to develop tonal music. One of the amazing things about Beethoven was that he was deaf. At his last symphony‚ “Ninth Symphony”‚ he had to turn around and look at the audience to see if they were clapping. He was greatly influenced by the composers Haydn and Bach. He greatly influenced his music with the power of romanticism.  Beethoven’s father‚ Johann Van Beethoven‚ was bass singer at the court of Elector of Cologne and became Ludwig Van Beethoven’s first music teacher. He was later trained by the
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Question #1 History of music from 1650 to 1800 can be described by three major periods‚ the middle Baroque‚ the late Baroque / early Classical‚ and Classical eras. The middle Baroque can be described as a time of developing and standardizing musical forms‚ styles‚ and conventions‚ and then obeying those conventions in the creation of new music. The second era found the undoing of these conventions in two important areas‚ prompting the end of the Baroque and beginning of the Classical era. The final
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Since the beginning of time‚ many bands and artists have helped shape the way people live. Thirty Seconds to Mars‚ with lead singer Jared Leto‚ is a very successful pop-rock band. Starting in 1998‚ the members of this band did not have it easy. Neither did Ludwig van Beethoven who grew to be one of the most successful composers of all time. Taking in the world and challenges around them‚ both of these artists overcame many obstacles to become what they are known for. Their fans have followed and
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Beethoven was born on December 16th‚ 1770 in Bonn‚ Germany. He started playing piano and violin from a very young age. He was a pupil of his father‚ whom was a drinker and often forced him to wake up in the middle of the night to play for him and his drinking companions. Beethoven pursued his studies with many different great composers. He first studied with Hayden‚ but after a clash of temperaments he became a student of Schenk‚ Albrechtsberger‚ and Salieri. From the age of 12‚ Beethoven became
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The piano teacher Anastasia Cucu I sit now quietly in front of a grand piano in my cousin’s living room. My cousin‚ Lana‚ is speaking to me- she had me over for lunch to discuss the family- yet I am distracted by the large instrument that takes up almost half the room. I can only assume the baby grand was once a shiny black‚ though because its keys have been played
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minor is expected to finish in that key.[24] In Beethoven’s words: Many assert that every minor piece must end in the minor. Nego! ...Joy follows sorrow‚ sunshine—rain.[25] The triumphant and exhilarating finale is written in an unusual variant of sonata form: at the end of the development section‚ the music halts on a dominant cadence‚ played fortissimo‚ and the music continues after a pause with a quiet reprise of the "horn theme" of the scherzo movement. The recapitulation is then introduced by
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O’Sullivan Theatre is surrounded by cambered audience seats with five parts separated by four aisles. At the center of the stage‚ a piano for the concert stands there quietly. When spotlight falls on the piano‚ the grace of classical music arises in the audience’s hearts‚ which makes them relaxed and expectant. The first half of the program included two pieces‚ Piano Quartet in E-flat major‚ K. 493 composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Die Gebüsche composed by Franz Schubert. The most impressive
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Mozart?s Piano Sonata No. 2 (K.280) Mvt. I is a rarity in that it follows almost every rule of sonata-allegro form to a ?T.? I consider this a most striking find‚ since there really wasn?t anything called sonata-allegro form in the classical era. It just happened to be that music was very set in ratio now that we look back on it. Mozart wrote this piece in 1775 when he was just 19 years old‚ and it was his second piano sonata (as the title suggests). The exposition starts out in F Major with a small
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It is arguable that some Romantic music made greater demands upon its listeners than did music of previous historical periods. What were those demands? Why did these changes come about? And what strategies can you formulate for listening to this music today? In consideration of the musical changes present in the Romantic era‚ this essay will contend that these changes are very much related to the wider social and technological changes in society around that time. Thus‚ it is important
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Mozart Sonata No. 12 in F Major K. 332 First Movement Rachel Gilmore MTC 461.001 November 26‚ 2012 The first movement of Mozart’s piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major is written fairly typically in the very structured sonata form. Historically is follows the main guidelines that were understood for the form. Harmonically‚ is progresses like expected. There are a few surprises here and there‚ but they are typical for Mozart’s compositions‚ especially his sonatas of the 18th century. In all‚ it makes
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