Symphony No. 94

To explain the thematic function in the music, Beethoven symphony no.5, no.9 and Beriloz symphonie fantastique show the detail explanations. The thematic recall has structure functions in Beethoven symphony no.5 because it works as structural marker. The thematic recall happened in 4th mvt of no.5. In the development section of 4th mvt, the scherzo theme from 3rd mvt comes back. While…

THE MORNING RAGA (VARIOUS THEMES) - BY DHANANJAY ARORA “The Morning Raga” is a film based on the play written by Mahesh Datani. This story basically revolves around music. In this story there are two best friends Swarnlata who is a Carnatic singer and Vaishnavi is shown as a violinist. On getting an opportunity of singing in the concert Swarnlata dominates Vaishnavi on accompanying her with their children. On the way their bus met with an accident with the car on the bridge of their village and…

The article The Importance of Music Education written by Alexis Kalivretenos, a trumpet player with a Bachelors Degree in music education from the University of Maryland, is a compelling article that argues the importance of keeping music in the core curriculum of education systems across the nation. Kalivertenos uses a combination of ethos pathos and logos to argue that music should not only be kept in the curriculum but actually benefits the other subjects in the curriculum. Kalivertenos…

Paper #1 The two songs that I picked were A River Flows in You by Yiruma and Come on Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners. A River Flows in You was released in 2011 by a South Korean pianist and composer. The genre is New age, which is a soothing and relaxing. The next song Come on Eileen was released in 1982 and came from the album Too-Rye-Ay. The genre is a mixture of alternative and indie. Both A River Flows in You and Come on Eileen have identifiable elements of music that are found throughout…

The topic I chose for my science fair project is: Which Saxophone Reeds are the Loudest? I chose this project because my cousin did this project a couple years ago and it inspired me to try for myself. I did not ever hear his final result about which reeds ended up being the loudest. I did hear some of the different materials and strengths of the reeds that he used and I chose more strengths of reeds than he did. There are three important facts about reeds. First, reeds can be altered as…

conducted by Mueller shows that fifteen composers – Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvoark, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Schumann, R. Strauss, Berlioz, and Wagner account for a large percentage of the programming of a symphony orchestra. Moreover, only six composers from the twentieth century, including Ravel, Stravinsky, Respighi, Bartok, Prokofiev and Shostakovich, are categorized as contemporary work in the repertory (Gilmore, 1993). However, they are not real…

Born April 23, 1891 in Russia, Sergey Prokofiev became one of the best composers of the 20th century. He was an only child who lived a privileged life. His mom taught him piano at the age of three while his father taught him chess. When he turned five years old his mother furthered his passion in music by helping him write his first piano composition, ‘Indian Gallop’. When Prokofiev was nine years old, he wrote, ‘The Giant.’ At age 13 he went on to study at St. Petersburg Conservatory where he…

George Frideric Handel was born February 23, 1685, in Halle, Brandenburg [Germany], and died April 14, 1759, London, England. He was a German-born English composer of the late Baroque era, know particularly for his operas, oratorios, and instrumental compositions. He wrote the most famous of all oratorios, Messiah (1741), and is also known for such occasional pieces as Water Music (1717) and Music for the Royal Fireworks (1749). First of all, George Frideric Handel was son of Georg and Dorothea…

genre, he composed only four symphonies in his life. Further, Brahms completed the symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, called “Ludwig van Beethoven’s tenth symphony” during around twentieth years from sketches since 1855. In the regard, the compositional process of the first symphony includes a long and mysterious history because of self-critical fastidiousness to make himself destroy his early works. On the other hand, there is an another mystery regarding his symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73.…

On Tuesday, April 19th, The New York Woodwind Quintet performed at the University of Idaho. The members of quintet consisted of flutist Carol Wincenc, oboist Stephen Taylor, clarinetist Charles Neidich, bassoonist Marc Goldberg, and hornist Willian Purvis. The quintet is entering its seventh decade with the members who are dedicated to both chamber music and are individual soloists, while also teaching and mentoring woodwind performers. Purvis and Neidich also transcribe and compose arrangements…