This week we begin the first of two programs about classical music composers at work today in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

Well, there are four principal ways that composers signal to us the whereabouts of the down beat.

以下有四条主要途径,是作曲家用来告诉我们重拍在哪里的

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Most frequently, chord changes come on the downbeat so composers signal to us in a fourth way the downbeat by means of chord change.

通常,和弦的变化都在重拍上,所以作曲家们用这第四种途径,通过和弦的变化告诉我们重拍的位置

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Most of the songs about this season were written in the nineteen thirties and forties by famous modern composers.

VOA: special.2010.03.15

I think it's been set by a number of composers over the years.

它是由许多作曲家在数年间相继完成的

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Join us again next week for more about contemporary American composers on THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

The third way that we--that composers signal to us that we pick up almost intuitively the whereabouts of downbeats is through patterns of accompaniment. We'll call it range.

第三条途径,是作曲家给我们的信号,让我们几乎能马上挑出,哪个是重拍的途径,是通过伴奏的样式,我们称之为音域

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His early works were influenced by composers of the classical period of the late seventeen hundreds and early eighteen hundreds.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

We talked about the auditory cortex the first section and maybe there are other parts of the brain that are factoring in here as well but how is it that composers send this information to let's say, our auditory cortex here?

我们在第一节课的时候谈到过听觉皮层,也许大脑的其他部分,也参与了进来,但作曲家是怎么做到把这些信息,传送到我们所谓的听觉皮层的呢

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Today we present the second of two programs about contemporary classical music written by composers working in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

I want to make one other point before we launch into that, and that is the following: that composers use the rate of harmonic change-- whether it's changing or not changing-- to sort of make us feel different ways about the music that we are listening to.

在此之前我还要说一个问题，不管和声有没有改变，作曲家都能通过和声改变的频率-,让我们对所听的音乐有不同的感受-,它能让我们感受到这段音乐。

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Jennifer Higdon says the classical music world still has a way to go in supporting more women composers, as well as conductors.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

Today we continue our report about the life and music of one of America's greatest composers, George Gershwin.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

Also in nineteen forty-two, the music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra asked eighteen composers to write music expressing love for America.

VOA: special.2011.08.14

She considers composers like Ellen Zwilich and Libby Larsen to be mentors who opened up possibilities to her.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

You can also find last week's program about composers, including two women who have won Pulitzer Prizes, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and Jennifer Higdon.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

Having established groups hire composers to write new music is important, but that is not enough.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

We asked Frank Oteri if there is something that defines the work of modern American composers.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

Today we tell about the life and music of one of America's greatest composers,George Gershwin.

VOA: special.2009.02.08

So most opera composers base their works on very tragic stories of love and death.

VOA: special.2010.12.12

Marian learned to sing classical music - the songs of the great European composers.

VOA: special.2009.01.18

Duncan almost always had sung classical works, by composers such as Brahms and Schumann.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

Carol Aicher says most composers teach at music schools to add to their income.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

And today I feel like composers are reconnecting with the audience and the orchestra.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

He said that composers there had a very French way of writing music.

VOA: special.2009.06.21

Today we tell about Aaron Copland, one of America's best modern music composers.

VOA: special.2009.06.21

George Gershwin is still considered one of America's greatest composers.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

They never said you can't do it because you're a woman, so it never occurred to me that I couldn't do it" But she says things are starting to look better for women composers.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

Why didn't I think of that?" Some songs are written in the music hall style of British composers Gilbert and Sullivan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

And some of the composers have these jazzy licks, and there's one composer that has very atmospheric avant garde sound.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01