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Discuss how changing perceptions of early music (mediaeval to Baroque) has informed the evolution of present-day performance and reception

Recording and broadcasting technological progress during the twentieth century has allowed many more people to hear differing performances of all kinds of music, amongst them 'early music'. Though such mu...

Answered by David D. • Music tutor

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Listen to the following: https://youtu.be/YKsQOpTTd7w - what is the instrumentation (outlining the solo instrument), what is the tonality, from what type of work was this likely taken, when might it have been written, and who is a possible composer?

Instrumentation:Solo instrument: Cor AnglaisAccompaniment under solo: Strings, pizzicatoWoodwindHornsPredominantly minor tonalityLate 19th century - 1888 (late-Romantic style)Symphony - possibly op...

Answered by Joshua Q. • Music tutor

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What is New Musicology?

New Musicology is a movement that started around 1980 with a series of influential articles published by musicologist Joseph Kerman among others. It criticised the current discipline for being too focused...

Answered by Simon G. • Music tutor

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When analysing film/descriptive music, what elements should you analyse?

StructureTempoOrchestrationPitch
Duration (of notes)Rhythm
TextureEnsembleDynamics
TonalityInstrumentationMelody

Answered by Lucy P. • Music tutor

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When listening to a extract of music, what features should we be looking out for?

I would suggest always working out what the time signature is (how many beats in a bar), whether the music is slow or fast, what style the music is in and the general dynamics in the extract. I would then...

Answered by Izzy J. • Music tutor

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