Kaitlyn Parmely- music

Van der Leeuw talks about how music can be influenced by dance and architecture. All of these things working together can create emotion when done in harmony. In this video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2SZ-nCBmsU ; Hallelujah by Il Divo, you can see how all elements work together to create a powerful song, feeling and connection to the music through everything going on in the video. There is not much movement or decoration, but atmosphere suits the song. This performance in shot at the Arena at Pula which is one of the most well preserved Roman colesiums in the world. The coliseum is an old historcal building that used to house performances for the public or to entertain the gods. The song Hallelujah is remade from a popular church song. The voices of the four men from the group Il Divo stand up as their voices becomore louder and louder. The architecture of the coliseum that Il Divo is performing in holds their voices and always them to also sing to the world. There is no ceiling or windows allowing their voices to flow freely through the atmosphere. People in the audience are all quiet while the song is being performed, but swaying back and forth. The audience can feel the words and make a connection with them. All the aspects that make music powerful is when a perfect voice or voices can correlate to sing words in harmony in the right space, while also entertaining someone or something else. The "right voice" was considered the righteousness to all men and gods in ancient times. In past years the gift of song was used to entertain and please the God through the art of music.