Musical Compositions Essay Examples and Topics. Page 2

In addition, dynamics in Nocturne add color to the pattern of the work as they vary and change from being moderate and soft to loud and intense in some parts of the piece.

The goal is to focus on each of the pieces, discuss the origins of composers, and investigate the major music elements and instrumental colors in the orchestra performance.

Despite the fact it was composed in the second half of the seventeenth century, it was forgotten and recovered only at the end of the twentieth century.

It is also very helpful to know that he was reading about and studying the music and the writings of Asia and the Americas.

One of the most remarkable peculiarities of the process of creation was Mozart's ability to create music in his head without using dozens of drafts and sketches.

The following are the main roles of piano in the Schubert's Erlkoing; The piano in the Erlkoing made the poem to be quite interesting.

As most of Falla's works, Three Dancers from the Three-Cornered Hat are filled with a variety of flavors of the Spanish folk music the shuffling dance rhythms, clicking castanets, flamenco melodies, and strumming guitars. A [...]

This observation, and the fact that the opera was among the first literary works to expose the differences in the way of life between the Western and Eastern world, are the unique features of the [...]

The paper examines the meaning of serialism in music with reference to the classical writings of early music composers such as Adorno and Dahlhaus.

In its original sound, this part is structured and smooth, but listening to the performance of the London Classical Players, it seems that the sound is separated, the lopes of the music notes are heard.

In order to understand the relationship between tonal quality and mathematics, we can focus on the concept of dissonance and harmony in music.

It is an improvisation, one of the ways to express people's feelings and emotions; it is black folk music that originates from West African Americans; it is a style of life that was inherent to [...]

From the protest anthems of the 1960s to the digital choruses of the 2000s, music has inspired movements, forged connections between people worldwide, and reflected the spirit of the day.

When we consider the lyrics of the song through the lens of Maslow's theory, it becomes clear that love is depicted as fulfilling more than just a romantic or physical need; it is a source [...]

Through its lyrics and emotional delivery, the song represents the disorders of depression and suicide, shedding light on the importance of seeking help and providing hope to those who may be struggling.

In conclusion, "Beneath the Forest Floor" stands out as a brilliant examination of the ideas of environmental sound and soundscape design.

The period and the suffering ingrained in the culture the song belongs to are apparent in the lyrics of "Strange Fruit".

Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor and Mozart's Symphony No. The musical work in question is Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, composed during the Baroque period.

The main elements of the rhythm are the constant use of the bass and the addition of small sounds. The rhythm of the selected rap songs is similar because they are performed in disco style, [...]

For the viewers it is instantly evident whether the artist possesses the duende force or not, for trying to imitate duende is pointless.

In addition, in this passage, one can also trace the change in the author's attitude towards God since the appeal says that the only thing for her to advise herself in the past is not [...]

The texture, softness, and the dynamics of loudness in this composition emphasize the style of this particular composition. Hildegard Westerkamp also puts a lot of other harmonizes and cricket sounds in the composition.

Even if one ignores the fact that this is the soundtrack to his 1984 film, the album has enough intensity and passion to compete with any other excellent album of the era.

The songs chosen for disc one is deeply steeped in the political and historical backgrounds of the African American experience in the United States, reflecting the ongoing fight for racial justice and equality.

The distinction is that the third note is the whole step in major mode and half step in minor. This note is the first and the last of these two scales.

The texture of the music is polyphony, as the singer's tune and the melody are created by the two main instruments utilized, a chordophone guitar and a music box playing simultaneously. The primary audience of [...]

The first is the Kingdom of Night, which is headed by the Queen of the Night and represented by the moon as well as the color silver.

The client needs the help of a social worker to find a new job and source of income to meet her needs and the needs of her daughter.

This review is dedicated to the orchestral concert performances of the overture from the operetta Candide and the seven movements from the orchestral suite The Planets.

Instead of sticking to the predominantly heavy sounds that characterised the band's first two albums, Chino Moreno wanted to add a broader range of instruments to the Deftones' sound palette. Deftones' third album is considered [...]

The first part of the melody features the different families of the orchestra by playing the woodwinds, strings, percussion, and brass altogether.

The technologies of the eras set distinct musical trends both in genres and in listening to music; that is why the recordings sound dissimilar.

In fact, the song depicts the process rather than the result of the metaphorical walk; the melody is quite monotonous, although not mournful, and the lyrics describe a journey.

This is more than possible, and the reason for that is, firstly, many artists were inspired by Smith's spirit and braveness; secondly, black people had enough of discrimination and mistreatment, that is why they started [...]

Beyonce emphasizes the need of remaining grateful as a black feminist and that the best vengeance is to work by stressing the importance of activism and not giving in to racial, gender, or sexual identity.

Perhaps the most enjoyable version for me was the jazz version by the Peter Hamilton Orchestra, as it gave the familiar aria a new look and freshness and was performed in one of my all-time [...]

The third one, the most modern interpretation of the Erlkonig was performed by Philippe Sly and Maria Fuller. The last video, an interpretation of Erlkonig by Philippe Sly and Maria Fuller, was recorded in a [...]

The sequential arrangement and integration of the various instruments at the beginning and a gradual build-up combined with the seemingly random changes in tempo are also indicative of the centrality of improvisation.

In this way, the approach is similar to the one of Haydn, and the use of this kind of parody keeps the mood light.

Since the first seconds, it is simple to catch on small changes in the quality of the recording. In addition, it is easier to distinguish the sounds of tuba, cornet, and trombone.

The most distinct feature that the songs "People Get Ready" by Curtis Mayfield and Bob Marley's One Love", is the message that they are trying to communicate to the audience.

This phrase is the main leitmotif of the song and appears in the chorus and verses. It is one of the best synthpop songs and it is hard to not fall in love with it.

The mono mix is slightly distorted due to the bass line presented by McCartney, which is by the way considered to imitate the one of Motown.

The words of the song are quite simple but touching: "The life is like a song". It is about women's experience of love too, but the mood is absolutely different now, the music is in [...]

The poet describes the emotional outburst that occurs when she is next to the object of her love experiences. That is why the poetry of authors such as Sappho is close to many modern people.

However, she has finally managed to fight for her freedom and has the power to speak her heart out and let the world know what she wants and how she feels about the happenings around [...]

It is considered to be the peak of Mozart's career and belongs to the great masterpieces of Classical music. Beethoven, Vivaldi, and Mozart are the greatest composers in the history of music.

As the composition continues to sound, the listener goes thorough a row of incredible and miraculous transformations in the "new-born" Universe which are described by Richard Strauss in this astounding music piece.

The artist is trying to create a picture of how alcohol and cigarette are useful in times of stress and other personal problems.

The subject of our discussion will be the music played in the movie called The Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King.

Stria is a computer piece with algorithmic composition and fantastic structure in which all the elements are in contact but still differentiated; the composition consists of sounds embodying the golden mean with the pitch space [...]

Aaron Copland was one of the American composers whose creativity was strongly influenced by jazz at the beginning of the 20th century.

American mythology has the form of a narrative and broadly contributes towards the formation of the belief systems and values of the Americans.

The meter of this opus is duple time; it is one of the characteristic features, which all four ballads have in common, but we cannot say that this is the only common denominator.

This sonata: The first theme - 0:00 This movement begins with a very quick main melody which is punctuated by a counterpoint trill on the upper keys, which repeats on a different set of notes [...]

In the lieder, the vocal line and the piano accompaniment are of equal musical significance and these songs are considered to be among the finest of all art songs.

His art is ill-suited to the sort of subjects that appealed to Verdi, but he is more often mysterious than mystical; and the more forbidding or abstract his theme the stronger his brush.'Saturn, the Bringer [...]

The mixing in this song is impeccable, and it is a substantial improvement from Adele's other piano-based songs. There is a smooth baseline in the song, and it appears to hold everything else together.

The music industry presents sex as a commodity to satisfy the ever-growing demand for explicit sexual content fuelled by human fantasy and vanity. The music industry continues to feed society with the fantasy that sex [...]

The lighting in the contemporary venue is clear and sharp for this segment of the performance. The energy and complete commitment to the music on the part of the violinist, as well as the rest [...]

The listener is made to develop certain feelings about the situation that the song is addressing. By using these words, the listener is able to gain a better understanding of the events that Chapman describes [...]

My search for words can be explained by the mystery that surrounds the great composer and his last symphony, the ambiguity that the Ninth has aroused in scholarly literature and the public perception, and the [...]

I would like to discuss this piece of music from the point of view of the analysis according to the books, and then I plan to talk about my personal feelings of the songs. It [...]

Also, it is important to understand that he was able to affect the culture as a whole and it shows that a particular form of media may have an enormous influence on the population.

Considering family as one of the aspects of American culture, the music video Mockingbird by Eminem perfectly reflects the situation in the US society.

The current rock music has experienced metamorphosis and has the characteristics of disco in term of explicit content and glorification of satanic regalia.

The Adagio has a soulful theme that is in E-flat, performed by the cello. The entire third section is in G-major.

Of course, this is an eternal story of the conflict between the good and the evil. I believe this is the power of music and Baroque style, in particular, as it was very appealing.

It could be argued that the second version of the composition Ravel's Bolero is one of the rare cases when each of the two alternatives that a composer comes up with sounds equally amazing.

At the same time, there is somewhat of a nervous and worrisome emotion, as the person feels being lifted by the sounds, but the rise is so quick and mind bottling that there is little [...]

Secondly, the domain contextual, denoted as "C", is used to recognize the workings of such features of music as association, repetition and categorization of a piece of music.

Although the folktales differ based on the kinds of food that the ogres eat and the food that the ogre uses to trap the children, the fact is that in all the folk tales food [...]

With regard to the above discussion, the writers Balouris, Shriver, and Sisario dedicate their articles to discussing the impact of social media development on shaping new forms of communication.

It is obvious that the time of music composition and the peculiarities of the personal condition impact the music outcome. The first movement begins with the strings and clarinet appears only in the middle of [...]

In 1950, the song was used for the second time in an orchestra performance. He was appointed to lead members of the sect in Maine.

The symphony genre of music refers to musical pieces of the western classical music developed for orchestra and that is comprised of four movements. The major aspects of classical music are present in Mozart's symphonies.

Due to the calmness and almost silence of the first, a solo movement commences in the BWV 120. The instruments that are dominant in the orchestra are the string instruments.

At the time he lived in Vienna, Mozart composed six symphonies and most probably reused some of his old Salzburg symphonies and those of Haydn and Joseph.

He adapted to style of the moment like in symphony number 25 that was inspired by storm and stress of that time.

92, A Major The composition of this symphony was finalized in 1812 and it premiered at the University of Vienna, one year later in 1813.

In this essay, the role of orchestra in Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle is discussed from the perspective of the plot of the opera and of from that of musical conjuncture of the discussed period.

The Public Safety Act and the Criminal Amendment Act which were signed in 1953 enabled the government to declare the state of emergency.

The text of the sonnets is closely followed by the musical material reflecting all the changes in the scenery, the weather, and the atmosphere of the situation.

Initially, the originators of the instrumental concerto were Italians: their natural bright character favoured the development of this playful genre that involved the key idea of competition between the soloists and the accompanying orchestra.

In my opinion, this deprives the lyrics of Rappers Delight of a certain discursive depth and contributes to the fact that the discussed song can be well referred to, as such that promotes a highly [...]

Although traditionally, a motive is supposed to be the glue that holds a song together, in the world of modern music, other elements of a song can perform the given function.

According to Titze, "all religions over the world have a common belief about world peace"; that through prayer and supplication, people can achieve and foster peace in the world.

The instrumentation layers the performance of the song in a manner that displays solid mastery of the instruments in the creation of melody.

This particular piece of work takes the form of a simplified structure which consists of the following parts; a slow movement at the start of the song which forms the introduction to the piece.

It is crucial to understand various provisions of this song in the context of its meaning and symbolic aspects. This is an interesting provision in the context of human life and how people relate.

In the middle of the past century, in the United States arose the African-American Civil Rights Movement. We Shall Overcome demonstrates that one song can serve as a tool of forming the identity and collectivity.

For them to appeal to the audience, artists can use any of the three categories of persuasion, that is, ethos, pathos and Logos in their work.

But it was Bach who had the greatest influence on the Mozart's development as the composer, "Bach introduced Wolfgang to the world of the opera and the symphony, treating the boy as the colleague..".. It [...]

The reader gets to know the artists deepest thoughts about the woman he loves and therefore, the reader feels the intense love like if he/she was the one in love.

On the other hand, the prolonged time periods reduce the impact of the listeners' formal expectations and shift the emphasis towards the musical content of the symphony.

The folk music of that period addressed matters of social injustices and folk music eventually transitioned to protest songs in the1960s as a result of the dissatisfaction of the public and their current political and [...]

Most of the songs in the album were composed by Paul McCartney who is a famous composer in Britain and he was assisted by Lennon.