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Haydn�s Surprise Symphony No. 94 And Radio Head's Pyramid Song

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The two pieces that will be compared are Haydn’s “Surprise Symphony No. 94” and Radio Head’s “Pyramid Song.” The two will be examined based on multiple music concepts such as; meter, contrast, repetition, balance, musical features, texture and form. I will also share my own personal thoughts of the two pieces, otherwise known as affective response. The organization of the essay will be as follows. The musical concepts will be explained for each piece and then compared to one another. Lastly, my own interpretation and emotions for the pieces will be shared. The meter for Haydn’s piece would be a duple. The piece shows repetition of the main melody with some contrast, thus creating a balanced sound. Though the main melody is played throughout it varies with the use of different instruments as well as changing the rhythm slightly, by making it faster by adding shorter notes or making it drawn out with longer notes. There are no words to this piece and all that is playing is an orchestra with the violins being the main focal sound. The form of this piece would be ABC-AB(varied)-D-AB(varied)-Coda. This pattern repeats itself throughout, but changes in variation slightly. The beginning also had a different melody which I named C that I did not hear anywhere else in the piece, this could possibly be named a bridge or transition for the rest of the piece. In the middle of the piece there is a grand change in the regular AB pattern which is why I put the D in, but after that it

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