Chinese opera

Although Henry Purcell’s piece “If Music be the Food of Love” was unappealing to me he however was one of the most influential composers and influenced other composers through his different pieces in different musical categories (sonatas, chamber music, operas). The purpose of the piece “If Music be the Food of Love” could be a portrait of how a person can go crazy and do foolish things because of love. The Duke (the singer) of the song drowns himself in music in order to ignore his love for a…

Sarika Persaud Professor Debra Matthew ENC 1101 December 08, 2015 Baroque music vs. Classical music Music has changed drastically over decades. It has been seen by many different point of views and many different styles. In todays society, we never really see the amount of work that composers has put into instrumental pieces. In my essay, ill be comparing and contrasting two types of music which are the Baroque and Classical era of music. The Baroque era began during the…

Music in Germany is widely important throughout the whole country. Classical music is by far the most significant type of music; it’s not uncommon for younger children to start off on learning to play instruments or even join orchestras. The main reason why young German children are introduced to music early on in life is so they can learn about all kinds of different forms of music and to also influence the younger generations to partake in all different kinds of music. German music isn’t…

1. Franz Schubert's musical style is characterized by a rare unity. Schubert's tone, organic and unique, permeates all the works of the composer, and allows determining instantly their authorship. While reviewing some of the works it can be noted that the most important feature for all of them is their penetration, regardless of composition genre. In this work sonata in C-Minor, D. 958 is considered. Sonata reveals the lyrical content with frequent changes of musical mood. Schubert…

Singing musical theatre songs there are necessary elements which should be used in order to create texture and feeling to the song but the main reason why singing helps to create character to bring the song to life is usually done when singing from the heart by apply passion and connecting with the song/character. The best singer especially for musical theatre genre does not have to have the most polished voice or technique but they are great because of their character as it seems to feel real…

Girard believes that Imitation is the basic mechanism of learning and contends that reproducing someone else’s behaviors can have a positive outcome. However, he also posits that when we imitate another’s desire for a given object; conflicts and rivalries may occur. He distinguishes this type of imitation as “mimesis.” He further classifies this potential conflict as “internal mediation.” Sheehan and Jordon place Girard’s theory of mimesis in a choral rehearsal context where the subject…

So, there were three movies I watched together by Tony Gatlif. Gadjo Dilo, Latcho Drom and Korkoro. My last review already says what I think of the 2nd one. But Gadjo Dilo isn’t only my list for the only reason being that I watched it before I ever got a chance to write it on my list. What’s the point of writing down a movie you’ve already seen? SO, little mini review of Gadjo Dilo (Translation: Foolish Outsider): A Frenchman named Stefan goes to Romania looking for a Romani singer named Nora…

In 1978, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil started working on a musical adaptation of Les Misérables in French. “This show was inspired by Alain’s visit to Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Oliver! in London.” (Musical World.) When Mr. Boublil saw the Artful Dodger he instantly thought of Gavroche and the idea of Les Misérables as a musical was created. They released a French concept album in 1980. In September of the same year a French director by the name of Robert Hossein staged…

Since Mumford and Sons, an English folk rock band, released their album in 2009, Sigh No More, has gotten a popular reputation among the Shakespearean community for their strong literary influence. The community has grasped that each song in the album is actually a reference to at least one of Shakespeare’s many plays, even the title of the album, Sigh No More, was a reference to Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing. Marcus Mumford, the lead singer, gave an explanation about all the literary…

Cello is one of the instruments in strings family. Some of the performance cello were used as a solo instrument or in the ensemble playing. Moreover, this instrument used bass clef but it can be read use treble clef or tenor clef. In Italian, the first name for cello is violoncello. The physical part of the cello same as violin and viola (Liu, 2011). The instruments having a place with the violin family created from the viola da braccio somewhere around 1520 and 1550 in Upper Italy. Cello…