Music history, sometimes called historical musicology, is the highly diverse subfield of the broader discipline of musicology that studies the composition, performance, reception, and criticism of music over time. Historical studies of music are for example concerned with a composer's life and works, the developments of styles and genres (such as baroque concertos), the social function of music for a particular group of people (such as music at the court), or the modes of performance at a particular
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Composer and painter Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) had a huge impact on the atonal movement of music. He pushed for the emancipation of dissonance, wanting to free himself and other composers from all rules of tonality. One of his collections of musical works is Pierrot Lunaire, op. 21 (1912). Pierrot Lunaire contains twenty-one pieces, each written for a set of twenty-one poems by Albert Giraud also titled Pierrot Lunaire. One of the pieces in Schoenberg’s collection, no. 14, is called “Die Kreuze”
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Music Composition Music can set the atmosphere for any situation. The key however, is the type of music and its classification. The type of music can be determined by the singer, types of instruments used and of course the rhythm. The classifications for types of music are often not based on the set parameters, though there are definitions for individual styles of music. For example Jazz is the only style of music that is completely American and is often characterized by fast tempos, lots of
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and through the arts among other things. Americas Culture has a unique mixture of different backgrounds such as, European, African, Asian –which is influenced through the arts, music, dress, entertainment and food. The Pop Cultures that are most prevalent in my life are internet and music: Internet browsing: The internet has become more of a way of life, it’s a means of communication there is the email, myspace, facebook, we don’t take the time to write a letter which
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classical antiquity, the term designated the education proper to a freeman (Latin: liber, “free”) as oppose to a slave. Martianus Capella1 (5th century AD) defines the seven Liberal Arts as grammar, dialectic, rhetoric and geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, music. In the medieval Western university, the seven liberal WordprType equation here.ocessor | | experienceteacher | | 22+32=Nn | © customize | Arts were: Use mail merge to distribute the document to the address list below: Dear SirMrs. Irene
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May 4, 2012 COMSKI2- SC1 Outline I. Introduction A. Our life was full of mystery. B. Music is an inspiration to me, my life, and as a rhythm that we can compare in every aspects of our daily life. II. Body A. Music as rhythm. 1. It is a movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements. 2. It is the timing of events in a human scale
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Threat of Entry The threat of Entry of the performing arts industry in the United States is low. The industry has high barriers to entry. Companies have economies of scale that it requires a large amount of capital to buy the equipment. Existing companies have cost advantages that they have higher reputation in the industry. People tend to choose a high quality performance since the tickets are expensive. On the other hand, high quality performers and performing groups will choose famous performing
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performances, the generated revenue from the repeat performances is decreasing due to lower ticket sales. The Utah Symphony leadership strengths are primarily focused on the former conductor and director Maurice Abravanel, and the current music director Keith Lockhart. Maurice Abravanel was the
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in 2009. It indicates that the music shop is gradually switching their main revenue source from renting and repair to the sale of instruments. Comparing the sale in 2004, it drops about 200 millions on its sale in 2009. Therefore, instruments repair are directly affected. In addition, from the report of economic impact on music industry2, the employment of musical instrument repair shops without retailing new musical is only 175. It is only 1% of the total music-related employment (19,437). Their
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hierarchy culture is one that is internally focused and emphasizes stability and control. They value standardization, control, and a well-defined structure for authority and decision making. This is supported by having Chairman of the board and a music director. The hierarchy culture also puts more emphasis on monitoring people and processes. The symphony shows these qualities in their culture. The symphony is presently classified as a Group II, but the director is attempting to turn it into
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