The Renaissance is an important time period for modern music and musical instruments. Many styles and techniques came about in this time. More importantly, most of the instruments that we see today have evolved from instruments from the Renaissance. From the year 1450 to 1550, instrumental musi...

An introduction to 'The Rite of Spring', by Igor Stravinsky The part I of the Rite of Spring starts with an "introduction". The texture at the very beginning is extremely thin, and the only instrument in use is the bassoon, in an unusually high tessatura. The bassoon is soon joined by the Horn,...

Stravinsky: Ballet Music from 1910-1940 a. Choose one example from the music you have studied and write a detailed description of use of instruments or voices. Could be one work or a selection of short pieces from the same time. In your answer explain: i. the instruments and or voices used ii. ...

Pythagorean Philosophy and its influence on Musical Instrumentation and Composition by Michael Anderson Philosophy 101 "Music is the harmonization of opposites, the unification of disparate things, and the conciliation of warring elements... Music is the basis of agreement am...

Pythagorean Philosophy and its influence on Musical Instrumentation and Composition "Music is the harmonization of opposites, the unification of disparate things, and the conciliation of warring elements... Music is the basis of agreement among things in nature and of the best go...