Melody

violins, one viola, and a cello played Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet, Op. 76, No.3 (Emperor), II in quadruple meter and in the form of one homophonic theme with four polyphonic variations. The theme is introduced by the entire quartet in an conjunct melody that has three unique phrases. The first phrase, “A”, is the first to be introduced and repeated a second time, “A-A”. Phrase “A” moves smoothly from mid to high in ascending and descending conjunct intervals and is repeated. A second unique…

released this past October, Dream Catcher embodies the heart developed through Ferrara's travels. The Los Angeles native and her 6-track bliss, becomes a stance on wishful thinking, and as Ferrara states, "following your dreams." Paired with loving melodies and beautiful harmonizing, Ferrara creates a warmth at the end of each listen, which is just what one needs as the days get colder. Ferrara has always been a memorable voice, recalling her cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams," with Lucy…

cold October afternoon, listening for the animals in the woods. They always seemed to be my comfort. I would find myself trying to intimidate a beautiful melody I once heard from my grandma, and the animals would rustle along the fields beside me. Their footsteps on the crunchy grass somehow made me feel more comfortable. I would whistle the melody, and pretend I was on a huge Broadway stage with a standing ovation. I was never a great singer, I wasn't even good actually, but it was the only way…

In 1974, Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters performed live in Germany. Pianist Herbie Hancock was accompanied by Bennie Maupin on saxophone, Paul Jackson on electric bass, Mike Clark on drums, and Bill Summer on percussion. The group performed a total of 5 songs including “Palm Grease”, “Sly”, “Butterfly”, “Spank A Lee”, and “Chameleon”. The second track performed in the concert is “Sly” and runs for ten minutes. The song begins with saxophonist Bennie Maupin playing while the rest of the group…

upbringings of Amory’s childhood are played in the Exposition of the Sonata, where these themes recur throughout the novel and alternate corresponding to the direction of the melody. Evidently, the tradition Beatrice educated Amory provide an exclusive bass, the fundamental base in which he builds on and acts accordingly to. He bears the melody triumphantly as he tries out for the football team, in attempt to enter into a fantastic chorus as the Big Man; consequently, he opens his eyes to find…

choral works which were, as Julian Budden wrote, “the epitome of Romantic drama and passion.” Unlike German leading Richard Wagner with his highly chromatic melodies and harmonic settings, Verdi liked to portray characters, emotions, and scenarios with relatively simple musical language, such as rounded binary form and easily memorable melodies, creating an accessible geniality for his audiences. Luisa Miller was conceived in 1844, accomplished by the end of September in 1849, and premiered…

The rest of the Fig. 17 is a call and response between Clarinet and Flute. This theme has showed the classic enthusiasm of Russian with sweet and tender melody. (Zi, 2001, p. 94) Fig.17 Score Fig. 17 Bar 1-6 At Score Fig. 18, piano and the orchestra has switched their role of leading and accompanying, as this time piano is leading the melody while the orchestra is playing the accompaniment with clarinet and violin playing the…

generally intersecting at right angles with the “notes” represented by the man. He is the subject of the piece as the notes create the melody of the music. The other musical idea captured by the lines is the actual melody. In music, there is always a background and a melody. The background, especially in Jazz and Blues music, is very straightforward and rhythmic while the melody lays over the tops and creates shape and form through note changes, crescendos, decrescendos, and changes in…

The Romantic period is in the 1820s to the 1900s, the music written in that period are artistic and literary. Some famous composers are Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Schumann. ‘Vltava’is a piece composed by Bedrich Smetana in the Romantic Period for symphony orchestra. This piece has 6 movements and it describes the flow of water that runs through Czechoslovakia and Prague from day to night. It contains a lot of emotions and it is one of the most famous nationalism work. Fig. 1: It shows all the…

(“flowing and songlike”), and Allegretto grazioso (“moderately fast and graceful”). Lee began playing this piece with a much more lighthearted approach compared to the second piece but it did not start off as intense as the opening composition. The melody was played by both hands most of the piece and there were not many chords of multiple notes but more light quick single notes played in quick succession climbing up or down the range of the piano. This first section of the last composition was…