Pierrot

‘’Benedicta’’ had the singers communicate with each other and us (the audience). In the third set moved from the Renaissance to our time with the composer Nico Muhly. The interpretation of ' 'Three Moon Songs ' ' was based on poetry from Albert Giraud ' 'Pierrot Lunaire ' '. The principal, "Harlequin," exhibited beguiling soprano lines over rehashed designs making utilization of dissonance and humor was dependably musically understandable. At that point, "Moondrunk," which had a strong solo…

History of Western Music Final Essay The History of Western Music, the idea of western music’s history in its entirety is an immensely broad subject that has captured the attention of many. Music has changed a lot in the past couple millennia and I will argue that that often the changes that occur, are a response to previous ideas and musical norms. Also, taking note that the changes come with the culture at the time and the culture from the previous time. So let us briskly walk from the…

Through is use of violence, suspense and surprises, the thriller has long been one of the most popular genres in film. Since the father of the thriller, Alfred Hitchcock, released Psycho, thrillers have captivated audiences with the combination of suspense and anxiety. Austrian-born director Michael Haneke, takes the central ideas of thrillers and places his own twists and style in his film to create his own unique brand of thriller. This is very evident in this 2002 movie, Caché. Despite…

This piece is not about or for something, so according to Coomaraswamy it has no real purpose (Coomaraswamy 90). Pierrot Lunaire by Scheonburg was written after his rejection of forms and logic, and shows the speech singing style of Sprechstimme. This piece is composed for flute, clarinet, piano, and voice. Is it for or about something? Nothing except for a rejection…

Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider (1969) established the cornerstone of a new perspective of the West in the countercultural context. As John Ford used the literature for some of his productions, the counterculture gets some influences from the beat generation with authors and works such as Jack Kerouac's On the Road (1957). The counterculture’s cultural products share the same fascination for the movement and express a general dissatisfaction towards the traditional community values. This new…

In 1912, Arnold Schöenberg used Sprechstimme in Pierrot Lunaire, a set of poems that the vocalist shifts between singing and speaking. Like in speech, the vocal speed fluctuates from rapid to slow and the vocalist’s voice slides between notes. The “human but not quite human” sounds create an eerie mood…

Atonement is a novel written by Ian McEwan and first published in 2001. Atonement might be considered an historical novel since most part of the book is set in England and in France before, during and after World War II, but it is most often considered a metafiction novel. Many events of Atonement are related to events that really happened during World War II: fought between 1939 and 1945, the Second World War has been certainly the most terrible war to be fought in history and the number of…

acrobatic dance. At the age of 18 years old, Bruce was accepted into the Rambert School Academy of dance where he emerged as one of the company’s leading male dancers. Bruce was the lead dancer in Nijinsky’s L’apres-midi d’un faune and in Tetley’s Pierrot Lunaire, where his last role as a leading dancer was for the London Festival Ballet at the age of 43 years old. The Rambert School Academy influenced Bruce’s choreographic style. This academy encouraged Bruce to experiment with various…

era takes place between 1900-present day. In the early modern era music had a new rhythmic complexity, melody and harmony. These changes include changing meters within a song or measure and polyrhythm patterns in music. Composer Arnold Schoenburg’s Pierrot lunaire consists of very fast sounds, with harsh dissonant harmonies. Another Modern era composition is Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring which has a complex polyphony form and Russian folk-song melodies. This is the last period of Western…

Forrest Gump is a film that defies the conventions of filmmaking, and in that sense it is difficult to do a typical analysis of the film. It’s not so much that the film is overly complicated or that reality is always in question or any art house tricks of that kind; it’s just that Gump doesn’t really follow any rules. We begin with the most obvious: the plot. This is a film that should have redefined the biopic. It is completely about the life and times of Forrest, the protagonist, in fact…