“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world” (Lewis, 1996). This quote written by C.S Lewis was the base for the songwriter Brooke Fraser to compose the C.S Lewis song. As a case of analysis, it was decided to find the different elements of the music inside this piece. As a result of this analysis, it is necessary to divide the song in five remarkable stanzas. First of all, it is analyzed the
I thought that throughout this piece the melody could have had clearer articulation; just because one is playing softly does not mean they cannot be playing crisply. When the choir first entered, the balance was fairly strong. I liked the way the percussion fit into the sound without overpowering
There is nice balance when the flutes take the melody.
simple melody than brash counterpoint or intricate texture. It would be wrong to assume that the basic 8 bar theme (disregarding for a moment the 2 bar extension) and it's 6 variations are prone to lack of continuity- although the form can be clearly heard and there is distinct difference between each variation, several dominating melodies and musical ideas run through the piece. The Andante rarely leaves the key of A major, giving the listener a solid base from which the melodies spring
Like many of Mahler's complex symphonic movements the first movement of the ninth symphony is based on few distinct themes and motives. (163) The most important motives of the first movement are the following: - The four note motive which first appears in bar 3 played by the harp. - The two-note descending motive which is varied and developed extensively throughout the movement - The rhythmic motive introduced by the horn in bar 4. The music begins by introducing all the fundamental/primary material
Gestated on the heart of World War II, Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 is a representation of originality as well as pure expression, or in Prokofiev’s own words “a hymn to free and happy Man, to his mighty powers, his pure and noble spirit.” This paper focuses on discussing the relevance of this symphonic work in regards of the contrasting events on its historical context, the connection with the personal life of the composer, and the combination of compositional devices used to create a tension and
triangle, with conga coming in in the seventh measure to end the first phrase. They use some form of a synthesized drone that drops out when the piano comes in in the ninth measure. The percussion continues, and the piano comes in with the first form of melody that we hear in the piece, still staying at about a mezzoforte dynamic. In the piano part, there is a form of anticipation in the moving line, coming in on the and of a beat, just ever so slightly before the cycle repeats. After eight bars, there
edited by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. Irish Tune is technically simple; there are no difficult rhythms to hinder the success of the performance of the tune. The difficulty of Irish Tune lies within the harmonic tuning, extreme ranges, balance of melody and harmony lines and precision. The song is in strophic form, only having two verses and follows the origin of the lyrics O Danny Boy. The need for accurate harmonic tuning of Irish Tune led me to assign tuning tests to each of my students. In
1. The terms “use” and “function” are described by Merriam whereas “use” is the concept studied is to increase factual knowledge directly. “Function“ is “an attempt to increase factual knowledge indirectly through the deeper comprehension of the significance of the phenomenon studied.” (Merriam 209) Scholars in the field tend to agree with Merriam’s assessment for the most part. The only point in question that I gathered from the readings is that there is some discrepancy whether all the activities
difficult to achieve; nonetheless, composers as Johannes Ockeghem managed to base their compositions in this. Johannes Ockeghem was a Belgian musici... ... middle of paper ... ...exactly the same as the one before but with a completely different melody being sang by the voices. In this section the golden ratio is found in the ratio between the amounts of beets of each section. While one of them has 200, the other one had 120 making a relation of 10:6 being really close to 3:2. Nonetheless, this
something closer to a sigh. The music reflects this by placing multiple notes on one syllable, stretching it melismatically to mimic the drawn-out and lethargic nature of sighing. Additionally, each instance of “ah!” involves an arching line within the melody (this is particularly evident in measures 26 and 36), which further solidifies the resemblance to sighing (an act that involves a “swell” of breath). The idea of sighing occurs in many instances throughout this piece, even acting outside of the melodic
Hoping Against Hope: An Analysis of Chopin’s Opus 69 No. 1 With exquisite mingling in sound of quiet and agitation, fluidity and interruption, with a gorgeous melody of cautious, tightly contracting circles and sudden leaps into space, Chopin, the subtle-souled psychologist, opens his waltz. How does Chopin speak through his waltz? How does the music play the listener? Minds think through forms. Form follows content. Music’s structure matters. In Chopin’s Opus 69 No.1, the AA’BA’BA’CCDCDA’ structure
George. The Listening Composer. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1990. Priore, Irna. “Density 21.5.” Flute Talk Magazine. 20.3 (2000): 20. Siddons, James. "On the Nature of Melody in Varèse's Density 21.5." Perspectives of New Music 23.1 (1984): 298-316. Siddons, James “On the Nature of Melody in Varèse's Density 21.5.“ Perspectives of New Music, 23 1 (1984): 298-316. Spencer, Patricia. “Density 21.5: An Introductory Lesson.” Varèse, Edgard and Lewis Alcopley. “Edgard Varèse on
love and, they are composed in the rondeau form. From one point of view, the form of the music, rondeau, may be too specific in terms of the melody order to express the poem of the courtly love which is about a man's feelings of distant love. However, in these two specific songs, Dufay and Morton used their clever criativities to let the repetition of the melodies and the poem fit naturally to the overall flow of the songs. According to Michael Freeman in "The World of Courtly Love," the style of
Panopticism, as defined by Michel Foucault in his book Discipline and Punish, is (as proposed by Jeremy Bentham) a circular building with an observation tower in the centre of an open space surrounded by an outer wall. The idea behind this social theory that subjects, being watched by an upper power, always have either complete freedom or none at all. How can they have both you might ask? The subjects cannot see if someone is or isn’t watching them, therefore they should always act at there best
Broadway show, her stardom kept rising until she made it to Hollywood. In 1935 she appeared in her first movie, George White's 'Scandals of 1935'.From then on, she just got more and more successful. One of her more memorable performances was in ‘Broadway Melody in 1940’ dancing alongside Fred Astaire to “Begin the Beguine’. One of the things that made Eleanor stand out was her unique style. At the Jack Donahue School, she was taught to but on a belt with sandbags attached. This is how she developed her low
I watched an online video of a concert by The London Symphony Orchestra. They did a rendition of the song known as Unchained Melody. This song was originally performed by an artist called Righteous Brothers. The place I heard the concert was on YouTube. I heard the concert on April 18, 2016. The music I was heard was very pleasing to the ear. It was soothing, steady, and pleasant. It matched up to the rhythm and beat of the original song perfectly. The performers were attempting a historically "authentic"
Othering, or the other, is a term used to describe a specific individual or group that is identified as the opposite from the perceived norm or the “preferred ideal”. More specifically, othering is often classified with a negative connotation as it can inherently promote individuals to dismiss and neglect other differences wether it be ethical, societal, and onward. The end result of othering can lead to the isolation and segregation of a specific group through actions such as a disproportionate
the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. “Ghost” is well-known for its iconic love scene with Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore as she sits at her potter’s wheel as Molly and her husband portrayed by Swayze sitting lovingly behind her as the song ‘Unchained Melody” by The Righteous Brothers plays. It is one of those most romantic movie scenes that make you just sigh and
Margaret LeAnn Rimes (Cibrian) is a well known American Pop / Country / Contemporary Christian music celebrity from Mississippi. LeAnn, as she is most referred to by, was born to (Father) Wilbur Rimes and (Mother) Belinda Butler Rimes on August the twenty-eighth in the year of nineteen eighty-two, in the state capitol of Mississippi, Jackson. (2.) LeAnn’s music career fell forward when she was three years old, at the occasion she introduced herself to singing. At the age of five years old, roughly