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Brief History of Early 20th Century Music

Perhaps the most obvious and sweeping change that has affected the first part of the 20th century has been the rapid advance of technology. Radio and television broadcasting, records and compact discs have changed musical life beyond imagination.  Music has now become a commodity, readily available anywhere.   Against this background of change and development, although traditional sounds of classical music still persist, experiments using these new methods occurred in the early part of the 20th century.

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The School Choral Program Student Leadership and Motivation DVD Review

In yet another timely DVD presentation Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser brings his wisdom and inspirational teachings on student leadership to a new group of students.  More well known perhaps for his work with high school bands, Dr. Tim turns hi...

 

Trends and Technologies Shaping Music Education

This article includes a PDF presentation given during the 2008 Iowa Music Educator's Association Conference on the topic of the latest trends and new technologies that are poised to change music education as we know it today. ...

 
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Top Ten String and Orchestra Recruiting Tips For Teachers

Recruitment strategies can often make or break a string orchestra program. This is why it is so important to have a plan of action that takes you from the first day of school to the last. Here is a list of top ten recruitment tips for str...

 

Brief History of Romantic Music

The Romantic Period is from c.1820 – 1900, with Early Romantic Period (1820-1850) and Late Romantic Period (1850-1900.) Up until the early part of the 1800s, music was ordered and refined. After the 1820s, emotional expression was con...

 
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Sacred vs. Secular Music In Public School Concerts

It's that time of year again when thoughts turn to holiday concerts and that one, slight possibility that lingers in the back of a teacher's mind that someone, somewhere in the audience will make a stink because of the inclusion of one or...

 
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1. Music Composer Research Database
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...nts, teachers, and music lovers in general to research and learn about their favorite historical and current composers.  The Music Composer Database does not provide all of the information necess...

2. Brief History of Romantic Music
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...tude was described as 'romanticism.'    Beethoven, Leader of the Romantic Pack There are many composers in this period, but the one who led the charge from the Classical into the Romant...

3. Brief History of Early 20th Century Music
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...es begins again. Second Viennese School The Second Viennese School is a term used for the group of composers in the early 20th century Vienna, who adopted and developed the twelve-note syste...

4. Brief History of Baroque Music
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...ngelo Corelli.   Baroque Period Employers - Royalty or Church Most of the music was written by composers as ordered by their employers, almost always, by the Church dignitaries or by ro...

5. History of the Clarinet From the 19th Century
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
While composers had already begun to write music for the clarinet, such as Mozart with the Clarinet Concerto and Clarinet Quintet, it was the 19th century that saw an explosion of use of the clarinet

6. Brief History of Classical Music
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
... a choral work.  The crescendo sign, which first appeared in 1747, became very important. Composers also wrote a lot of music for the newly-developed piano as it allowed them to use...

...rrounding the music itself. If you are doing a piece by Bach or Beethoven this is pretty easy. Classical composers have had hundreds of years to be analyzed, researched, and written about by hund...

8. Folk Music Preservation
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...stitutions much of this heritage has been saved.    Beginning in the late 19th century composers in Europe began taking an interest in their own countries native folk music. The...

9. History of the Clarinet From the 19th Century
(Teacher Resources/Music in General)
While composers had already begun to write music for the clarinet, such as Mozart with the Clarinet Concerto and Clarinet Quintet, it was the 19th century that saw an explosion of use of the clarinet

10. I Used To Hate Music History
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)
...ave managed to put together a really neat visual and relational database of information on many of the major composers of our past and present. The great thing about this new music hist...

11. Baroque Orchestra Beginnings
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
... the privilege of the royal and aristocratic households who had the means to employ full-time orchestras and composers. The only way a composer could earn a living was to be employed by some wealthy p...

12. Heitor Villa-Lobos
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...quot;Brazilian Bach-pieces") and his largest recorded choir count. He was one of the most extraordinary composers of the 20th century who produced more than 2,000 musical works. Earl...

13. Franz Schubert- Classical Era Composer
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...turgical music have earned him recognition as a significant and well loved composer. Of the many prolific composers of the period known as the Classical Era, Franz Schubert was one of the most p...

14. Brief History of the Renaissance Period
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...The Renaissance Period (1450-1600) was a time of great intellectual and creative achievers like the artists, composers, writers, among others. An example was Leonardo da Vinci, an extraordinary man wh...

15. Welcome Back From MusicEdMagic!
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)
...es.  Tel has been brought on board here at MusicEdMagic for her expertise in music history, opera, and composers in general. It is my goal over the next few months to involve additional ...

16. John Cage and Experimental Music
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...hat his idea of music was not music at all.   John Cage was an enigma of music. Like other composers before him he attempted to explore new styles and textures. But where others ben...

17. Brief History of Medieval Music
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...curred. Music was primarily written for the church . The cathedrals were the center of the musical life, and composers proliferated as employees of the church authorities.   Plainsong an...

18. Arranging for the Concert Band
(Books/Conducting and Score Study)
A classic book of insight and assistance to guide composers and musicians toward the best practices for arranging music for concert band ensembles.!CBAuthorBot

19. Composer Research Database Fixed!
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)
...ernet Explorer users can now use this valuable and easy to use database to research any of dozens of musical composers from various eras.  More will be added as time allows and if there is intere...

20. Brahms Clarinet Music
(Teacher Resources/Music in General)
...rahms and the clarinet goes well beyond this one piece of music. Brahms is recognized as one of the greatest composers for the clarinet, and it was the clarinet that lured this great composer out of e...

21. Brass Musical Instruments
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)
Brass musical instruments are generally made from alloy of chemical elements copper and zinc. The most common of these brass instruments are trumpet, cornet, bugle, French horn, trombone, tenor horn,

22. Brief History of Medieval Music
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...curred. Music was primarily written for the church . The cathedrals were the center of the musical life, and composers proliferated as employees of the church authorities.   Religious...

23. Frederick Chopin- His Childhood
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...would have been able to predict that this aspiring prodigy would become one of the most famous Classical era composers , on par with some of the greatest musical minds in history.  ...

24. The Story of Pomp and Circumstance
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...rchestra.    The name Edward Elgar is not usually mentioned among the great classical composers , in fact you may never have even heard of him, but his most famous work, Pomp a...

25. Trumpet Voluntary- Free Sheet Music
(Teacher Resources/Sheet Music)
The Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke is one of the most often used instrumental pieces of music in weddings around the world.  It's melody is very familiar and surprisingly easy to play on

26. Finale 2008 Review: Music Notation Software
(Computer Software/Music Notation)
...considering all the other good things about Finale 2008, this is a minor issue for all but the most picky of composers.  ...

...ki points out just how easy and useful this little trick can be.  Using the Belkin Nostromo SpeedPad , composers can dynamically assign all of the needed note durations and articulations to indi...

...nsidering all the other good things about Finale 2008, this is a minor issue for all but the most picky of composers.  ...

29. Percy Grainger Biography
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...y in an effort to encourage his growing musical talents. Later moving again to London he studied with such composers as Grieg and Delius. Percy Grainger and Folk Music Percy Grainger's as...

30. Free Lyrics and Sheet Music for Popular Songs
(Teacher Resources/Curriculum)
...hese is the Mutopia Project, an effort to catalog and distribute notable, public domain sheet music by major composers. The Mutopia database is quite large and growing rapidly. Much of the music at ...

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