historians believe the number is nowhere as high as Bach or Mozart‚ merely because Beethoven was a complete perfectionist. So most of his pieces ended up being trashed. “From 1803-1812‚ what is known as his "middle" or "heroic" period‚ he composed an opera‚ six symphonies‚ four solo concerti‚ five string quartets‚ six string sonatas‚ seven piano sonatas‚ five sets of piano variations‚ four overtures‚ four trios‚ two sextets and 72 songs. The most famous among these were symphonies No. 3-8‚ the "Moonlight
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Rock Opera Term Paper The Development of The Rock Musical In the Late 20th Century Rock opera in its narrow definition seems to be a purely British phenomenon‚ possibly because at the time of its arrival England‚ as opposed to the United States‚ had not found its musical theater voice yet: while musical theater was booming in the United States from the early twentieth century onwards‚ England didn’t develop a popular musical tradition until the late 1960s‚ when Andrew
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this‚ the Americans anticipated Dvorak to help “pave the way” for an “American” musical style. Taking this change to heart‚ this initiated Dvorak’s “American” phase‚ which created his Ninth Symphony "From the New World‚" the String Quartet #12‚ the cantata The American Flag‚ and the String Quintet in Eb. His first performance was the premiere of Te Deum‚ produced in Carnegie Hall. Homesickness in Dvorak’s soul‚ however‚ collided with financial advantage and high artistic purpose. Taking summer vacations
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky is from the the musical time period of the Romantic Era [1820-1910]. He was born in 1840 in present day Udmurtia‚ Russia. He died on November 6th‚ 1893 in St. Petersburg because of cholera. He received training from a teacher when he was younger and he also studied at the Russian Musical Society in 1861. He later studied at St.Petersburg Conservatory. In his childhood he has piano lessons at the age of 5. By the time he was 8 he knew all of the notes ‚just as well
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beginning of Paul Auster’s novel‚ which is entitled Brooklyn Follies. It was published in France before the United States‚ where it was released in 2005. ◊ To entitle the first chapter of the novel‚ Auster used a musical term ‘Overture’1. In an opera‚ an overture is played by musical instruments before the actual opening scene. Indeed‚ Auster starts his story on a solemn and quite pompous note. ◊ From the very beginning‚ the reader learns the main details of the character’s existence : he is 59
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Shakespearean actress‚ and spent days filling her hotel room with love letters‚ which led him no where. Eventually he was engaged but his first fiancé‚ Camille Moke‚ who left him to marry a rich pianist. Hector‚ while able to compose beautiful Cantatas and Operas‚ did not have his way to a woman’s heart. Eventually Hector is introduced to Harriet and although he could not understand English and she did not
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Review & Critical Thinking questions are worth 10 points. Unit Five: Text Questions Review Questions 1. What are figured bass and basso continuo? How are they related? 2. What is ornamentation? 3. What is an oratorio? How does it differ from an opera? 4. What is an orchestra? How did the development of orchestras influence Baroque music? 5. What is an instrumental suite? Critical Thinking Questions 1. What are the characteristics of Baroque music? How would you
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also played Papageno in The Magic Flute (Lewis). Over the years‚ Fischer-Dieskau’s repertoire changed. After he became well known on stage‚ Fischer-Dieskau began digitally recording many works. He recorded many Italian and German operas. He also recorded many Bach cantatas (Lewis). The one work Fischer-Dieskau is most well known for is in lieder. His repertoire consists of over 1000 songs – more than any other singer ever. He recorded every male song written by Schubert‚ Schumann‚ and Wolf‚ and also
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Katarzyna Dondalska is a Polish born Soprano whose range is tremendously large. From the opening 50 seconds of the recording after all the research on Viardot‚ you could close your eyes and imagine her there‚ singing. Dondalska’s extraordinary talent is similar of that of Viardot. Her lightness and depth moves into one and her soaring high notes are a delightful surprise after hearing her smooth lower register. During this example of the music her talent is portrayed in her ascending runs and the way in
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began writing music that was geared towards the middle class because they could make a better living if they enjoyed the music being played. They wrote music that was easier for their students to understand and play. Serious music changed into comic operas‚ or popular folk tunes‚ and dance music. This was a good thing it shaped dance and music forever. Mozart and Beethoven were both master composers in the 18th century classical music era. Classical music emphasized the different moods of music throughout
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