Topic: Glenn Gould plays J.S. Bach’s Fugue in E major, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 J.S. Bach’s renowned composition, The Well-Tempered Clavier, depicts a wide variety of color, technique, and style from a musical perspective. The piece “is a kind of encyclopedia of fugue composition, in which the greatest master of the genre tried out almost ever technique and style available to it,” (Kerman 133) and many pianists and modern composers still look back to perform and analyze the varying forms
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through his music. He was gifted, and started miraculously in his pre-teens age. Surprisingly, he had no love for music beforehand, which was found through jazz. He quit his schooling early, at the age of fifteen, in order to reach his maximum potential. He also had a great relationship with Charles Hambitzer, who was his piano teacher. Mr. Hambitzer cultivated Gershwin’s already humongous talent to the level of a virtuoso. His sibling, Ira Gershwin, also spent his time with music, writing the
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The Influence of Music in Child Development As generations pass one thing that strongly remains, is the love and appreciation for music. From every age, but how about for a two year old? The influence of music in a child’s development has such good strong consequences. From listening and playing musical instruments a child can develop better motor skills and find it easier for the language development a child must go through. As a child exposes him or herself to music, the development in distinguishing
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As the sounds of hymns and choral music rang out through the Alfred Newman Recital Hall, people sat on the edge of their seats engaged. The Apollo Men’s Chorus and Oriana Women’s Choir created beautiful music Friday, October 30th at The University of Southern California. From the excitement of There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame, to the emotionally moving, “Tell My Father” from the Civil War: An American Musical, these two choirs had everyone captivated by their singing and acting. The Oriana Women’s Choir
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Also they played Patriotic music in order to honor and pay tribute to American's veterans, for example they played "Armed Forces Salute," and "The Stars and Stripes Forever," The Orchid City Brass Band Consisted of E Flat soprano horn player, flog old horn player, ten B Flat Cornets
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mother, Maria Walburga, in 1711. Christoph Gluck was born into a family of foresters living in Upper Bohemia in Germany. Gluck’s father was a forester under the service of Prince Lobkowitz. Christoph Gluck still received a good education and even music lessons, being in the lower middle class. When Christoph Gluck was thirteen, he ran away from his home in Bohemia to avoid being forced into the profession of his
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a surface level, I was not forced to reach far into my brain to understand what I was learning just like Good Kid Maad City. For those who do not know, Good Kid Maad City was a classic hip hop album, and this album was not the Mullholland Drive of music, it was more like a Goodfellas, which means it was a fantastic straightforward beauty. For example, we studied content in the first semester class, we looked at what makes a film good and why, it was a basic thinking process and this was the “swimming
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Transfer Guide for Contra Costa College The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Degree: A maximum of thirty (30) semester units can be applied towards the Liberal Arts course requirements at the Academy of Art University. Nine (9) units of transfer level art classes that are related to Academy of Art University majors can also be transferred as art elective units. A maximum of thirty (30) units may be transferred in combination of Liberal Arts and Art Elective transfer awards. Department Directors may transfer
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My fiancé and I are on a mission, and it’s one we take very seriously. It involves approximately 100 gigabytes of music, a subscription to Spotify, and an ever-developing love and appreciation for new and old music. In an effort to save money, and also give us peace of mind, we opted to create the soundtrack to our wedding versus paying for a DJ. Though there are obvious benefits to hiring someone, the prospect is somewhat daunting and just a bit on the risky side to this audiophile. What if
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Music Appreciation Reflection At first the performance started of slow and i was thinking what was going on because when i thought wind symphony I expect like high fast and up beat. But then it began. “Danzon” was fast and in my mind I was thinking, “whoa this one is really good because its fast” and then it ended really quick, faster than expected. When the conductor said that they were going into solo pieces, i automatically assumed that someone was going to be performing by themselves
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