Scientifically, music is defined as any series of sounds that is percieved as pleasant to one’s aural senses. This is a crude answer, however, and ignores the complexity of thought and emotion within the elements of music. Throughout my own life, I have found a deep appreciation and utter infatuation with music, performing, and understanding its technical elements, and I have come to understand it as something more than sound. While the very basis of music to most anyone would be sound, most any
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My Passion Some say that music is a way of speaking from your soul. Some say that music can control the beat of a heart. Hearing my first song, listening to the beat and the lyrics opened my eyes to what I would want to do the rest of my life. I will confess, I put it aside out of doubt and fear. But now that I've matured I understand I shouldn't let those things stop me from my goals and dreams. The art institute contains knowledge and provides hands on experiences for their students. I am very
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Beethoven's symphonies numbered 1, 2, 4, 7, and 8. Trombones, which had previously been confined to church and theater music, came to be added to the symphonic orchestra, notably in Beethoven's 5th, 6th, and 9th symphonies. The combination of bass drum, triangle, and cymbals (and sometimes piccolo), which 18th century composers employed as a coloristic effect in more eastern-influenced music, came to be increasingly more popularized during the second half of the 19th century without any such alterations
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Adagio for Strings is a timeless 20th century string orchestra piece that exudes immense sorrow. Written by Samuel Barber in 1938 and broadcasted across the country, this piece evoked strong emotion in anyone who heard it and continues to today. The piece was originally a movement of a string quartet of Barber’s in 1936 but later he wrote Adagio for Strings as its own string orchestral piece. The piece was first performed in November of 1938 by the NBC Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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In the past, I’ve always gone to the Denver Art Museum for both my academic assignments and for just fun. This time, it would be different. It was my first time visiting the Museum of Contemporary Art at 1485 Delgany St. I didn’t know what to expect . . . What pieces will I be seeing? What is the museum like inside? And who’s art will be on display? I came to visit it on Wednesday morning, December the 14th. I came roughly an hour a half after it had opened at noon, and upon entering, I paid for
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A. “Spiral Jetty” by Smithson As it is mentioned in the “Troublemakers”, artists, such as Smithson, were trying to find a bigger and different canvas and material for their art. They used cranes as their brush and land or earth as their canvas. This choice of material gave them an opportunity to work on a super large scale. Along with these respectful materials, the large-scale artwork creates an “awe”. Also, the spiral form that Smithson chose for his art piece is a spiritual and mystic form. There
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Yayoi Kusama: The Modern Alice in Wonderland Being a pioneer in the minimalism and feminist art movement, Yayoi Kusama is constantly pushing boundaries in the realm of culture and art. Every element in Kusama’s artwork, such as repetition, pattern and accumulation, questions the viewers to rethink social and political norms of society in the hopes that it would inspire change to gender equality. Her installation, Walking Piece, serves as an exemplary example of dissolving boundaries between human
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day performer is able to see with ease the tone with which the music calls to be expressed. The allegretto moderato promptings at the very beginning of the piece seems to echo the fluttering heart of the character or in this case the singer identifying with the character, as she prepares to enter into marriage. As the piece gradually develops it continues to show the attempted containment Suzanna is striving for. At the same time the music reveals the slips of uncontrolled nervousness the singer relates
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Celia Coats MUS - 110 Writing Assignment Week 9 In relation to Haydn’s String Quartet this statement is used in the text to go into stating that in this part of time music was ready for something new, but not completely, and Haydn did a good job at transitioning into different versions of melody while still keeping the things that everyone was accustomed to. He was able to add a fresh spin unto things by delivering a song that had repetition, contrast, and variation all wrapped up into one piece
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I have loved music since I was little. One of my favorite CDs as a kid was Mr. Bach Lives Upstairs. I loved to listen to classical music. When I was six, mom parents told me that I had to learn to play an instrument. They gave me the option of playing the piano, or the violin. I was disappointed because although I liked listening to music, I wasn't really interested in making music. I eventually chose the violin. I practiced for fifteen minutes a day, and gradually I got better. I started to get
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