MUS111H1 Lecture : Context
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Music is always the same, the text doesn"t change, but the context can. Between recorded studio and recorded live performances? i. e. m. praetorius, in dulci jubilo, for 5 choirs (1619) To what extent might our knowledge of context determine the historical importance of a composition? i. e. j. s. We want to know the person behind the composition i. e. beethoven, symphony nr. Igor stravinsky www. notesolution. com: russian composer, writes for ballets and became the extremely famous for it until the. Rite of spring : wrote the rite of spring which was very controversial and about sexuality (caused people in the audience to fight during performance because it evoked so much emotion. Vaslav nijinsky: principle dancer for stravinsky"s plays. Bela bartok: concert pianist and composer, allegro barbaro (1911, treated the piano in an unconventional way (at the time) in a barbaric way (caused people to fight in the audience again)
