The Life of Peter Tchaikovsky Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky‚ also spelled Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky‚ was born in Votkinsk‚ in the city of Vyatka‚ Russia‚ May 7‚ 1840. Second in a family of five sons and one daughter‚ to whom he was extremely devoted. Once in his early teens when he was in school at St. Petersburg and his mother started to drive to another city‚ he had to be held back while she got into the carriage‚ and the moment he was free ran and tried to hold the wheels. There is an anecdote
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My Birthday January 27‚ 1975 1975 list #1 pop song: Laughter in the Rain by Neil Sedaka #1 country song: City Lights by Mickey Gilley #1 Movie: The Towering Inferno Price of gold: $177 (oz) Median new home price: $37‚200 Price of a new car: $4‚732 Gallon of gas: $0.47 Loaf of bread: $0.32 Lunar Influence You were born under a full moon. Other than the fact they were born quite literally howling at the moon‚ people born under a full moon tend to be idealistic‚ and spiritual. It
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November 19‚ 2011 Intro to Hum Artist‚ Writers‚ and Composer Goya was most important Spanish artist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His full name was Francisco José de Goya‚ Born in Fuendetodos‚ he later moved with his parents to Saragossa and‚ at the age of fourteen‚ began studying with the painter José Luzán Martínez who live from 1710 to 1785. Goya came to artistic maturity during this age of enlightenment. The painter brothers Francisco and Ramón Bayeu y Subías
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love of music. His first musical education began at the age of nine with piano lessons‚ studying music theory‚ and attempting composition. By fifteen‚ he had mastered Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto in G Minor and finished a piano reduction of a string quartet by Glazunov. That same year‚ Stravinsky rebelled against the Russian Orthodox Church and abandoned it. Even though he excelled in music‚ his parents still wanted him to become a lawyer. In 1901‚ Stravinsky enrolls at the University of Saint Petersburg;
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Compare Contrast Essay 4 The Romantic Era brought about this great change in everything from literature‚ ideals‚ and even music. The previous era was strict in laws and restraint‚ you could say old fashioned. Composers were coming up with new techniques such as symphonic poem and art song. During this period‚ composers expressed artistic freedom through experimentation and creativity‚ through the use of adding new instruments to orchestras‚ new tones‚ and harmonies. Two composers of this era are
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•Clarity‚ Purity‚ Logical •Age/Time of enlightenment •Value of Reason; Reason is the best guide to human conduct •People believed in progress •People attacked the privileges of aristocrats and the clergy Master Composers: 1. Franz Joseph Haydn >Father of Symphonies >100+symphonies >Skilled servant >Financially stable 2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart >Child prodigy >41 symphonies >Austrian >Died in financial need >Had sickness @ 35 >Lived in a pauper’s grave >tried his luck as a
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November 2010 The Lyric Oboe On October 26‚ 2010‚ I attended an oboe concert in Parker Theatre. It was such a wonderful experience because I loved the music styles and the stage presence shown by the members of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Quartet. This was the first time for me to see a performance in the theatre. When I got a ticket and entered the concert hall‚ I was surprised because compared to the other concert hall‚ Mckenna Theatre‚ the place was smaller and the stage was middle
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The Classical Spirit as portrayed in Amadeus The Classical period of music was from 1750-1825. Mozart played a huge role as a great composer in this time. He took on new challenges and different possibilities for music in this era. Classicism of music did not mean that it was strictly traditional. A lot of composers‚ including Mozart experimented with different materials. He also used a lot of romantic elements in his music. The classical style is based off symmetry of four-bar phrases and usually
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his deft orchestrations of his own pieces for solo piano. He also contributed a substantial body of chamber music‚ including many virtuosic works for solo piano. 4. What are some of his most famous works? The ballet Daphnis et Chloé; the String Quartet in F major; the orchestral suite Mirroirs‚ La Valse; and his Bolero‚ one of the most widely performed and recognized melodies of all time‚ are
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Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla was born on March 11‚ 1921. When Astor was 8 years old‚ his father gave him his first bandoneon‚ which he had bought at a pawn shop for 19 dollars. Astor had the privilege of studying the bandoneon for one year with Andrés DÁquila‚ and soon after made his first record. The name of that first record was Marionette Spagnol. At age 12‚ Astor went to study with pianist Bela Wilda‚ disciple of Rachmaninov‚ with whom he “learned to love Bach”. It was shortly after that he met
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