Founded on a plot somewhat similar to "Lodoiska‚" it won instant success‚ and among the crowd that thronged to its première were Beethoven and Haydn‚ both of whom were anxious to bear homage to the truly great composer. He produced several other operas in Paris‚ all more or less successful. Concerning "Les Abencerrages‚" Mendelssohn wrote that he could not sufficiently "admire the sparkling fire
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appeared to rise from his misfortunes and follow his passion. Mr. Beethoven created some of the most wonderful music and is considered one of the greatest musicians of all time. Ludwig‚ at a very young age‚ began his career as a marvelous piano player and composer of piano music. Beethoven continued his work expanding to string quartets and other kinds of chamber music‚ songs‚ two masses‚ an opera‚ and nine symphonies. The German musical genius made amazing new strides at the end of the Classical era and
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1. Intro: Composer Ludwig van Beethoven was an innovator‚ widening the scope of sonata‚ symphony‚ concerto‚ and quartet‚ and combining vocals and instruments in a new way. His personal life was marked by a struggle against deafness‚ and some of his most important works were composed during the last 10 years of his life‚ when he was quite unable to hear. He is an crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music‚ a pianist‚ a composer who remains one of
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The term keyboard‚ according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ is “a musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard like that of a piano and that produces sounds electronically.” This is the modern definition of a keyboard‚ as it can be used as a term describing any key-like instrument which does not contain a firmly established identity‚ such as the clavichord and the harpsichord. The keyboard has been a prevalent instrument since as early as the third century BC‚ and therefore has
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Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in December 16‚ 1770 in Germany. His father‚ Johann van Beethoven‚ was his first music teacher. It is reported that Beethoven’s father was a very strict and hard music teacher. Beethoven knew how to play the piano‚ viola‚ and the organ‚ and was on his way to showing the public his talent at the early age of 7. His most important music teacher in Germany was Christian Gottlob Neefe‚ who helped him publish his first composition at the age of 10‚ which was a set of nine
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PROGRAMME Sonata No.52 in E flat major‚ Hob. XVI: 52‚ First movement: Allegro……………………………………………… J. Haydn (1732-1809) Nocturne in F major‚ Op.15‚ No.1……………………………... F. Chopin (1810-1849) Prelude in D major‚ Op.23‚ No.4……………………………… S. Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Alla Turca Jazz …………………………………………………………W. A. Mozart (1756-1791) Arranged by Fazil Say (b. 1970) To avoid discomfort to yourself and others‚ please switch off your mobile
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a musician capable of playing multiple instruments who started playing in public at the age of 6. Over the years‚ Mozart aligned himself with a variety of European venues and patrons‚ composing hundreds of works that included sonatas‚ symphonies‚ masses‚ concertos and operas‚ marked by vivid emotion and sophisticated textures. Budding Young Composer In December‚ 1769‚ Wolfgang‚ then age 13‚ and his father departed from Salzburg for Italy‚ leaving his mother and sister at home
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molded because of the great composers Mozart and Haydn‚ who taught and raised him up in his musical capabilities (Ludwig Beethoven). Beethoven’s success was measured by his devotion‚ Beethoven dropped out of grade school by the age of ten to study music full time with Christian Gottlob Neefe. March 26‚ 1778 Beethoven performed his first piano recital at the age of seven; at the twelve years of age Beethoven published his first composition made up of Piano Variations (Ludwig Beethoven). Throughout the
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The famous composers of the Baroque period include Moteverdi‚ Purcell‚ Barbara Strozzi‚ Vivaldi‚ Handel‚ Mouret‚ Bach‚ etc. While the major composers in Classical period are Haydn‚ Mozart‚ Beethoven‚ Schubert and so on. Baroque is an older style of music‚ and it lots of times has all the instruments playing the same melody‚ while classical has various interchanging parts and melody’s. The melody in Baroque period is repeated‚ although it is distinct but it is not lyrical. In Baroque music‚ the phrasing
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FINAL STUDY GUIDE CHAPTER 17: - Fortepiano: early piano‚ named for its range of dynamic levels; it was smaller and less sonorous than the modern instrument. - Classical style: restrained‚ objective style of art. Classical refers to Western music characteristic of the period from 1750-1825. Composers: - Mozart: Invested much of his music with a degree of emotion expression unusual for his time. Never allowed emotion to dominate his art. - Haydn: Wrote pleasant‚ good-natured music throughout his
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