Young People's Concert By Leonard Bernstein
In the featured book "Young people’s Concert," the author, Leonard Bernstein, explains the meaning of Classical music. Mr. Bernstein believes that people do not understand the exact meaning of classical music and they describe any music that isn’t pop or jazz as a classical music. He started his argument by giving examples about the mistakes that people do when they describe music and he found that the reason why people use inappropriate words to describe music is because people do not know why people started to call some certain types of songs as a classical music. According to Mr. Bernstein, classical music refers to a period of the history of music between 1700 to 1800. At last, Mr. Bernstein explains briefly the history of classical period.
He talked about people’s lifestyle and famous composers in that period.
Bernstein describes the classical music as a definite period between 1700 to 1800.He disagrees with what most people define the classic music. Bernstein used his knowledge about the history of music to establish a new definition for classic music. Bernstein definition was precise and clear. He studied the relationship between people’s lifestyle and the type of the music throughout the in 18th century. He discovered that Europeans in that period were civilized and developed and they establish a type of music that reflects their successful civilization.
Bernstein described Bach’s fugues as a Ferris wheel because of the foundation of Bach’s fugues. The wonderful thing about Bach’s fugues is whenever a new voice or instrument added, the other instrument can still play something else in the song. Bach starts his music by a theme and then he starts to play higher notes in the second and the third part of music. In the fourth part, Bach uses lower voices for the subject.
Composers like Mozart and Hayden made music to be lively and fun. Mozart and Hayden composed a new, easy, pleasant kind of music. They tried to make the tunes in the music to be funny and pleasant .The people of Hayden and Mozart’s time thought that Bach’s fugues was serious and boring. Therefore, Mozart and Hayden were able to make music to be funny.
The compositions in the Baroque, classical and romantic era was different. In every era, composers try to make their composition to be suitable for their people. In Baroque era, emphasis energy and motion. Many compositions had polyphonic texture. In classical era, the music was elegant and reflects the lifestyle in Europe. The romantic era music help the listeners to tell their deepest emotion.
He talked about people’s lifestyle and famous composers in that period.
Bernstein describes the classical music as a definite period between 1700 to 1800.He disagrees with what most people define the classic music. Bernstein used his knowledge about the history of music to establish a new definition for classic music. Bernstein definition was precise and clear. He studied the relationship between people’s lifestyle and the type of the music throughout the in 18th century. He discovered that Europeans in that period were civilized and developed and they establish a type of music that reflects their successful civilization.
Bernstein described Bach’s fugues as a Ferris wheel because of the foundation of Bach’s fugues. The wonderful thing about Bach’s fugues is whenever a new voice or instrument added, the other instrument can still play something else in the song. Bach starts his music by a theme and then he starts to play higher notes in the second and the third part of music. In the fourth part, Bach uses lower voices for the subject.
Composers like Mozart and Hayden made music to be lively and fun. Mozart and Hayden composed a new, easy, pleasant kind of music. They tried to make the tunes in the music to be funny and pleasant .The people of Hayden and Mozart’s time thought that Bach’s fugues was serious and boring. Therefore, Mozart and Hayden were able to make music to be funny.
The compositions in the Baroque, classical and romantic era was different. In every era, composers try to make their composition to be suitable for their people. In Baroque era, emphasis energy and motion. Many compositions had polyphonic texture. In classical era, the music was elegant and reflects the lifestyle in Europe. The romantic era music help the listeners to tell their deepest emotion.