I. Haydn Haydn has a special preference for writing music in a bundle of six. Each of the six pieces has its individuality while sharing many common features at the same time. Haydn’s solo keyboard sonatas show striking diversity in type and style. They often could be categorized by their style periods and each of them reflects a corresponding social background. Sonatas composed from 1773 to 1784 were intended as "public" works from the very beginning‚ with a clear conception of the taste‚ preferences
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Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-‐1809) Franz Joseph Haydn was an Austrian composer who was an important figure in Classical Period of Western Classical Music. As a result of his contributions and works‚ he was remembered as the “ Father of Symphony” and ‘Father of String Quartet”. While spending most of his
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violin sonata “in the euphoria of my honeymoon”.1 This sonata in G major was a labour of affection that the composer wrote in honour of the love of his life Nina Hagerup‚ who was his cousin‚ whom he married despite familial disapproval on both sides. The evident happiness is reflected in the demeanour and beauty of the work. Grieg dedicated this sonata to his fellow friend‚ violinist and conductor‚ Johan Svendsen. In his letter he wrote‚ “…In these three weeks I have written a new violin sonata that
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The Piano Sonata in B minor (German: Klaviersonate h-Moll)‚ S.178‚ is a musical composition for solo piano by Franz Liszt‚ published in 1854 with a dedication to Robert Schumann. It is often considered Liszt’s greatest composition for solo piano. The piece has been oft analyzed‚ particularly regarding issues of form. The sonata is notable for being constructed from five motivic elements that are woven into an enormous musical architecture. The motivic units undergo thematic transformation throughout
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Johann Michael Haydn Johann Michael Haydn was baptized on September 14‚ 1737‚ in Rohrau‚ Lower Austria‚ the exact date of his birth is unknown... Five years after his famous brother Joseph‚ their parents being a wheelwright and a cook. Michael Haydn left home around 1745 to attend the choir school at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna‚ where he received instruction in singing‚ keyboard and violin. It was at St. Stephen’s that Haydn gained a reputation for his unusually clear and beautiful voice
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Handel: Concerto in B flat: I. Allegro moderato In the video‚ Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) principle Harp Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton performs the initial movement from Handel’s Harp Concerto. The setup is an empty stage at the Harpa Concert hall in Iceland and the harp is the leading role as the melody instrument. Therefore‚ a beautiful and brilliant musical composition which resonates for one to two seconds is registered. Production Heidi is a professional concert harpist and from the harp‚
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Franz Joseph Haydn is a composer who elevates the purposes and accomplishment of the Classical period. Possibly his greatest achievement was the fact that he established and advanced in many perceptive ways and the most significant organized notion in the memoir of music. He was a perfectionist in the set of expectations regarded as sonata form which made a massive impact. In As many as hundreds of sonatas‚ stringed quartets and symphonies‚ Franz broke both new ground and supplied durable models
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history’s greatest figures in the development of Classical style music during the eighteenth century were Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn. Both men worked together and were very close friends while living in Vienna. Between the two‚ Joseph Hayden and Amadeus Mozart devoted much of their music for composing symphonies‚ minuets‚ librettos‚ sonatas‚ concertos‚ masses‚ oratorios and operas. While both men achieved popularity and status during their time‚ they also discovered that success
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Comparison of Haydn and Beethoven Franz Josef Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven are two of the greatest classical composers in the history of music‚ rivaled only by the masterful Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Beethoven‚ who was much younger than Haydn‚ moved to Vienna when he was young to study under Haydn. However‚ due to Haydn’s increasing age‚ and Beethoven’s increasing temper‚ the lessons only lasted for a little over a year. The lessons‚ if only for a short period‚ clearly left a mark on Beethoven
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Franz Joseph Haydn was born on March 31‚ 1732 in Rohrau‚ Austria. He was among the creators of the fundamental genres of classical music‚ and his influence upon later composers is immense. In his early life Franz Joseph Haydn was recruited at age 8 to the sing in the choir at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna‚ where he went on to learn to play violin and keyboard. After he left the choir‚ he supported himself by teaching and playing violin‚ while studying counterpoint and harmony. Haydn soon became
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