I attended a performance of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra performing music made by Danny Elfman for Tim Burton films. Each piece focused more on capturing the mood the music captured in that overall movie. Instead of focusing on one composition from each movie, a medley of multiple compositions from the film was made to give an overall feel of each. Compared to the Mozart’s “Little Night Music” performance I attended a week ago, the atmosphere was more relaxed. The patrons for this specific event
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03.11.2015 The choreography of vortex [Won Chae] Beginning with pianissimo, repeating melody of snare drum is rising in a continuous crescendo with a breathtaking and moderate movement under the spot light. When you are about to feel there is no air to breathe, this repeating eco introduces and adds other instruments one by one with highly saturated dancing. I would never forget the moment when I was captured by this beautiful choreography ‘Bolero’1 performed by Sylvie Guillem2. I was not even in
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Commedia dell’Arte Is an Italian form of theatre which comedy is created by inprovisation and a collection of stock characters. It literally means 'comedy of The actors'. It was started within the 16th century and continued until the 18th century.Commedia dell’Arte Influenced the work of many play writers including Shakespeare.Commedia dell’Arte At had big influence on Shakespeare's 'taming of the shrew'. An example within 'the taming of the shrew' could be tranio. Tranio is melodramatic and adds
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In Sanford J. Ungar’s article, “The New Liberal Arts”, he claims there are some misperceptions present in respects to the Liberal Arts and Sciences. Sanford J. Ungar is an American Journalist, author, and the former president of Goucher College located in Baltimore Maryland. Amongst Ungar’s prodigious texts is his essay, “The New Liberal Arts”, in which he depicts, analyzes, and counters seven misperceptions there are to the field of the Liberal Arts and Sciences; for instance, a few of the common
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The beat movement had a huge impact and helped shape the culture of the 50’s to 60’s significantly by the writings published during this time. The themes written about in novels and poetry influenced music as it started to trickle out. As the years progressed on beatniks, which is a mixture of sputnik and beat, came out during the late 50’s as well as hippies during the 60’s. Jack Kerouac, Allan Ginsberg, and Lucien Carr to name but a few of the authors of the beat generation first met at Columbia
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business. Paul Imagined to make a videos and having them go viral and having millions of people watching and wanting a piano to buy. Paul ventured out and was a risk taker and thought to himself that he could make a viral video and be the number one music maker in the world which that dream is still progressing but his is getting there right now he is number 12. Jon Schmidt needed a piano for the concert he was doing
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In today’s society, music dominates many aspects of our life. The situation was no different in the 1860s during the American Civil War. General Robert E. Lee stated, “I don’t believe we can have an army without music.” Of course, behind every instrument is a pair of hands, and behind every song, a multitude of talented musicians. Opportunity greatly increased for musicians with the break out of the war. While the “little drummer boy” image was popular, the age of musicians ranged from 16 to 65
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An example of a composer conveying tension and release would be Stravinsky, The Firebird. In this selection the dynamic and pitch is what created the tension and release. The piece starts pianissimo with the French horn then goes on to a string instrument such as a violin and that allows the melody to become crescendo. The release comes when the brass chord pitch goes from loud to soft and back to loud. The ways a composer can create tension and release is unlimited to a creative mind. Some of
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Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy follows the life of Paul Crabbe through his struggles and successes of growing up. In learning about Herr Keller’s haunting past Paul discovers more about himself in the process. This essay will explore how Keller’s experiences in life affect and influence but also inhibit Pauls growth, this will be explored by analysing the prescribed text Maestro and related text “I Remember When I Was Young” by Matt Taylor. Upon moving to Darwin Paul experiences a new side to life
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Mariachi ensemble bands were born in the state of Jalisco in the 19th century. The music celebrates common life and mariachi bands are frequent guests at Mexican social events. The bands typically include violins, trumpets, guitars, and various smaller percussion instruments native to Mexico. The players usually dress in similar outfits, including a wide-brimmed hat. Violins The violin is a staple of the modern and past mariachi band. As of 2011, large mariachi bands contain six to eight violins
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