departed from his hometown‚ a close friend wrote him to inform him that it was Beethoven´s time to travel to Vienna to ¨receive Mozart´s spirit from Hayden´s hands.¨ So‚ he carried his admiration for both Franz Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‚ two important figures during the Classical era. Haydn became a key influence and figure in Beethoven’s early career‚ while He rapidly proceeded to gain success as a star pianist and gifted composer with a number of works and powerful ambitions. He made his way
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experience gained on these tours helped mold Mozart’s style‚ especially in dramatic music. He was prolific‚ writing sacred vocal pieces and instrumental works too. By 1772 he had written about 25 symphonies (some are lost)‚ and his first quartets. Further quartets and symphonies followed during and
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Classical Period also had many famous composers. Beethoven‚ Mozart‚ and Haydn to name a few. This period had many musical forms‚ such as‚ chamber music‚ opera‚ orchestra. The Classical Period had many characteristics. This period also focused on instrumentation. Most of the instruments used were found in orchestras. Instruments such as pianos and organs were used. In symphony orchestras‚ instruments in percussion‚ woodwind‚ and strings were also used. Instruments dominated this era‚ and the rhythm was
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English oratorios. Joseph Haydn (l732-1809) has often been called the father of the symphony and string quartet. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) who was considered to be the greatest musical genius of all time by many was a classical writer as well as Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) who wrote Classical and Romanticism. Mozart was known throughout Europe as an infant prodigy and died very young‚ leaving behind numerous compositions for symphony‚ sonatas‚ string quartets‚ concertos‚ Masses‚ and
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quintet No. 3 in C major‚ K. 515 Andrew McGuire Dr. Burkart MUSHIS 200 11/19/2012 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prodigy of his time‚ and arguable the greatest of all time. This paper will discuss an analysis of his third string quintet in C major‚ K. 515. Through this piece in Sonata Form we will dissect the exposition‚ the development‚ the recapitulation‚ and the coda; along with an analysis of the quintet we will briefly discuss parts of Mozart’s life‚ as well as look
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created some of the most wonderful music and is considered one of the greatest musicians of all time. Ludwig‚ at a very young age‚ began his career as a marvelous piano player and composer of piano music. Beethoven continued his work expanding to string quartets and other kinds of chamber music‚ songs‚ two masses‚ an opera‚ and nine symphonies. The German musical genius made amazing new strides at the end of the Classical era and paved the way for the up and coming Romantic style. Ludwig van Beethoven’s
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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‚ he was
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weeks Beethoven learned his mother was sick so he had to go back home. When he returned home his mother passed away which made his father become an alcoholic. By the time he came back to Vienna Mozart had died so Beethoven sought help from Joseph Haydn. He became Beethoven’s second mentor and taught him new styles of music. While he was in Vienna in 1792 he learned that his father died. Beethoven at first did not see himself as a composer but rather devoted himself to music study and performance
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for piano‚ 32 piano sonatas‚ and 16 string quartets. He also composed other chamber music‚ choral works‚ and songs. Born in Bonn‚ then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the Holy Roman Empire‚ Beethoven displayed his musical talents at an early age and was taught by his father Johann van Beethoven and Christian Gottlob Neefe. During his first 22 years in Bonn‚ Beethoven intended to study with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and befriended Joseph Haydn. Beethoven moved to Vienna in 1792
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was able to deputize for Neefe; at 12 he had some music published. In 1787 he went to Vienna‚ but quickly returned on hearing that his mother was dying. Five years later he went back to Vienna‚ where he settled. He pursued his studies‚ first with Haydn‚ but there was some clash of temperaments and Beethoven studied too with Schenk‚ Albrechtsberger and Salieri. Until 1794 he was supported by the Elector at Bonn: but he found patrons among the music-loving Viennese aristocracy and soon enjoyed success
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