four instrumental families during this period string‚ woodwinds‚ brass‚ and timpani. The heart of the orchestra was the string family. Woodwinds were used to add color and to assist the strings. Brass focused on the harmony part of the music while timpani gave a rhythmic feel and energy. Symphony has four movements for orchestra; each movement has its own form. Hydn was the father of the symphony. He was a famous cord composer. He made his living by writing music so he wasn’t always writing what he
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father took him to orchestra concerts and eventually began to support his music education. Bernstein was very young we he started listening to piano performances; he was immediately captivated; he subsequently began learning piano seriously when the family acquired his cousin’s piano. When he was a child‚ he attended the Garrison Grammar School and Boston Latin School. He was very close to his sister when he was a child‚ and would often play entire operas or Beethoven symphonies with her at the piano
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In the Radio 3 programme Music Matters (2015)‚ she shares a dream that had inspired her Concerto for Orchestra (1967)‚ compose for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. In her dream Musgrave conducts an orchestra when one of the players stands up and refuses to follow the beat. In the third quarter of her Concerto for Orchestra (1967)‚ the clarinet player stands‚ disturbs everything and encourages some of the other players to join in the rebellion. After this
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HLM 213 Program Notes April 26‚ 2012 The Eroica Symphony Beethoven’s third symphony was first preformed privately in early August of 1804. One would think that the people of this time period would marvel over anything Beethoven composed. However‚ Eroica was not as well received or understood‚ as Beethoven would have liked. Many educated listeners were thrown off by the “false” horn entry halfway through the first movement. It is said that Beethoven’s pupil was surprised by this‚ and was reprimanded
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Shostakovich was born in 1906 in St. Petersburg‚ Russia. Within the space of sixty-nine years‚ Shostakovich made an unforgettable impact on music and became one of the most important composers of the 20th century. During his career he wrote fifteen symphonies‚ fifteen string quartets‚ six concerti and two operas along with many chamber works‚ piano works and pieces for theatre and film. This is an incredible output for a composer but what makes them all the more remarkable is the situation under which
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this introduction is its complete lack of upper range sonorities due to Berlioz ’s choice of instrumentation‚ the result of which is a grim and barren sound that would not have been half as effective without the highly descriptive nature of his orchestra.15 The movement develops with a simple alternation of two themes until the coda is reached‚ in which Berlioz contrasts a D-flat major chord in the brass and woodwinds against a G minor chord in the strings. This tritone relationship portrays the
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period‚ clearly left a mark on Beethoven‚ as can be seen in his compositions. Make no mistake‚ however‚ Haydn and Beethoven were not carbon copies of one another. When comparing compositions of the two composers‚ namely Haydn’s symphony No. 95 in C minor and Beethoven’s symphony No. 5‚ the two composers differ in various areas‚ including form‚ theme‚ tonality‚ orchestral structure‚ and the overall effect their work had on the audience. The only way to truly understand the similarities of these two legendary
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meaning “high wood” and is what it was actually referred to when it first emerged. The oboe gained immediate popularity and was found ubiquitous in many countries like Europe and England. By the 1800’s the oboe became an acknowledge member of the orchestra. Surely there were many modifications that evolved the oboe such as adding more keys (also the “slur key”) to the instrument in order to give it a wide range of notes. The reformations of the oboe eventually stopped and have remained basically
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foundations for modern orchestra and instruments. The Composers that lived in the classical era and still know today. Their music is still known around the world.Composers in the classical era of music we Mozart‚ Bach‚ Beethoven‚ Chopin‚ Handel‚ Tchaikovsky‚ and many more. Many instruments were designed and perfected in this era. In this era of music‚ Orchestration was developed and perfected. This era started the more common use of wind and percussion instruments in orchestra. Trios were also very
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Signor Alessandro sits at a table in a restaurant. Tonight he will conduct Beethoven’s powerful Fifth Symphony yet again. Tomorrow he will conduct the much gentler Sixth Symphony. At least he thinks they are in that order. His memory frequently fails him these days. Already in his mind he hears the magnificent opening chords of the Fifth Symphony and sees his own powerful gestures as he drives his orchestra forward. He smiles. Great conductors instinctively know which gestures best communicate with the
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