musical ensembles and attending concerts
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Musical EnsemblesAttending Concerts
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Chamber Music• A form of classical music that is composed for a small group of
instruments, one performer to a part.• Duet• Trio• Quartet• Various ensembles up to ten performers
The following are only a few examples of chamber music ensembles. Instrumentation varies as there is no set instrumentation for these genres. The instrumentation is determined by a composer.
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Two Instruments• Two instruments
• Sonata Beethoven, “Kreutzer” Sonatahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COGcCBJAC6I
• DuetCopland, Duet for Flute and Pianohttp://content.thespco.org/music/compositions/duo-for-flute-and-piano-aaron-copland/Rossini, Duet for Cello and Basshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8SCz1bEXs
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Three Instruments• String Trio
• Violin, Viola, CelloBeethoven, String Trio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VVXP1Y-ckw
• Piano trio• Piano, clarinet, celloBrahms, Trio in A Minorhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOayoH9YRWk
• Piano, violin, celloMozart, Piano Trio in B Flat Majorhttp://content.thespco.org/music/compositions/piano-trio-in-b-flat-wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/
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Four Instruments
• Quartet• Brass quartet: trumpet 1, trumpet 2, euphonium, tubahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DO_XtUNQRI
• String quartet: violin 1, violin 2, viola, celloBeethoven, String Quartet in F Minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaSAdCvzPgU
• Piano quartet: violin, viola, cello, pianoMendelssohn, Piano Quartet in D Minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6QJu23I7YQ
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Five Instruments• Quintet• String quintet: violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello 1, cello 2Schubert, String Quintet in C Majorhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8jgqFnh3q0
• Brass quintet: trumpet, cornet, horn, trombone, tubaBach, Little Fugue in G Minorhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvc4955x_W8
• Wind quintet: flute, oboe, horn, bassoon, clarinetNielsen, Wind Quintethttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQDdD66tv1w
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Six Instruments• Sextet • String Sextet: violin 1, violin 2, viola 1, viola 2, cello 1, cello 2Tchaikovsky, Souvenir de Florencehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD2o1VdnmN4Brahms, String Sextethttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0ZboerS4zc
• Wind Sextet: clarinet 1, clarinet 2, horn 1, horn 2, bassoon 1, bassoon 2Beethoven, Wind Sextethttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-qmzhpAfgw
• Mixed ensemble: woodwind quintet (bassoon, horn, flute, oboe, clarinet) and piano
Poulenc, Sextet for Piano and Woodwind Quintet http://content.thespco.org/music/compositions/sextet-for-piano-and-wind-quintet-francis-poulenc/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1mQJkbv_f8
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Seven performers• Septet• Mixed ensemble: violin, viola, cello, bass, horn, bassoon, clarinet.Beethoven, Septethttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSOMNr-RzCY
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Eight Performers• Octet• Eight musicians, various ensembles. Mendelssohn, String Octet: violin 1, violin 2, violin 3, violin 4, viola 1, viola 2, cello 1, cello 2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooZc8e4gUWQ
http://content.thespco.org/music/compositions/string-octet-in-e-flat-felix-mendelssohn/
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Choral Groups• Chorus – an ensemble of singers.• Mixed: soprano, alto, tenor, bass – SATB.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=475pqwwbZ1w• Male: tenors, baritones, basses.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jRnL6fRdcc• Female: sopranos and altos.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkom5n3DY8U• Children’s: sopranos and altos.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOG99ASUU-o
• Choir - a smaller than a chorus singing ensemble. This term is used in English language. Church choirs.
• Various singing ensembles.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C3G1mMJQUYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpEqeTWI_EQ
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The Symphony Orchestra
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Strings
• First Violins• Second Violins• Violas• Cellos• Basses• Harp
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Woodwinds• Flutes• Piccolo• Oboes• Clarinets• Bassoons• Contrabassoon• Saxophones
Various woodwind instruments discussed previously can be added at composers’ discretions.
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Brass• French horns• Trumpets• Trombones• Tubas
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Percussion• Timpani• Snare drum• Tenor drum• Bass drum• Cymbals• Tam-tam• Triangle• Wood block• Tambourine• Glockenspiel• Xylophone• Vibraphone• Tubular bells • Marimba
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Keyboards• Piano• Celesta
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Conductors• Are in charge of planning and preparation to the concerts.• Show not only conducting patterns, but also articulate
expressive qualities of music.Mozart, “Dies Irae” from “Requiem” conducted by H. Karajan, start at 10:16http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia8ceqIDSJw
• Conductorless orchestras• Orpheus Chamber Orchestrahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Jd8l62r5E• Australian Chamber Orchestrahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kFYlUXO_G4
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Listening
As you watch the following videos, please note the sections and instruments listed above.
Verdi, Overture to La Forza del Destinohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thxOV5_YCh4
Britten, The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestrahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vbvhU22uAM
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Concert Bands• Professional, collegiate, and school concert and marching
bands and wind ensembles.
• University of Michigan Concert Bandhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWejXR78FN8
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Jazz Bands• Duke Ellington Big Bandhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2w2m1JmCY
• Dave Brubeck Quartethttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHdU5sHigYQ
• Dizzy Gillespie Quintethttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjZa7lyyGlw
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Rock Bands• The Beatleshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4zaofnVhps
• Any suggestions?
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Concert EtiquetteBasic rules of the concert etiquette at a classical music concert:• Audience• Applaud at appropriate times, not between the sections of a multi-
movement composition.• Do not be disruptive.• Do not leave the auditorium while the music is playing.• Only applauding is an appropriate sign of public appreciation.
• Performers• Solo performers and conductors bow right after they enter the stage
and after the completion of a one-movement piece or a multi-movement cycle.
• Orchestra members will stand up when a conductor appears on the stage.
• A concertmaster (a first violinist) tunes the orchestra before a conductor comes on the stage.
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Required Readings• http://openhighschoolcourses.org/mod/page/view.php?id=
11823• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_ensemble• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestra• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_etiquette• http://library.thinkquest.org/22673/
Video assignment:http://digital.films.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/PortalViewVideo.aspx?xtid=40223&psid=0&sid=0&State=&title=Genres%20in%20Music:%20From%20Handel%20to%20Hip-Hop&IsSearch=N&parentSeriesID=