“Franz Schubert was a programmatic composer”. Discuss this statement with reference to two pieces studied and refer to three of the concepts of music in your answer. Composers of the Romantic Period were attracted to programme music – music that provides a story‚ idea or scene. Franz Schubert‚ one of the earliest 19th Century composers‚ was very much so‚ a programmatic composer. In a short lifespan of 31 years‚ Franz Peter Schubert composed 600 lieder‚ (plural for ‘lied’‚ the German word for ‘song’
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The Brahms Biography: A Composer by Birth People are created with certain abilities to enable them to be fantastic in certain areas. If one has steady hands and a way with wood his best area would be a carpenter. If one loved helping others when sick and did not mind bubbling blood she might be a best nurse. If one loved Romantic music and loved to prolifically compose brilliant compositions that person would want with the utmost desire to be another Johannes Brahms. Now‚ Johannes Brahms was a
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Ray Charles Robinson and Steveland Hardaway Judkins are two of the most prolific composers of all times. Born and raised in the United States of America‚ they became legendary composers‚ singers‚ producers‚ and musicians of the 19th century. Their compositions were soulful in nature‚ and their styles ranged from rock and pop to blues and jazz. Ray Charles Robinson was known as The Pioneer of Rock Music. He influenced the lives of people worldwide‚ and he paved the way for various artists such
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John Williams: The American Composer In American Culture‚ myriads of art forms have been created. There are the photographers‚ who capture beautiful moments with the click of a camera and touches of computer editing. Next are the sculptors‚ carefully depicting real life or imaginative works with soft clay molded into a thousand different shapes. Writers use language to leave images in our heads and create stories in our minds. Dancers are their own artwork‚ illustrating artistic
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James Hetfield is a highly popular composer that started writing in the 80s‚ and he is a member of the band Metallica. James was born August 3‚ 1963 and has two half-brothers and a sister. James was inspired by music at a small age. His mother was a light opera singer and his dad was a truck driver. His parents were very strict Christian Scientists and didn’t believe in medicine/medical science. This type of upbringing became the inspiration to James’ music. When he was 9 years old‚ he started
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artists of all nationalities were searching for exciting and different modes of expression. Composers such as Arnold Schoenberg explored unusual and unorthodox harmonies and tonal schemes. French composer Claude Debussy was fascinated by Eastern music and the whole-tone scale‚ and created a style of music named after the movement in French painting called Impressionism. Hungarian composer Béla Bartók continued in the traditions of the still strong Nationalist movement and fused
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Was Mozart the Greatest Composer in History? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has to be the greatest composer to ever live. He and his sister were both considered very gifted child prodigies. He started composing music when he was four and he started to write minuets by the age of five. When Mozart was around eight or nine‚ he started to write symphonies. Mozart also played quite a few instruments. When he was three years old he was already playing the harpsichord. He also was very talented on the keyboard
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19th and 20th Century composers: Claude Debussy‚ Igor Stravinsky‚ and Bela Bartok Many composers existed during the 19th and 20th centuries who defied the principles of common practice tonality. In my opinion‚ Claude Debussy‚ Igor Stravinsky‚ and Bela Bartok are great examples of composers who often refused to follow the norms. Each of them created new compositional methods and structures and each had their own reasons for doing so. In the end‚ their innovation and originality is what has kept
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Peter Tchaikovsky By. Olivia D’Orazio Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a very influential composer of the late 19th century‚ known for Swan Lake‚ the Nutcracker‚ and Sleeping Beauty. He was born in Russia and was not encouraged by his parents to be a musician. Little did they know that their son would be one of the most famous composers of all time. Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born May 7‚ 1840 in Kamsko-Votkinsk‚ a city east of Moscow Russia. His mother‚ Alexandra was half French and his father
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“The instrumental music of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven forms a peak in the development of tonal music and is one of the crucial evolutionary developments in the history of music as a whole.” ~ Unknown Mozart aside‚ Ludwig van Beethoven is the most famous classical composer of the western world. Beethoven is remembered for his powerful and stormy compositions‚ and for continuing to compose and conduct even after he began to go deaf at age 28. The ominous four-note beginning to
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