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Quotation of a theme or themes by another composer. Many examples, including: Richard Strauss quoted the funeral march from Beethoven's Eroica Symphony (No. 3) in his Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings; Igor Stravinsky quoted a theme from Franz Schubert's Marche Militaire No. 1 in D in his Circus Polka
Ten Blake Songs" are poems from Blake's "Songs of Innocence and of Experience" and "Auguries of Innocence", set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1957. "Tyger" is both the name of an album by Tangerine Dream, which is based on Blake's poetry, and the title of a song on this album based on the poem of the same name.
As a narrative song, their theme and function may originate from Scandinavian and Germanic traditions of storytelling that can be seen in poems such as Beowulf. [2] Musically they were influenced by the Minnelieder of the Minnesang tradition. [3] The earliest example of a recognizable ballad in form in England is "Judas" in a 13th-century ...
Example: My stick fingers click with a snicker And, chuckling, they knuckle the keys; Light-footed, my steel feelers flicker And pluck from these keys melodies. —“Player Piano,” John Updike. Euphony–A series of musically pleasant sounds that give the poem a melodious quality, conveying a sense of harmony to the reader.
Strauss used many quotes from his own works in his symphonic poem A Hero's Life; Strauss quoted Luigi Denza's song Funiculì, Funiculà in his symphonic poem Aus Italien, believing it was a folk song; Igor Stravinsky quoted a theme from Franz Schubert's Marche Militaire No. 1 in D in his Circus Polka.
Three Small Tone-poems, VI/7 (1890) Summer Evening; Winter Night (or, Sleigh Ride) Spring Morning; Paa Vidderne (On the Mountains), VI/10 (1890–92) Over the Hills and Far Away, VI/11 (1895–97); fantasy overture for orchestra; Paris: The Song of a Great City, VI/14 (1899-1900); nocturne for orchestra; Two Pieces for Small Orchestra, VI/19 ...
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Songs based on poems (126 P) D. Music based on the Divine Comedy (2 C, 6 P) K. Music based on the Kalevala (1 C, 16 P) Music based on Des Knaben Wunderhorn (6 P) M.