycled from ancient Roman times to the twentieth century. What exactly was this pathosformel‚ what did it mean‚ and how did it evolve over time? Be sure to name names and be as detailed and as specific as possible. Aby Warburg found the term – Pathosformel‚ the feeling formula to describe motif‚ which has emotional charge. To Warburg‚ the history of image likes a complex family tree‚ motifs and pathosformel
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“Sensitive Style”; used by CPE Bach in his Keyboard Sonata; in this style‚ it is almost as if the phrases are one gesture after another (not really connected in any way) the composition is VERY intimate with ornamentations; the melody is fragmented and improvised‚ very emotional with embellishments everywhere Alberti Bass: A style of bass accompaniment used in piano sonatas (a style of arpeggiation‚ keeps the pieces moving) (used in Mozart’s piano sonatas!!) Opera Buffa: Comical opera‚ always in Italian
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This study documents and analyzes cyclic patterns used as melodic vocabulary in John Coltrane’s improvisations from compositions of 1965 to 1967. The analysis is categorized in two distinct sections. The first section analyzes melodic vocabulary that is derived from the cycle of descending major thirds progressions found in the compositions of 1959 to 1960. The second section analyzes melodic vocabulary that is derived from Nicolas Slonimsky’s Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns using the theoretical
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The opening of the first movement in Keeping Score: Berlioz starts very slowly‚ then becomes very volatile. After some long and stormy developments‚ the ending alludes back to the opening. The second movement becomes an elegant waltz‚ which completely contrasts the first movement. The ending of the second movement sounds like a whirlwind before it comes to a brilliant close. The third movement is long. While these first three movements sound rather like a dream‚ the fourth movement sounds like a
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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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describing the setting and characters in detail which help us to understand and form meaning of what the composer is trying to convey in their texts. The use of techniques such as body language‚ symbolism‚ lighting‚ music and photographic background slides create distinctively visual images same with themes that are being used within the texts such as truth which is evident in the dramatic text ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ by John Misto‚ the song ‘Lose Yourself’ sang by Eminem‚ and the film ‘The Eye’
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took the top note in the first half of bar 1‚ in this case a high G in the treble part‚ and the Bb in the top stave. This gave me my basis to start the rest of the reduction. I then worked out the chords in each bar‚ in wrote them out in roman numeral form‚ according to what key the each chord was in. For example‚ with a chord consisting of the notes G‚ Bb‚ and D‚ I wrote chord I in Gm and so on. I found that the key modulated several times during the piece‚ but the main area which the piece modulated
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