Classical Orchestra
How to listen and understand Classical Music
Listening to classical music is an art. It requires close and accurate attention, sympathy, imagination and genuine culture. Listening to classical music is an art of high degree. Many derive exquisite enjoyment from it, for classical music is potent and universal in its appeal. To listen intelligently to classical music is an accomplishment few have acquired. Those who are fortunate enough to have been surrounded from childhood up by the choicest gems of the tonal language, and whose minds are of the deceptive order, will insensibly attain a refinement of taste and delicacy of perception no learned dissertation on classical music could afford. An acquaintance with form as the manifestation of law is essential to an intelligent hearing of classical music. The listener should have at least a rudimentary knowledge of classical musical construction from the simplest ballad to the most complex symphony. Having this knowledge it will be possible to receive undisturbed the impressions music has to give, and to distinguish the trivial and commonplace from the noble and beautiful. Classical music is far beyond words, and in attempting to translate it into these we miss its musical meaning, the best that is in it.
Even a well-cultivated ear and taste may often be baffled by the intricacies of a fugue, symphony or other great work of musical art heard for the first time.
The best listener beyond the pale of genius will at times feel as one astray in a labyrinth of beauty to which for the moment no clue appears.
A single representation will rarely suffice to reveal the
full worth of a masterpiece of classical music. By hearing it often, by admitting it, or some reproduction of it, to our own fireside, we will become familiar with its contents and learn truly to know it.
The oftener good classical music is heard the more completely it will be appreciated. Therefore, they listen best to music who hear the best continually. The assertion is often heard that a person must be educated up to an enjoyment of high class music. Certainly, one who has heard nothing else must be educated down to an enjoyment of ragtime, with its crude rhythms.
Beyond knowledge comes the intuitive feeling which is enriched by knowledge. Through it we may feel the breath of life, the spiritual appeal, which belongs to every great work of art and which must forever remain inexplicable.
Many are content to listen to classical music for the mere sensuous impression it creates as it wraps itself about the inner being, lulling a perturbed spirit to rest, or awakening longing and aspiration, joy and sadness, according to the nature of the music and the hearer’s mood. Some even take pleasure in formulating into words the sensations evoked by the ebb and flow of the tonal waves, and fancy they are thus deriving
intellectual profit from music.
The idea so largely accepted that classical music is an unfathomable mystery, like all half truths has wrought much mischief, and has greatly retarded musical progress in social life. Behind the Divine Art, as behind
Religion, lies the inscrutable mystery of Life, and in both there is a
Holy of Holies only the consecrated may enter. Before the portals of
this are reached there is a broad, fertile field for intellectual
activity that all may work to advantage, preparing the way to the inner
sanctuary.
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Anna ni Issho Datta no ni – Classical Orchestra Version
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Promenade Quadrille score cover Photo Mugs Promenade Quadrille score cover – performed at the Promenade Concerts, Covent Garden Theatre by Charles Coote Jr. Lithograph by H. C. Maguire c.1870. Score cover with full orchestra layout. Printed by Stannard and Son…. |
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Mozart – Die Zauberflote [Blu-ray] $25.14 It’s hard to find a version of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte that’s as well sung as this 2003 Covent Garden production. Led by the eminent Mozartian, Sir Colin Davis, orchestra and singers present a warm, often intense vision of the opera, not as the fairy tale it’s often taken for, but as a human drama of the passage from misguided beliefs to mature knowledge of self. Diana Da… |
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Bizet: Carmen [Blu-ray] $17.86 This Covent Garden production of Bizet’s Carmen, makes a vivid musical and dramatic impression. Director Francesca Zambello creates a properly Spanish atmosphere, filling the stage with a profusion of detailed characters. In Act One’s town square each of the many soldiers, strollers, cigarette factory girls, and children are individuals, so there’s a bustle of continuous, realist… |
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Symphony for Classical Orchestra $15 (Miniature Score). By Harold Shapero (1920-). Score. Peermusic Classical. 312 pages. Peermusic #61367-856. Published by Peermusic |
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”Genius Loci-Spirit of Place” for orchestra. $49.99 Genius Loci, from the Latin “spirit of place,” refers to the unique atmosphere of a place. Composers, writers and artists throughout history have been inspired by place. Genius Loci—Spirit of Place is my own exploration of the meaning of “place.” The piece is not a representation of place but instead represents the distinctive residue of a place that inspires expression.;The spirit of place is in itself organic to music, a time-based art. It is the essence, the residue, of the opening that emanates throughout a composition as “place,” or as a marker, for the composer and listener alike. In music of the classical period this sense of initial place is often referred to as home, as in the home key, and one of the period’s preeminent formal designs is the journey away from that opening place and an eventual return home.;Similarly, Genius Loci-Spirit of Place, emanates from its opening gesture. “Place” here is in the intervallic pitch-relationship of D♭–C–B♭, the music’s distinctive register, its bell-like character, as well as the repeated octave that creates an open harmonic sound world full of possibilities. What follows grows organically out of the spirit of that place and informs the remainder of the work. The opening gesture, for example, leads to the structural and registral climax of Genius Loci—Spirit of Place in measure 93. The descending pitches C-B-A (transposed from the opening), via a sequential progression toward the low register, initiate this climax in a slow build-up that starts in measure 76. This moment also coincides with a rhythmic and metric ‘coming-together’ of the beat. A return to the opening harmony, at the point of release of tension from the climax in measure 99, restores a sense of place. This homecoming is further emphasized by the return of the octave in its distinctive opening register. The spirit of place is the underlying current that flows throughout the entire composition. |
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”Genius Loci-Spirit of Place” for orchestra. $49.99 Genius Loci, from the Latin “spirit of place,” refers to the unique atmosphere of a place. Composers, writers and artists throughout history have been inspired by place. Genius Loci—Spirit of Place is my own exploration of the meaning of “place.” The piece is not a representation of place but instead represents the distinctive residue of a place that inspires expression.;The spirit of place is in itself organic to music, a time-based art. It is the essence, the residue, of the opening that emanates throughout a composition as “place,” or as a marker, for the composer and listener alike. In music of the classical period this sense of initial place is often referred to as home, as in the home key, and one of the period’s preeminent formal designs is the journey away from that opening place and an eventual return home.;Similarly, Genius Loci-Spirit of Place, emanates from its opening gesture. “Place” here is in the intervallic pitch-relationship of D♭–C–B♭, the music’s distinctive register, its bell-like character, as well as the repeated octave that creates an open harmonic sound world full of possibilities. What follows grows organically out of the spirit of that place and informs the remainder of the work. The opening gesture, for example, leads to the structural and registral climax of Genius Loci—Spirit of Place in measure 93. The descending pitches C-B-A (transposed from the opening), via a sequential progression toward the low register, initiate this climax in a slow build-up that starts in measure 76. This moment also coincides with a rhythmic and metric ‘coming-together’ of the beat. A return to the opening harmony, at the point of release of tension from the climax in measure 99, restores a sense of place. This homecoming is further emphasized by the return of the octave in its distinctive opening register. The spirit of place is the underlying current that flows throughout the entire composition. |
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100 Best Baroque Music – 100 Best Baroque Music CD (Australia) $25.49 Australia – Amazing Value. 100 BEST BAROQUE MUSIC (6CD Set). The world’s most respected classical label. Performances by Great Artists and Orchestra’s Track Listing: DISC 1; Zodok T |
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110 Classical Themes $12.9 This CD-ROM Sheet Music pack provides pianists convenient access to a smorgasbord of outstanding music by some of the greatest composers of all time. 450 pages of music are viewable on screen on both Macs and PCs, and can be printed to play at the piano using Adobe Acrobat software. Most of the symphonies, ballets, chamber music and oratorios featured on the CD-ROM were originally written for orchestra, and have been transcribed for intermediate to advanced piano solo in fresh, authentic engravings faithful to the original music source. 110 Classical Themes makes a perfect reference tool, and a handy, convenient source for sheet music! 450 pages of music of one CD! |
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110 Classical Themes Cd-Rom Sheet Music: Cd-Rom Sheet Music (World’s Great Classical Music) $3.11 Used – This CD-ROM Sheet Music pack provides pianists convenient access to a smorgasbord of outstanding music by some of the greatest composers of all time. 450 pages of music are viewable on screen on both Macs and PCs, and can be printed to play at the piano using Adobe Acrobat software. Most of the symphonies, ballets, chamber music and oratorios featured on the CD-ROM were originally written for orchestra, and have been transcribed for intermediate to advanced piano solo in fresh, authentic |
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110 Classical Themes Cd-Rom Sheet Music: Cd-Rom Sheet Music (World’s Great Classical Music) $6.34 New – This CD-ROM Sheet Music pack provides pianists convenient access to a smorgasbord of outstanding music by some of the greatest composers of all time. 450 pages of music are viewable on screen on both Macs and PCs, and can be printed to play at the piano using Adobe Acrobat software. Most of the symphonies, ballets, chamber music and oratorios featured on the CD-ROM were originally written for orchestra, and have been transcribed for intermediate to advanced piano solo in fresh, authentic e |
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110 Classical Themes Cd-Rom Sheet Music: Cd-Rom Sheet Music (World’s Great Classical Music) $6.34 Used – This CD-ROM Sheet Music pack provides pianists convenient access to a smorgasbord of outstanding music by some of the greatest composers of all time. 450 pages of music are viewable on screen on both Macs and PCs, and can be printed to play at the piano using Adobe Acrobat software. Most of the symphonies, ballets, chamber music and oratorios featured on the CD-ROM were originally written for orchestra, and have been transcribed for intermediate to advanced piano solo in fresh, authentic |
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110 Classical Themes Cd-Rom Sheet Music: Cd-Rom Sheet Music (World’s Great Classical Music) $3.11 New – This CD-ROM Sheet Music pack provides pianists convenient access to a smorgasbord of outstanding music by some of the greatest composers of all time. 450 pages of music are viewable on screen on both Macs and PCs, and can be printed to play at the piano using Adobe Acrobat software. Most of the symphonies, ballets, chamber music and oratorios featured on the CD-ROM were originally written for orchestra, and have been transcribed for intermediate to advanced piano solo in fresh, authentic e |
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110 Classical Themes Sheet Music $14.95 This CD-ROM Sheet Music pack provides pianists convenient access to a smorgasbord of outstanding music by some of the greatest composers of all time. 450 pages of music are viewable on screen on both Macs and PCs, and can be printed to play at the piano using Adobe RM Acrobat RM software. Most of the symphonies, ballets, chamber music and oratorios featured on the CD-ROM were originally written for orchestra, and have been transcribed for intermediate to advanced piano solo in fresh, authentic engravings faithful to the original music source. 110 Classical Themes makes a perfect reference tool, and a handy, convenient source for sheet music! |
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14 Duets for Trombone $14.2 This unique duet collection of Classical Repertoire by Michael Sachs, Principal Trumpet of The Cleveland Orchestra, and Joesph Alessi, Principal Trombone of the New York Philharmonic, offers students and professionals the opportunity to hone their ensemble skills in a variety of ways. The duos can be played by trumpet and trombone, two trumpets, or by two trombones with either instrument able to play top or bottom parts- the ultimate in ensemble flexibility for study or performance. Edited in detail and fleshed out for easy reading, these duets should be a part of every brass players’ library. The fourteen pieces are: Invention No. 1 from Two-Part Inventions for Keyboard-J.S. Bach Invention No. 4 from Two-Part Inventions for Keyboard-J.S. Bach Invention No. 8 from Two-Part Inventions for keyboard-J.S Bach Little Fugue in G Minor BMV 578-J.S Bach Sonata No.12 Op. 40 No.1-Boismortier Sonata No. 19 Op. 40 No. 3-Boismortier Concerto in Bb Major Op. 4 No. 6- Handel Le Nozze de Figaro from Operatic Duets Arranged by H. Koenig- W.A. Mozart Bouree from Music for Keyboard or Lute-Telemann Fantasia No.2 from Fantaises pour le clavecin:3 douzaines-Telemann Fantasia No.9 from Fantaises pour le clavecin:3 douzaines-Telemann Passacaille from Music for keyboard or Lute-Telemann Sonata No.1 from Six Canonic Studies-Telemann Sonata No. 5 from Six Canonic Studies-Telemann |
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1764 Works: 1764 Architecture, 1764 Books, 1764 Operas, 1764 Poems, 1764 Treaties, Holkham Hall, W odawa Synagogue, Patcham Place $19.66 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major , KV . 16, was written in 1764 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of just eight years . By this time, he was already notable in Europe as a wunderkind performer, but had composed little music.Background The piece was written on the Mozart family’s Grand Tour of Europe in London when they had to move to Chelsea during the summer of 1764 due to Mozart’s father Leopold’s illness (throat infection). The house at 180 Ebury Street, now in the borough of Westminster, where this symphony was written, is clearly marked with a plaque. The symphony was first performed on 21 February 1765. The work shows the influence of several composers, including his father and the sons of Johann Sebastian Bach , especially Johann Christian Bach , an important early symphonist working in London whom Mozart had met during his time there.The facsimile of the autograph score is today preserved in the Biblioteka Jagielloska in Kraków . Structure The symphony is written for an orchestra consisting of two oboes , two horns and strings (the usual first and second violins , violas , cellos and double basses ). It is laid out in a three-movement , quick-slow-quick form, reflecting the genre’s origins in the Italian overture , and typical of the early classical symphony:The first movement of the symphony is a quick piece in bipartite sonata form . The first half of the movement serves as the exposition with two theme groups in the tonic and dominant. In the second half, the first theme group is developed in the dominant and submediant keys while the second theme group is recapitulated in the tonic. The second is slower, in the relative key of C minor , with an almost constant accompaniment of semiquaver (sixteenth note ) triplets . The movement focuses on tone |
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