Igor Stravinsky

Modris Eksteins, who was born in Latvia and immigrated to Canada as a young child with his parents and sister in the 1950s, published the Rites of Spring: The Great War and Birth of the Modern Age in 1989 and the work has since been named one of the best one hundred books published in Canada by The Literary Review of Canada. Just by reading the title the audience is becomes aware that the book is about the First World War. Even without opening the book some may be able to infer that Eksteins…

For my masterwork I’ve settled on studying the life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. I’ve chosen him due to how legendary Mozart has been to the musical industry, and how ridiculous of lifestyle he lived. I will be covering Mozart’s life, and analyzing his composition Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, first movement. Mozart’s work was inspiring and his influences can be traced back into other musical timer periods after the classical period. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, or better known as just Mozart…

Ever since there has been life on earth, art and music have played in important role in our society. Throughout history, music as well as art, has been an indicator of what the mindset was from many cultures. Starting in the late nineteenth century, we can start to see a different style of art emerge, which was the modern era. This era introduced many styles such as impressionism, expressionism, symbolism, and pop art, to name a few. Like any new concept or idea, this was an exciting time for…

Analysis of Excerpts of Representative Composers As mentioned earlier in this chapter, polymodality can be traced back to the baroque period. Figure 1.3 shows an excerpt of J. S. Bach’s Four Duets No. 2 BWV 303, measures 43-46. This is an example of contrapuntal writing, where Bach creates a canon a perfect fourth lower from the top voice. The upper melody is composed in a D melodic minor scale, and the lower voice is written in A melodic minor. Mosco Carner states that “Bach in contrast to…

The aesthetic approach suggests music is understandable by all humans and there is no in-depth training required to understand the inherent human qualities of music. In line with this, Alcodia (2012) stated that one does not need to be a music major in order to teach music and movement to young children. She strongly emphasized that teachers should keep themselves abreast to be familiarized with the modern approaches in teaching music. The paraxial approach emphasizes that humans must be engaged…

'Eliot was a great magician of words as well as the exceptionally key manager of the language. ' – Igor Stravinsky depicts T.S Eliot 's written work expertise as he draws on not just his ability to transform and reshape the meaning of words, yet to implement them and his new challenged way of deduction into innovators society. The notion of romanticism from the past is transformed into new innovator philosophies as the utilization of language and style emphasis Eliot 's crisp expression of…

George Balanchine is recognized worldwide for his virtuosic, neoclassical ballets. Balanchine has been claimed as the father of American ballet, due to his prominent contributions to the twentieth century ballet culture. From the almost hundred ballets he created throughout his career, I believe “Jewels”, which premiered in 1967 at the New York City Ballet, New York State Theatre, to be one of his most stunning works. Jewels is a full evening length performance, consisting of three acts. Each…

István Várdai and Julien Quentin performed at the Auditorium at Scripps Ranch in La Jolla. The La Jolla Music Society commissioned the performance as part of their Discovery Series. The stage, with hardwood floors and a geometric background, provided the appropriate backdrop for the grand piano and the mesmerizing cello. From the second row, the skill and expertise of the artists was evident. The audience member could sense the dedication and time the artists put into their work, and could…

In my research I was interested in the creative collaborations of Merce Cunningham. One could expect for a collaboration to be an intimate process between composers, designers, and choreographers and you could expect for Merce experience to be the same do to his exposure in Martha Graham’s company. In Martha Graham’s company, Cunningham was exposed to dance, sets, narrative and lighting being interdependent, but Cunningham decided to take the opposite approach in his work. He abandoned the…

Good Afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. When Ann Badmus contacted me to ask whether I’d be willing to speak at this year’s Immigrant Journey Awards luncheon I accepted immediately because her husband and I shared a common past. We were both graduate students at the University of Delaware starting a journey that is taken by many immigrants following the path of higher education to a better future. At that time, though, I did not know that I would be staying on in the U.S. – my goal was to get a…