Antonio Vivaldi

The History of Western Music Music has been around since the dawn of time, ever since man first inhabited this planet we have learned to communicate in ways other then conventional speaking. Different Cultures all have there own specific way of communicating through music. Music is basically broken into two specific groups Eastern Music and Western Music. Eastern music is mainly derived from the orient and India. While, Western music first emerged from Europe. Western music has developed

Baroque Dates: 1600 -1750 1.  What does “musical style” mean? Genre is the type of music. Style is how you sing it. 2. What was going historically during this era?  What was life like? The Baroque was a period of absolute monarchs. The monarchs had total control over every aspect of their realms: the economy, the books, the style of art, and even life and death. Louis XIV became the model and he set the stage for many things going on during this period. In many parts of Europe, a strict social

The Baroque period spanned from 1600 to 1750. The baroque period can be divided into three parts: early (1600-1640), middle (1640-1680), and late (1680-1750). Although today most people recognize the latest part as the baroque music, the earliest part was one of the most revolutionary phases in music history. The early baroque composers rejected the polyphony texture of the late Renaissance music and favored homophonic texture. They also focused on harmony rather than the complexity of melodic lines

The science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, combination, and temporal relationships produce a composition having unity and continuity; in layman’s terms, music. Music is an art that has evolved for many centuries. It is a form of expression and beauty. It has come a long way from beating rocks with sticks and listening to the sound. A drastic change took place during the Renaissance Period. The instruments changed, new genres emerged, and new composition techniques were used.

Music Education Music education dates back to when colonies taught singing for church activities. In the 18th century, the first singing school was made in Boston, Massachusetts for the purposes of improving singing and music reading for the church. As time goes on the school’s spread throughout the colonies. In the 19th century, in 1832, Lowell Mason and George Webb formed the Boston Academy of Music with the purposes of teaching singing and theory as well as methods of teaching music. In 1838

An Introduction Oboe and Bassoon By Marie A Rogers 300005290 Woodwind Techniques 1 1010-1100 Mr. Robinson The oboe is a soprano-range double reed instrument with a length of 62cm. Its wooden tube is distinguished by a conical bore that expands into a flaring bell. The modern oboe’s range extends from the B flat below middle C (b3 flat) to about 3 octaves higher (A6). The oboe has a very narrow conical bore. It is played with a double reed consisting of two thin blades of cane tied together

Assignment 3: Research Your Favorite Instrument On The Web A. Task The purpose of this assignment is to develop critical thinking in your approach to researching your instrument of choice on the web. You may choose from any of the instruments mentioned in the course. For this assignment you are asked to SUMMARIZE or CRITIQUE the various features of each of the ten web sites NOT to simply copy and paste information directly from each site into your submission. Please don't just list a lot of