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Example #1
The Pink Panther Theme Music, Henry Mancini
This genre of is rooted in 15th and 16th century French Courts dances and became more realistic and expressive during the 18th and 19th century. It was then imported and developed in Russian Courts.
Ballet
The set of pitches that make up this kind of melody are often used to indicate sadness, foreboding, anticipation, or danger
Minor
Instrument #1
This was born in Inwood NYC to Puerto Rican parents. He grew up listening to salsa and American musicals and has worked in the field to create opportunities for more diverse casting.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Example #2
Maple Leaf Rag
This genre of music involves story telling with dialogue and singing.
Musical Theater
This is a composition technique where instruments are used to imitate real world sounds
Mimesis
Instrument #2
Piano
This composer wrote Harpsichord Concerto No 1 in D Minor.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Example #3
Vivaldi's Four Seasons: Spring
This genre is rooted in African American Cultural Traditions such as Boasting, Toasting and Playing the Dozens as well as the Black Arts Movements.
Hip Hop
These term describes when music is used to describe a particular story or narrative
Program Music
Instrument #3
Violin
This piano player wrote the Maple Leaf Rag and is considered the "King of Ragtime."
Scott Joplin
Example #4
The Imperial March - Darth Vader's theme
This genre involves an orchestra underscoring the action in a film. An example would be John Williams' Star Wars.
Symphonic Score
An approach to story-telling and musical compositions where parts of a large scale work are unified by a recurring melody
Cyclical Techniques
Instrument #4
Flute
This composer wrote a lot of program music as well as three famous ballet's, though he was more proud of his symphonies
Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky
Example #5
Attack on All Sides
This genre of music is not notated but is passed down through oral tradition. Each player has their own unique interpretation of the piece.
Chinese Solo Repertoire
This is a 19th century, Romantic era trend where Wester Composers looked to far away lands seen as "inferior" in order to provide their audiences with "foreign, unusual or titillating" experiences. This resulted in a lot of musical stereotyping as the composers did not look to authentically represent the cultures.
Exoticism
Instrument #5
Pipa
This artist pioneered many DJ techniques turning turntables into instruments.
Grandmaster Flash
Example #6
Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
This piano genre is a precursor to Jazz and is often played on an out of tune instrument. The left hand alternates high and low notes while the right hand plays intricate, syncopated melodies.
Ragtime
This is a storytelling device used to signify hidden meanings. An example is the use of harpsichord in the song "I'll be back" from Hamilton
Allegory
Instrument #6
Trumpet
This Italian violinist and composer worked as an instructor at a local orphanage for girls. He also wrote program music based on the four seasons the first of which is in ritornello form.
Antonio Vivaldi
Example #7
Flight of the Valkyries Richard Wagner
This genre is a work for instrumental soloists with orchestral accompaniment often used to display the players skills on the solo instrument
Concerto
This type of film music can be heard by the characters in the film
Instrument #7
Saxophone
This Polish composer used 20th century extended techniques and unique quality timbre to create a threnody (lament or poem or mourning) for the victims of Hiroshima
Krzysztof Penderecki
Example #8
You'll be back by Lin-Manuel Miranda
This genre began in African American communities and New Orleans and later moved to Chicago. Some defining characteristics include improvisation, syncopation and Swing.
Jazz
A short, recurring, musical phrase tied to a specific character, setting, emotion or idea.
Leitmotif
Instrument #8
Harpsichord
This Trinidadian piano player composed the Black and White Rag
Winnifred Atwell