(1600-1750). He composed the magnificent oratorio the “Messiah”. This took him 260 manuscripts and just 24 days to complete and it became a legendary piece in the history of music. An oratorio is basically a large musical composition including an orchestra‚ a choir‚ and soloists. It is similar to an opera although operas tend to be about secular issues whereas oratorios deal with sacred topics making it appropriate for performances in the church. Oratorios are also not dramatized‚ and there is very
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composers in western musical history. More than 1‚000 of his compositions survive. Some examples are the art of fugue‚ Brandenburg Concerti‚ the Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord‚ the‚ Mass in B-minor‚ the motets‚ and the Easter and Christmas oratorios. Bach came from a family of musicians. There were over 53 musicians in his family over a period of 300 years. His father Johann Ambrosius Bach‚ was a talented violinist‚ and taught his son the basics for string playing. Another relative‚ the organist
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Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach‚ Germany as the youngest child of a church organist father‚ Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645-1695)‚ and a mother‚ Maria Elisabeth Lammerhirt (1644-1694) and into a great musical family‚ stretching back seven generations. Bach’s family was devoutly Lutheran. Bach learned violin and music theory from his father and organ from Johann Christoph Bach (1671-1721). In 1692‚ when Bach was seven years old‚ he attended Lateinschule in Eisenach and studied religion‚ Latin
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All but one of Guiseppe Verdi’s masterworks are operas. This poses a problem for those of us who aren’t opera buffs. Fortunately‚ though‚ that one exception is his stunning Requiem‚ into which he poured the same vibrant emotion that thrills opera fans‚ but without the trite plots‚ simplistic characters and dull narrative stretches that tend to alienate others. Indeed‚ more than a few critics have hailed the Requiem as Verdi’s finest opera. Verdi’s inspiration was neither religious‚ egotistical
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going through evolution every day. This paper will review the beginning of this evolution‚ and the two major periods that has crafted music into an art and shaped music as we know it today. There are many forms of classical music such as oratorio‚ cantata‚ concerto‚ symphony‚ fugue‚ art song‚ and mass. Out of this list of classifications of classical music this document will review the two major forms‚ symphony and concerto. A symphony is an orchestral composition‚ usually in four movements
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MUSI4813 5/20/09 Music History Synopsis Ancient Greece Major Political events- Much of the written compositions made in this time were destroyed or went missing as the Christian church got rid of pagan influences. Rome was overthrown and Europe went into turmoil and people focused less on music and more on survival. Historical perspective- Aristotle and Plato wrote about music which they believed to have moral and ethical properties essential to the complete education of young students.
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Composer and pianist Ludwig Van Beethoven‚ who is commonly considered the greatest composer of all time‚ was born on or about December 16‚ 1770. He was born in the city of Bonn‚ Germany to the parents of Maria Magdalena van Beethoven and Johann van Beethoven. However‚ his exact date of birth is uncertain‚ Beethoven was baptized on December 17‚ 1770. It was a law that babies be baptized within twenty-four hours of birth‚ however‚ Beethoven believed he was born in 1772 even when provided official
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Music has evolved too many different forms that we recognize today. We trace this development throughout time. Beginning in the middle ages‚ we have seen advancement from the Gregorian chant all the way to the Jazz of the 20th century. The current events‚ politics‚ religion‚ technology and composers can shape musical eras during time. Here I will look at the middle ages‚ renaissance‚ baroque‚ classical‚ romantic and twentieth century periods. I hope that a better understanding can be reached
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steady energetic pulse. Early baroque music was homophonic in texture‚ later changing to that of polyphonic. The instrumental genres during this time were the trio sonata‚ concerto‚ suite‚ prelude‚ and fugue; popular vocal genres were Opera‚ Mass‚ Magnificat‚ oratorio‚ cantata‚ and anthem. A chromatic harmony was often used to create an expressive effect and the major-minor system was established. The string orchestra with woodwinds added in was the main performing force‚ while the organ and harpsichord
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Outline the Stylistic characteristics and influences in the oratorios of Handel ’ "Handel is the greatest composer who ever lived . I would bare my head and kneel at his grave " L.v.Beethoven George Frideric Handel‚ who was born on the 23rd of February 1685 (died in 1759 on the 14th of April )‚ is known world-wide for his compositions of both opera and oratorio. Although not from a musical background it became apparent from a young age that Handel was musical. He began to learn music from
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