instruments known in ancient central Asia as the tar. This claimed to be the root of the name of the guitar. Guitar music became very popular in Spain during the 19th century. The guitar came to prominence largely through the efforts of the Spanish composer Francisco Tarrega. American musician and inventor Les Paul developed prototypes for the solid-bodied electric guitar and popularized the instrument beginning in the 1940’s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/history_of_the_classical_guitar
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CHOPIN‚FRYDERYK FRANCISZEK (1810 ¡V1849) Was a very famous composer that lived on romantic era‚ he was a friend of Franz liszt ¡V also a composer. He composed lots of compositions‚ many of them are very famous and priceless for classical music. Almost Chopin¡¦s compositions are for piano and voices‚ but he also composed for orchestra and cello concertos. BIRTH: ³ MANY DATES HAVE BEEN GIVEN AS THE EXACT DATE‚ THAT ARE MARCH 1ST‚ MARCH 3RD MARCH 5TH (ST. FREDERIC ’S DAY)‚ AND FEBRUARY 22ND
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky String Quartet No 1 in D Major‚ op.11 Pyotr Iliyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer born 7 May 1840. During his life as a composer he worked basically on symphonies‚ concertos‚ operas‚ ballets‚ chamber music and a choral. By the time Tchaikovsky composed this string quartet he was a professor at the Moscow Conservatory and with this job’s payment he was barely getting by. The composer decided to present the concerto of his own chamber music‚ because it was cheaper than to present
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it even written down for the first time until sometime after the tenth century. Hundreds of these songs were created and performed and eventually notated by bands of musicians flourishing across Europe during the 12th and 13th centuries‚ the most famous of which were the French trouvères and troubadours. The monophonic melodies of these musicians‚ to which may have been added improvised accompaniments‚ were often rhythmically lively. The subject of the overwhelming majority of these songs is love
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to the Protestant ones. Famous composers in the baroque period were Alessandro Scarlatti (1600-1725) and Handel (1685–1759). Scarlatti wrote over 100 operas and is believed to have changed to approach to the genre from his
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but his music is alive and excites millions of people‚ almost as if it was created by our contemporary. Anyone who is even slightly acquainted with Beethoven`s biography and musical legacy‚ cannot help but fall in love with pieces of music of this composer. Between high ideals praise in his musical works and his life‚ there was no single abruption. Beethoven’s life is an example of courage and persistent struggle against life’s obstacles. Throughout Beethoven’s life‚ he carried the ideals of his youth
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French Music: The Past French Music‚ Musicians‚ and composers have both influenced and been influenced by the world with mass quantities of styles of genres. Among the earliest of these styles are those of the Church. The earliest French influence on western music is found in the plainsong of the Christian Church. It is believed that Gregorian chant as it is known today is an 8th- or 9th-century Gallican interpretation of Roman chant‚ but it is difficult to distinguish the Gallican work from
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During this age‚ women were not allowed to sing publicly. It was felt that the place of women should be in the home‚ and women could informally sing there‚ but not in the church. Women still‚ however‚ still engaged in chants‚ as seen with famous female composer Hildegard of Bingen. Influenced by the Gregorian chant‚ she moved in a different direction‚ still chanting‚ but expanding the vocal range of the chant. This form of expressive chant allowed her compositions to be more powerful‚ and‚ in a sense
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Fanny Mendelssohn Fanny Mendelssohn was one of the greatest female composers to have ever lived. She was born on November 14th‚ 1805 in Hamburg‚ Germany. Fanny was a romantic composer and‚ though only few were published in her life‚ she composed over 500 works including lieder and piano pieces (Stanton‚ 1984). Fanny was the oldest of four children and the sister of the well-known composer Felix Mendelssohn‚ with whom she was very close to (Estrella‚ 2011). Her grandfather was Moses Mendelssohn
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Throughout the centuries there have been countless great composers who made important innovations and contributions to music. Out of all of the composers though‚ four names stand out due to their contributions not only to their own era but also to modern music‚ which are from least to most influential: Schubert‚ Haydn‚ Chopin‚ and Wagner. Schubert was most known for his melodies and absurd amount of composed music. He was very influential in shaping the Lieder‚ which was essentially a poem put to
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