Copland

It's always pleasurable listening to John Abercrombie for the simple fact that he has this strange approach to songs, which he delivers with an appealing sound while avoiding standardized lines. Abercrombie was responsible for unforgettable albums, true masterpieces that should be mandatory for any jazz lover. As a leader, I can point the progressive Timeless and Gateway as quintessence choices, but also Open Land, Class Trip, and Abercrombie/Johnson/Erskine as wonderful listenings. As a sideman

polyrhythm is the use of two or more conflicting rhythms at once. 2. Yes, I do find that the Appalachian Spring excerpt by Copland has a more "accessible" sound than some of the other twentieth century works we have listened to. The piece has a very peaceful and majestic tone to it. There are no drastic changes in pitches and find its rather soothing to listen to. Copland 's music might appeal to a listener more so than Schoenberg 's music because as mentioned, there aren 't any drastic changes

How To Mark A Book Speaker The speaker of this essay would be Mortimer J. Adler. He distinguishes the idea of an ordinary book owner to a real book owner and making the book a part of oneself. Adler uses a 2nd person narrative, addressing the reader as “You”, which creates a direct conversation between him and the reader. Occasion Audience Adler targets people who want to truly own a book and have a better reading experience. Purpose Adler wants his audience to read and write between the lines

A concert pianist, author-lecturer who spread the knowledge of music to millions, versatile composer of orchestral and vocal works, and beloved conductor are a few descriptions about the Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein inspired generations of musicians by embodying an undeniable passion and dramatic flair for music, and it was for the same reason Bernstein had many critics. Bernstein sets himself apart as conductor with an energetic and hypnotic style of conducting that propelled him to musical fame

of listening and learn more about how they listen. He strives to inspire people to listen to music actively and deeply by “not only listening but listening for something.” Subject The reoccuring subject of the essay is how to listen. According to Copland, most of us only listen to music on the sensuous plane, which only shows part of the picture. He classified the listening process into three planes and encouraged us to use all three to truly enjoy and appreciate good music.

Society, sexuality, and the search for the ‘gay’ gene by Simon Copland discusses the actions people are taking in order to find out how sexuality comes to be. For instance, many are looking at science to find “the” answers. Specifically, a study by Simon Levay who is looking for a possibility of a “gay gene” existing, explained, “small differences in the size of certain cells in the brain could influence sexual orientation in men”(Simon Copland). This is one of many studies and claims scientists have expressed

being a play, rather than a musical, the use of Copland’s “planes of listening” still apply. Theater-goers can still view the work with different approaches- either purely surface level, meaning-driven, or technical, like the “planes of listening Copland describes. However, the experience of the spectators was different at this play. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui was written to produce an experience known as the alienation effect. The alienation effect, in the words of Brecht himself, is “to make

I read the article by Maynard Soloman first and while the author themselves states that, “there is some margin of error in my reading of the evidence on such matters” he provides a detailed account and analysis of Schubert’s deviating sexuality. Schubert is one of those artists that we discussed in class that we would deem as part of the canon that is “classical music.” To learn that someone who is considered an important part of music culture was a homosexual and was open about his opposition against

My essay will be on how one character is dynamic throughout Okay For Now. Gary D. Schmidt is the author of Okay For Now. He tells a thrilling story about a young boy whose life changes very fast and it affects all of his family. The character analysis is on Doug Swieteck. This essay will be showing how Doug hates his life at first ,but then changes his mind throughout the book. At the start of the book Doug hates his life because he lives in what he calls the “dump”, and hates the town he lives

During the nineteenth century, the musical canon emerged as a list of works permanently established as being of the highest quality. While music was commonly only heard once or twice, canons were significant enough to be heard over and over again. In Lecture 5, Beethoven's "Heroic" 3rd Symphony was shown to be critiqued as being too heavy and long, unendurable, and not entertaining. In "Museum Pieces," J. Peter Burkholder indicates that the only works appropriate to be performed were museum pieces