of 1881 Vincent Van Gogh asked for his cousin’s hand in marriage and was turned down. He was very insistent on seeing her and took action on this by holding his hand in a flame and holding up the words “Let me see her for as long as I can keep my hand in the flame” (Wikipedia‚ Letter 193 from Vincent to Theo‚ The Hague‚ May 14‚ 1882). In 1885 Vincent’s father died (ArtBook: Van Gogh; A profound and tormented genius—his life in paintings‚ 1998). In December of 1888‚ Vincent Van Gogh had been living
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of the entire symphony I can sympathize with people who feel the first movement is over played and dull; however‚ I personally feel it is the most important movement because it is where the motive is established and the climax just can’t be beat. Beethoven gives it to the listener up front: the four-note motive upon which the entire symphony is based (short-short-short-long). You can’t help but get chills when a brief pause before the recapitulation
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12/1/12 Music Appreciation‚ Scott Zeidel Concert Report I went to see Overture to King Stephen‚ Op. 117 and Symphony No. 2 in D major‚ Op. 36‚ both composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic at Disney Hall on December 31 2012. The music group consisted of about sixty-three bowed string instrumentalists‚ ten woodwind instrumentalists‚ nine brass instrumentalists and four percussion instruments and the conductor is Esa-Pekka Salonen. The first piece I am
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Anthony van Dyck‚ Lucas van Uffel‚ illustrates a man whom appears to be distinguished as an intelligent artistic person. Although‚ it was compared to another portrait of the same ‘sitter’ but instead of signifying intelligence the man is seen to be overlooking the sailing of ships off a “Mediterranean coast”. The intelligence is displayed by the objects positioned around the merchant ( the globe‚ worn out book also argued to be a recorde‚ and the pages). Rembrandt van Rijn‚ Aristotle with a Bust
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create lifelike characters. To give more power to the plot‚ recitativo secco was used to keep the plot rolling. His arias often had multiple moods through sectional forms‚ and vocal lyricism was included in instrumental writing. STYLE OF BEETHOVEN Beethoven was the first person to cherish cyclical structure. His compelling themes are still memorable today‚ such as the short-short-short-long theme from Symphony N.5‚ and Ode to Joy‚ in Symphony N.9. It took him lots of time to compose his music
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The next three piano sonatas‚ written over the span of three years‚ have consecutive opus numbers: Op. 109 in E major‚ Op.110 in A flat Major‚ and Op.11 in C minor. Beethoven clearly approached his last three piano sonatas as a single project. In the letters to Adolf Schlesinger dated 30 April 1820 and 20 September 1820‚ Beethoven mentioned that: “I am also very willing to sell you some new sonatas‚ but at no other price than 40 florins each‚ thus perhaps a lot of three sonatas for 120 florins.”
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analysis in your Visual Arts Process Diary. André Derain: London Bridge‚ oil on canvas‚ 66×99.1 cm‚ 1906 (New York‚ Museum of Modern Art); © 2007 Artists Rights Society (ARS)‚ New York/ADAGP‚ Paris‚ photo © The Museum of Modern Art‚ New York Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Street‚ Dresden‚ oil on canvas‚ 150.5×200.4 cm‚ 1908 (New York‚ Museum of Modern Art); photo © The Museum of Modern Art‚ New York‚ © Artists Rights Society‚ NY Jacques-Henri Lartigue: Paris‚ Avenue du Bois de Boulogne‚ gelatin silver
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Composed in 1840‚ Felix Mendelssohn’s “symphony-cantata after words of the Holy Bible”‚ “Lobgesang‚” was originally created to celebrate the 400th anniversary of moveable type. Although the composer left no indication for the piece being his second symphony‚ editors posthumously published it as “Symphony No. 2.” He divides the work into two sections: a symphonic prelude and a larger cantate section. The latter half consists of nine movements for chorus and soloists. The lyrics of the vocal movements
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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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