Clarinet

their sound imitation can vividly be heard in every movement of the Quartet for the End of Time. He intensifies this further by adding continuous grace notes to the clarinet part, which can be interpreted as if a bird was skipping around. Similarly, the same idea can also be detected in the first movement where Messiaen gives the clarinet a leading role and chooses to integrate numerous grace…

Richard Wagner was one of the most influential, if not controversial composers of his time. Born in Germany on May 22, 1813, Wagner grew up writing musical compositions and dramas from the age of eleven. He had such high of a confidence that it would be overbearing to others that he met. It is uncertain who Wagner’s father was. He could either be the “son of police actuary Friedrich Wagner” who passed away when Richard was an infant or he could be the son of Ludwig Geyer. Geyer was a painter,…

of all instruments. The rhythm then goes wild with several brass instruments playing and drums beating in heavy bursts. This passage was intended to represent the characters running about in chaotic-like panic. Tempo slows down with the flute and clarinet, creating a break from the excitement. The intention of this is to leave the listener with a sense emptiness, perhaps as if being left alone after all have left. A folk song again is played with violas in a slow rhythm and then starting with a…

needed help with them playing their music or just practicing with that student. For example in the beginning of the movie, Mr. Holland was helping a girl named Ms. Lang in her classroom that needed help playing a tone her clarinet. At some part she wanted to quit playing the clarinet but Mr. Holland told her how to play the tone and she played the tone correctly…

pace/mood. Greene’s trombone's extended pitches open “We Control the Horizontal”. He soon gets the company of Jones’ bass before the tune adopts the characteristics of a whimsical march. The bandleader, dominating through breathless attacks on bass clarinet, has the responsive percussion from Altschul underneath, impeccable in his rhythmic incursions. The last third feels like a bizarre carnival parade whose mood shifts to playful in the conclusive two minutes. The marching pace described above…

I decided to pick up my sister’s clarinet and start playing. I quickly learned new notes and discovered how similar the clarinet is to the saxophone. I could soon play short songs on this brand new instrument. In my house, we have a piano, yet we barely use it. I picked up a bit of that by fingering through some basic songs. I know…

music, to joining my elementary school choir in third grade, to moving to the middle school choir and joining band, learning my first instrument, moving up and getting better, meeting people, all up to now. Part of the school’s band program as a bass clarinet, pushing myself everyday to get better, and to overall be better. I joined my school’s choir program in sixth grade knowing that that’s what I wanted to do, considering I had already been part of a choir since third grade. I signed up for…

Throughout all the bloodshed that showed much significance in Western Civilization, who would have ever thought a single man could influence the world through the art of a simple melody. An Australian composer who went by the name Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was just the man to take upon this spot in history. Born in Salzburg, Austria, January 27, 1756, Mozart was known as a child prodigy because he was able to master all arks of music beginning at the age of three. These consist of the following…

hobbies and inspiring goals. Just a few of her many hobbies include high school band, color guard, and working. While in the high school band, Sidney got to play clarinet and perform many concerts all year round. She played for a total of seven years and was able to be apart of the best band group at the school. Not only could she play the clarinet, but she could also spin a huge flag with such grace when she was apart of the color guard. During football season she and her color guard squad…

Scheherazade’s story, intensifies as dynamics grow louder and pitch climb higher. The story transitions to 3:17, with a calmer, gentler shift with the clarinets and flutes and a cello solo. This marks Sinbad in discovering a new area after the tumultuous tides. The horn takes over the melody, playing an interlude between the flute, oboe, and clarinet, all in a relatively quiet dynamic. However, the story must go on as Scheherazade’s voice is spoken once again at 4:07, this time in a more…