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with the themes and the solo bassoon takes the themes and varies them on top of the accompaniment. The texture is mainly homophonic with the bassoon having the melodic line above most of the accompaniment‚ the wind mainly harmonise where as the strings in tutti sections play melodic motifs. The register on the bassoon used is wide and varies in each movement especially in the cadenzas. This concerto is played by most bassoonists and is always required in auditions and as part of their repertoire
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1. Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Haydn was a remarkable composer‚ epitomizing the meaning of classical period composition‚ and though he wasn’t as flashy as the younger Mozart‚ his music always stayed true to form. Haydn‚ unlike most composers‚ had a "reliable and steady" job composing‚ directing‚ teaching‚ performing‚ and managing musicians from the royal Esterhazy family. During this time‚ Haydn composed many pieces of music for the courtly orchestra to perform. With a staggering body of work
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12 years old he became a court organist. Ludwig’s first important teacher of composition was Christian Gottlob Neefe. In 1787 he studied briefly with Mozart‚ and five years later he left Bonn permanently and went to Vienna to study with Joseph Haydn and later with Antonio Salieri. Beethoven’s first public appearance in Vienna was on March 29‚ 1795‚ as a soloist in one of his piano concerti. Even before he left Bonn‚ he had developed a reputation for fine improvisatory performances. In Vienna
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Neefe‚ as well as financial sponsorship by the Prince-Elector. Beethoven’s mother died when he was 17‚ and for several years he was responsible for raising his two younger brothers. Beethoven moved to Vienna in 1792‚ where he studied with Joseph Haydn and other teachers. He quickly established a reputation as a piano virtuoso‚ and more slowly as a composer. He settled into the career pattern he would follow for the remainder of his life: rather than working for the church or a noble court (as most
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c. 1787: brief visit to Vienna‚ may have played for Mozart d. 1790: Haydn hears Beethoven’s music and urges the archbishop of Cologne to send him to Vienna 2. Studies with a number of composers a. 1792-94: studied with Haydn b. 1794: Johann Schenk (1753-1836): composer of Singspiels
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1. Which weighs more? The modern piano 2. Which instrument responds more rapidly to the player’s touch? The 18th-c. piano 3. An extended range of available notes (seven-and-a-quarter octaves‚ instead of just five) is a feature of the modern piano 4. If the relationship between two (or more) musical tones is simple and stable‚ we call the combination consonant 5. When composers combine tones successively‚ we call the resulting series a melody 6. By the late 18th century‚ the
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Something miraculous hovers above the music of Mozart. His elegant writing and his rich instrumental colors sound effortless. This deceptive simplicity is the secret of his art. Mozart was born in Salzburg‚ Austria‚ the son of Leopold Mozart‚ an esteemed composer-violinist at the court of the Archbishop of Salzburg. The most extraordinarily gifted child in the history of music‚ he started to compose before he was five‚ and‚ with his talented sister Nannerl
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Hieronymus von Colleredo. Upon their return‚ the new archbishop appointed young Mozart as assistant concertmaster with a small salary. During this time‚ young Mozart had the opportunity to work in several different musical genres composing symphonies‚ string quartets‚ sonatas and serenades and a few operas. He developed a passion for violin
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The early compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven marked the culmination of the 18th-century traditions for which Haydn and Mozart had established the great classical models‚ and his middle-period and late works developed so far beyond these traditions that they anticipated some of the major musical trends of the late 19th century. This is especially evident in his symphonies‚ string quartets‚ and piano sonatas. In each of these three genres Beethoven began by mastering the existing formal and esthetic
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