This piece begins with a tranquil woodwind choir with other instruments gradually joining in. The tempo is andante, as it is moderately slow, yet more of a simple pace. This work takes advantage of dynamics heavily, as it varies from pianissimo with a solo flute to a gorgeous and strong fortissimo dynamic of the whole ensemble. This piece also varies in texture quite a bit, as it alternates between monophonic soloist sections and grand homophonic sections of the whole band. Most of the melodic lines are smooth and legato, yet are disrupted by the pointed and staccato figures of the percussion section that underscore the longer lines of the wind instruments.…
Then the flute began to play with the girls singing. It is a beautiful piece as all the instruments come together. overall a pretty calm and quiet song. The next part sounds really cool, almost like a movie, with crashing cymbals and intense sounds. This had a moderate tempo.…
The same melody is played by the singer and then later an instrument this helps to highlight the melody. This song is sung by Idina Menzel, she is a mezzo-soprano, she can sing two octave and three notes. She uses a large scale of them within this song. She sometimes uses leaps between these notes, There are many instruments that can be used to conduct this piece, but the keyboard is one that is used in most versions. The rhythm is this song is mostly consistent in the chorus.…
Two violins, one viola, and a cello played Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet, Op. 76, No.3 (Emperor), II in quadruple meter and in the form of one homophonic theme with four polyphonic variations. The theme is introduced by the entire quartet in an conjunct melody that has three unique phrases. The first phrase, “A”, is the first to be introduced and repeated a second time, “A-A”. Phrase “A” moves smoothly from mid to high in ascending and descending conjunct intervals and is repeated.…
The introduction of the song had strings and the main instrument was the celesta with the staccato. Then there was a short section where the strings and the woodwinds went back and forth between each other. The main theme of the instruments was the celesta, accompanied by string instruments. The meter of the song was 2/4 and the rhythm was off beat from the string instruments. The final work was Trepak, it is a very lively song and as the tempo accelerates the dynamic increases also.…
The piece was played at a moderately slow (andante) tempo, using a homophonic harmony. The melody line was played on the melodica, once again throughout the song. This time the audience got a small taste of what the group would sound like with a…
This song has same or similar beats like waltz. Also this was so interesting that melody was like a yodel song. In original song, there are some wind instruments such as flute, clarinet… however Jay Gravatt, who played drums previous songs, played grabbed marimba sticks on this song. I little surprised because guitar, violin, and marimba sound got along well.…
The melody and lyrics use imitation and sequence of technology. The instruments are oboes, English horn, French horn, strings, and basso continuo. The fourth movement is sung by tenors in unison. The tempo is slow. The rhythm is speedy and always repeated and varied.…
For the Violins, I chose Solo Violin. The sound is very shrill, dry, and cold. This made the lyrical sections hard to record. For the Viola, there actually was a sound called “Viola”. This voice shared similar qualities with the solo violin midi voice.…
This piece was performed by the Orchestra. Moreover, it started of soft (piano) with the string family and percussion family as well. The piece was more relaxing, smooth and really good to hear. It does get louder as the piece goes on. This piece was short, however it was a beautiful tune to listen to.…
OBSERVE MUSIC Concerto No. 21 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, K.467, second movement is also known as “Elvira Madigan“; named from a Swedish film and was used at length on that sound track. The graceful, slow movement would sooth any beast with its rhythmic resonance and graceful rhythm. This classical piece still entices a longing to close the eyes and listen to the swaying beats as the mind wonders through the ebb and tide of this musical dynamic. Movement no.2 starts with many instruments playing in unison as a background of cellos and bass drone a pattern.…
Orfeo and the Magic Flute Compare-Contrast study of musical compositions of Monteverdi and Mozart Introduction: Composed in 1671, Monteverdi drew on the ancient poets of Virgil and Ovid to create the mythological narrative that is the opera Orfeo.1 His last musical work, Mozart’s The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) tests the limits of the high voice register in a ancient Egyptian plot about winning love with the help of magic.2 Signaling a major shift in accepted musical form, Monteverdi’s Orfeo concerns a painful separation of soon-to-be married Orpheus and Eurydice. At the height of the drama, Orpheus uses the power of song to win back his love from over the fabled river Styx. He is permitted to rescue her on condition that he does not glance…
After listening to a few of the symphonies we were able to choose from once I heard The Four Seasons I knew that was the one for me. Although I really enjoyed some of the others I had a personal connection to this peace as I used to listen to it before soccer matches to calm my nerves. The Four Seasons was composed by a chamber orchestra which was led by the stunning Janine Jansen as the lead violinist. From the best that I could tell this chamber was filled with one bass, 3 cellos, a few violas and around 10 violens. The Four seasons is a polyphonic piece and was written by the great Antonio Vivaldi and is the best known work of his.…
The flutes play the melody in m. 48, which is an echo of what the violins previously played, and involves the same lower neighbor and turning motifs. However, the melody turns higher than the first phrase, reaching up to F#6 before descending stepwise. The horns and clarinet in A join in at m. 50 with an ascending third and descending whole steps. The violins once again have the melody at a higher register in m. 52, starting on E6, as if about to start a third phrase. Then, in m. 53, the second violin imitates the beginning of the phrase at G5.…
“Viderunt Omnes” is composed by Leonin. The texture would be considered polyphonic; and this piece of music is an example of Organum music that was play during the Renaissance Era. “O Rubor Sanguinis” is composed by Hildegard von Bingen. The song starts out in a monophonic texture, then continues in a homophonic texture for the rest of the piece. This type of music is composed in Gregorian chant, a type of music that was played most in churches.…