Ostinato Essays

Franz Schubert, in my opinion, is considered as one of the last Classical Era composers and one of the pioneers of the Romantic Era composers. Schubert’s is an artist who devotes himself entirely to the arts, rather than chasing money and worldly gains. He has set a movement where many other composers would follow. In his 31 years of life he had written many works. He had more that 600 works on Lieder, 7 masses, 9 symphonies, including the Unfinished (No. 8,1822) and more. His famous piece, “Erlkönig”

using Ostinato, development and variation melody, polyriytmic, contras dinamic, pattern syncoped ritme, trill, ostinato demisemiquavers. a. Introduction The music begins with a two‐bar introduction which produced by low‐pitched open fifths and added note harmonies. Low pitched open fifths as an opening. b. A Section The key signature of five sharps suggests B major or G♯ minor but neither key is properly established. Pentatonic‐style melody begins in m.3 and is then used as an ostinato. This melody

The introduction of the piece is the same as that of “The Raiders March”, but with strings playing in the background. The A melody begins with the trumpet as the strings fade out (0:07). The first minute and a half of the song is played the same as that of “The Raiders March”, though due to differing sound equalization, some parts stick out more or less than they do in the original. For example, in the third repetition of the A melody, one can more clearly hear the xylophone accompanying the melody

flat minor is played to add some variation. Within the first 4 bars of the Imperial March, the main famous trumpet line comes in which is what the whole piece is structured around. This articulated melody line goes against the ostinato to fill the spaces when the ostinato isn’t being played. Bar 37 brings in the first ‘half step modulation’ up to B flat minor. Bar 44 has the next ‘half step modulation’ to B harmonic minor and at bar 46, bringin it up again to C harmonic minor and then a resolving

Then at the 00:25 in the scene where the camera shows a railway track, the various violins are being played by plucking at an ostinato in pianissimo in 4/4 time, at 50 BPM. The xylophone is no longer heard, and is only played in the start. The notes the violins play range from low to high, giving off a rhythm of down and up, this is used as the leitmotif of the girl in the scene

Chicago, a musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse contains a range of stylistic and structural elements that further the narrative and influence the audience’s aural experience. ALL THAT JAZZ All That Jazz sung by the vaudevillian Velma Kelly, is the first song in the musical and begins deliberately moderately slow and mezzo forte or moderately loud to assist in introducing the musical to the audience, showcasing the suggestive nature of the lyrics

Legendary Aussie rock band ‘AC/DC’ is one of the biggest bands is music history, conquering the industry worldwide. Formed in 1973, they have gone to create some of the most recognisable riffs and songs of all time, still popularly played today. But they weren’t the only ones who were thriving at this point in time. During the 70’s, rock and metal bands appeared everywhere becoming the most listened to style of music during this decade. We look at another Australian rock band known as ‘Rose Tattoo’

bats, the ostinato is not resolved. There is once again a crescendo, with the brass section playing hairpin crescendos and diminuendos, beginning on a single unison note but on the second iteration splitting into a chord. However, the overarching theme is still the same. This shows that at this point in time Bruce is still a child, overcome with fear, but the French horns and the timpani hint that something larger, and more dangerous will consume

adding an urgency to the piece that the canon did not possess. The trills in each voice and altering tempos also serve to fill out the piece in a way that constantly pushes the listener forward and leaves little room for the ear to rest. The base ostinato that was present in Pachelbel’s work is not so present in Bach’s piece. There is a base voice that persists throughout most of the piece, but there are times when it is not present. The tempo of the baseline is also altered throughout the piece.

most of Mozart’s previous operas where the opening overture had no musical significance to the drama that proceeded, Don Giovanni was the first overture to involve the action. The overture begins slowly with heart-rending chords and an immediate ostinato rhythm in the strings. The additional use of the upward ascending and descending scalic passages in the first flute and violin created a sense of anticipation of something momentous to follow PICTURE.

the texture became polyphonic as unwinding and expansion of each melody line overlapped the original, resulting in three interchangeable melodies. The rhythm were energetic. Short, melodic and rhythmic phrases were commonplace, including the basso ostinato, a melody set over a repeated bass pattern. Tempos were fast at the beginning of the piece and slow towards the end of a piece. Major scales were used as the basis for the tonal centers of pieces. Cadences at the end of sections were strong, and

Fusheng Yang Essay #6 Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) led the impressionist movement in France. He bridged the gap between music of the Romantic Period and the modern era of classical music. He is considered to be the first important composer of the 20th century. The musical themes he used were just fragments, fluid with no sense of a strong direction. His music is very romantic but was no tonic or sense of one tonality. It reflects a different philosophy. He was a genius at orchestration. In Debussy’s

On Saturday, February 24, 2018 I attended the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra concert at the Robinson Performance Hall in Little Rock, Arkansas. The performance was at 7:30, and the orchestra was conducted by Philip Mann. The orchestra performed John Adams’s Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Richard Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra, and Gustav Holst’s The Planets. This report will only be over The Planets. Gustav Holst was born in Cheltenham, England on September 21, 1874, and died in London, England on

Traditionally, music has aided in the accompaniment of both religious and social customs in the Palestinian society. To these people, music is not only a form of entertainment and pleasure; it is a way of living. Hip hop developed in the United States in the 1970’s by African Americans in the New York area by generating a new cultural illustration of their issues and experiences. “The globalization of the US popular culture and the diffusion of hip hop into the Arab world has been accompanied by

As shown as the below score, the bottom line acting as a similar role to gong in Gamelan music, a sustaining bass note. The middle is the counter melody while the top plays the nuclear- melody. What’s special here is the pentatonic melody. If Debussy wanted to imitate Gamelan music, he wouldn’t use pentatonic scale; instead, he might use those two traditional Gamelan scales, slendro and pelog. This was not the first time he used pentatonic scale, he had used it in an orchestral piece, Printemps in

Fisher Tull was born Waco, Texas in September 27th, 1934. Around the age of nine in the fifth grade, Fisher Tull began learning to play the trumpet which he continued to do throughout his schooling. As a trumpet player, Fisher Tull played both classical and jazz music and early in his life considered himself to be more of a jazz musician. Fisher Tull went on to enroll at The University of North Texas in 1952, where he earned his Bachelor of Music in Music Education. Following the completion of his

Both of his most popular pieces, Symphonie espagnole and Cello Concerto in d minor, consists of rich Spanish flavors, which placed him as the leading French composer who incorporated with Spanish materials. As of a Spanish descent, Lalo’s use of rhythmic and melodic materials pronounced a taste of exotic Iberian love. Yet, the influence of Sarasate’s colorful playing was indispensable. As a close friend of Sarasate, some readings suggested that Sarasate should have advice Lalo with the beautiful

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood depicts the future dystopian society, Gilead. There, the few remaining fertile women, called handmaids, are enslaved to a life of procreation to combat the dangerously low birth rates. The theme of oppression and rebellion is prevalent throughout the novel, and is best illustrated by Confutatis from Mozart’s Requiem. In his final hour as he composes Confutatis, Mozart begs God for mercy to be called one of the blessed to enter heaven. The compelling lyrics of

Introduction For my essay I will be writing about and comparing two of Fryderyk Chopin 's pieces, Fantaisie Impromptu and Nocturne op.9 no.2. I decided on these pieces because I find Chopin’s music calming and have listened to it in the past, whilst studying or when I struggle to sleep. I decided it would be best to write my essay on pieces I’m familiar with, which lead me to pick these two pieces. I also decided on these two pieces because I wanted to compare two pieces by the same composer, it

From bar 41, the texture of the winds gradually fills up as the flute now joins the bassoons. Clarinets and horns enter at bar 45. At bars 46-48, antiphonal treatment of strings against woodwinds. Inner strings play an ostinato descending 4-note scale motif in tremolo. The music becomes more agitated. Reverse antiphon now beginning with the woodwinds in unison and answered by the string section in the 1st violin part. The chromatic line at bar 55 crescendos to a climax