Polyphony

One of the most adventurous pianists and inescapable presence in the scene is Matt Mitchell, who, besides his own work, is a fundamental piece in Tim Berne’s Snakeoil, Dave Douglas Quintet, Darius Jones Quartet, and Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Bird Calls. The cover of A Pouting Grimace, his latest work, exhibits an intriguing collage of figures that assume different forms, textures, and colors. This illustrates Mitchell’s compositional style and music. These forms sometimes live by themselves; other…

With the Queen’s permission to print as much as they wanted, Tallis and Byrd took the opportunity to combine their talents and write the first major collection of music to come out of England: the Cantiones sacrae (1575). Best known for adorning polyphony, counterpoint, and controlled dissonance, Tallis and Byrd used a combination of techniques to make such an impressive sacred, choral collection that came out to be a total of thirty-four pieces upon…

On October 30 at 7:30 p.m., I attended an opera workshop of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance”. “The Pirates of Penzance” or “The Slave of Duty” was written by W.S. Gilbert and composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1879. The play is a comic opera which consist of two acts accompany by orchestra music. The performance was held at the Preforming Arts Center at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas. The play was directed by Cassi Torres McNabb, the Stage Manager was…

it is immediately resolved.”(According to www.last.fm). The fact that Palestrina gave himself restrictions and lived by them is one of many reasons why he's one of the greatest composers of the 16th century. This produced a more serene type of polyphony which we now consider to be definitive of late Renaissance music. Palestrina’s music was the epitome of the Counter-Reformation movement of the Roman Catholic Church. Although most European composers worked at one point in time for the Catholic…

in the Baroque period. The harpsichord changed the style of elements in this era. Harpsichord composers became a more common practice. It changed the dynamics of concertos.(Newman 138) In the 'Renaissance' era was very polyphonic texture. Polyphony requires two or more lines in the musical piece. But the Renaissance was more into the vocal aspect of music than with accompanying instruments. Thus creating a more dramatic style of singing developed. The 'basso continuo' was the chordal…

to strengthen, through energy accumulation, and then release the energy process, forming an arch structure of the melody. It is characterized by the beat speed, the beat length, the rhythm of stress distance far, but the composer use of harmony, polyphony and music on the way, not only did not make such a rhythm of the music is tedious, but enhanced music cohesion, Music in the concentration of energy at the same time, deeply touched the listener's…

at this technique. His work was reproduced in books spreading this technique across Europe. At this time, northern Europeans also created innovative music techniques. Prior to the Renaissance music was monophonic. Northern Europeans began to use polyphony which allowed for much more complexity in music. The New Devotion, extended from German Gerard Groote, was an attempt at spiritual reform whose followers became known as the Brethren of the Common Life. Eventually the Brethren would open…

very much so a Renaissance piece, it was made in 1562 towards the latter end of the Renaissance period, but still very much before the end which around 1600, the piece had four or more melodic fragments performed simultaneously, which is known as Polyphony, a staple of the Renaissance period. Throughout the piece there are no instruments, it is strictly acapella, the voice types used in the song include SATB (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass). This mass was sung at Papal coronations until 1963…

instruments would play a melody in response. There is a decrescendo about halfway through, and the piccolo comes in quietly playing the high-pitched melody. Soon the piece has a crescendo and the instruments go from playing a monophonic texture to polyphony. There is a sudden but final sounding cadence created by the percussion at the end. The major mode and conjunct melody, in addition to the switches in dynamics and texture, causes a scurrying lighthearted feeling for the piece.…

Being though the space was there it created a wide dragging and high pitch texture throughout the piece. the polyphony was in a two note accompany. The piece volume was at a dynamic that was soft reasonable on the calm. In my own opinion i can see this piece being played at a ballet recital. The ballet dancer will be moving o so smoothly, following the pace of the…