repetitive. Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor was the next piece to be played by the orchestra. Overall‚ it was my favorite piece because the pianist was absolutely amazing‚ even though the concerto starts off with strings. Felix Mendelssohn was born on February 3‚ 1809 in Hamburg. His first performance of this piece took place on October 17‚ 1831 while he
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Nathan the Wise has been called the “Magna Carta” of Jewish emancipation in Germany. Lessing modeled the figure of Nathan on his good friend the German-Jewish Enlightenment philosopher Moses Mendelssohn‚ grandfather of the great composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. At the time that Nathan the Wise was written‚ it was a tremendous provocation for Lessing to make the hero of his play a Jew and the villain of his play an intolerant Christian patriarch. It was equally astounding for Lessing to make
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person‚ is inexcusable. In mid-nineteenth century ‚ British Queen Victoria held a grand reception at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the distinguished German composer Felix Mendelssohn’s visit. After the song "ITAR the Shields" which Signed Mendelssohn played .the Queen praise to him: "This wonderful song shows how genius you are." Mendelssohn said calmly: "No‚ that is the my sister Fany’s works. " Actually‚ Fany is an extraordinary musician. The "ITAR Shields is original from her hand. But at that time
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public. However‚ Bach’s musical compositions were admired by those who followed in his footsteps‚ including Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven. Bach’s reputation received a incredible high in 1829 when a German composer by the name of Felix Mendelssohn reintroduced one of Bach’s greatest‚ "Passion According to St. Matthew." This musical composition‚ was written in 1727 to 1729‚ and tells the story of chapters twenty-six and twenty-seven in the Gospel of Matthew. The piece was widely
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During the Romantic era‚ nationalism proved to be a major influence of the relationship between composers and their music. The political unrest all over Europe provoked many forms of nationalism. The Romantic composers of this era expressed their sense of nationalism in many ways. One way that composers showed this was basing their music on the songs and dances of their people‚ such as Chopin in his mazurkas. Also‚ composers wrote dramatic works based on folklore and symphonic poems or operas
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MUSICAL PARAMETERS Pitch: consonance Felix Mendelssohn‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Nocturne (MEB 2/10) dissonance Béla Bartók‚ String Quartett no. 4‚ mvt. 1 Melody: conjunct 10. Yıl Marşı Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky‚ The Nutcracker (“Pas de Deux”) (MEB 1/5) Johannes Brahms‚ Symphony No. 1‚ mvt. iv (MEB 1/11) disjunct Istiklal Marşı Claude Debussy‚ Golliwog’s Cakewalk (MEB 1/51) Stockhausen‚ Klavierstück V
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tried many different techniques and styles making a lasting impression on the Romantic era of music. Some of the most influential composers during the 19th century that we discussed were Franz Schubert‚ Hector Berlioz‚ Frederic Chopin‚ Felix Mendelssohn‚ Robert Schumann‚ Carl Weber‚ Richard Wagner‚ Gioachino Rossini‚ Giuseppe Verdi‚ Franz Liszt‚ Johannes Brahms‚ Anton Bruckner‚ Modest Mussorgsky‚ and Peter Tchaikovsky. Schubert composed in all genres but the concerto. He was best known for
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harmony’) and ’nicht Bach‚ sondern Meer’ (’not a stream but a sea’‚ punning on the literal meaning of the composer’s name). Bach also inspired Chopin‚ a not so famous‚ but prominent figure. Composers such as Mozart‚ Beethoven‚ Robert Schumann‚ and Felix Mendelssohn began writing in a more contrapuntal style after being exposed to Bach’s music. At the end of his lifetime‚ his music was considered old-fashioned compared to the emerging new classical style. His reputation weakened as a composer‚ but people
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Advanced Theory I 22 May 2014 Analysis of Mendelssohn’s "Songs Without Words" Lieder ohne Worte (Song without Words) is written by the Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. It is a collection of forty-eight short lyrical piano pieces of markedly song-like character that he wrote at various periods of his life between 1809 and 1847. They are well suited to the study of musical form because of their artistic value. Op. 19b‚ No. 1 Andante con moto in E major was written in 1830 and is
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Maria von Weber (1786-1826) is named the Father of German Opera‚ and was the first to write them in German romantic as opposed to Italian style. From 1809 to 1813 there were five marvelous composers who really influenced the history of music. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (l809-l847) was famous for his piano writings and
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