'Music Appreciation Paper\r'

'Every melodic needs twain things script and symphony, the musical that I saw at the civic center â€Å"A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum. ” It is humorous characters and humorous breeds do it a delight to bump into and you left with a smile. The music was the best forth of the wholly diddle. The orchestra was sm every(prenominal) having a voiced, 2 violins, sea bass guitar, reed one(a) and both, trumpet one and deuce, trombone, and percussion section individually instru workforcet being a long part of production. The exemplify sugars with a vocal â€Å" comedy to night” giving a background in the streets of ancient capital of Italy of three theaters.The center of the hall Senex who lives there with his wife Domina, son champ, and the many other(prenominal) buckle downs them owned. wedge heel has his own slave Pseudolus who is the main character and pass slave Hysteria. One of the other neighbors is owned my Marcus Lycus, the f amily unit is a whore admit. The other neighbor is Erronius who has been gone for many years trying to find his children who were abducted my pirates. Thing utterer who bring ins Pseudolus tone was raspy, assemble high, two overcome, and pace fast the music flowed well and pulling the audience in quickly with it being very humorous.I thought the food grain was monophonic being only one mortal prattleing the phone call and leap being AB. The bird strain wipe bulges giving a summary of the whole play, and it goes on to the side by side(p) melodic line. sub the son of Senex has fallen in love with a misfire who he has neer spoken too. He starts to gurgle â€Å"love, I take care” his tone was rich, cant over was high, high-energy was mezzo-soprano forte, the step of the tenor was allegro it was a lovely song that expressed his love for a girl he has never spoken to. The song had two beats with the food grain of the music monophonic because it was only on e person babbleing it. afterwards he ends he tells his slave Pseudolus if you get me that girl.I will let you be free and Pseudolus is so shocked that he cannot look at it and starts to piffle â€Å"free” his grain is very raspy, with gait fast, and actives Mezzo Piano. The fork up is high and form verse course and recitative singing want lecture. This song was very flee-by-night and a great laugh. The play goes on to Pseudolus and Hero trying to think of externalize so they go to Lycus house to find the girl to buy her from Lycus. When the song â€Å"the house of Marcus Lycus” starts to play, this song is made more dancing and then singing the huckster is low, form was verse then instrumental, the pacing moderato, and alive(p) mezzo forte.This song has a lot of bras and saxophone. The bordering song â€Å"lovely” where tone emblazon of Hero is dark and Philia is bright, the riffle is high, the dynamics is forte, gait of the music was andante , and with each the song being four beats. Pseudolus tries to nutrition them together; however, one problem Philia is to be get married to the Caption a general for Rome. They Pseddolus, Philia, and gunman start singing ab disclose what their life could be called â€Å" moderately little picture” it is high stagger, a funny song with the dynamic being forte.The form is verse, chores, verse, chores, and the caryopsis homophonic because it had three people singing it. Pseudolus tells hero to hide Philia in the house while he goes to find away to keep them together. However, Philia is not capable at all and does not know what her husband looks like and gets confused with Heroes take Senex and he thinks Philia is a unused maid Hysterium brought on. An a new song begins â€Å"Everyone Ought have a Maid” the song is sing by Senex whose tone is bright, then Psedulous comes in with a raspy tone, and then Hysterium who comes in at the end and tone being mellow.The te xture for this song starts monophonic, then because Psedulous joins in it vexs polyphonic, and then because Hysterium joins in to the end it becomes homophonic with all three singing together. The stride was vivace with the three men, turn over was high, the form was verse, chores, verse, chores, and with two beats. After the song ends Senex hides from his wife and goes to take a vat and tells Hysterium to bring the maid Phila after he finishes into Erronius house where Senex was stopovering. But while this is happening, Erronius returns home, terminally having given up the search for his long-lost children.Hysterium, desperate to keep him out of the house where his master is bathing, tells the old man that his house has become haunted †a story retardmingly sustain by the sound of Senex singing in his bath. Erronius directly determines to have a soothsayer come and ostracize the spirit from his house, and Pseudolus obligingly poses as one, telling Erronius that in ord er to banish the spirit, he must hold out seven times around the seven hills of Rome (thus keeping the old man occupied and out of the way for quite a while). Hysterium starts to go bats and sings â€Å"I’m Calm” the music has a lot of plucking from the geartrains.The tone was mellow, with only one beat, fork up was high, and stride Presto, dynamic is fortissimo, AB form, one beat. The story goes on to Histerium not bring Phila to Senex who she thinks is Miles Glorious. However, Phila comes out and goes and hugs Hero while Senex sees and Phila then winks at Senex. Both men are confused and wonder what the heck is happening. They start to sing â€Å"impossible” the delivery was high, tempo vivace, dynamics mezzo forte, texture polyphonic, form verse chores, and tome color for the father Senex was bright and Hero the son was dark.After the song the captain Miles Gloriosus comes into town and comes for his bride who he paid for Phila. He starts to sing †˜Bring me my Bride” his tone color was dark, four beats, tempo allegro, texture homophonic, cede low and form verse, chores. They destroyed the song and subprogram one ended. Then Act two starts with Complicating matters further, Domina returns from her trip early, suspicious that her husband Senex is â€Å"up to something low. ” She disguises herself in virginal clean robes and a inter (much like Philias) to try to catch Senex being unfaithful.She starts to sing â€Å"that dirty old man” out of the whole cast, I hated her articulatio she was screaming the song and belting all the lecture. Her tone color was bright, two beats, pitch was high, tempo allegro, dynamics forte, texture is monophonic, and AB form. The story goes on where Hero and Phila in see of all three houses and wishing they could be with each other. They try to think of a plan, only if they had nothing so Phila start to sing â€Å"That’ll show him” in this song Phila is te lling Hero that when she is peting the Captain, but she will be thinking of Hero and kiss the Captain more. She is not the smartest girl.Her tone color was bright, pitch high, tempo allegretto, texture monophonic, two beats, and form verse, chores. Pseudolus convinces Hysterium to service him by dressing in drag and pretence to be Philia, â€Å"dead” from the plague. An starts to sing â€Å"lovely (reprise)” to settle him feel beautiful and confident to be a girl even though he is a guy. His pitch was moderate; tempo andante, dynamic mezzo forte, he is tone color was rich because he was a smoker, and texture monophonic. While Hysterium is acting like Phila dead the captain wants a big funeral for her so all the slave girls and soldiers are there break of day her.And the â€Å"funeral sequence” starts in the song there were words from Miles Gloriosus and everyone else doing a melodic crying. In the whole play this is the only song that has three beats, pi th moderate, tempo andante, AB form, dynamic mezzo piano, and texture monophonic. Unfortunately, it turns out that Miles Gloriosus has just returned from Crete, where there is of course no essential plague. With the trick revealed, the main characters run for their lives, resulting in rut with both Miles and Senex pursuing all three Philae’s; Domina, Hysterium, and the actual Philia †all wearing identical white robes and veils.Meanwhile, the whores from the house of Marcus Lycus who had been recruited as mourners at Philia’s utility(a) funeral have escaped, and Lycus sends his eunuch out to bring them all back, adding to the chaos. Finally, the Captains troops are able to round everyone up. Pseudolus appears to be in deep trouble; however, Erronius, completing his threesome circuit of the Roman hills, shows up unexpectedly to come apart that Miles Gloriosus and Philia are wearing matching rings which watch them as his long-lost children. Philias betrot hal to the Captain is canceled by the unexpected surprise that hes her brother.Philia weds Hero; Pseudolus gets his freedom and the lovely slave girl Gymnasia; Gloriosus receives twin courtesans to replace Philia; Erronius gets his children, and a clever ending prevails for all †except for poor Senex, stuck with his nagging wife Domina. It ends with are last song â€Å"final comedy tonight” with Pseudolus singing and then everyone joins in. the pitch is high, tempo allegro, dynamics mezzo forte, texture polyphonic, AB form, two beats, and the genre of all the songs would be a musical comedy. This musical was fun and delight to see and if I could see it again I would.For my cousins birthday we got to go to Taylor Swift concert in southern well-nigh Carolina where I stayed for spring break with family. On work on 23 we went and it was fearful, there was seventeen songs she sang and as well as Ed Sheeran as her commencement act. It was load and a lot of fun, their ge nre of both singers was pop. Ed Sheeran was the opening act singing A-Team pitch low, two beats, texture monophonic, dynamic piano, tempo moderato. The undermentioned song he played â€Å"give me love” pitch high, tempo allegretto, dynamics crescendo, texture monophonic, and tone color was dark. He did sing more songs; however, I came late so I only got to here two of his songs.Then the awed Taylor Swift came on and started to sing â€Å"state of dress” pitch was high, dynamic crescendo, tempo allegretto, and texture monophonic. Taylor’s next song was â€Å"holy ground” pitch was moderate, dynamic forte, tempo presto, two beats, and form verse, chores. She is an inhalant to all girls who want to be themselves and to have fun. Her voice never wavered and kept going to the very end. Her next song â€Å"you belong with me” which is one of my favorite songs from her. Her pitch was high, dynamic mezzo forte, tempo allegretto, form verse, chores, and two beats.She does clothing change and goes to the next song â€Å"the comfortable one” pitch low, temp moderato, dynamic mezzo piano, and texture polyphonic. Her next song which is now her tinge â€Å"red” tempo moderato, pitch high, dynamic mezzo forte, texture monophonic, and two beats. ”the lucky one” pitch high, dynamics mezzo forte, tempo moderato, and form verse, chores. She starts to sing after giving an inspirational speech â€Å" hatch” tempo allegretto, dynamic mezzo forte, texture homophonic, and two beats. She starts to sing after giving an inspirational speech â€Å"mean” tempo allegretto, dynamic mezzo forte, texture homophonic, and two beats.Next song â€Å"stay stay stay” texture homophonic, tempo vivace, pitch moderato, and dynamic crescendo. She changes into another outfit and starts to sing â€Å"22” her tone color bright, tempo vivace, and pitch high. She changes again and talks to the fans and tells that this most requested and plays acoustic â€Å"starlight” pitch low, texture monophonic, two beats, and dynamic mezzo piano. The next song was a duet with Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift called â€Å"everything has changed” texture polyphonic, dynamic mezzo forte, tempo moderato, and form verse, chores.The next song is her and her guitar â€Å"begin again” pitch low, tempo andante, dynamic mezzo piano, and texture monophonic. Her next song â€Å"sparks fly” which she starts playing on a twelve string guitar. Pitch is high, tempo is allegro, and dynamic forte. Taylor’s next song starts off with her violinist making an awed entrance. Then Taylor comes out in a new outfit singing â€Å"I knew you were trouble” pitch was high, tempo presto, dynamic forte, and form verse, chores. She goes on the piano and talks to fans about writing her songs and being amazing and then starts to sing. All too well” pitch was low, tempo adagio, dynamic piano, and texture monophonic. Taylor changes and comes out of the peak singing â€Å"love story” pitch high, tempo allegretto, and two beats. Taylor changes again and starts to sing â€Å"Treacherous” pitch low, tempo moderato, and dynamic is mezzo piano. The last song â€Å"we are never getting back together” which is a fun high pitch song, tempo is vivace, dynamic forte, and two beats. I loved the play and the concert, learning about the music was fun and I learned a lot. I won’t look at music the same.\r\n'