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4′33″. 4′33″[ a] is a modernist composition [ b] by American experimental composer John Cage. It was composed in 1952 for any instrument or combination of instruments; the score instructs performers not to play their instruments throughout the three movements. It is divided into three movements, [ c] lasting 30 seconds, two minutes and ...
Three Pieces for String Quartet. Igor Stravinsky in the 1920s. Three Pieces for String Quartet is a composition by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was finished in 1914, revised in 1918, [1] and eventually published in 1922. [2]
Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, [ 1] either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called composers. Composers of primarily songs are usually called songwriters; with songs, the person who ...
The band was founded in 1994 as a three piece: Joey Eppard on guitar and lead vocals, Josh Eppard on drums and Chris Bittner on bass. They came to the attention of Universal Records after well-received performances at the Woodstock festival in 1994, eventually getting signed in 1998, but following an unstable relationship with the label through its series of corporate mergers, the band was ...
Allmusic. [ 1] The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music is a compilation of classical works recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor David Parry. [ 2] Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Royal Festival Hall and Henry Wood Hall in London, the compilation was released in digital formats in November, 2009 and as a 4-CD set in 2011 ...
In music, form refers to the structure of a musical composition or performance.In his book, Worlds of Music, Jeff Todd Titon suggests that a number of organizational elements may determine the formal structure of a piece of music, such as "the arrangement of musical units of rhythm, melody, and/or harmony that show repetition or variation, the arrangement of the instruments (as in the order of ...
The Mushrooms Going to War, for voice (bass) and piano (1904) Conductor and Tarantula, for voice and piano (1906) Lost. Faun and Shepherdess, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, Op. 2 (1907) Pastorale, for vocalise soprano and piano (1907) Stravinsky created an arrangement of this piece for soprano and four woodwinds in 1923, and arrangements for ...
Musical forms such as the symphonic poem, ballade, suite, overture and some compositions in freer forms are named as program music since they intended to bring out extra-musical elements like sights and incidents. Opera, ballet, and Lieder could also trivially be considered program music since they are unintended to accompany vocal or stage ...