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    The document discusses 6 different pieces of music across various genres and eras: 1) A Lied by Franz Schubert called "Der Muller und der Bach" which depicts a dialogue between a miller and stream through changes in tonality, tempo, and accompaniment. 2) Beethoven's 5th Symphony, 4th movement which uses all instrumental groups in C major at a fortissimo dynamic to create a solemn opening. 3) John Williams' theme for Superman featuring trumpets, percussion, and strings to create a heroic tone. 4) The Rolling Stones' "Paint it Black" blending guitar, sitar, drums, and vocals to portray a constant, repeating melody representing the

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    The document discusses 6 different pieces of music across various genres and eras: 1) A Lied by Franz Schubert called "Der Muller und der Bach" which depicts a dialogue between a miller and stream through changes in tonality, tempo, and accompaniment. 2) Beethoven's 5th Symphony, 4th movement which uses all instrumental groups in C major at a fortissimo dynamic to create a solemn opening. 3) John Williams' theme for Superman featuring trumpets, percussion, and strings to create a heroic tone. 4) The Rolling Stones' "Paint it Black" blending guitar, sitar, drums, and vocals to portray a constant, repeating melody representing the

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    The document discusses 6 different pieces of music across various genres and eras: 1) A Lied by Franz Schubert called "Der Muller und der Bach" which depicts a dialogue between a miller and stream through changes in tonality, tempo, and accompaniment. 2) Beethoven's 5th Symphony, 4th movement which uses all instrumental groups in C major at a fortissimo dynamic to create a solemn opening. 3) John Williams' theme for Superman featuring trumpets, percussion, and strings to create a heroic tone. 4) The Rolling Stones' "Paint it Black" blending guitar, sitar, drums, and vocals to portray a constant, repeating melody representing the

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    The document discusses 6 different pieces of music across various genres and eras: 1) A Lied by Franz Schubert called "Der Muller und der Bach" which depicts a dialogue between a miller and stream through changes in tonality, tempo, and accompaniment. 2) Beethoven's 5th Symphony, 4th movement which uses all instrumental groups in C major at a fortissimo dynamic to create a solemn opening. 3) John Williams' theme for Superman featuring trumpets, percussion, and strings to create a heroic tone. 4) The Rolling Stones' "Paint it Black" blending guitar, sitar, drums, and vocals to portray a constant, repeating melody representing the

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    1.

    Vocal music by Franz Schubert:


    “Der Muller und der Bach”

    a) E minor ✓
    b) The chordal accompaniment sets the pace before the
    vocalist’s part starts. ✓
    c) Bass more baritone/tenor
    d) Mostly by step ✓
    e) Since that song depicts a dialogue between a miller and a
    stream, the composer uses the change of tonality, tempo
    and accompaniment✓ to characterize the stream. The tonality
    ✓
    changes to E major, the tempo is a bit faster, the
    accompaniment switches from chordal to arpeggiated ✓
    (perhaps to imitate the sounds of the stream)

    2. Instrumental music by Ludwig Van Beethoven:


    5th Symphony, 4th movement

    a) The opening of this piece is very solemn; there are all the
    groups of instruments – strings, woodwind, brass and
    ✓
    percussion (timpani). The tonality is C major, the
    dynamics is fortissimo ✓(ff).
    b) Brass ✓
    c) Strings ✓

    3. Film Music by John Williams:


    The theme song from Superman

    a) Trumpet ✓
    b) The articulation of the theme is staccato (and probably
    tenuto) ✓ and the melody is disjunct…
    c) To enhance the orchestration Williams uses percussion
    instruments (such as cymbals, triangles, drums and etc)
    especially on stressed beats.✓ adds colour and excitement too
    d) The second theme is played by strings, it’s a bit quieter
    and has more legato articulation. ✓
    e) The use of brass and percussion gives this piece a heroic
    good
    character as well as use of perfect consonances (perfect
    fifth, octave and plenty of perfect fourths) yes! Fanfare type intervals like for royalty

    4. Pop and Jazz by Rolling Stones:


    “Paint it black”

    a) Guitar, castanets and drums and a sitar!


    b) The piece starts with a lyrical melody played by the
    guitar in fact the sitar
    c) Drum kit instruments are usedgood
    throughout the song,
    creating a rhythmic, pulsating beats, but during the
    refrains the technique changes, more drums are added
    and it adds more expression.
    it’s actually quite narrow
    d) The vocal line has a quite big range (it might be seen in
    transitions to the refrains, where the vocalist makes a
    leap). The melody moves by step, making leaps before
    yes

    refrains.
    e) Since the black color is a constant for this song (the
    main character sees the whole world in the black color)
    – the melody also creates an image of a constant in the
    form of repeating melody that constantly comes to the
    note with which it begins – the first degree of F minor.
    yes the tonality really affects the song

    5. Fusions by Poncho Sanchez:


    “Quindembo”

    a) Jazz and Cuban music style (it reminds me a Latin dance


    Mambo) yes
    b) Jazz: syncopation ✓
    Cuban music style: Afro-Cuban themes and rhythms ✓
    c) Trombone ✓
    d) The rhythms played in the backing group are energized and
    bouncy, full of syncopations. ✓
    e) The melody from 1 min 35 seconds sounds like a
    spontaneous improvisation, it’s very lively and captivating.
    yes

    6. New Directions by Arnold Schoenberg:


    Piano Concerto op.42

    a) Piano ✓
    b) In this piece Schoenberg used his famous twelve-tone
    technique (dodecaphony); in that system there are no
    ✓
    tonality (because all the tones are equal)
    c) The orchestral instruments provide the background for
    the piano, sometimes as if ‘enveloping’ the solo melody. ✓
    Periodically, the orchestra’s replicas are imitating the
    piano melody. good point
    d) Since this music is atonal and dodecaphonic, it can be
    assumed that it was composed after Romantic era, so it
    might be early-mid 20th century. yes 1940s
    Also the attention might be payed to the content of this
    music. If during the era of Romanticism the content of
    music was mostly about the personality and their own
    emotions, feelings, then the music of the 20th century
    mostly full of search for new harmonies and forms.
    Lots of good listening points made here. Well done!

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