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    that are happening in the scene without taking the attention away from the action. According to Hal Leonard the instruments used within the score of the Raiders March include a large orchestra including: the oboe, english horn, clarinet, bassoon, contra bassoon, french horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano, violin, viola, violoncello, and the contrabass (Raiders March). Within this large orchestra, John Williams magically brings the adventures of Indiana…

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    The musical piece Flight of the Bumblebee is an orchestral interlude from opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan written by Rimsky-Korsakov in 1899 based on the poem of the same name by Aleksandr Pushkin. It comes as the prelude to Act III, where a prince rescues a swan which is attacked by a bumble bee. The composer professionally used instruments of the orchestra to create pictures from the story. The musical piece is a programmatic music in ternary form that is representing the sound of a bumblebee.…

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    Aaron Copland Essay

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    be Appalachian Spring. Appalachian Spring are Completed 1944 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, first performance October 30, 1944, in Washington, D.C. Originally scored for 13 instruments, expanded version scored for two each flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, and trombones, an extensive percussion battery of tympani, xylophone, snare drum, bass drum, long drum, wood block, claves, glockenspiel, triangle, plus harp, pianoforte, and strings.Also, there is a ballet made for the song…

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    symphony for them” (www.favorite-classical-composers.com). To make it sound fuller he added two Clarinet and two Flutes to the woodwind section of the first and last movements. The piece in the total had two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, and two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani and Strings. “The work is in eight movements, including three minuets, two slow movements, two full sonata-form movements, and a sizable central rondo. There are remarkably few real melodies in the work,…

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    instruments produce sound when air (wind) is blown inside. Air may be blown over an edge, as with a woodwind; between a reed and a surface, as with a clarinet; or between two reeds, as with a bassoon. The sound happens when the air vibrates inside.Woodwind instruments incorporate woodwind, piccolo, clarinet, recorder, bassoon, and oboe."Families of Musical Instruments."…

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    It increases louder toward the middle of the song. The harmony is tonal. The tone color is bright and brilliant. The genre is symphony that is first movement. The choice of instruments for this stunning music is 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns,…

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    The four most commonly used instruments in the string family are the violin, the viola, the cello and the double (string) bass. They are all made by gluing pieces of wood together to form a hollow “sound box.” The quality of sound of one of these instruments depends on its shape, the wood it is made from, the thickness of both the top and back, and the varnish that coats its outside surface. The violin is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the string family. It is held under the chin…

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    Boston Ballet's Orchestra

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    a kaleidoscope. With the incredible, inspiring ballet, the music also had a huge effect on the show. Boston Ballet’s orchestra consists of many instrument, including two flutes, a piccolo, a oboe, a bass clarinet, two english horn clarinets, a bassoon, two trumpets, three horns, six trombones, four timpanies, a harp, three pianos, two bass, four cellos, four violas, and fifteen violins! That is a total of 52 musicians! These musicians played beautiful classical music. The choreography…

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    Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, op.83, composed by Johannes Brahms. In order to analyze this piece properly it is best to know the rondo within the piece. It helps to determine repetition and the featured alternating episodes. For this piece you can hear ABABA, which makes it a dynamic piece to listen to.When listening to the First A and the Last A sections you can here how similar they are. When you pay close attention to the Middle A you notice more instruments in this area.…

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    Orchestra Concert Review

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    This concert was conducted by Leonard Bernstein. The concert lasted approximately 50 minutes and included varieties of instruments. Instruments to name are a large group of violins, clarinets, cellos, French horns, a harp, flutes, basses including a bassoon and oboe. I tend to hear various melodies used elsewhere either from Star Wars and or Pink Panther like melodies. The Symphony is originally composed of four parts; moderato, allegretto, largo and allegro. The beginning of the concert opens…

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