Melody

one of the most unique performing arts due to the way it has evolved. Styles and melodies considered unfit in one era are displayed prominently in another. This concert…

by George Gershwin. It had a fast tempo, and in some parts this made it sound like a march. The dynamics of this piece used contrast to draw my attention to certain instrument sections or melodies. Before an…

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 louder toward the middle of the song. The harmony is tonal. The tone color is bright and…

The piece “Weep you no more” from Seven Elizabethan Songs, Op. 12 by Roger Quilter is from the Elizabethan era. Roger Quilter was an English composer and came from a wealthy family. The lyrics of the song come from a poem of an unknown source. Without a known author, the poem is left up to the interpretation of the performer. The poem has a certain rhythm when performed, and that rhythm is transferred into the rhythmic pattern of the lyrics. There are multiple metaphors which can be found in…

consists of a repeated eight-bar melody, followed by an eight-bar bridge and a final eight-bar return to the melody. The AAA form is typical of popular songs of the time, such as Black Bottom Stomp. This song was classified as a Jazz standard because The "A" section uses conventional chord progressions including ii-V-I turnaround in the home key of Db. However, the bridge is highly unusual in its tonal center shifts. It has been described as "a bridge like no other". The melody very slowly and…

While cheerful and bright melodies are used to represent Mozart’s early years in his short lives, the prelude of the opera “Don Giovanni” composed by Mozart after the death of Leopold Mozart – Mozart’s father – indicates the relationship between Mozart and Leopold and shows the process how Salieri set his scheme foreshadowing the death of Mozart. First of all, the opera “Don Giovanni” suggests the abnormal relationship between Mozart and his father. In the film, Mozart is illustrated as a…

the change brought upon the people. The song “Rise Up” by Andra Day sends a message to rise above. In the film and the song, change is pinpointed; rising above it through lyrics and the workers not giving up, the tempo in both increasing and the melody moving up and down in the media. Reggio’s film begins with slow motion video of workers struggling, working hard and not giving up. The lyrics in the song begin “You're broken down and tired, of living life on a merry-go-round, and you can't…

key shifting from major to minor. The second soloist sings in a lower register and saddened tones. Todd’s warning “You will learn,” is followed by two rising notes of hope, only to fall back down again with two notes of sorrow. A woman enters, her melody is chromatically inflected, and follows a downward spiral. After she is given money the music changes, thick tones of brass enter, the tempo of her lyrics increase and her words become agitated. They swirl around, quickly returning…

Trio in D Major, Joseph Haydn The concert started with a piece by Haydn that began with the piano playing the melody and then developed into a conversation between the piano and violin. The piece was in a four movement form, like the pieces by Haydn that we listened to during class. The second movement changes from D major into D minor and with the cello and violin playing the melody together and the piano in the background. In the middle of Andantino piu tosto allegretto, the second…

Chopin's Prelude Op. 28 No. 2 is a haunting moment in the film Autumn Sonata. Its disjointedness and somber melody matches Eva and Charlotte's complex relationship. Charlotte's interpretation further provides insight into her narcissistic anxiety and fear of being powerless through her explanation of Chopin's manliness and how he conceals its pain, and by how the pianist must take control of this pain in order to emerge triumphant in the song. By admitting to the “almost ugly” sound of the piece…