The first one piece was 1.X. 1905, a two-movement piano sonata composed by Leoš Janáček. ... However, though I tried to be fully attentive to each note, the music still didn't have much impression on me, it just drifted through my mind without leaving a trace. ... The last concert that I went to was presented by the music department of UW-L, what made this experience different from the previous ones was the diversity of music instrument-piano, flute, French horn, trumpet, clarinet as well as violin. ... The first piece was Flute Concerto No.1 in G major by Mozart. ... The secon...

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This period is noted heavily for its revival of Greek and roman ideas, hence the name renaissance meaning "revival"(Sherrane 1). ... This had its challenges as well as it meant that a fourth, a fifth and a third would be out of tune (Arkenberg 1). ... Binchois was noteworthy for his chansons and rondeau as well as using "hemiola" which is a term when there is a cross note of three quarter notes over a compound meter. ... Du Fay drew on French and Italian styles; some of this can be seen in his smooth vocal melodies, melismas, and meter changes that were similar to that of t...

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He was a smart child having had learned German and French at the age of 6. ... He started this composition in February of 1893 (1 Dick). ... The property of the piece that stands out to most who study music is the fact that he closed the piece on a bad "note" (1 Dick). ... The tempo becomes moderato while continuing to bounce around as the length of notes are being shortened and increased to add variety to the piece. ... Much longer notes are being played here and it much less jumpy and sudden. ...

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One of his great works includes an opera called "Euridice- (Salm, 1). ... Most of her music is inspired by poetry, which she mainly wrote herself (I1, 1). ... Boulanger was born into a French family in 1893. ... In this piece, Boulanger used thirteen poems by Francis Jammes as her base (Briscoe, 1). ... Other than her mother, she had very little formal training in music theory (Amy, 1). ...

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Program listing [1] Jota- Santiago de Murcia, Spain/ Mexico (c. 1739) [2] Los imposibles- de Murcia [3] Cannarios- Gaspar Sanz (c.1679-1704) [4] Scotch Tune- Solomon Eccles (c 1640-1710) [5] John come Kiss- Davis Mell (1604-1662) [6] Ritornello Primo- Bellerofonte Castaldi (b 1580/81- d 1649) [7] Sonata I, opus 1 Adagio, allegro, Largo, Allegro- Benedetto Marcello (1686- 1739) [8] The Lass of Peatie's Mill- Traditional, arr. ... Recently she has served as concertmaster in Handel's Serse at the Wolf Trap Festival and directed and danced in a French baroqu...

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