Flute

horns, bassoons, and strings horns indicates a melodic-harmonic segment in the Viennese folklore spirit. The section is taken over by the solo violin and transposed into an imitative style. The chromatic accompaniment of the cellos, the oboe, and the flute leaps over major and minor thirds, with melodic fragments in the same Viennese spirit. Every change in the dynamics or the tempo specifying the interpretative expression of the instruments are marked in the score concisely; the changes in…

Is it possible to recreate a historical event through music? Daniel Bukvich attempts this very feat in his piece Symphony No.1(In Memoriam, Dresden, 1945). This piece of music has been the topic of many discussions in the musical world, and I’m sure that it would be a hot topic in the philosophy world as well. In particular, I think that Aristotle and Leo Tolstoy would have a lot to say about this piece. Aristotle’s definition of art focuses on humans’ ability to mimic real life and create a…

don't embrace my successes as much as people would imagine. It's not that I am ashamed, I just value my moments of success on my own because no one will cherish them as much as I will. As a four year member of the school band, and being a competitive flute player, I have encountered multiple successes by being a 4 year member of the Honors Wind Ensemble, maintaining the 1st chair status for 6 years straight, earning superior ratings at Solo and Ensemble, and earning a spot in the All Region…

Instruments were definitely getting closer to those we have today. They used keyboard instruments such as the organ and harpsichord, and orchestral instruments like the oboe, violin, trumpet, and flute. The rhythm had a strong repeating beat with an energy about it. Harmonies were in major-minor keys. Cellos or bassoons were responsible for the bass line and the organ or harpsichord would fill in the gaps where chords should be. In contrast with…

It is very difficult to know exactly what life was like for the Ancient Romans’ daily life. Few events were recorded, mostly important ones, and even those were dramatized for the reader’s enjoyment. Fortunately, these ancient civilizations kept some records of their daily transactions, such as loans, bills, contracts, and receipts, as well as a few letters. These records, which were made on one of the first writing surfaces, papyrus, have been excavated from sites in Egypt, where they have been…

observing Dr. Silveira conduct and lead the IC Concert Band in rehearsal today. Dr. Silveira led a very efficient rehearsal that resulted in a lot of playing by the ensemble, and significant improvement. At the beginning of the rehearsal, I noticed that flutes, clarinets and saxophones were there. I discovered later that this was because they were given sectional time while Dr. Silveira worked with the rest of the ensemble for a portion of the rehearsal. This allowed him to give more…

dies. This shows that everything is happy and fun. When Sparky dies, dark, gloomy music was playing making everything sad. In Vincent, there was examples of diegetic and nondiegetic sound. An example of Diegetic sound is when Vincent is playing the flute. In the short film, Burton uses this to show the normal side of Vincent. When the organ was playing in the background and Vincent changed personalities, that was an example of non diegetic sound. Burton uses this to show the dark side of…

Round 3: Obscure Sports 1. In the sport of wife-carrying, a male contestant carries a wife, either his own, his neighbors, or one found further afield, over a 270 yard (250 meter) obstacle course. What country originated this particular athletic frolic? a) Sweden b) Denmark c) Norway d) Finland 2. When J. K. Rowlings invented the sport of Quidditch, she intended a delightful fantasy sport wherein wizards zoom about the playing field on flying broomsticks. However, a few Harry Potter…

Although most people would assume that since Christianity is a very popular and well supported religion that they would have a greater impacting role on the forms of art produced during the crusades. However, despite Christianity’s current popularity, Islamic beliefs had greater influence the arts during the crusades. When Islam made contact with Europe, they influenced numerous aspects of the European culture especially a few types of art. Some of the gifts the Muslims brought were new…

Hip hop is a cultural movement that began its journey during the early 1970s, among African American young children’s residing in the South Bronx in New York City. Afterwards, became popular outside of the African American community in the late 1980s and by the 2010s it became the most listened-to musical genre in the entire world. Furthermore, it consists of four fundamental elements, which represent the different manifestations of the culture: rap, turntablism, b-boying, and lastly graffiti…