The names of voices, parts, performers, instruments, forms of composition, and technical directions are all Italian.
The second deals with acoustics, intervals (distances between notes), musical genres, scales, measures of instruments, the theory of composition, rhythm, and the mathematical aspects of music.
The OPSAT-Q subscales had acceptable measurement properties and the analyses supported the proposed scoring structure of the instrument, specifically the composition of four subscales: Convenience, Daily Activities, Overall Satisfaction, and Side Effects.
Leanna Primiani's "Thursdays, Saturdays, and Twice on the Sabbath," a nod to Shaker prayer sessions, included stomping and shuffling of feet alongside several wind instruments -- a composition reminiscent of the quirky work of John Adams.
Set out chronologically the program began with one of his earliest pieces, the Composition for Four Instruments of 1947-48.
John Cage's concept of music inverted the traditional ideas of composition, performance, and what can be considered an instrument.
His masterpieces of composition and color harmony reached a peak in his paintings of musical instruments.
What's interesting to me is the way Beethoven's compositions transcend the instruments of their time, forcing the piano builders to develop ever greater sonority and technological refinement.
Tells about his unorthoeox form of composition; his success as a pianist in spite of his dislike of that instrument; his excentricities, etc.
A philosophy of composition?
