The Byrds

ANGELO IZZO BASIC CONDUCTING FINAL EXAM “LINCOLNSHIRE POSY, HARKSTOW GRANGE” PERCY GRAINGER: BIOGRAPHY - PERCY GRAINGER, BORN IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA IN JULY 8TH 1882, WAS A GIFTED PIANIST AS A CHILD. - AFTER STUDYING A YEAR IN FRANKFURT, HE BECAME KNOWN AS A PRODIGY. - AFTER ATTENDING A SEMINAR ON FOLK MUSIC, GRAINGER BEGAN COLLECTING FOLK SONGS AND NOTATING THEM DOWN ON SHEET MUSIC. - HE QUICKLY GAINED RECOGNITION FOR REVITALIZING FOLK MUSIC AND GOING AGAINST THE TRADITION OF THE GERMAN GREAT COMPOSERS. SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON PIECE: - LINCOLNSHIRE POSY IS A SIXTEEN-MINUTE PIECE CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE GRAINGER’S MASTERPIECE. - THE ENTIRE PIECE REVOLVES AROUND THE VARIOUS FOLKSONGS THAT GRAINGER HEARD DURING HIS TRIP TO LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND. - THE SECOND MOVEMENT, ENTITLED “HARKSOW GRANGE,” IS BUILT AROUND A REPEATING FOLKSONG MOTIF AND IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE BEST WRITTEN PIECES IN GRAINGER’S REPERTOIRE. SCORE PREPARATION: - KEY CENTERS o THE ENTIRE EXCERPT IS IN THE KEY OF DB MAJOR (BUT ENDS IN A HALF CADENCE ON V - DYNAMIC CONSIDERATIONS o EACH PHRASE BEGINS SOFTLY AND CRESCENDOS THROUGH THE PHRASE o AT THE END OF EACH PHRASE, THERE IS A DIMINUENDO, MARKING THE END OF THE PHRASE - STYLISTIC CONSIDERATIONS o THE EXCERPT IS VERY LEGATO, LIKE A QUASI CHORALE o TEMPO DENOTED IS ABOUT 76. “SLOWLY FLOWING” o MANY RECORDINGS SLOW DOWN AT THE END OF EACH PHRASE o SOME RECORDINGS DON’T CHANGE TEMPO DURING THE EXCERPT—THAT TOOL IS SAVED FOR LATER ON - MUSICAL TERM…

In Richard Byrd’s accounts, the author uses point of view to illustrate a pessimistic future that the author believes is inevitable. The central idea of the text is that the author believes his physical and emotional state are suffering extreme consequences as a result of prolonged isolation from civilization, and because of harsh weather conditions, which are to be expected from a desolate and harsh environment that Antarctica houses. Richard Byrd, according to his accounts, was stationed at…

English Renaissance and one of them was William Byrd. Byrd lived from the year 1539 to July 4, 1623. He developed the English Madrigal and was a student of Composer Thomas Tallis. As their partnership grew in 1575, Queen Elizabeth the first granted them a joint monopoly for importing, printing, publishing, and sale of music. Byrd mainly wrote music for the virginal and organ. He also composed a great deal of church music to English words, most of which has survived only in manuscript. Another…

constituencies. Term limits are a necessary evil that we need to address now. They are evil not in a way that harms the democratic process, rather evil because it would require change and most often people are highly adverted to change. Ironic as it may be, in order to see a change in our government we first need to make a larger change that will prove beneficial in the long run. The longstanding members of Congress that we see today have histories that their consistency and experience seem…

After reading the autobiography, I learned about how Byrd and the crew went on the most fascinating expedition someone could be on. I feel the theme to this would be that you should live life to the fullest because you only live once, never give up on yourself or on others and to never be afraid of what lies out there. One important event that happened in my life , has to be the time that I first went on stage to sing by myself. I always have had stage fright since forever,…

For decades, African Americans were looked down on from their white allies. But on Sunday, March 8th, 1964, when Senator Hubert Humphrey appeared on the NBC news program Meet the Press to discuss the civil rights bill, many African Americans had hope that something was about to change. Since 1937, several Southern senators had prevented eleven civil rights bills from coming up for a vote in the Senate. But now, the civil rights bill had been approved by the House of Representatives and was sent…

England’s premiere Renaissance composer, William Byrd, “lead the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries” (Burkholder, Grout, Palisca 224) well before Purcell and was best known for secular vocal and instrumental music. William Byrd was famous as a religious composer, writing for many church services including both Anglican and Catholic. England’s most prolific composer, William Byrd, was “the first English composer to absorb Continental imitative techniques.” (Burkholder, Grout, Palisca…

“I think Donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate. And, yes, I did. You know what else I prepared for? I prepared to be president.” Hillary Clinton said during the first presidential debate. The election of 2016 will not be forgotten anytime soon. With a surprising turn of events of Donald Trump somehow winning. Millions of American citizens are in anguish with these results. The Best Man by Gore Vidal, November by David Mamet, All the Way by Robert Schenkkan, and Crucible by…

Michael Byrd, my father, is an extraordinary man who has always been the rock of our little family. He has broken his back to provide for all six of his children, and he helps whenever he can to supply what his three grandchildren need. He is the person that all of his children turn to when in need, whether it be for help financially or just some advice. Dad has never turned his back on any of us or not been there when we needed him most. Dad’s entire being revolves around the family dynamic. My…

popular secular music style was the partsong until innovative composers such as Thomas Tallis and William Byrd paved way beyond three- and four-part homophonic pieces. Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 – 1585) and William Byrd (c. 1540 – 1623) were versatile composers who wrote for the Catholic, Anglican, and Puritan churches alike. Tallis, best known for his motets, psalms, and anthems, was favored by Queen Elizabeth I (1533 – 1603) and is responsible for her favoritism toward his pupil, William Byrd, as…