Music is considered food for the soul. It is also considered as medicine for a depressing soul or a tensed mind. Music has its different forms suiting different moods e.g. classical music, hip hop, rock and roll, blues, jazz, etc. Each of these music types has its own regional and cultural tradition...

All of the music I listened to for this assignment came from www.allclassical.org. All classical 89.9 KBPS-FM is a Portland, Oregon area classical radio station that broadcasts music on their website as well. The first day I listened to the music was Monday, October 18 at 10:00 p.m. The name of the...

Music For ChildrenMusic is an important component for all people to posses in their lives. A child should be introduced to music at a very young age. The introduction of every type of music from classical all the way to modern rock is important. This gives a child the ability to form their own opini...

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was born in Hamburg in 1809. His father was banker, and his grandfather a noted Jewish philosopher who advocated religious tolerance (Teachout, 2001). He only lived 38 years, dying in 1847. He was a child prodigy (Columbia, 2004), composing and performing as a child much ...

Prior to taking the course and attending the concert I did not have any substantial interactions with classical music. At certain moments in my life, I've heard music playing on the radio or TV, but obviously hearing and listening are two different things. Once or twice I liked what I heard, but did...

Thought out this essay I will be explaining how the orchestra changed from the classical to the mid-romantic period, including the role of the instruments and how these changed. The classical period was between 1750 and 1820 Ce. This period saw many changes in the world. The French Revolution and...

Music is one of the most unique performing arts due to the way it has evolved. Styles and melodies considered unfit in one era are displayed prominently in another. The two concerts previewed in this report have two different and distinct techniques. The first performance that I attended was a symph...

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. ...

How did concerti change significantly through the ages? Why did they make such changes? Music has evolved over time, changing in timbre, dynamics as well as texture, and it is these changes that characterize the music to their own time. First of all, I would like to describe the changes in instr...

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields presented and preformed exquisitely three separate works: two concerti by Bach and Haydn and a string arrangement based on a Schubert quartet (arranged by Mahler). All three performances included the virtuosic Joshua...

My first circumstantial listening or contact with this classical, instrutmental music, which dates back to 1725, is one subconsciously by accident. More times than I can count, I recall hearing this music in classical and modern movies. This music usually played the foreground position to the smil...

Music is an important part of society. There are many types of music one may listen to, such as rap, rock, heavy metal, pop, R&B, dance, classical, jazz, orchestral, opera and the list goes on. As a young adult, I prefer today\'s more modern music to old classical; however, after learning a little b...

Classical music and the evolution of the orchestra started in 500 BC. It has changed a lot since then. Not only have new instruments been introduced but the instruments that are still in existence have been modified greatly. From 500 BC to about 300 AD music was made up of various chants which wer...

The whole time the audience was quiet and just sat, watched and listened. There was one person behind me that kept tapping to the beat of the music, but stopped after a while. That was very distracting because I would hear the tapping right in my ear and couldn\'t concentrate on the orchestra. The ...

Founded in 1895, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra gave its first concert the following year under the direction of Frederic Archer. Victor Herbert was the chief conductor from 1898 to 1904; he was succeeded by Emil Paur (1904–10). The orchestra was then disbanded. It was revived in 1926, and over...

Page One The works of Johannes Brahms are among the most consistent of any composer. His style matured early and then changed little, and his meticulous, self- critical approach never allowed publication of any work less than excellent. He was one of the seminal musical figures of the 19th...

Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 'Choral'The 9th Symphony is an amazing piece of music. From the slow opening, to its quick ascent to a powerful clash of instruments, the entire piece is captivating. The incredible part about the entire piece is that from the beginning to the end there is a contrast bet...

American jazz is another non-European influence on twentieth-century composers. Musicians were fascinated by its syncopated rhythms and improvisational quality, as well as by the unique tone colors of jazz bands. Unlike a string-dominated symphony orchestra, a jazz band emphasizes woodwinds, brasses...

The theatre of the Greeks was built on the hill which sloped so everyone could see in the back rows. Greek Theater consists of three different parts: the orchestra, the scene, and the main theater called the Koilon. The orchestra was the circular area, placed in front of the stage. In the center o...

The concert conducted October 6, 2002 at the Pensacola Saengar Theatre consisted of orchestral pieces composed by Richard Strauss and George Gerschwin. The show commenced with Strauss's symphonic poem "Don Juan," and continued to move on to Gershwin's "Concerto in F" ...

The Doctoral Recital was the second concert I ever attended within the US. The instruments played were the clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, and percussion instruments. The performance started with Carl Nielsen\'s \"Clarinet Concerto,\" Op. 57(1928). It lasted for about twenty-seven minutes. The who...