The Key

9 in D major is crucial to understanding and identifying the piece as sonata-rondo form and not simply rondo form; rather than being contained by a single key and theme, it is heavily modulatory and does not seem to have a general theme. Rather, it is absolutely the development section of the piece as a whole. While C beings in B minor, the vi of D major, it modulates to E minor, D major, G major, and A major…

My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was two years old. She went into remission when I was 6 years old and found out that the cancer had metastasized to her lungs when I was 7 years old. At that age, I truly did not understand the severity of her condition nor did I fully comprehend her struggles. All I wanted was to see her delightful smile and to hear her laugh. I had designated myself as her own personal sunshine. I became a pillar of support for her to lean on when she need…

opens up with the quick strumming of the acoustic guitar and later follows the bass pipes and pan pipes. The piece sets with a major key in common time. The disjunct melody gives off a jumpy sound that gives an imagery of gusty winds. This imagery is further emphasized by the allegretto tempo which makes the feel much more…

can be discussed. Composers not always use pizzicato which means that they use it as specific purpose. Through the whole 3rd movement, especially the Minute section, is not matching with the traditional musical structures of String Quartet; even the key setting of trio section is also unusual choice. Despite of this uncommon setting, Ives many try to show his musical idea by using pizzicato to establish the feeling of dance music—enjoyable— in this section (12…

The first piece I will depict is “Eyeglasses Duo”. This a duo played with a viola and a cello, which were performed by James VonValkenburg and Wei Yu. It began with the viola playing energetically, followed by the cello. Throughout this piece, it sounded like the two performers were chasing each other. The piece was played with two movements that have a playful tune. Each of the instruments played the them but the other performer would accompany. In this duo, the second movement is rarely…

Being in a band has let me see some great compositions by Tyler Grant, and Robert Smith. The amount of joy I, and my friends have gotten from playing this music has inspired me to want to compose music. This experience highlights that composing music brings many people joy, helps, and inspires them. As a music composer, one could compose for animation, video games, or movies, to have fun composing while affecting humanity. One profession that involves composing music is an animation score…

but with G#s in the bass, which leads to an A minor chord on beat one of bar ten, instead of C major. This is followed by a chord of F major in bar ten on beat three and a chord of C major in bar eleven on beat one (Teacher Resource Bank, 2013) . The key of C major is not firmly established until bar thirteen with the 1st…

Ellens dritter Gesang is written in strophic form like many other religious songs, repeating the same melody for every verse. This places importance on the lyrics and forces the listener to focus on the text rather than the melody. The melody is nevertheless attractive and simple, thus is easy to sing in church or at a religious gathering. Just like in many religious pieces, the song implements plagal cadences to create a greater effect of holiness and righteousness (Audio reference 4). The song…

posth. 67, No. 2 begins with a double period (mm. 1-16) that briefly modulates in and out of the relative key of B-flat major. The first two measures use a v-i progression in g minor that is the mimicked with a modulated V-I in B-flat in measure three and four to finish the phrase with an IAC to solidify the beginning of the common double period structure.…

The poem “Idea of Order at Key West” perfectly fits for further discussion as the relationship between imagination, reality and how they are affected by art remain ambiguous. The action in the poem remains open for interpretation as the narrator’s perception of the scene and the world shifts, so does the reader’s. By blending the image of a woman with the powerful and majestic sea, Stevens asserts that the sea is the inspiration for the “she”, while the setting, the sun and the beach, set up the…