The glockenspiel
Glockenspiel
 Woman playing glockenspiel |
The glockenspiel is a percussion musical instrument of the family idiophones, composed of strips of metal (or wood) set in vibration by using a mallet or keyboard. In German, means glockenspiel chime (lit: "set of bells") - this instrument is originally composed of bells.
Make
The glockenspiel is an instrument of the percussion family, built like a xylophone, but use of metal blades gives a clear sound reminiscent of a carillon.
Game
The musician strikes with mallets or sticks of wood or rubber, depending on the desired sound.
The set of blades can cover two to three octaves of range color . His high register and make it bright timbre remains visible in the middle of a symphony orchestra .
The glockenspiel is used in the works for orchestra classical and contemporary works. Three famous illustrations - not materialize as often chimes - is in the opera The Magic Flute (1791) by Mozart , Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky piece for percussion and Drumming (1971) Steve Reich .
The glockenspiel is also widely used in brass bands Guggemusik, encountered in various carnivals in the east or north.
It became the emblem of the radio broadcast sound very popular French game of Euro 1000 on France Inter.
It is also found in folk , indie rock and world music, including on some albums from Radiohead, the Beatles, Patrick Watson, Sagapool, Arcade Fire and Hanne Hukkelberg.
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Glossary
Classical period
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgang Theophilus Mozart, better known by the name of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (born in Salzburg, a principality of the Holy Roman Empire, January 27, 1756 - died in Vienna Dec. 5, 1791) is generally considered one of the largest Composers of European classical music.
Although he died at thirty-five years, it leaves an important work (626 work are listed in the Catalog KV) which embraces all genres of his time.
According to the testimony of his contemporaries was the piano to the violin as a virtuoso.
The octave in music
The Rock
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, rock developed a number of sub-genres. It was blended with folk music, (which gave the folk rock), with the blues (blues rock) and jazz (jazz-rock fusion).
In the 1970s, rock was influenced by soul, funk, and Latin music. Also during the 1970s, rock developed many sub-genres like soft rock, glam rock, heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock, and punk rock.
Among the sub-genres of rock that emerged during the 1980s there is the new wave, hardcore punk and alternative rock.
During the 1990s, the new sub-genres include rock grunge and Britpop, indie rock, and nu metal.
A group of musicians specializing in rock is called a rock band. Most rock bands are composed of an electric guitarist, a lead singer, a bassist and a drummer, forming a quartet. Some groups omit one or more of these roles include a singer or playing an instrument, even as he sings, forming a trio or duo; others include additional musicians such as one or two rhythm guitarist or a keyboardist. Less commonly, groups also utilize stringed instruments like violins or cellos, wind instruments like a saxophone, brass or instruments such as trumpets or trombones.
More recently, the term rock was used as a generic term including forms like pop music, soul and even hip hop, with whom he is often opposed. [One] The Rock has become a "philosophy "with its cultural dominance, film comics through fashionable clothing.
Steve Reich
Steve Reich, born Stephen Michael Reich, October 3, 1936 in New York, is a musician and composer of international renown.
It is considered a pioneer of minimalist music and the repetitive music, born in current classical music United States.
To characterize his work, especially his compositions from the period 1965-1976, he prefers to use the term "phase music" (translated from the U.S.) to differentiate it from repetitive music.
