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A 3 page research paper that takes an usual form. Presumably, it is 2101 and there is a remembrance planned for commemorating the centennial anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001. An original musical composition has been commissioned for the occasion and this discussion offers a description that of that work. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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the occasion and the following discussion offers a description that of that work. Music is a special language that has the ability to mirror emotions and elicit a direct
emotional response from listeners. Therefore, the overall plan for this composition would follow sonata-allegro form, with the various section of the piece, i.e., exposition, development and recapitulation, structured in such
a manner that they elicit emotional responses that mirror those of the original tragedy. The opening section, i.e., the exposition or statement, in sonata-allegro form presents two "opposing keys and
their respective themes" (Machlis 180). This writer/tutor imagines this work beginning in a major key, such as C major, in order to express the normality of the pre-9/11 world.
The beginning theme would be therefore consonant, with a rapid pace in 4/4 time, exhibiting a meter and beat (marked Allegro) that invokes images of modern city life. It would
be somewhat similar to the way that one feels the rhythms of city life in Gershwins American in Paris. Perhaps, as in this Gershwin work, the orchestra might include
car horns, which makes the analogy quite clear. Against this primary theme, however, there is tension building in the strings and deep in the bass with an instrument capable
of adding ominous color, perhaps an oboe or bass clarinet. This opposing theme would be in A minor, which is the relative minor of C major. This tension builds, and
crescendos to a tremendous climax that is played by the percussion section, involved every virtually percussion instrument. Timpani boom, as strings play a screeching accompaniment. This is followed by a
complete rest in all instruments for two measures. The melody would come back slowly (Adagio), first in the strings. This would begin the developmental section. The music is
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