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Though they are both very different, the songs “Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Swede and “A Quick Exit” by Darren Mitchell can be broken down into their musical elements and easily compared. The elements that are most apparent in these two songs are rhythm, melody, harmony, and dynamics. Both pieces use these same elements, but in different ways, which produce the different songs that we hear. Also since these songs are different genres, there will be distinct differences between how they convey…

First Selection: -Symphony No. 1 (“ Classical”), first movement- Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) First Hearing: Happy, Calm Second Hearing: Prokofiev wanted to create a kind of the homage for the composers of the Classical era. I really like the sound of this song. It put me in a happy, calm mood. Third Hearing: The pitch starts off low. The melody is disjunct. The rhythm is duple meter. The tempo is a steadfast. The dynamic is widely varying levels at the beginning of the song. It increases…

Music Description Langsam . Schleppend (Slowly, dragging) The first movement was in modified sonata form and started off with strings playing harmonics creating a ghostly scene and then the woodwinds play a rhythm pattern. As the piece goes on, it is obvious that Mahler is trying to recreate a nature scene in his first movement. To match the dark setting that started the movement is little bits of music that poke out. An example would be, throughout the sluggish melody an awaking would call…

Softly and slowly, a single clarinet is playing the main theme. The piece then gradually builds in volume, from one clarinet to two, and from the two clarinets to the entire string division. It then abruptly changes to a fast theme, the violinists playing the melody and the cellists plucking the accompaniment. At the end of a short upward scale, the piano comes in hot and heavy. And then I jump and gasp for air. My parents and I are on a road trip to New England, and the first day of driving…

Formally, the first movement of the Quintet is of considerable interest. The interest is generated not by a problem in determining the overall form, for that is clearly sonata form. Rather, it is in determining the exact location of the main sections and subsections within the sonata form. The sections which will most concern our discussion are the introductions, the exposition and the developmental section. I say introductions as plural as it appears actually be two sections of music. These two…

“Poker Face”: A Pop Song in Sonata Form To think that popular music can be compared with classical forms from the 18th and 19th centuries is fascinating, as it shows that music builds on itself in the form of history. Great composers such as Mozart, Bach, Haydn, Beethoven and others catalyzed the emergence and development of the sonata form in the classical period, giving future composers a foundation for writing music. Therefore, it is interesting to analyze the roots of popular music, and…

Sonata No. 23, Op. 57 (Appassionata) Ludwig Van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 –1827) was a crucial character in the period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western music. He was also one of the most influential composers in the music history. Beethoven was born in a musical family. His alcoholic father was his first music teacher and later he was sent to Vienna to study under various teachers including Mozart and Hayden. In about 1800,…

In the first movement of his Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra Op. 31, Gerald Finzi utilizes downward bass motion, disagreeing key areas, and ambiguous cadences for the purpose of establishing a sense of wandering and despair. Much like other well-known British composers of mid-twentieth century, Gerald Finzi’s music takes advantage of dissonant and dense orchestration, as well as reflections upon political turmoil and personal ailment of the period. During World War II, Finzi became…

Haydn’s “Baby-Stage” Sonata When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart focused on opera composition and Ludwig von Beethoven experimented innovations in various musical forms, Joseph Haydn was greatly responsible for the invention and refinement of sonata form in the classical period . His earliest sonatas, dedicated to Prince Nikolaus Esterházy, feature galant style, and reveal Haydn’s growth as a composer in his early years. Among these pieces, Haydn piano sonata in F major, Hob. XVI: 23 shows a very solid…

the nobility and the church to the middle class. The classical music period contained contrasting moods with rhythmic variety. The classical period was homophonic in texture. The three main forms in the classical period are sonata form, theme and variations, and rondo. Sonata form is single movements that consist of three parts; the exposition, the development, the recapitulation, and the ending concluding section called the coda. In the exposition the themes are present, then in the…