Discography

Theveeed. "La Campanella by Yundi Li." YouTube. YouTube, 26 Aug. 2006. Web. 04 Apr. 2017. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEnfZjqMSy0>.

 PTXofficial. "[OFFICIAL VIDEO] Hallelujah - Pentatonix." YouTube. YouTube, 21 Oct. 2016. Web. 04 Apr. 2017. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRP8d7hhpoQ>.

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Citations

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/music/listeninglab/shared/listening_guides/liszt_the_little_bell.pdf Forney, Kristine, and Joseph Machlis. The Enjoyment of Music. Tenth ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2006. Print. Scores: https://musescore.com/user/358686/scores/2823556 http://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/29890
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Introduction

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Classical vs Western Pop Franz Liszt (left) and Pentatonix (right) This musical links investigation will cover the similarities and differences of musical styles between a Western Pop work and a Classical work. In this case, I will use Pentatonix’s rendition of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah and Franz Liszt’s piano composition of Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 2, La Campanella . Pentatonix is a 21st century American a cappella group consisting of 5 vocalists - Scott Hoying, Mitchell (or Mitch) Grassi, Kirstin (or Kirstie) Maldanado, Avi Kaplan, and Kevin Olusola. Given that they do not use instruments, these aspects are created using their mouths. Scott is the baritone, Mitch is the alto, Kirstin is the soprano, Avi is the bass, and Kevin is the tenor - however, primarily, Kevin is the group’s beatboxer. Together, the group performs covers of various hit pop songs and a few of their own compositions. Franz Liszt is a Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer who has been a prom...
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Conclusion

Because of this scrupulous musical investigation, I was able to further my knowledge of the key musical elements implemented in Pentatonix’s Hallelujah and Franz Liszt’s La Campanella . Knowing that these two works are of completely different cultures and that they were published hundreds of years apart makes it easy for one to doubt any strong musical connections. Sometimes I would think that there is not much to some portions of a piece. It is extremely fascinating to realize that there may be more sophistication than one initially perceives. The use of this modified theme and variations form is remarkably the strongest musical link between the Pop and Classical work, aside from the similar use of dynamics. Every composer or artist has their own unique flavors in which they incorporate into their music to show off to society. To find that two distinct works of art have at least one common musical link makes me ponder the fact that, maybe, music is universal. There is always a conne...
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