Concert Review The first song I heard is Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture‚ composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It is written at 1880‚ a romantic period music. It is a sonata allegro form‚ which consist an exposition‚ a development‚ and a recapitulation. However‚ it is hard for me to find connection between three parts when I was at the concert. Moreover‚ I did not realize there is three parts until I did the research after the concert. I was really into music and picturing the Romeo and Julia
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changed his first name to Leonard at the age of sixteen. At the age of 10‚ Leonard played his first piano. Leonard became interested in taking lessons however‚ his father refused to pay for lessons. His determination motivated him to raise a small pot of money for his lessons. He did not need much practice and his father became impressed. For his bar mitzvah‚ his father bought him a baby grand piano. He attended Boston Latin School and met his mentor‚ Helen Coates. After graduation‚ he entered Harvard
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Beethoven Symphony No. 3 and Mozart Symphony 40 Forms Sonata form is one of the more popular forms of music that is found in a variety of different works including symphonies‚ concertos‚ and sonatas. Sonata form features three distinct sections: the exposition‚ development‚ and recapitulation. Mozart was one of the early composers of this form of music. I will examine the clear distinctions between each section and how he does not stray from the typical form. In later years the form would change
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Mozart: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Oxford University Press‚ 2010. Web. Greene‚ Aaron‚ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‚ www.classicalmusic.about.com‚ 2010‚ Web. Beethoven ’s Life. 10 November‚ 2010. www.all-about-beethoven.com. 2010. Web. Langlois‚ Jeffrey. Haydn‚ Mozart‚ Beethoven. Similarities & Differences. www.musicanthology.org. 2009. Web. Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Biography. 10 November‚ 2010. www.lvbeethoven.com. 2010. Web Mozart and Beethoven compared‚ 10 November 2010. http://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/music/m7h
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__________________________________ Prof. Luba Edlina-Dubinsky __________________________________ Prof. Emile Naoumoff ii Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. The Fantasy and Its Place among Mozart’s Piano Works 3. Structure and Thematic Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. The Current View about the Ending of the Fantasy 5. Mozart and the Baroque Bibliography 4 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . .
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Ludwig Van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are often compared in their musicality because of their time periods and the way they both changed music. Throughout their lives these two composers had come across many trials and success‚ while coming from different backgrounds they had many similar childhoods with tragedy. These great composers brought up many different reactions of people in their unique presentation and composition of their works. Each composer developed their own unique styles
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MusicAnthology. April 26‚ 2008. http://www.musicanthology.org/?p=48 (accessed 2013). Ler‚ Boon Sin. A Brief History of the String Quartet. http://quarternotez.com/index.php?p=8_8 (accessed 2013). Schmid‚ Fritz‚ Ernest Ernst‚ and Sanders. "Mozart and Haydn." The Musical Quarterly‚ 1956: 145-161. Beethoven ’s String Quartet in C# minor‚ Op. 131. http://www.lvbeethoven.com/Oeuvres_Presentation/Presentation-StringQuartet-14-Opus131.html (accessed September 2013). IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library. www.imslp
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Guide to Music History Part 1 – Introduction Whether you need to brush up on your knowledge of musical styles for your grade six music theory exam (or higher)‚ or are just keen to learn more about our rich heritage of “classical” music‚ I hope this new series of articles about the history of classical music will offer you something of interest. Here’s a quick introduction to the new series! Each article will take a brief look at one of the main eras that “classical” music is divided into. I’m using
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patterns‚ such as arpeggios and‚ in piano music‚ Alberti bass (an accompaniment with a repeated pattern typically in the left hand)‚ were used to liven the movement of the piece without creating a confusing additional voice. The now-popular instrumental music was dominated by several well-defined forms: the sonata‚ the symphony‚ and the concerto‚ though none of these were specifically defined or taught at the time as they are now in music theory. All three derive from sonata form‚ which is both the overlying
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and rigidity of its classical predecessors. The Classical Period was‚ in fact‚ a short era‚ generally spanning the second half of the eighteenth century. Of the various composers of this age‚ there are only three who are very widely known: Mozart‚ Haydn and Beethoven. The Romantic Era‚ however‚ produced many more composers whose names and music are still familiar and popular today: Brahms‚ Tchaikovsky‚ Chopin and Mendelssohn to name a few.1 Seeking new freedoms by rebelling against traditional ideas
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