The piece that I chose is the Piano Sonata No.11 in A major
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. I honestly chose this piece because I heard it in a
movie called “Unleashed” starting Jet Li. This piece is smooth, calm and starts
out like a lullaby, only a piano accompanying itself and relaxing at first with
the repetition. This is a sentence with a parallel sectional period. The piece
had its basic idea that’s really catchy to me, and then it has the repetition
similar to the basic idea. Then, it has a continuation that evolves in the same
key. Although Mozart added a bit more things along the way, he still reminds us
of the basic idea of the melody. However, if you continue to listen to the rest
of piece, you can really hear how this piece is so charming, that its like
meant for a child to walk upon. As if there was a path for children to walk
through and jog. So in other words, the continuation really goes somewhere
that’s beyond its basic idea, but eventually has to return home.
This is my diagram improv.
My best explanation to relate this
piece to the Enlightenment may not be accurate. However though, this piece is
about 14:25 minutes, so at first this song is very smooth and calm and almost
as if it were exploring. Similar to the Enlightenment, people took small steps
to figure out in what is important to life, thinking rationally and logically.
Thus, after the whole smoothness and calmness, the song begins to speed up a
little bit and try a whole bunch of things that can sound entertaining,
interesting and charming. In the Enlightenment, people then started taking
bigger steps by exploring and experimenting human body parts, recognizing the
importance of education and simply questioning the type of government and
authority they lived in.
I do not know about you, but I
feel that in the beginning, the piano with the main idea sounds really good
itself. However, it will eventually have to expand and become a whole new idea.
I do like the original piece, however, try listening to this next piece and
tell me what you think. Thank you!
That was a really good explanation of both the song and how it relates to the Enlightenment. I agree with you on how the phrases is like people thinking through things logically and creating new ideas. Great song choice, I remember hearing this song in "Unleashed" too.
ReplyDeleteFirstly, this was a great song choice. I enjoyed how you related the structure and feeling of the song to a path for children walking. You also did a great job comparing the structure of the song and how it stretches the boundaries to the new ideals held in the enlightenment era.
ReplyDelete-Ross Bialowas
This was the original piece that I was going to do, but I couldn't figure out the structure for myself. I'm glad that you put this up and explained it in a comprehensive way.
ReplyDelete~Magnetic The Shaman