With the careful guidance anyone can listen to a piece of classical music and say, dungeon, I get the point ...
The reason of my work is coming to this, I'll use a piece of classical music ( not known) even for the connoisseurs, and will make him enjoyable to listen, even for Who does not know or can not read the music (as opposed to those who knew the music desiserasse or insert the score).
My main goal is to give an input to learn to listen to a piece of music (sometimes complex) ... because after all "music is just music."
The song I chose for you is a masterpiece of classical music: Symphonic Poem Taken from La Mer (The Sea), "Three symphonic sketches" of C. Debussy, the first movement, from the aube à midi sur la mer (From dawn to noon on the sea).
I chose this song because it falls in the particular world of program music, music is used to program the stimuli surroundings, and are processed according to the composer's personal vision and the cultural influences of the historical period in which they live.
The composer tries to represent and evoke extra-musical content object through the sounds of musical instruments, according to its requirements, giving it symbolic meaning, not always immediately effective.
Remember "The Four Seasons" by Vivaldi ', Vivaldi with the sounds of the instruments tried to evoke the sounds of the nature of the four seasons the cycle of nature, following precise sonnets written above, which reveal the choices and how to listen to the music .
In this case, the author leaves no specific indication tied to images or impressions, what I propose is therefore a process of active listening and challenging in terms of recognizing, in situations dell'immedesimarsi completely abstract, without being influenced by any constraint, would we make sense of our listening and then the music ... I find
still essential to refer you to link to a basic knowledge on: The Life of Debussy
the historical context (the French Third Republic) the literary context (decadence) The pictorial context (Impressionism) Well, now we start our journey:
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Impression, soleil levant 1872
De l'aube à midi sur la mer
In this track are:
- 2 flutes, 1 piccolo, 2 oboes, 1 English horn, 2 clarinets, 3 bassoons , 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones (wind instruments).
- 3 drums, cymbals and drums (percussion)
- 2 harps (stringed instruments)
- First violins, violins II, violas, cellos and basses (stringed instruments).
If you can not listen to the songs you can download the update at the following links: Update introductory section of the song:
• First hearing:
thematic fragments accompanied by violas cellos
• Second listening:
thematic fragments of the oboe and clarinet, accompanied by violins
• Third listening :
The theme that I often hear throughout the song (theme cyclical or conductor), played by English horn and trumpet accompanied by cellos and basses.
• Fourth listen:
listen to the entire introductory section of track, taking into account all the elements making up previously heard that you can hear several times (perhaps made by other instruments).
Section A of the song:
• First hearing:
accompaniment of stringed instruments, which will be the carpet to the various thematic ideas.
• Second listen: Theme
flute and clarinet accompanied it carries out its arches previously heard.
• Third listen: Theme
horns always accompanied it carries out its arches above heard.
• Fourth listen: Fragment
musical appeal brought by the Eastern flutes, accompanied in a pretty pattern and rhythm marked by the entire orchestra.
• Fifth listening:
theme of the solo violin, accompanied by the orchestra.
• Sixth listening:
listen to the entire section of track, taking into account all the elements that compose heard earlier that can be heard several times (perhaps made by others instruments).
Section B of the song:
• First listen: Theme
cello accompanied by the flutes.
• Second listen: Theme
cyclical or conductor played by English horn and trumpet accompanied by cellos and basses (remember that we have already heard in the introduction?)
• Third listen: Theme
final cello and English horn.
• Quarto ascolto:
Ascoltiamo l’intera sezione B del brano, tenendo presente di tutti gli elementi di cui è composta ascoltati in precedenza che si possono sentire più volte (magari fatti da altri strumenti).
Coda conclusiva del brano:
• Primo ascolto:
Tema dei fiati accompagnati dalle arpe.
• Secondo ascolto:
Ascoltiamo l’intera conclusione del brano cercando di ricordare le melodie sentite fin ora.
Ora ascolteremo l’intero song from beginning to end, certainly recognize the issues we have already heard melodies in sections, C. Debussy with these fragments was able to build this masterpiece, you have succeeded with your imagination to imagine a scenario and a tale?
Well ... this is your symphonic poem, La mer
I did not put the full score is because the sum of the four sections so far heard and analyzed, where the score appears piece by piece (so just put them together).
to you the impressions ....
guide to listening the last work of one of the greatest geniuses of classical music: Requiem KV 626
