The Stars and Stripes Forever
The ‘Stars and Stripes Forever’ is a march by an American composer Sousa Phillip (Blackburn, 2004). The piece was premiered in 1897. It is one of the famous compositions among the composer’s works. Sousa and his band performed this piece regularly at their concerts. The piece commences with a short, exciting introduction, trailed by three contrasting melodies of different moods. Although Sousa had established his own poetry in the music, the piece is mostly heard in its instrumental structure. In 1987, the piece was nominated as the official march in the United States (Blackburn, 2004).
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Short Ride in a Fast Machine is an orchestral fanfare composed by John Adams. The piece brings out the excitement and terror of a late-night buzz drive in a sports car. It was produced in 1986 as an introduction for a summer festival assumed by the Pittsburgh Symphony (Blackburn, 2004). Since then, the piece has been one of the composer’s most frequently performed compositions.
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It is a masterwork of minimalism, a compositional style that entails the curling of compact, melodic motifs and repetitive rhythms into a complex web of musical texture. For instance, the piece opens with the flute motif that is neither similar to that of the woodblock that merges moments later, nor related to the motif produced by brass instruments that trails. However, the three patterns produce an atmosphere of excitement and energy, with a catching musical motive that propels the audience into the core of the composition. In addition, use of the orchestra by the composer produces more colour than is observed in minimalist
...John’s most famous pieces of music is the American march “Stars and Stripes forever”. In an act of 1987 by the U.S Congress, this song is now officially the National March of the United States of America. This song was composed on Christmas Day in 1896. He composed it just after he learned of the recent death of his band manager, David Blakely. The song was first performed at Willow Grove Park on May 14th 1897. The song is performed in the key of A-flat and follows the standard military march form.
After this night, Key wrote a poem telling the events of that night. He called it “The Defense of Fort M’Henry”. It was published in the newspapers all over America. Someone put the poem to music using an old English tune called “To Anacreon in Heaven”. This song became America’s first national anthem in 1931.
Many Americans are familiar with the first verse of the poem The Defense of Fort McHenry but not by that name. Over the years since it was written, The Defense of Fort McHenry has become a part of American culture. The Star-Spangled Banner, as it is now known, is sung at sporting events and gatherings across the country but usually not sung in its entirety. Unknown too many Americans is there are actually four verses to our national anthem. “The Star-Spangled Banner” became a well known and loved patriotic song but it would take 117 years before it would become our national anthem. In the 1890’s, the military began using the song for ceremonial purposes. Then in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued an executive order designating it to be used as the national anthem when appropriate. Finally in March 1931, Congress officially named The Star-Spangled Banner as the National Anthem of the United States. Francis Scott Key’s use of setting, structure, and literary techniques in “The Defence of Fort McHenry”, captures the spirit of America and helped it become our national anthem.
To the persistent individual, though, there is a body of music in existence that merits regard. It is powerful music written by the youth of America, youngsters who did have a stake in the Vietnam War. There can be little question about the origins of the power which American protest music conveyed: those who wrote such music lived each day with the real knowledge that they were losing friends in, and could possibly be forced themselves to go to, Vietnam. One such group, Creedence Clearwater Revival, made its contribution to this genre near the end of the Vietnam War.
Tomasky, Michael. A. Bob Dylan, Joan Baez & More Music at 1963’s March on Washington. 27 August 2013.
His journey starts in the farm lands before Hull, he does not stop his car, he swerves passed everything as he knows it is not what he is searching for and the slowness of the life he describes here is used in contrast to the imagined speed of the author's swerving vehicle on the motorway.
Imagine, now, the other section, of which this is only the resemblance, to include the animals which we see, and everything that grows or is made.
Premiering in 1931, Still’s Symphony No. 1 was the first African-American composed symphony. The tone poem expresses the African-American experience from slavery to triumph. The first movement, Moderato assai (“Longing”), is in A-flat and features a classic blues twelve-bar pattern. The second movement, Adagio (“Sorrow”) in F major, sounds more spiritual, but continues the blues theme. The third movement, Animato (“Humor”) in A-flat, has two themes and two variations. In this scherzo movement we hear similarities to “I’ve Got Rhythm”. The final movement, Lento con risoluzione (“Aspiration”) in F minor, creates the idea of African-American triumph and pride by utilizing the entire orchestra, which includes, horns, woodwinds, strings, and percussions.
This week in class we have been making a collage on ourselves. I chose this background on the collage because who doesn’t like the American Flag. The very main picture on the project is the picture of me. It was the only picture of me that we had that we could print. Two of the cultural pictures are a picture of crawfish and Jazz because of my Cajun heritage. Another picture is the Bald Eagle with the American Flag under its wings. The reason for that picture is because I’m very patriotic and I would do anything for America. Next, the Indian picture comes from my ancestors who were Indians back in the day. The last of the cultural pictures is the cross and I have the cross because I’ve grown up in a christian environment and am a christian.
The ensemble’s intonation during the performance of the march was absolutely terrible. The flat notes sounded low throughout the piece. Especially the Ebs at measure 71 until measure 87 where they started sounding more in tune. The Dbs at measure 91 sounded
A positive aspect of the performance of Stars and Stripes Forever was its use of balance throughout the piece. Balance is when you have an equal proportions of different musical elements in a piece. For most of the piece, the Cavalier Band
Our students will also be required to memorize important repertoire that should be memorized before they can graduate the school. This will include the National Anthem, each Armed Forces Service Song, and 10 marches that are normally played during parades. Buglers will be required to learn Taps and bugle calls and drummers will learn all of the required rudiments.
Additionally, Dr. Birch Browning, Associate Professor of Music Education and Director of Bands at CSU, directed a piece entitled “Give Us This Day (Short Symphony)” by David Maslanka. Browning described the piece as “being infused with a sort of religious ecstasy”.
The flag We all know and love the American flag today, which represents purity/innocence, hardiness and valor and it also represent the freedom of our country and many more. My solo project has many similarities to it because our flag symbolizes our island and it’s people. The flag is important in many ways because it symbolizes us as a group and who we are. I'm not that really an expert at this, but I did some research why our flag is important. This is relevant to our life because the flag is what represent us and who we are as a nation. I choose this because I’m interested in the country’s background and knowing their flag, it give you information what will be their country and culture will be about. For this project I had to make a flag for our island which was “Ceaw” and at first it was difficult to make, but in the end we made our flag. First our flag has two lines that go across in the middle which was colored black. Second we had a star in the middle around the stars are these fins like shape which was the color blue. For the result we have a flag for our island that symbolize us and our island.
Flag desecration is a topic that is black and white, there is no grey. Majority of the people that believe flag desecration should be illegal are Republicans, and the opposition is made up of mostly Democrats. While there are two sides to every argument, the following articles agree on one thing: flag desecration should not be restricted. In article one, “Flag Desecration Should Not Be Restricted” by Andrew Cohen (published in 2004), he discusses four viewpoints of why legislation prohibiting flag burning is unconstitutional. In article two, “Flag Desecration Should Not Be Restricted” by Robyn Coffey (published in 2009), she claims that the flag is a symbol and prohibiting it from “expression” infringes on free speech.