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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“Now Is the Month of Maying” was composed by Thomas Morley and performed by The King’s Singers. The style of music is Renaissance madrigal music. The melody goes by flute and the singer and the harmony goes by the harmony singer. The tempo was little fast and the meter measured by 4/4 times. The dynamics of this song is normal. Flute and percussion instrument are using in this song. There are five different voices in this song. Happy mood are created and it’s a nice music. “The Four Seasons‚ Movement
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The Well-tempered Prelude and Fugue Part 1 in G minor BWV 861 J.S. Bach (1680-1750) Johann Sebastian Bach was a great composer and performer‚ born in Eisenach Thuringia Germany. Future musicians praised him as ‘father of music’; throughout his life he had composed countless beautiful pieces‚ including the Brandenburg concertos‚ the Mass in B minor‚ The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book 1 & Book 2) etc. The Well-Tempered Clavier is considered to have a set of the Prelude and Fugue for each piece. They
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learn to play the piano or sing in order to improve their marriage opportunities as well as to provide entertainment. However‚ the influence of the Enlightenment philosophy from the past century indicated that women should only be educated to become a wife and a mother‚ preventing the early 19th century women from taking music as a profession (Halstead‚ 1997). In the same way‚ Fanny Mendelssohn‚ the eldest child of a wealthy converted Jewish family in 19th century Germany was given piano lessons from
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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. The time where he made the most of the important works was the last ten
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End-of-Semester Program Notes I. Allegro from Sonata in G minor for flute and harpsichord Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) BWV 1020 The Sonata in G minor‚ BWV 1020‚ is traditionally attributed to Bach‚ but it is almost certainly not a work by J.S. Bach; it may‚ however‚ have been composed by his son C.P.E. Bach. The originally intended ensemble seems to be flute and harpsichord‚ but the work is commonly performed on both flute and violin. Anyways‚ this is an elegant piece of lateBaroque chamber
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melodies were at time very emotional with a sudden burst of excitement which maybe an expression of anger. The second part of the concert was limited in variety but with a thicker texture. The instruments involved only the piano the interesting part however‚ was that two piano played a single piece as a duet. When I was a kid I had a very special
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