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CORE 105 Aesthetics: The Artistic Impulse Study Guide Chapter Four: Music and Opera CLASSICAL FORMS • List and describe in complete detail the classical forms listed in Chapter Four for classical vocal music? List examples from the text (composers and works). 1. The first classical form of classical vocal music is mass. It is a sacred choral composition consisting of five sections: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei. These form parts of the mass ordinary- the Roman Catholic church…

Final Research Paper: Os Mutantes and Tropicália By: Christie Alexander In Brazil, on April 1, 1964, the Armed Forces, backed by the United States, overthrew the Brazilian President João Goulart. Goulart was a member of the Brazilian Labour Party. The 1964 Brazilian coup d’état put Brazil under the control of a military regime until 1985. This event sparked a musical movement in Brazil known as Tropicália. Also known as Tropicalismo, this movement was not only about music in Brazil but theater,…

Haile Gerima, born in Gondar, Ethiopia in 1946, is a professor at Howard University, a historically black college in Washington, D.C. The fourth of ten children, he moved to the United States in 1967. His father was a writer and his mother a teacher. He performed in his father’s theater troupe, “which presented original and often historical drama, always submerged in the genuine culture of Ethiopia.” Is genuine synonymous with authentic? Unlike authenticity, genuineness rests outside of…

modern architecture building and the row of tents are combined into one scene. Soldiers, young and old are shown spraying each other with water as well as participating in activities. During one scene, the men are shown to be playing with the snare drums as they stand in a line which seems like it is infinity of people. Other than that, Leni…

At the beginning of this paper and before we go into deep details, I will go into some of the headnotes that give the reader sort of good view of the Dakota tribe. Essentially, the word Dakota means ally in their language, which is the Dakota Sioux language. The Dakota people are a Native American tribe located in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South Dakota and North Dakota. The Dakota people are First Nations band government in North America and the largest division of the Siouan family. The Dakota…

Introduction According to Kolb, “Music is considered by some to be a language system – a language with powerful appeal” (Curtis, 2007, p.13). This beautiful and powerful language can be beneficial to all students in a variety of ways. Through the years, teachers have utilized music to both instruct and calm students. Particularly in the inclusive classroom, music can be used to alter mood and assess emotional problems. Through collaborating with all personnel, educators can learn how to meet…

suggests that the tranquil ferry will get lost into the blindness of the city lights, symbolising how an individual can have a challenging life, but leading to a better outcome. The simile used in the poem, “a sound like touches of the brush on a snare drum,” supports the fact that the movement into adulthood is gentle, on the contrast it is also hesitant which portrays challenges along the way of maturity. In summary, through the preceding examples given in the text, the themes explored…

Symphonie Fantastique (1830) – Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique is said to be the most significant work of French Romantic composer Hector Berlioz, written in 1830. Berlioz, born December 1803, was no child prodigy, not studying music until age 12, however in 1924 he abandoned his Parisian medical studies to peruse his compositional career. Symphonie Fantastique differs from the previous symphonies of Berlioz, as this follows a narrative through the music, therefore making it an early…

Music is something we all enjoy and love listening to. It has shaped this country and the world as we know it. It is important we take a step back and examine how music of all types makes us feel. Histoire du Tango is a piece written for flute and guitar by Astor Piazolla (1921-1992). This piece of of music is very wonderful to listen to. The genre is classic tango but has hints of modernism with the way the composer wrote the piece. Piazolla is a big fan of using the guitar to play a rhythm…

new shiny penny. Waiting to face my opponent, I bent over did a small prayer then looked up at him with the look of hate engraved in both of our eyes. I looked at him, and I could hear nothing but the sound of my own heart pounding as loud as a snare drum, as I squatted down shook his hot but yet clammy hand. The referee blew the whistle and we lock up, standing up but our heads are together like two male deer, locking up horns, trying to impress a doe. I broke the tie as I swung my arm in the…