The Age of Enlightenment occurred from about 1600-1800. It was a time where free thought and personal freedoms began. It was an attempt to break free and finally move forward. People were beginning to doubt God’s existence and believed that individuals could find truth for themselves. Europe would be forever changed from these ideas. This gave Europe a chance to flourish and open up to new ideas. This had a very big impact on the humanities. I am going to be discussing how music‚ art‚ literature
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Kyla Whitman MUS 10 070 Dr. Immel Concert Report On November 11‚ 2014‚ the Kutztown University Department of Music had their third Student Recital of the semester in Schaeffer Auditorium at 7:30 pm. The Department of Music performed thirteen pieces of music including Etude Op. 25‚ No. 1‚ Somebody‚ Somewhere from The Most Happy Fella‚ Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra‚ Op. 50‚ and many more. To start out the night‚ Steven M. Paszkowski performed Frédéric Chopin’s Étude Op. 25‚ No. 1. Chopin was
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Andrew Lloyd Webber: Man of the Modern Musical With over forty-five awards and honors‚ the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber have had a magical effect on people around the world. Still‚ the question remains: how exactly did Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musicals affect the modern theater we see today? Well‚ the modern musical wouldn’t exist if not for Andrew Lloyd Webber. Even as a child‚ Lloyd Webber was bound to be involved with the world of music. His parents‚ William Lloyd and Jean Hermione‚ were
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visiting Vienna in 1781‚ he was dismissed from his Salzburg position. He chose to stay in the capital‚ where he achieved fame but little financial security. During his final years in Vienna‚ he composed many of his best-known symphonies‚ concertos‚ and operas‚ and portions of the Requiem‚ which was largely unfinished at the time of Mozart’s death. The circumstances of his early death have been much mythologized. He was survived by his wife Constanze and two sons. Mozart learned voraciously from others
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years to direct the National Conservatory of New York‚ he wrote this piece for Columbus Day festivities‚ as an introduction to the American public—however‚ the piece was not performed until 1895‚ a week after he left Bohemia (Keller). The 21-minute cantata consists of four movements: “Colors of Flag”‚ “Two Apostrophes to the Eagle”‚ “Three Apostrophes to the Flag”‚ and “Finale: Prophetic”. Directed by Ragnar Bohlin and featuring solo performances from tenor Amitai Pai and bass-baritone Philip Skinner
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THE CLASSICAL PERIOD (1775-1825) The Baroque period culminated in the masterpieces of J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel. In the middle of the eighteenth century‚ contemporaneous with the mature years of Bach and Handel‚ a new musical style developed that is known as Rococo or preclassical style. This style is most evident in keyboard and orchestral music‚ but it is mentioned here because it represented a transition from the Baroque to the Classical era‚ occurring between 1725 and 1770. In the world of painting
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instruments and sing * professional composers and musicians are servants to the rich * Post-1720 * first public concerts are given with the intention "to educate the middle class" - common in London‚ Prague Vienna and Paris * Handel’s Oratorios were the beginning of public concerts in the Baroque era-vocal pieces set with a story that the average person knows and can identify with * Instrumental instruction is more available to the middle class *
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“Hebrides Overture”. “In 1833‚ he took on the post of conductor at Düsseldorf‚ giving concert performances of Handel ’s "Messiah" among others. That same year‚ he composed many of his own vocal works‚ including "Lord‚ Have Mercy Upon Us‚"‚ and the Opera‚ "Trala. A frischer Bua bin i"‚ as well as the "Italian Symphony"”
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for musicians. In 1782‚ he married against the wishes of his family; he had 6 children but only 2 survived infancy. The work of Mozart is epic in scope and proportion. There were few branches of music Mozart did not touch. He composed operas‚ symphonies‚ concertos‚ and single pieces for the piano. His work spanned from joyful lighthearted pieces to
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dismembered the "Andretter" Serenade K. 185‚ retailing it piecemeal for greater profit. The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni now rival the box-office receipts of La Boheme and Madame Butterfly. This popularization of Mozart did not come from the opera houses or concert halls -- its most direct beneficiaries -- but from the stage and screen. More than any other factor‚ the Mozart mania of the 1980s was initiated by Peter Shaffer’s play Amadeus. It and the subsequent film directed by Milos Forman
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