Homophony Essays

The symphony includes an orchestra of one flute, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, and strings. In the first movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in g minor it’s texture is homophonic, which was often used by classical composers. Homophony is a texture in which the melodic line leads and is supported by a chordal accompaniment. It was not only used by classical composers but is a worldly aspect of music and can be often used

later into the middle ages after monophony and later developed into homophony. Monophony is the musical texture with only one voice, Polyphony is the musical texture containing 2 or more individual melodies played simultaneously and Homophony is the musical texture of the melody accompanies with chords. Figure 1.1- Polyphony Figure 1.2- Monophony Figure 1.3- Homophony Origin The exact origins of polyphony in the Western church are unknown

A joke is usually an idea that contains a sense of humour and usually provokes laughter. What means by humour is something that makes a person laugh or smile, ‘the quality of being funny’. (Blake, B. J. (2007), pg.1) A majority of jokes have a set-up and a punchline. (Blake, B. J. (2007), pg.3) There are various forms of jokes, such as story-type jokes, anecdote-type joke, blonde jokes, cannibal jokes and dumb jokes, etc. Jokes can be classified into verbal or written humour. Verbal humour is the

A large number of the Classical structures, for example, sonata, theme and variations, minuet and trio and rondo form, which developed keeping in mind the end goal to exploit the emotional potential outcomes offered by homophony, were abandoned. The new Romantic structures were governed by spontaneity, expression, thoughts, individualism and creative freedom. Romanticism takes its name from the medieval "romances," which were stories and ballads about courageous figures

bass player and a drummer. Some bands use vocalists, while others are purely instrumental groups. Jazz bands usually have a bandleader. In a big band setting, there is usually more than one player for a type of instrument.” Jazz music is mostly Homophony. The concert I attended was the Jazz Ensemble. The First band consisting of five people played “I Mean You” by Thelonious monk. The song was written by Thelonious Monk and Coleman Hawkins. The instrument used to are Trumpets, two guitars, drum

Heartbreak Hotel is a song that was recorded by Elvis Presley and was written by a high school teacher named Mae Axton and a steel guitar player named Tommy Durden. It was recorded and released in January 1956 by RCA Studios. Elvis was only 21 and Heartbreak Hotel was his first song with the new record label RCA in Nashville, Tennessee. He recorded the song with his band the Blue moon boys. It was his first million-seller and the bestselling single of 1956. It was top 5 on all pop charts simultaneously

In this paper, I will write an analysis of composer Franz Schubert’s Moment Musical op. 94 D780. The piece called No. 5 Allegro vivace in F minor. I will write what were my first impressions of the music. What are the elements of the piece? Did I understand what he was trying to convey? Did the piece holistically communicate to me? What are the implication of this piece based on Christian worldview? These questions, I will attempt to answer using the proper terms. First Impressions What are my

primavera,” there represent clear examples of cadence and syncopation. Next, the opening of movement three of the concerto “L 'estate” begins in monophony, with all of the instruments playing the same part, soon after the movement transitions to homophony. Third, the beginning of movement one of concerto three “L’autunno” or autumn represents ritornello form by continually returning back to a set of notes. Lastly, the end of the second movement of the concerto “L’inverno” exhibits Ritardando by slowing

Two of the pieces out of the three that were preformed that stuck out to me the most were Tsontakis and Haydn. These two contrasted with each other in the sense that the first was only played with string instruments and the second also had string as well as the oboe, bassoon, violin, cello, flute and a drum. They both had two different feelings to them which made me appreciate certain parts in each piece even more. Tsontakis piece had four pieces that were very different but at the same time still

Junwen Jia Dr. Jacqueline Avila Musicology Paper I 9/27/2016 From Medieval to Renaissance: The Motet in Transition During the Medieval and Renaissance Periods, the Motet became the most well-developed form of polyphonic vocal music. The motet was created based on the Magnus liber organi (Great Book of Organum) of French composer Leonin (fl. 1169-1201). In organum, a second voice part (the discant clausula) was added above existing Latin chant texts. This later came to be known as “motet,” from

At 9:00 on the 20th of October, Director Leonard Bernstein began the opening act to the YouTube Concert, the “Overture to Candide”, with an abrupt introduction, cutting in the London Symphony Orchestra before the applause had even died down. Following the first movement, Bernstein and the London Symphony took a leave of absence, replaced by Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra to perform Dvorak’s Humeresque, heard clear over the clatter of the IHop Express. Bernstein then returned, this

march-like beat, with strong woodwind presence giving it also a smooth sound. It makes sense that there was a heavy use of saxophone in particular, because Cardoso is a well-known saxophonist. The piece used imitative polyphony, but mostly stuck to homophony. Overall, the song was uplifting, especially due to the use of bells and crescendos. There was a main theme throughout which, according to the program, was representative

The Beatles were a British rock and roll group in the 1960's they have been called the most influential rock group ever. The members of the band were John Lennon on rhythm guitar, Paul McCartney on bass, George Harrison on lead guitar and Ringo Starr on drums. The Beatles formed in Liverpool, England in the early 1960's. After an impressive decade The Beatles broke up and they all found success in their solo careers. The Beatles break up was part of many problems but the main problem was

Renaissance music differed heavily from that of the Dark Ages and thus formed the beginning of ‘modern’ Western art music. Resulting mainly from different compositional techniques, music in the Renaissance became more harmonic then that of the previous era. By comparing harmonic systems, counterpoint techniques and textural elements between these two eras, it is evident that music of the Renaissance marks the start of Western art music as we know it today.   The perception of harmony started to move

theme, special awareness and presentation. All of these contribute to the beauty of the improvisation and allowed me to dance as if no one was watching. The texture of the music that I did my improvisation on was a thin homophonic type of texture. Homophony has one clearly melodic line; it 's the line that naturally draws your attention. All other parts provide accompaniment or fill in the chords. The colours that I associated my dance and theme to were pink and purple. Pink is the most gender specific

Most can be sung if in the correct range. Made up of short phrases of two and four measures in length. Phrases often in statement-answer form. These phrases are balanced and symmetrical. This is part of what makes the music clean and logical. 2. Homophony - Classical music is usually homophonic. This is melody plus accompaniment. There is an exception of counterpoint in Classical music. 3. Harmony - Similar to Baroque harmony with some changes. The continuo part and filling in of chords from figured

“ Music imprints itself on the brain deeper than any other human experience. Music evokes emotion and emotion can bring with it memory. Music brings back the feeling of life when nothing else can.” - Dr. Oliver Sacks. Many teens in today’s society use music as an escape, whether they are having a hard time at home or just life in general. Studies have shown that music helps teens with their emotions. There are two emotions that are associated with music, perceived emotions and feeling emotions.

All the three works of group three extend the novelties of group two. “Ecco mormorar” and “S’andasse Amor” adventure the florid writing in them, while “Memtr’io mirava” shares its move to distant harmonic areas. However, there are two traits that are very difficult to define that unite these madrigals; one is an ability to bring to music the syntactic and meaning organization of text and a structural coherence of a rigor which is unknown to Monteverdi’s earlier works. All the listed characteristics

“Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” This well known saying is a major cliche, but even so it continues to be right about most of life. Renaissance era music is no exception; defined as music composed from the Renaissance time period (1400s-1600s), it was more expressive, emotional, simple, and flowing than the Medieval period before it ("Renaissance Music"). It is during this time period that the arts were changed significantly, but despite that many of these trends that are still used today, Renaissance

Duke Ellington and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker Suite (Objective Review) Ellington/Strayhorn/Tchaikovsky | Nutcracker Suite Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer best known for 1812 Overture and The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, written in 1892, was based on E. T. A. Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker and The Mouse, written in 1816. The ballet is a regular staple of the holiday season, with many dance companies, both big and small, taking the opportunity to