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In Beethoven’s string quartet Op. 18 No. 4, there is the implication that the first movement sonata form has indeed been emancipated from the looming tyranny of the minor key and that the movement will, in fact, end in C major as opposed to C minor. In measure 194, the ESC is presented as a strong C major chord which should indicate the emancipation of the movement; however, this is not the case. As the closing material quickly continues, E-flats are reintroduced signaling that the outcome of…

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the trials and tribulations Tchaikovsky battled throughout his life time including isolation, homosexuality,…

disjunct motion, the intervals change quite a bit. A lot of the singing seems to be staccato, adding to the long pauses. There's also legato that's connecting the song. Harmony- There is no vocal harmony, when he continues the singing, for a breath of time, it adds an echoing effect. The chords are played in a pentatonic format. Timbre- There's an Arabic style of music incorporated into this song. The influence is heard when the violin plays after the main riff (3:25). Even the vocals are…

It opens a powerful chord, after which you hear sorrowful descending motives. Several clock cycles of entry (Lento assai) lead to a rapid movement of the main section - a gloomy, sinister and at the same time quaintly-scherzo character, imbued with horror in front of the terrible vision of death. It is no accident that this section begins with unstable, torn sounds and measured bangs. Twelve blows seem to count down the last moments before midnight, after…

Song no. 2 displays how Shostakovich uses uncertainty in major-minor mode to evoke folk-like flavor. In the orchestral introduction of song no. 2 mm. 1-18, the music sounds as if in an F# minor key, but the E major chords in mm. 16-18 that proceeds to the A major chord in m. 19 provide a certainty that the music really is in the key of A major (fig. 15), with the submediant chord at the beginning of the song gives the song a minor flavor. Fig. 15: The dominant chord in mm. 16-18 in song no. 2…

While there are several similarities between the two pieces, there are noticeable differences; such as, the time periods in which the two pieces were composed. “Die Lindenbaum” was written in 1828 during the Romantic period to be performed with a piano accompaniment, where as “Hey,Lucy, I Remember Your Name” was written in 2009 to be played by a rock band in the Post-Modern/21st Century time period. Schubert composed the music for “Die Lindenbaum” to accompany a set of poems written by Wilhelm…

the time, according to Le Ménestrel Saint-Saëns had recently returned from visiting Wagner in Munich where strangely enough the composer suffered some minor bruising after his home bound train derailed. Were he not in attendance, at the very least he may have read about it in the newspaper. Naturally, the occasion, which inspired the eventual Marche Héroïque, was, devised in part because of the opera concerts. Without a doubt, his motivations to convey a message to the public in dire times were…

IV. Second Movement The second movement is in a compound ternary form. It is in simple quadruple time in E major with the tempo of Adagio. It is nocturne-like (Zi, 2001, p. 94) and it’s meant to give the audience a peaceful feeling. Introduction: The opening of the second movement has used muted strings, woodwind, clarinet and bassoon. These instruments slowly modulate from the previous C minor to E major using chromatic notes. Fig.16 Exposition (A): In preparation for the first theme to…

Op.35 No.2 is an illustration of Chopin’s musical style where he explores several elements found in the nineteenth century music such as the “idea of artistic freedom, experimentation, and creativity. Furthermore, the nineteenth century music was a time of individualism and intense feelings where the literary movement, industrialization, and nationalism influenced composers’ musical creativity.” The…