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Question: A Reaction to the opera Porgy and Bess

Answer: Before Gershwin’s opera, Porgy and Bess, the interaction between blacks and whites was always controversial. With the opening of Porgy and Bess, inequalities where put onto the stage for everyone to see, forever changing the opera community, transforming the audience and reinventing what opera is and what opera should be. Gershwin’s opera was an invasion......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: Using the musical terms introduced in unit 3, discuss the differences between the main sections of the movement.

Answer: The third movement from Haydn’s thirty-third symphony falls into two different sections of music; a well-defined minuet followed by a less distinct trio and then a repetition of the opening minuet. Haydn constructed it using a number of elements, including rhythm, melody, texture, timbre and dynamics. The minuet has a steady rhythmic beat which continues throughout. Haydn uses a high degree of repetition and emphasises certain notes at the end of the repeated phrase to create a striking melody........(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: Mozart’s Piano Sonata 7 in C Major: Andante un poco adagio - The Life of Mozart in Summary

Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born to Leopold and Anna Mozart on January 27, 1756 in the town of Salzburg, Austria. At age five, it took Mozart all of thirty minutes to master his first musical composition on the piano, a scherzo by Georg Christoph Wagenseil. Shortly after that, Mozart wrote his first composition, an andante in C Major (K. 1a). Both Mozart and his only surviving sibling,......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: The life of Duke Ellington

Answer: Edward Kennedy Ellington was born in Washington on April 29, 1899 and died seventy-five years later. His achievements are astonishing, in their richness and importance to American and world music. He is said to have composed, wholly or in part, as many as one thousand pieces. He composed dozens of popular songs, including “Sophisticated Lady,” and “In a Sentimental Mood,” and he had his hand in the composition of others, such as “Mood Indigo” and......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

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