Comments for The Grange School Music Dept.

Comment on Year 9 Japanese Numbers test by Miss Tan

Miss Tan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:48:49 +0000

Well done to Dan knott and Dan Comley for actually doing the work over the snow days!

Comment on GCSE Music Revision Orchestral Landmarks by Charlotte DAVIES

Charlotte DAVIES — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:50:32 +0000

1 I think the first piece is 20th century because it has the large dynamic contrasts and unusual harmonies. Also i think this piece is 20th century because it has no harpsichord, it was definitely not written by Beethoven. I also know that Reich is a 20th century composer and this is who composed this piece.
2 I think the second piece is classical as it has mostly strings, a lot of scales and arpeggios and also the tempo is extremely rigid. Other things tell us that this is classical by what it does not contain it is not arrhythmic, it has no percussion and it has no dynamic contrasts. The composer is Haydn and he is a classical composer.
3I think the third piece is also classical, this is because it involves all of the classical aspects which i have included in 2, this piece is also written by Haydn.
4I think the forth piece is classical and has the same aspects however the composer of this piece is composed by Mozart not Haydn.
5I think this piece is 20th century because it has a large variety of dynamics, unusual harmonies and it has a large orchestra. Also the composer is Schoenberg.
6I think the sixth piece could be late classical or romantic. i think it could be late classical because Beethoven is the composer, it is mostly strings and lots of use of timpani and trumpets. However i feel that it could be romantic as the tonality is not very predictable, it has quite a large orchestra and it is a big lush melody. Therefore i cannot tell if this is late classical or romantic.
7 I think the seventh piece is late classical, i think this because it is mostly strings, Beethoven is the composer and it has trumpets and timpani. however this could be romantic as it has a larger orchestra than a typical late classical piece would have.

Comment on GCSE Music Revision Orchestral Landmarks by Kristian BRESSINGTON

Kristian BRESSINGTON — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:48:05 +0000

1. 20th Century because there aren’t any arpeggios an there are hardly any strings.
2. Classical, mostly strings, small orcheastra.
3. Classical, mostly strings, small orcheastra
4 Late Classical, normal 4/4 timing
5. Classical no percussion
6. Late Classical lot’s of dynamics
7. Late Classical Bigger orchaestra, Beethoven
8. Classical Some arpeggios, Bigger orchaestra
9. Late Classical Beethoven
10.

Comment on GCSE Music Revision Orchestral Landmarks by Andrew YEARSLEY

Andrew YEARSLEY — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:46:30 +0000

1. 20th Century (It is by Reich and has unpredictable tonality)
2. Classical (It is by Haydn and is fairly string dominated and is major and very happy)
3. Classical (Haydn is the composer and the orchestra is not very big)
4. Late Classical (I believe this because the writing is very emotional)
5. 20th Century (This is because the piece is very strange and doesn’t make much sense and is also atonal and there is a large orchestra)
6. Late Classical (There is lots of percussion and timpani also the composer is Beethoven)
7. Late Classical (Lots of dynamics and has a simple time signature)
8. Classical (Lots of arpeggios and scales and is mostly strings)
9. Late Classical (Beethoven and the tempo is rigid)
10. Romantic (Composer Mahler and there is a big lush melody)
11. Romantic (Very emotional writing and composed by Mahler)
12. Romantic (Unusual harmonies are used and its very emotional)
13. 20th Century (The music doesn’t make no sense doesn’t have a key and is atonal)
14. Romantic (Composed by Schubert and has lots of dynamic contrasts)
15. Romantic ( it is very emotional but has not got a very predictable tonality)

Comment on GCSE Music Revision Orchestral Landmarks by Michael BARRETT

Michael BARRETT — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:43:04 +0000

1. 20th Century because it has large dynamic contrasts.
2. Classical because it is mostly made up of strings.
3. Classical because there isn’t any percussion.
4. Classical because there isn’t large dynamic contrasts.
5. 20th Century because there is a large orchestra.
6. Late Classical because it has large dynamic contrasts and classical doesn’t.
7. Late Classical because t doesn’t have a harpsichord compared to classical which has got a harpsichord sometimes.
8. Classical because it has a small orchestra.
9. Late Classical because it has lots of use of trumpets and timpani.
10. Romantic because it has a straight forward time signature compared to 20th century which doesn’t always.
11. Romantic because it has a big lush melody compared to 20th century which hardly ever has one.
12. Romantic because it doesn’t have an arrhythmic time signature.
13. 20th Century because it has a large orchestra and it is more complicated than usual.
14. Romantic because there isn’t loads of scales in it.
15. 20th Century because there is lots of percussion.

Comment on GCSE Music Revision Orchestral Landmarks by Joshua BUCK

Joshua BUCK — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:41:20 +0000

20th century-composer,unpredictable tonality,not much melody,emotional
classical-composer,mostly strings,small orchestra
classical-composer,same time signature
classical-composer,small orchestra
20th century-composer,unpredictable tonality
late classical-composer,mostly strings
late classical-composer,mostly strings
classical-composer,predictable tonality
late classical-composer,dynamic contrasts
romantic-composer,straight forward time signature
romantic-composer,unusual harmonies
20th century-composer,large dynamic contrasts
romantic-composer,lots of trumpets and timpani
20th century-composer,large corchestra

Comment on GCSE Music Revision Orchestral Landmarks by Hannah STONE

Hannah STONE — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:37:53 +0000

Orchestral landmarks

1. 20th Century – Reich – because the piece is atonal and Reich is a 20th century music composer.
2. Classical – Haydn – because it is mostly string dominated.
3. Romantic – Haydn – because it has large dynamic contrasts.
4. Classical – Mozart – because it is mostly played by strings and has a small orchestra.
5. 20th Century – Schroenberg – because it has unusual harmonies.
6. Late classical – Beethoven – because there is a lot of use of trumpets and timpani.
7. Late Classical – Beethoven – because Beethoven is a late classical composer.
8. Classical – Mozart – because he uses a lot of arpeggios and scales.
9. Late Classical – Beethoven – because there is a large orchestra.
10. Romantic – Mahler – because it has a wide contrast of dynamics.
11. Romantic – Mahler – because it is written emotionally.
12. Romantic – Brucker – because there is unusual harmonies.
13. 20th Century – Stravinsky – because there is a large orchestra.
14. 20th Century – Schubert – because it is atonal and has an arrythmic time signature.
15. Romantic – Anton Webern – because it is emotionally written.

Comment on GCSE Music Revision Orchestral Landmarks by Sasha WILKS

Sasha WILKS — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:31:05 +0000

1. 20th Century

2. Classical

3. Classical

4. Classical

5. 20th Century

6. Late Classical

7. Late Classical

8. Classical

9. Late Classical

10. Romantic

11. Romantic

12. Romantic

13. 20th Century

14. Romantic

15. 20th Century

Comment on GCSE Music Revision Orchestral Landmarks by Bethany STYLES

Bethany STYLES — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:30:04 +0000

1. 20th century
2. Classical
3. Classical
4. Classical
5. 20th Century
6. Late Classical
7. Late Classical
8. Classical
9. Romantic
10. Romantic
11. Romantic
12. Romantic
13. 20th Century
14. Late Classical
15. 20th Century

Comment on GCSE Music Revision Orchestral Landmarks by Kayleigh LEWTON

Kayleigh LEWTON — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:30:03 +0000

1. 20th Century
2. Classical
3. Classical
4. Classical
5. 20th Century
6. Late Classical
7. Late Classical
8. Classical
9. Romantic
10.Romantic
11. Romantic
12. Romantic
13. 20th Century
14. Late Classical
15. 20th Century