Essays about Music Page 17

Ishita Kapur Professor Melissa Ragona Contemporary Art History, 60206 15 April, 2009 Opera for a Small Room “Opera for a Small Room” is a time-based mixed-media installation by Canadian artists, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. The mixed media includes sound, record players, records and synchronized lighting. It is exhibited in “a small room”, 2….

I have been playing instruments for over fourteen years now, In first grade, I learned my first instrument through lessons, which was piano, and then started teaching myself through books and listening to songs by ear. Then I started learning how to play the drums through the Paul Green School of Rock. This is a…

The concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk in the History and Theory of Film Music (From early prescriptive writings on film-music practice to recent theoretical considerations of the status of music in cinema, Richard Wagner’s name has consistently reappeared. This consistent presence in the literature tends to establish his position in the lineage of cinema as something…

Folk music originated from many cultures around the world. Each culture adopted rhythms and beats from family and cultural rituals. The family of string instruments applied the music with common harmonies. Other variations of instruments, from homemade to daily items were used in addition to create a more original beat. The region of Great Britain,…

“I’m like a head trip to listen to cuz I’m only giving you things you joke about with your friends inside your living room. The only difference is I got the BALLS to say it in front of yawl, and I don’t got to be false or sugarcoated at all. I just get on the…

I. Introduction During the medieval period, music was not written. The Gregorian chant reached the high point of its development about 900. The same era marked the beginnings of polyphonic music. In organum, one of the earliest types of polyphony, one voice sang a pre-existent melody called cantus firmus (fixed melody) while a second voice…

Introduction The music of the West differs greatly from the music played in my home country of South Korea. These differences have piqued my curiosity and increased my interest in new types of music. Of all the different genres present in this country, what has especially caught my attention is Country music. The first time…

Although I have never been a fan of romantic orchestra music, attending a live concert is truly awe-inspiring. Recently, I had the opportunity to experience the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra’s Masterpieces concert, which was conducted by music director Fouad Fakhouri. The concert featured phenomenal renditions of Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No….

Introduction The development of seventeenth-century music is famous for an increase of instrumental music which was unimaginable in a former time. Composers of violin music such as Arcangelo Corelli and Antonio Vivaldi were active at the century’s end. To play the violin, to teach violin playing, and to compose music all formed part of theirs…

Music 1: Preparing for the viva voceThis article (written by Debra Gilmore from Sydney Boys High School) provides Music 1 students with valuable advice on preparing for the Musicology viva voce examination.Viva voce (n). An examination where questions are asked and answered orally rather than by written paper. The Macquarie Dictionary The Musicology viva voce…