Clarinet College Essays Samples For Students

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One of the most celebrated works of the American composer George Gershwin is entitled Rhapsody in Blue, which features a notable crossover between the sounds of a classical piano piece and Jazz masterpiece. It is not first the time that such musical piece grazed the concert halls and the ears of critiques, but what sets Gershwin’s piece apart from genre is its unique sound, which conveys specific mood. Rhapsody in Blue encompasses happy trails on a gloomy avenue kind of mood like riding down the yellow brick road in a wicked forest. The piece sustains the same mood throughout until the end, ...

Benny Goodman’s Contributions to Jazz History
Benny Goodman began his musical career early in life. At age ten, “The King of Swing” learned to play the clarinet. Before he was 14, Benny became a professional musician, performed in several Chicago bands and eventually left school to pursue his career working in popular bands. By 16, Goodman was recognized as an emerging talent. He played Southern jazz, ragtime and Dixieland music. His NBC radio show “Let’s Dance” gave him national prominence and was the start of a new ...

I recently attended a symphony band concert for a graduating class event at a local school’s auditorium. The song that fascinated me was On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss, a Philip Bliss composition as arranged by David Holsinger. The following is a description of the orchestra and performance. The stage had 30 performers including the conductor. The orchestra consisted three primary sections, namely woodwind, brass, and percussion. The woodwind section comprised of a bassoon, five saxophones, flutes, clarinets, and an oboe. Second, the brass section consisted of a series of trumpets, baritones, a tuba, two French horns, and ...

Benny Goodman

Well-known as the "King of Swing" Benny Goodman was more than just a great clarinetist and bandleader. Goodman created the ensemble, famous for its amazing unity and integration (both musically and in terms of race). He enjoyed great social influence, since taking black musicians in his jazz band during a violent bigotry and segregation. Goodman made large orders for the greatest composers of his era, including B. Bartok, and A. Copland. He performed and recorded works of Stravinsky, Brahms, and many others. His virtuoso solo for clarinetists has become an example to follow. Benny Goodman introduced with his own ...

The two pieces performed in the concert contained both musical and artistic content. The pieces; Petite Symphonies and Serenade for Wind instruments, Cello and Double bass in D minor had an ancient musical touch which focused more on providing sentimental comfort rather than the hype comfort. The performances were back to back and their musical relationship could not be undermined. The instrumental performance of the two pieces was very intimate with the audience as the audience got the real feeling of musical performances.

Petite Symphonie it was by Charles Gounod

This piece incorporated the flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and a French horn. All these instruments were in ...

Armstrong’s recording of Hotter than that is entirely based on his music prowess. He uses nonsensical syllables but produced solo brilliance which makes the track desirable to the ear and soothing to the heart with a combination of various musical instruments tones such as trumpet, piano, guitar, clarinets and alto saxophone which introduces the track. However, the trumpet dominates the whole track with the sound of other instruments playing distantly in the background. This is boring as there is no smooth flow of the tones. Armstrong’s trumpet solo is characterized by poor quality tones as he plays ...

Introduction

John Adams has numerous feathers in his cap – a renowned music composer, creative thinker, a music conductor, and several others to his credit. Adams holds a unique place in the American music domain. His compositions, both the opera music as well as the symphony music, are the most notable among the modern classical works. These specific compositions of Adams are special in terms of the depth in their expression, brilliance in terms of sound, and the intensely humanistic feel present within their themes.

Early Life and music

Born and brought up in New England, Adams learnt playing the clarinet from his father and ...

The main purpose of the current assignment is to analyze one of the performances related to classical music and classical arrangements of modern compositions. In particular, the following paragraphs will discuss and analyze the performance by El Capitan High School Symphonic Band, “Pre-Festival Concert”. It is worth stating that overall performance has been conducted on a considerably high level from the technical point of view despite minor technical peculiarities, which could have been improved and eliminated.
The concert included four compositions – First Suite in E Flat by Gustav Holst, Armenian Dances, Part 1 composed by Alfred Reed, O Magnum ...

Ancient music had very distinct styles, musical instruments and elements were easily distinguishable as the songs progressed. The following is an analysis of five songs in terms of the style, tempo, musical elements and form.

- Analysis of the song “Crazy Blues” by Mamie Smith and her Jazz group (Recorded August 10 1920) (cfa.arizona.edu)

Several musical instruments as were use in the song. The sound of a trombone comes first then that of a clarinet and violin follow in unison. The sounds produced by these instruments produce a very distinct tune. When the Mamie Smith sings, several elements of music can be noted these are timbre, harmony, pitch and rhythm.

The song is in classical jazz style and I could tell ...

Jazz is a unique style of music that took development in America during the early 20th century. It made a widespread popularity particularly in the urban areas such as New Orleans, and it served as a social-leveler and unifier. Melding both black and white citizens, Jazz became the basis for social dance music and the provided the early opportunities for public integration (“Jazz”, Encyclopedia.com). The music also helped stir up the national mood particularly during the Depression and the Second World War. The most remarkable period of the development of jazz is during the 1940s and 50s. During those times, social issues ...

- Analysis of the song “Crazy Blues” (Recorded August 10 1920) by Mamie Smith and her Jazz group (arizona.edu)
- What musical elements were executed by the musicians?
In the song “crazy blues” the musicians executed several musical elements such as rhythm, timbre, tempo, pitch and harmony. In the song, the trombone plays first, followed by the clarinet and the violin. The instruments are all in tune and the pitch of the musician combines well with the instruments.
- What style did they play in?
The music style is jazz. This is evidenced by the ...

Music is known to be universal but the jazz music emanated from slavery as African slaves came with their sounds which they fused with the church sounds and folk songs and songs from Europe in a bid to find consolation in their new surroundings. In the midst of everything it was used to unite the people. While Jazz music is being credited to gaining recognition through Buddy Bolden, the story of Jazz music cannot be discussed without one way or the other inadvertently coming back to Louis Armstrong whom many have claimed to be the greatest of Jazz musicians. He ...

Aaron Copland: The Appalachian Springs

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Aaron Copland was a renowned 20th Century American music composer. Copland is widely renowned for his infusion of a distinctive “American style” into his compositions. He is widely credited for putting 20th century American music into an equal platform or footing with the one reflecting the European modernism contemporary development.
One of his most famous compositions is the orchestral suite known as the “Appalachian Spring”. This composition’s background story is actually a spring celebration of 1800’s American celebrating their building of a new farmhouse in Pennsylvania.
This composition is indeed very captivating and I was particularly ...

Essay on Romantic Vocal Music

Abstract
This essay addresses the chronological development of the vocal skill bel canto, German Leider, and music dramas. It traces the unique era in the opera masterpiece and the persons overdue the standard works in Italian Opera. This work further outlines the characteristics of romantic music and composition work.

Introduction

Romantic music is a term denoting to a specific period in European music antiquity from about 1815 to 1910. Romanticism designates the enlargement of recognized structures inside a composition, creating a composition more fervent and sensitive. During this era composers twisted their devotion to the countenance of strong feelings in their song and were ...

Music performance by Mozart and Schubert

On 10/22/2011, I attended a music performance. This is therefore a paper outlining my classical reaction about the performance. Three symphony parts made up the performance. These parts are “Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, D. 485,” “Concerto for Clarinet,” and “Le Tombaue de Couperin.” My reactions are therefore, going to be on each of the symphony. Eventually, I will list the pros and cons of each.

Starting with the symphony of “Le Tombaue de Couperin” I realized that its performance was exactly like the description it had been given to it in the program notes. The performance was about a teacher ...