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orchestration of “Concierto de Aranjuez” transcribed solely by Gill Evans from the actual recording in the second movement was arranged for a big band with two flutes, two oboes, one doubling clarinet, a bass clarinet, bassoon, four trumpets, two trombones, three French horns, tuba, harp, bass, drums, and percussion. The “Concierto de Aranjuela” of 1939 had established Rodrigo as one of the leading composers of his time; however, Gill…

Exhilarating: a term making one feel very happy, animated, or elated, would be the perfect word to describe what the day had in store for us eager, and jubilant grade 6 students. A thrilled and luminous smile lit up on my enthusiastic face as I ambled on the same rugged, cracked, gray tinted sidewalk that I had sauntered on everyday for a year. The serene, endless sky was the perfect shade of aqua as the light, silky, radiant clouds formed delicate shapes. The sun was glistening with great…

“Where words fail, music speaks.”-Hans Christian Andersen (Phillip). Jazz was not born on a specific day. It formed over years of slavery, pain, and discrimination. Jazz music led to the exploration of the pain and troubles of slaves and African- Americans went through during the course of many years. Slave music is the basis of jazz music. In 1619, the first slaves arrived in America (Shmoop). Slaves could not speak poorly of their masters, so they used songs to speak in code (History). Often…

The connection between an audience and the story unfolding onscreen facilitates a reaction necessary to create an emotional impact. The connection is made possible by the films form due to music, shots, and editing. Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) succeeded in terrorizing its viewers through such techniques, creating a fictitious environment that could very well become their actual reality. Kenneth Burke states that “any given terminology is a reflection of reality, by its very nature as a…

Today, we consider the violin to be an elegant, sophisticated instrument. However, in 1878, George Dubourg published an account entitled, “The Violin”, in which he makes the bold statement, “instead of a bow-arm, must ladies be allowed only the arm of a beau? Why should not a lady play on the violin?” . Even once playing the instrument was considered acceptable, being a professional musician as a woman was rare until the late nineteenth/early twentieth centuries . Even in today’s modern society,…

Louis Armstrong is a renowned musician who pushed the boundaries of the jazz genre and who is known for his trumpet playing, scat singing and his huge smile. By the mid-1960s Louis Armstrong was a music legend due to his popularity in American jazz since the 1920s. Jeffrey Ross Hyman, more commonly known by his stage name Joey Ramone, was the lead vocalist of the punk rock band The Ramones. His image, voice and tenure as the lead singer made him a counterculture icon. When the band split up he…

and the Hot Five, later the Hot Seven. These recordings are regarded by many scholars as some of the most influential recordings in jazz history. Armstrong left the big band set up for the standard New Orleans jazz set up consisting of the cornet, trombone, clarinet, and rhythm section. Armstrong soon ditched the cornet for the more striking-sounded trumpet. He not only produce one impressive improvised solo after another, but he also raised the bar for jazz vocals. For the first time, Armstrong…

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…

Assignment #3 I was very interested in the video. Overall the video gave me a nostalgic feeling, and I found it very intriguing how the actors portray how each excerpt of the piece came to be. Some nonmusical elements that I found in the in the video were simple things like the actors acting what happened and how the piece came to be. Another nonmusical element would be the narrating that is going on. Some cultural context that I noticed was Russian and Lithuanian roots in the play. Stravinsky…

The Soul of American Jazz Name: Louis Armstrong Born: New Orleans Died: New York August 4th, 1901 July 6th, 1971 (age 69) Mention of jazz music, the first people to associate people, is likely to be a clown image, nicknamed Uncle Satchmo (Uncle Satchmo), little cute. He is a husky singer, with a small hand often. His New Orleans jazz style, in Dick Dixieland peiqu, playing the advantages of simple structure, dramatic works. This is Luis Armstrong. He is a huge jazz musician that everyone…