Hamilton’s research found that students in the United States and members of a remote Cambodian hill tribe express emotions through music and movement in nearly the same way. Both the students and the people from the Cambodian Kreung tribe were asked to manipulate five slider bars to change the characteristics of an animated character representing bouncy ball and make it look peaceful, scared, happy, sad or angry (Fig 2). Fig 2. Paradigm. Participants manipulated five slider bars corresponding to five dynamic features to create either animations or musical clips that expressed different emotions. (Source: National Academy of Sciences 2013)
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100 (1851) composed by Franz Liszt is the sixth in the cycle of thirteen symphonic poems written during his time in Weimar. The composition was inspired by the tale of Ivan Mazeppa. During his studies in Paris, Franz Liszt became familiar with the works of Victor Hugo and Lord Byron, both of whom wrote poems inspired by the legend of Ivan Mazeppa. There were many attractions for the composer it that story, such as human suffering, disaster and triumph (Godfrey 2014), which he could recreate with music. Mazeppa, who was born in Lithuania in 1639 was of noble birth, and according to the legend, he had a love affair with a married Polish princess. As a punishment, he was tied naked to a wild horse that was set free to run in the wilderness. The horse ended up in Ukraine, where Mazeppa is rescued by the Cossacks, who made him their Hetman, the person of highest military rank in the country. In the first movement of his symphonic poem, Liszt describes the journey of Ivan through the vast steppes. The main theme is played by the string section, which disturbed and changed by the timpani beats, probably to suggest the falling of the horse. Liszt also uses some musical themes similar to the traditional songs of the Cossacks, which are especially pronounced at the time when the Cossacks are supposed to appear it the story. Liszt indicates the glorious end with a musical composition similar to a celebratory army
One half of the participants in the study, from both Cambodia and America, could use the slider bars …show more content…
100 (1851) composed by Franz Liszt is the sixth in the cycle of thirteen symphonic poems written during his time in Weimar. The composition was inspired by the tale of Ivan Mazeppa. During his studies in Paris, Franz Liszt became familiar with the works of Victor Hugo and Lord Byron, both of whom wrote poems inspired by the legend of Ivan Mazeppa. There were many attractions for the composer it that story, such as human suffering, disaster and triumph (Godfrey 2014), which he could recreate with music. Mazeppa, who was born in Lithuania in 1639 was of noble birth, and according to the legend, he had a love affair with a married Polish princess. As a punishment, he was tied naked to a wild horse that was set free to run in the wilderness. The horse ended up in Ukraine, where Mazeppa is rescued by the Cossacks, who made him their Hetman, the person of highest military rank in the country. In the first movement of his symphonic poem, Liszt describes the journey of Ivan through the vast steppes. The main theme is played by the string section, which disturbed and changed by the timpani beats, probably to suggest the falling of the horse. Liszt also uses some musical themes similar to the traditional songs of the Cossacks, which are especially pronounced at the time when the Cossacks are supposed to appear it the story. Liszt indicates the glorious end with a musical composition similar to a celebratory army