Tonality

Francisco Goya “The object of my work is to report the actuality of events.” —Francisco de Goya One of the reasons that I chose to write about Francisco Goya was that he is from Spain. I have heard my mother tell me many times that our ancestry comes from Spain. She says that our genealogy shows that we are descended from the great military leader from Spain, El Cid. My fascination with Spain does not disappoint as I have been able to learn more about the artist born on March 30, 1746,…

Albrecht Durer was a creative genius that had skillfulness which was nearly unparalleled in his time, and that still holds true some five hundred years later. While the image produced by Albrecht Durer, St. Eustace is small in size it is huge in skill. The image has such realistic texture and detail that it is almost hard to look away from the skill exhibited and needed to create such a complicated and beautiful image. Not only do I want to talk about Durer himself, I want to talk about what the…

Point 1: (Snowden and Teie pp 133-135) “Music, as we know it, is a human construct made by and for humans based on our species’ developmental experience, vocalizations, perceptions, and cognition, but that music might have had its evolutionary origins in emotional communication in other species.” Music, for the most part, is a man-made concept. The music that humans make are created with humans as the specified audience— Our music only really appeals to other human beings, as it can elicit…

It seems to be in binary form. Since there is no tonality it cannot be said if this piece is simple or continuous binary, but it clearly has two parts to the piece separated by double bar repeat signs. The two sections can be considered symmetrical because they contain the same amount of measures. Both…

Atonality: Total abandoment of tonality. Music moves from one level of dissonance to another without areas of relaxation. Avant-grade: French term that refers to new styles and techniques in the arts, especially in the early 20th century. Serialism: Method of composition in which various…

were re-exploring the compositional process, resulting in the development of the twelve-tone method. This new method of composition was Arnold Schoenberg’s attempt to eliminate the conscious will in art and finding a new common language to replace tonality. These explorations led to various methods of composition that included ordered and unordered rows of pitches of various lengths that could manifest as an inversion, retrograde, retrograde inversion, or as hexachords. “The goal of the…

around 4 years, 1903 to 1907 (Opp. 30-58) and was transitional in nature. In this time, one can observe the dissonances and hints of atonality start to make their way into Scriabin’s compositional style, although Scriabin still somewhat adheres to tonality. Representative works from this time include Enigma, Piano Sonatas 4-5, Divine Poem (Symphony 3), Poème de l’ecstase (Symphony 4), and Poème Fantastique. Finally, there is his final musical period, lasting from 1907 until 1914 (Opp. 59-74).…

When one ponders the concept of “American” music, it can become difficult to pinpoint any one style or genre; modern music is a synthesis of music past, and to name a single genre would be an insult to the many styles whose powers combined to form the types of music we know today. When one asks the question “What is American Music?” some may suggest jazz, others may mention blues, and some individuals may suggest the marches of John Philip Sousa. However, one composer’s name is the true answer…

In this research paper I will discussing the Classical Style Comparison of Franz Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Comparing similar pieces, and works, and symphonies. Also comparing their relationships to string instruments. Including Haydn’s Oxford symphony no. 92 in G Major, Mozart’s symphony No. 40, 1st movement “Allegro”. In his time, Haydn 's style was perceived as exceedingly person. His syntheses had expansive interest since they joined the acquainted with the unforeseen. Outline of…

CHAPTER TWO - CRITICAL ANALYSIS 2.1 Exploration Of Tonality And The Pentatonic Scale Blossoms on a Moonlit River has been written in G major, and this is known from an author’s note written above the stave and the key signature (Fig 2a). It has been written with diatonic numerical notation using the numbers 1 to 7, and the number 0 represents a rest. The piece is tonal centred, and relies on a major pentatonic scale consisting of G, A, B, D and E (Fig 2b) and this is close to the western…