Mackenzie Newton
4/28/17
MUT 4571
Sahst du nach dem Gewitterregen Alban Berg’s Sahst du nach dem Gewitterregen (“Did you see, after the summer rain”), is the second piece from Funf-Orchester der Lieder (Five orchestral songs). Five Orchestral Songs Op.4 also known as Altenberg Lieder, was written for medium voice and orchestra. It strays away from traditional lieder, which caused a riot at its first performance because of it being so contrastive. It is Bergs first orchestral work. Berg studied under Arnold Schoenberg, who is also well known for his atonal pieces and influenced this work as well. Altenberg lieder consists of songs, that began and ended similarly when it came to motivic gestures. The text of Five Orchestral songs was from a contemporary but unconventional Viennese poet, Peter Altenburg. Berg chose the text to match his artistic needs that were differing as well. The Five Orchestral Songs Op. 4, is considered to
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Berg approaches this piece in a dramatic way, which makes sense with the text being somewhat dramatic, coming from Altenburg. The text is reflecting love and longing and the song draws longful on formal schemes. Most of the phrases of the piece connects one to the other, which goes with the connective motives of the piece as well. In the context, the poet is talking about the beauty of the forest after the rain, and expresses to the woman, that she is beautiful as is, but she is even more beautiful after going through a struggle, or conflict. I had thought the song was through-composed and not repetitive, because of the phrasing of the piece. After thinking about the text, going through the piece and marking the pitches, I had found a few pitch-class sets that repeated and after listening to it again, I could hear the returning aspects of the piece. Figuring this out, it pointed to it being a piece with formal schemes and not a through composed
In the first stanza, first line; I saw two trees embracing, this means that there is a couple that is in love. In the second and third line we see that the male is weaker “one leaned on the other, as if to throw her down” and in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh line we notice that the female has the strength, willpower and is dominating. In the second stanza, line one, two and three we see that the female being dominant makes the male feel broken and intimidated. In line four “the most wind-warped, you could see”, hear we see that there is a major problem between the two.
Volondat, Pierre-Alain, perf. Variations OP 20. By Clara Schumann. Rec. 15 May 2010. Saphir Productions, 2008. Florida College's Classical Music Library. Web. 17 Nov. 2013.
The poet shows that this simple, pleasant memory and how it re-in-acts his childhood. The way in which the windmills squeaks and groans to bring water from the ground whereas during the period of rain they work in harmony, as the rain comes down. The poem is gentle and nostalgic. It seeks not only to recreate the scene for the reader, but to have the reader feel the day to day struggle of living in the hash Australian outback, the struggle of agriculture during a drought.
The Haudenosaunee, “people of the longhouse,” are a group of six American Indian nations located in New York State. These nations, the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Tuscarora, and Seneca, face many challenges in maintaining their culture and traditional ways. However, they have been able to preserve many aspects and traditions through music and dance, arts and crafts, and sport.
Schoemaker, Jacqueline. “Travel, Homecoming and Wavering Minds in Lyrical Ballads and other Poems.” 'A Natural Delineation of Human Passions': The Historic Moment of Lyrical Ballads. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2004.
There are three parts of this piece that the poem was in. first the author told her background and her story through an autobiography, the succeeding part was the poem and she closed with the dress and
The 3rd movement: Scene in the Fields. This section represents a tranquil interval. It is a summer evening in the country and he hears two shepherds piping. The tranquil moment of the quiet summer evening alone with the pastoral duet fills his heart with an unfamiliar calm. Suddenly she appears and her appearance causes an emotional response of sorrowful loneliness.
This concert is held by the Stony Brook University music department and is to perform seven pieces of music written by seven student composers. The concert is performed in Recital Hall of Staller Center in Stony Brook University. Since it is a small hall, audiences are very close to the performers. In fact, it is the first time I am this close to the performers and the sound for me is so clear and powerful that seems like floating in front of my eyes. Among the seven pieces, “Ephemeral Reveries” and “Gekko no mori” are piano solo, “Two Songs for Joey” is in piano and marimba, “Suite” and “Fold Duet No. 1” are in woodwinds, “Elsewhere” is played by string groups, and “e, ee, ree, and I was free” is in vocal. Personally, I like the sound of piano and guitar the best. Therefore, in the latter part I will analysis two pieces in piano, “Gekko no mori” and “Two Songs for Joey”.
Notably, the personification happens to be what “ing” means. Although in the English language “ing” is considered a vowel sound, in this poetic form it falls under the consonance description because of the connotation involved. This is where the twist of emotions with the allusion of being present in the room watching the woman sleeping. Figuratively speaking, allowing this emotional connection and becoming an active part of the beautifully painted picture that the poem portrays, the emotions run free inside. This also emphasizes the emotions involved while dealing with life after such a death is initiated and the present. As far as the poetic critical terms are concerned, the poem could be described as free-verse due to its lack of distinct rhythmic pattern and rhyme scheme. This inconsistency made it sound little off kilter the first read through. However, with emphasis on the intended pauses and a slower reading of the lyrics the emotions of sadness are
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