concluding with strategies for listening to this music today. Some of the music which can be used to illustrate these changes are specific works by Beethoven‚ a composer‚ who is viewed as a major influence on the music of the nineteenth century. This can be evidenced by the Grove article on Romanticism‚ which deems it to be widely accepted that Beethoven “inaugurated a ‘Romantic era’”[ii]. The demands of Romantic music are characterised by several key changes. These changes can be summarised as follows:
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(Machlis 305). Johannes developed his music at a very early age. At the age of ten‚ Brahms helped increase his family’s income by playing the piano in the dance halls of the slum district where he grew up. Many believed he was the next great Beethoven‚ and he certainly lived up to those expectations. When Johannes was a teenager‚ he started to get noticed. He then visited the famous musician Robert Schumann‚ and they began to bond. Robert’s wife‚ Clara was also a famous musician‚ and the
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Ludwig Van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are often compared in their musicality because of their time periods and the way they both changed music. Throughout their lives these two composers had come across many trials and success‚ while coming from different backgrounds they had many similar childhoods with tragedy. These great composers brought up many different reactions of people in their unique presentation and composition of their works. Each composer developed their own unique styles
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Classical music era created the foundations for modern orchestra and instruments. The Composers that lived in the classical era and still know today. Their music is still known around the world.Composers in the classical era of music we Mozart‚ Bach‚ Beethoven‚ Chopin‚ Handel‚ Tchaikovsky‚ and many more. Many instruments were designed and perfected in this era. In this era of music‚ Orchestration was developed and perfected. This era started the more common use of wind and percussion instruments in orchestra
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>100+symphonies >Skilled servant >Financially stable 2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart >Child prodigy >41 symphonies >Austrian >Died in financial need >Had sickness @ 35 >Lived in a pauper’s grave >tried his luck as a free-lancer 3. Ludwig Van Beethoven >9 symphonies >9th symphony ~> choral symphony >Able to work independently >German >Perfect pitch >’Goes against the grain’ attitude Characteristics of Classical style: Contrast of Mood - mood may change gradually or suddenly but under
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expectations put upon her by her family to find a suitable man like upperclassman and fiancé‚ Cecil. This pulling of Lucy’s personality in different directions is captured by the author’s use of the references to renowned artists such as Mozart and Beethoven. The main function of the intertextual use
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̈for my music to become intelligible to someone‚ he must rise above all the misery which drags down his fellow men ̈ (Valentin 76). This man‚ Ludwig Van Beethoven‚ was and continues to be world known due to the beautiful pieces of music he had written. Beethoven composed quartets in large numbers as well as beautiful piano sonatas from his childhood to the very day he died. As most musicians do‚ he thought‚ spoke‚ and lived music. It was all that he had and all that he needed after the
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evidence and proof. It was also in this period that the usage of Turkish elements by composers like Joseph Haydn‚ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Beethoven in classical compositions was in vogue. This essay explores how the Turkish influences penetrate into classical music‚ when it started and what are some music elements that these composers like Mozart and Beethoven choose to implement into their classical compositions. In the early 20th century‚ a group of Turkish musicians who called themselves
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1. When you hear the words "classical music‚" the first composer that many people think of is Beethoven. Can you think of any reasons why this is so? If one says "rock music"‚ who is the first person you think of and why? 2. In the 19th century‚ the "lied" or art song was a very important development. The lyrics to these songs frequently dealt with disappointment in love‚ with the beauty of nature‚ with magic. In today’s songs‚ what are some of the themes being sung about? 3. The piano became
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The orchestra as we know it now did not exist before the 17th century. At the start of this century the orchestra was just beginning and developing on from the renaissance era where orchestras had only just began to be used rarely and only in tiny groups‚ with a small range of instruments. The main factors influencing this development include: instrumental technology‚ different classes of the public‚ playing techniques‚ economics‚ the role of music directors and changes in musical tastes. The
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