music Myp1 Homework

music Myp1 Homework

1. Orchestra

   • An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments
   • The term orchestra derives from the Greek ὀρχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus.[1
   • The orchestra grew by accretion throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, but changed very little in composition during the course of the 20th century.
   • The typical symphony orchestra consists of 4 groups of similar musical instruments called the woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings.
   • It was not until the 11th century that families of instruments started to appear with differences in tones and octaves. True modern orchestras started in the late 16th century when composers started writing music for instrumental groups. In the 15th and 16th centuries in Italy the households of nobles had musicians to provide music for dancing and the court, however with the emergence of the theatre, particularly opera, in the early 17th century, music was increasingly written for groups of players in combination, which is the origin of orchestral playing.
     • As the early 20th century dawned, symphony orchestras were larger, better funded, and better trained than ever before; consequently, composers could compose larger and more ambitious works.
   • Chamber, String, Symphony are the three different types of orchestra there are
     • TSO is a one off

2. Who was Saint Saens

   • Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (French: [ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃sɑ̃s]; 9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era.
   • Saint-Saëns was a musical prodigy from an early age, making his concert debut at the age of ten. After studying at the Paris Conservatoire he followed a conventional career as a church organist, first at Saint-Merri, Paris and, from 1858, La Madeleine, the official church of the French Empire. After leaving the post twenty years later, he was a successful freelance pianist and composer, in demand in France, mainland Europe, Britain, and the Americas.
   • The Carnival of the Animals (Le carnaval des animaux) is a musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The work was written for private performance by an ad hoc ensemble of two pianos and other instruments, and lasts around 25 minutes.
     • Following a disastrous concert tour of Germany in 1885–86, Saint-Saëns withdrew to a small Austrian village, where he composed The Carnival of the Animals in February 1886.
     • there are ; two pianos, two violins, viola, cello, double bass, flute (and piccolo), clarinet (C and B♭), glass harmonica, and xylophone.
     • For private performance only he wanted people to see him as a serious composer no public can hear.
     • The swan was publshed after his death he made this for children and became very popular
     • The swan
     • 14 movements( list animals)
     • Written for a bit of fun

3. March of the lions tremolo

   • 2 Pianos and strings
   • Stately theme
   • opposite scales
   • String take the melody
   • Pianos play low octaves to represent the roar of a lion
   • The 2 groups of instruments playing higher and lower parts of the melody
   • Movement ends with fortissimo notes from all of the instruments
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