BEETHOVEN‚ Ludwig van (1770-1827) The composer of some of the most influential pieces of music ever written‚ Ludwig van Beethoven created a bridge between the 18th-century classical period and the new beginnings of Romanticism. His greatest breakthroughs in composition came in his instrumental work‚ including his symphonies. Unlike his predecessor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‚ for whom writing music seemed to come easily‚ Beethoven always struggled to perfect his work. Ludwig van Beethoven was
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portraits of Beethoven; you can realize that he probably wasn’t the easiest of people to be with. Impressive‚ certainly; exciting‚ perhaps; but rarely cosy and good-natured. This might be the common impression about this talented composer. Ladies and gentlemen‚ in my today’s speech I’m going to inform you about Beethoven’s individualism with two parts. 1. How individualism spirit helps him to success 2. A controversial individualist /we can say his arrogant. Beethoven is usually seen
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Beethoven Biography My composer Beethoven was born in Bonn‚Germany during the year 1770. His mom was Maria Magdalena and father Johann van Beethoven. Beethoven was first learning from his dad‚ who was a tenor. Beethoven’s father was very mad‚ angry‚ and aggressive. He also drank a lot. He did not share Beethoven’s love for music and did not support him. As Beethoven got older he began to study and performed very well. After that he started to become the best of his brothers and sisters. But soon
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The Romantic Era Have you ever heard of the word romance? Love is the 980th most commonly used word in the English language‚ which connects to the word romance‚ so there is a very good likelihood that you have. The real question‚ however‚ is do you really know what romance means? Romance has several different meanings and the Romantic Era encompasses them all. Despite the fact that the Romantic Era was a hundred years‚ the Romantics contributed so many things‚ some of those being romance‚ the
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Concert Review Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. Five Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. five concert was held in Vienna’s Musikverein Golden Hall in 1970. The concert lasted roughly forty minutes. Beethoven’s symphony No. 5 in C minor was composed by Beethoven himself and conducted‚ in this case‚ by Leonard Bernstein. The piece of work was performed by the extremely talented Vienna Philharmonic and consisted of four movements – Allegro con brio‚ Andante con moto‚ Scherzo Allegro and Allegro. This
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Romantic music is a term describing a style of Western classical music that happened roughly from 1810 to 1900. It formed part of Romanticism‚ the artistic and literary movement that emerged in the second half of the 18th century in Europe. Romanticism doesn’t necessarily refer to romantic love‚ though the theme was common in many pieces composed during this time period‚ in literature‚ painting and music. Romanticism followed a path which led to the expansion of formal structures for a composition
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was very dynamic and only included a timbre of string instruments that were well blended. The piece included very long drawn out notes that made it “a bittersweet song of love and longing dedicated to the composer’s wife‚ it’s emotionally affecting music in any event” according to James Mcquillen of the Oregonian. The second piece from Britten was more dissonant
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Emily Bassett September 21‚ 2012 The Baroque During the period of the Baroque musical style (1600-1750)‚ emotions ran high‚ literally. This was a time for expression of emotions through musical performances called operas. Operas were made popular in Italy in 1600 and employed many theatre elements such as music‚ acting‚ poetry‚ and costumes. Operas‚ in all simplicity‚ were dramas set to music. The Baroque was defined by sudden shifts in dynamic‚ homophonic musical texture‚ emphasis on beats
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Everyone has heard Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. This piece of music has 3 movements‚ which are major changes to the song such as the key‚tempo‚and volume. This piece of music is very passionate‚ it was written after Beethoven had gone deaf. from the eerie but beautiful begging to very intense near the end. This song can be compared to Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein‚ which also has a lot of passionate written on its pages. Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata begins very eerie and soft. It can make
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Seven: Text Questions Review Questions 1.What is nationalism? How did this impact the music of the Romantic period? Nationalism began to emerge in the nineteenth century between nations and groups‚ it was the rise of a strong identification with a particular political group‚ sometimes an ethnic group. It had an impact or affected the composers in many ways‚ composers showed this was basing their music on the songs and dances of their people‚ they also composers wrote dramatic works based on
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