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Chris Anderson
Sep 2, 20232 min read
Music Revision - Film Composers - Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Desplat is a highly regarded French film composer known for his evocative and diverse musical compositions that enhance the...
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Chris Anderson
Aug 30, 20231 min read
Music Revision - Stage & Screen - Quiz
Next month I’ll be doing profiles on ten of the giants in film music - in the meantime here is a quiz to see how much you’ve learnt about...
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Chris Anderson
Aug 27, 20233 min read
Music Revision - Stage & Screen - Music For Film
The use of music in film has a similar impact as it does for theatre. In this blog I explore some of the different elements of film...
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Chris Anderson
Aug 24, 20232 min read
Music Revision - Stage & Screen - Theatre Music Composers
In the previous blog I wrote about how music could be used in theatre and while musicals are known for their prominent use of music,...
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Chris Anderson
Aug 21, 20233 min read
Music Revision - Stage & Screen - Music For Theatre
Music has been used in theatre for many years. In this blog I explore some key aspects of music in theatre. Music plays a crucial role...
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Chris Anderson
Aug 18, 20233 min read
Music Revision - Stage & Screen - Musical Theatre Timeline
In this blog I give a rundown of the different eras of Musical Theatre and give some examples of titles that were prominent in that era....
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Chris Anderson
Aug 15, 20232 min read
Music Revision - Stage & Screen - Musical Theatre
We now come to music for stage and screen. This short series of blogs will cover broad strokes without going into too much detail on...
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Chris Anderson
Aug 12, 20232 min read
Music Revision - Vocal Music - Reggae
Okay I forgot one of the key vocal music genres! Here we look at Reggae… Reggae originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. It evolved...
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Chris Anderson
Aug 9, 20231 min read
Music Revision - Vocal Music - Quiz
We’ve come to the end of our short alphabetical trip around vocal music. Here’s a quiz to see what you’ve picked up. A downloadable...
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Chris Anderson
Aug 6, 20234 min read
Music Revision - Vocal Music - Rock (n Roll)
Our penultimate stop on this alphabetical train ride of vocal music has reached rock music. Rock music is a genre of popular music that...
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Chris Anderson
Aug 3, 20232 min read
Music Revision - Vocal Music - Oratorio
Continuing our alphabetical exploration of vocal music we come to oratorios. What It Is An oratorio is a religious version of an...
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Chris Anderson
Jul 31, 20234 min read
Music Revision - Vocal Music - Opera
Continuing our alphabetical look at vocal music we have arrived at Opera. In Brief Opera is a form of theatrical art that combines music,...
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Chris Anderson
Jul 28, 20233 min read
Music Revision - Vocal Music - Pop Music
Continuing our alphabetical look at vocal music today we look at pop music. Pop music, short for popular music, is a genre that...
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Chris Anderson
Jul 25, 20232 min read
Music Revision - Vocal Music - Mass & Motet
Continuing our alphabetical look at vocal music, today we come to Mass and Motet. Mass From the Latin “Missa,” Mass is a sacred musical...
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Chris Anderson
Jul 22, 20234 min read
Music Revision - Vocal Music - Lieder & Madrigals
Continuing our alphabetical look at vocal music today we look at lieder and madrigals. Lieder Lieder is the German word for "songs." It...
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Chris Anderson
Jul 19, 20234 min read
Music Revision - Vocal Music - Jazz & Improvisation
Jazz can be instrumental or vocal, or both. As this is a vocal series of blogs I’m going to write about the use of the voice in jazz....
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Chris Anderson
Jul 16, 20234 min read
Music Revision - Vocal Music - Funk & Gospel
Continuing our alphabetical trip through vocal music today we stop at funk and gospel. Funk Funk music is a genre that originated in the...
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Chris Anderson
Jul 13, 20233 min read
Music Revision - Vocal Music - Disco & Folk
Continuing our alphabetical look at vocal music. Today we look at disco and folk (not everyday those two are talked about side by...
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Chris Anderson
Jul 10, 20232 min read
Music Revision - Vocal Music - Cantata, Chorale, Choral
Continuing our alphabetical look into different vocal music, today we are looking at Cantata, Chorale, and Choral music. Cantata A...
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Chris Anderson
Jul 7, 20233 min read
Music Revision - Vocal Music - Blues
Continuing our alphabetical look at vocal music we come to Blues. The blues originated in the United States, primarily in the African...
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