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  TOPIC: MUSIC AND EXPERIMENTALISM 1)   Imaginary Landscape No. 1 - John Cage   John Cage - Imaginary Landscape No. 1 (1939) The song that I wanted to talk about is Imaginary Landscape No. 1 by John Cage. As the module was introduced, John Cage was an American composer. He was one of the pioneers in experimentalism, indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and the non-standard use of musical instruments. He was also involved in the modernism branch of the avant-garde. He was also lauded by critics to be one of the most influential composers of the 20 th  century. Thus, I think is proper to pick one of his pieces due to how related he and the piece he made to our module since this piece make use of a technique that is relevant to the topic. The piece is a composition made from records of constant or variable frequency. It also has string piano and Chinese cymbal as accompaniments as well. The piece has only one movement for a duration of 6 minutes...
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  TOPIC: MUSIC AND VIRTUOSITY 1)   Fantaisie-Impromptu - Chopin Daniil Trifonov – Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66 I choose this piece for many reasons. First, it was composed by Chopin whom we discussed in the module to be one of the pioneers in the Romanticism era of music. On the other hand, this piece also has many things to discuss since it was an unpublished piece and only came to light after his death when the holder of the piece, against Chopin's wishes to not publish any unpublished music, decided to make it public. I think this piece is closely linked to our module 4 because not only was it a famous Romanticism piece but also because of how similar it is to Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. The piece was written in 1834 and was published in 1855 after Chopin's death. The piece was C# minor key which is the same as Moonlight Sonata and that is not the only similarity. They also both have a section in the middle that is in the Db major ke...
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 TOPIC: MUSIC AND DRAMA 1)  Tara's theme - Max Steiner - Gone with the wind  Wells Cathedral School Symphony Orchestra perform Tara's Theme from Gone With The Wind by Max Steiner.  I think this piece is related to the topic we learned for this module because of how iconic it is in the movie industry. The song was composed by Max Steiner who wrote over 300 film scores and was nominated for 24 Academy awards while winning 3 of them. The score composed by him in "Gone with the wind" is one that he is best known for. Thus, when talking about music and drama, I think it is fair to talk about such an important figure as Max Steiner and his iconic score. The reason I chose this piece is due to its meaning to me. The book that the score was written for is one of the most famous love novels of its time. While in the novel, the protagonist never managed to love the right person and marries 3 people she didn’t love, in my opinion, this only adds contrast and makes people year...
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