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Watch two videos featuring the performance of a twentieth century music composition. Your choices must be from the twentieth or twenty-first century classical tradition, such as solo, orchestral or chamber music performances,notpop, rock, or jazz. Please note that this assignment is not a 20th or 21st century performance of music from the Classical era - students should watch videos of music that was composed in the twentieth or twenty-first century. The music chosen for this assignment needs to have been written in the twentieth or twenty-first century, so it is important tonotchoose music that was composed before the twentieth century. You can either choose two compositions written by the same composer or a composition from two different twentieth or twenty-first century composers. If you are not sure if your choices fit the requirements, be sure to ask in the Questions thread or by sending a personal message to your instructor. The following is a list of possible choices for composers for this assignment. You are not required to choose a composer from this list as long as your choices are composers from the twentieth or twenty-first century.


The two composers I am choosing areSergei Rachmaninoff andArnold Bax. Choose compositions from these two composers.


For each of the two videos, discuss how each composition reflects the six basics of melody, harmony, texture, rhythm, timbre, and form. You can refer to “Tools” in the course text for detailed information about each of these musical terms. Please also address how the composer's music reflects the culture and/or time period in which he or she lived. This aspect of the assignment should include information from academic sources about the musical style of your chosen composer/s that is cited. The videos should be cited in the body of the text and in a reference page.
There is no specific word count requirement for this assignment - just be sure you are addressing all of the required elements. This paper should be written in paragraph form using complete sentences with a clear introduction and conclusion. In addition to these elements, please be sure to fulfill the Requirements for Writing Assignments (see below), including citing all sources (including the performances) both in the body of the text and in a reference page. Please note that MLA is the standard citation style in the humanities. Here are some good sources of information forEvaluating Online Resources,Citing Sources, andWriting & Grammar Resources. Papers will be evaluated according to the followingShort Paper grading iRubric. Please review and utilize this grading rubric in order to maximize points earned on this assignment.



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  • I am looking forward to reading your analysis of twentieth century compositions. Let me know if you have any questions about this assignment.





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Dilpreet answered on Mar 09 2021
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Running Head: Twentieth Century Music Composition     1
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Title: Twentieth Century Music Composition
Contents
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 10 Preludes, Op. 23    3
Arnold Bax’s Symphony No.
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Work Cited    7
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 10 Preludes, Op. 23
Sergei Rachmaninoff was a Russian pianist, composer and the conductor of the romantic period in the early 20th century. His earlier work is influenced by other Russian composers like Rimsky-Korsakov but later his personal style was quite noticeable in his works such as expressiveness, orchestral colors and melodicism. One of his well known works is 10 Preludes, Op. 23. He composed 24 piano preludes each one of which were in a major as well as a minor key. The most famous C Sharp Minor Prelude came in the year 1892. The complete Opera 23 followed 11 years later. The set of these preludes dwell over a wide range of moods. Snappy march rhythms heard at the beginning dominate the outer sections of the prelude. The middle sections of the prelude however highlight the big tunes of the Piano Concerto No 2.
These 10 Preludes for Solo Piano includes famous Prelude in G minor. The 10 preludes of Opera 23 range from two to five minutes in length. The piece takes nearly thirty minutes to perform all the 10 preludes. The scales of keys of all the ten preludes are as listed below:
· No. 1 in F# minor (Largo)
· No. 2 in Bb major (Maestoso)
· No. 3 in D minor (Tempo di Minuetto)
· No. 4 in D major (Andante Cantabile)
· No.5 in G minor (Alla Marcia)
· No.6 in Eb major (Andante)
· No.7 in C minor (Allegro)
· No. 8 in Ab major (Allegro Vivace)
· No.9 in Eb minor (Presto)
· No. 10 in Gb major (Largo)
The ten preludes expand into complex polyphonic forms with sections that are musically independent. The piece work highlights the experience of the composer as a virtuoso pianist. The preludes test the tonal, harmonic, rhythmic, lyrical, and percussive...
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