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Opera: Words and Music
This program uses three extracts from the opera Dido and Aeneas to examine the main musical language of opera-recitative, which gives priority to clear pronunciation of words, and aria, where poetic modifications are made to give the fullest emotion...(more details) |
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A Change of Key
This program provides the necessary background for a thorough understanding of keys-the tonal arrangement of musical pitches toward a tonic note. The relationship between pitches is examined by rearranging the notes of a tune into a pitch series, or ...(more details) |
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Taking Note
Notation-its historical development, limitations, and use by both classical and modern composers-is the focus of this program. Music historian Susan Rankin traces the history of notation from ninth-century neumes to more complex notations incorporati...(more details) |
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Theory and Practice
In the Pastoral Symphony, Beethoven was trying to conjure up his impressions of the countryside around Vienna. But how exactly did he translate those images into his music? This program explores the fundamental role played by music theory in the prac...(more details) |
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Following a Score
In this program, students trace a score through sections of two well-known works for string quartet. Beginning with the first and third movements of Haydn's String Quartet in D, Op. 76 No. 5, students look for theme movement among instruments and cha...(more details) |
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