Ostinato Essays

Franz Schubert, in my opinion, is considered as one of the last Classical Era composers and one of the pioneers of the Romantic Era composers. Schubert’s is an artist who devotes himself entirely to the arts, rather than chasing money and worldly gains. He has set a movement where many other composers would follow. In his 31 years of life he had written many works. He had more that 600 works on Lieder, 7 masses, 9 symphonies, including the Unfinished (No. 8,1822) and more. His famous piece, “Erlkönig”

using Ostinato, development and variation melody, polyriytmic, contras dinamic, pattern syncoped ritme, trill, ostinato demisemiquavers. a. Introduction The music begins with a two‐bar introduction which produced by low‐pitched open fifths and added note harmonies. Low pitched open fifths as an opening. b. A Section The key signature of five sharps suggests B major or G♯ minor but neither key is properly established. Pentatonic‐style melody begins in m.3 and is then used as an ostinato. This melody

The introduction of the piece is the same as that of “The Raiders March”, but with strings playing in the background. The A melody begins with the trumpet as the strings fade out (0:07). The first minute and a half of the song is played the same as that of “The Raiders March”, though due to differing sound equalization, some parts stick out more or less than they do in the original. For example, in the third repetition of the A melody, one can more clearly hear the xylophone accompanying the melody

flat minor is played to add some variation. Within the first 4 bars of the Imperial March, the main famous trumpet line comes in which is what the whole piece is structured around. This articulated melody line goes against the ostinato to fill the spaces when the ostinato isn’t being played. Bar 37 brings in the first ‘half step modulation’ up to B flat minor. Bar 44 has the next ‘half step modulation’ to B harmonic minor and at bar 46, bringin it up again to C harmonic minor and then a resolving

Chicago, a musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse contains a range of stylistic and structural elements that further the narrative and influence the audience’s aural experience. ALL THAT JAZZ All That Jazz sung by the vaudevillian Velma Kelly, is the first song in the musical and begins deliberately moderately slow and mezzo forte or moderately loud to assist in introducing the musical to the audience, showcasing the suggestive nature of the lyrics

bats, the ostinato is not resolved. There is once again a crescendo, with the brass section playing hairpin crescendos and diminuendos, beginning on a single unison note but on the second iteration splitting into a chord. However, the overarching theme is still the same. This shows that at this point in time Bruce is still a child, overcome with fear, but the French horns and the timpani hint that something larger, and more dangerous will consume

adding an urgency to the piece that the canon did not possess. The trills in each voice and altering tempos also serve to fill out the piece in a way that constantly pushes the listener forward and leaves little room for the ear to rest. The base ostinato that was present in Pachelbel’s work is not so present in Bach’s piece. There is a base voice that persists throughout most of the piece, but there are times when it is not present. The tempo of the baseline is also altered throughout the piece.

the texture became polyphonic as unwinding and expansion of each melody line overlapped the original, resulting in three interchangeable melodies. The rhythm were energetic. Short, melodic and rhythmic phrases were commonplace, including the basso ostinato, a melody set over a repeated bass pattern. Tempos were fast at the beginning of the piece and slow towards the end of a piece. Major scales were used as the basis for the tonal centers of pieces. Cadences at the end of sections were strong, and

Traditionally, music has aided in the accompaniment of both religious and social customs in the Palestinian society. To these people, music is not only a form of entertainment and pleasure; it is a way of living. Hip hop developed in the United States in the 1970’s by African Americans in the New York area by generating a new cultural illustration of their issues and experiences. “The globalization of the US popular culture and the diffusion of hip hop into the Arab world has been accompanied by

Fisher Tull was born Waco, Texas in September 27th, 1934. Around the age of nine in the fifth grade, Fisher Tull began learning to play the trumpet which he continued to do throughout his schooling. As a trumpet player, Fisher Tull played both classical and jazz music and early in his life considered himself to be more of a jazz musician. Fisher Tull went on to enroll at The University of North Texas in 1952, where he earned his Bachelor of Music in Music Education. Following the completion of his

Both of his most popular pieces, Symphonie espagnole and Cello Concerto in d minor, consists of rich Spanish flavors, which placed him as the leading French composer who incorporated with Spanish materials. As of a Spanish descent, Lalo’s use of rhythmic and melodic materials pronounced a taste of exotic Iberian love. Yet, the influence of Sarasate’s colorful playing was indispensable. As a close friend of Sarasate, some readings suggested that Sarasate should have advice Lalo with the beautiful

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood depicts the future dystopian society, Gilead. There, the few remaining fertile women, called handmaids, are enslaved to a life of procreation to combat the dangerously low birth rates. The theme of oppression and rebellion is prevalent throughout the novel, and is best illustrated by Confutatis from Mozart’s Requiem. In his final hour as he composes Confutatis, Mozart begs God for mercy to be called one of the blessed to enter heaven. The compelling lyrics of

Introduction For my essay I will be writing about and comparing two of Fryderyk Chopin 's pieces, Fantaisie Impromptu and Nocturne op.9 no.2. I decided on these pieces because I find Chopin’s music calming and have listened to it in the past, whilst studying or when I struggle to sleep. I decided it would be best to write my essay on pieces I’m familiar with, which lead me to pick these two pieces. I also decided on these two pieces because I wanted to compare two pieces by the same composer, it

This background is usually a percussive ostinato accented with an occasional guitar chord” (Hilliard). An example from present-day is the advances of rap through rappers such as Eminem, Drake, J. Cole, and numerous other composers. Because of the introduction from former composers, the art form

Born on February 8th, 1932 in Floral Park, New York, John Williams has built a fantastic reputation over the past 60 years in cinematic and musical history. Even at age 83, he still composes and conducts musical concerts and film scores. Since 1952, Williams’s success as a composer and conductor has only increased and now he is one of the most popular and successful American orchestral composers of the modern age having created music for over eighty movies such as Saving Private Ryan, Amistad, Seven

From bar 41, the texture of the winds gradually fills up as the flute now joins the bassoons. Clarinets and horns enter at bar 45. At bars 46-48, antiphonal treatment of strings against woodwinds. Inner strings play an ostinato descending 4-note scale motif in tremolo. The music becomes more agitated. Reverse antiphon now beginning with the woodwinds in unison and answered by the string section in the 1st violin part. The chromatic line at bar 55 crescendos to a climax

Concert Report Questionnaire: Symphonic Concert 1. Who was the composer(s) of the piece(s). The composer of the pieces performed last night was Frederic Chopin, and Johann Sebastian Bach. 2. In what time or style period were these pieces written? (Explain how you know by giving details about the various style period. i.e. Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern, etc.) Frederic Chopin was a romantic era composer, and you could tell that in the pieces performed due to the amount of harmony in his

Black Mirror’s season three opens with a dystopian science fiction episode ‘Nosedive’. From (“Critical Essays”), I learned that in a dystopian setting, the focus of the film is usually not on the technology itself but rather on the psychology and emotions of the characters that live under such conditions and circumstances. My evaluation of the episode is on how the dystopian genre, colors, and soundtrack of the episode were able to relay the message of the story to the audience. Here’s a brief

“…everyone took refuge in the house — except Claude，determined to savour to the full the scent of the soaked earth and the soft tinkle of the raindrops on the leaves.” ——Jacques-Emile Blanche（the dedicatee of the Estampes） Estampes Estampes is a composition for solo piano by Claude Debussy.Having just composed La soirée dans Grenade, Debussy first mentioned the Estampes in a letter to Pierre Louys written from Bicharin (Yonne,in northern

Just as I thought music class couldn’t get any more interesting, it surprisingly did. The countries we have been exploring and learning about, prior to chapter 11, were very intriguing and their music are very different from what we would hear on the radio on a day to day basis. Although, I did find this specific chapter on Latin America extremely captivating. It consists of a lot of great information from Latin America’s history and how certain music became what it is. There are a variety of forms