音樂賞析 - Harmony, Melody, and Musical Texture

Today we talked about music in its tempo, harmony, melody, theme, scale and texture. And Prof. Lin selected to play some music to physically demonstrate these musical concepts in the following: (ref. list of world's musical scales)

Tempo indication: First two bars of Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331, first movement Andante grazioso.

Nikko brand mechanical metronome in motion, photo by Vincent Quach.

Listen to the melody and theme of the song -

• Over the Rainbow, sung by Judy Garland, 1939

Listen to the harmony of the song -

• Chopin's prelude in E minor, Op. 28 - No. 4

Listen to the biphonic texture of the song -

• George Bizet's (1838 - 1875) orchestration L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2, Movement IV (Farandole), by Ernest Guiraud, first published in 1879.

And, last but not least, see the musical film of the Making of West Side Story - original music and conducted by Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990).

下課。