Motasem Ashour Listening Journal #1 Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 in C minor is one of the most popular compositions in classical music of all time. The tempo of the traditional symphonic performance was much slower than its modern/contemporary counterpart. The traditional orchestra’s tempo was moderato which means Moderate in terms of speed of the beats. The modern performance’s tempo was much faster and livelier. The reason for this is that the modern performance consisted of electric guitars
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2013 Research Paper While many men and women throughout history have made significant‚ valuable and lasting contributions to society‚ Ludwig Van Beethoven is an especially remarkable figure worthy of special note because he embraced and devoted his whole life to music. Born to a drunkard father and an unhappy mother‚ the young Beethoven was exposed to a brutal training in music at the hands of his father‚ who hoped that the young boy would prove to be another prodigy like Mozart. Ludwig
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Beethoven was‚ and remains today‚ an influential figure in the history of classical music. Perhaps no other composer in history wrote music of such inspiring power and expressiveness. His influence on the last 150 years of music is unequalled. a genius he was.He was the first musician to link the classical period of 18th-century and the novel birth of Romanticism. Beethoven’s absolute step forward in the world of music came in his instrumental work‚ not forgetting his symphonies. In contrast to
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Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven was baptised on December 17‚ 1770. Though the date of his birth is unknown‚ it is believed that he was born on December 16‚ 1770 which is the day before his baptism. His parents were Johann van Beethoven and Maria Magdalena Keverich who lived in Bonn‚ Germany. Although they had seven children‚ only three boys survived including Ludwig who was the oldest. At an early age‚ Beethoven had an interest in music. He was first taught music by his father
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Symphony No.5/Eine kleine Nachtmusik Two names that were prevalent during the Classical era of music were Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. These two composers have written many pieces of music‚ but two that stand out are Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 5” and Mozart’s “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”. Both of these pieces were composed within twenty years of each other‚ and parallels between the two pieces of work can be noticed. Even though the two pieces are similar in terms of structure
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Beethoven MUS HST 70 Mindy LaTour O’Brien Listening Journals #1 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 1 in F Major (1st movement) I enjoyed listening to this piece. All throughout the first movement‚ I constantly felt tension rising and relaxing (tension rising because of the repetitive melodies with crescendo and changing the melody key to a minor key and tension relaxing when it has descend or a key changes to a Major); I think this was Beethoven’s intention to have the audience
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The Houston Symphony is an orchestra from Houston. On May 29th the Houston Symphony performed the third part of their trilogy “The Cosmos” at Jones Hall. The first half of the performance had three movement 1. Intrada: Allegro maestoso‚ 2. Capriccio: Notturno e Arioso: Vivace‚ and 3. Passacaglia‚ Toccata e Corale: Andante con moto-Allegro giusto- Molto Allegro-Presto. For the second movement they performed a four movement piece “Symphony No. 9 in E minor‚ Opus 9 (From New World)”. The first part
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Throughout history‚ there have been many eras of innovation mixed with inspiration. These eras are typically set in motion by one thing‚ almost like a domino effect. Ludwig van Beethoven‚ a talented German musician‚ played a significant role in the history of music. His many works helped him to become one of the most familiarized and respected composers in the history of Western music. Beethoven´s hard work helped him to develop an important line between the Classical and Baroque styles he deeply
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Ludwig van Beethoven Two hundred years ago one of the greatest composers ever to exist was born. His name was Ludwig Van Beethoven‚ but to the world he was best remembered as Beethoven. The talented musical composer Beethoven became one of best well-known composers and performers ever to exist. Starting his work in music at just a young age‚ Beethoven learned to become passionate for music in a hard way. It was told Beethoven’s father believed in his capability‚ which made Beethoven work that much
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Ludwig van Beethoven was a deaf German composer; he was a big predominant figure of the musical arts. He was in the eras between the Classical and Romantic. Beethoven was baptized in the year of 1770‚ on the 17th day‚ of the month in December in the city Bonn‚ Germany. Beethoven was man who kept widening the scopes of sonata‚ symphony‚ concerto and quartet. He would also combine his music with vocals and instruments in a whole new way. During the life of Beethoven‚ he had the struggle of deafness
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