Development of Western Music Western music may be referred to as classical music and its traditions and styles originate from the beginning of the Middle ages (10th century) onward. Due to the Catholic Church being the dominant religion of the time‚ a large portion of the music was religious/sacred. Beginning with Gregorian Chant‚ sacred music slowly developed into a polyphonic. Early Christians based their music off of already existing Jewish chants [1]. These chants (like most of the religious
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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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Mikala Jeffery Mr. Thomas Language 11th‚ 3rd period 10 May 2014 Ludwig Van Beethoven Beethoven! He lived from 1770-1827‚ and wrote 75 pieces of music. He wrote 9 symphonies‚ seven concertos‚ 17 string quartets‚ 32 piano sonatas‚ and ten sonatas for the violin and piano (How many…). “Beethoven is a renowned composer of classical music and is branded as one of the greatest composers of all time.” (How many…) Beethoven was the most talented composer of all time. From an early age‚ Beethoven
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Mozart was a musician capable of playing multiple instruments who started playing in public at the age of 6. Over the years‚ Mozart aligned himself with a variety of European venues and patrons‚ composing hundreds of works that included sonatas‚ symphonies‚ masses‚ concertos and operas‚ marked by vivid emotion and sophisticated textures. Budding Young Composer In December‚ 1769‚ Wolfgang‚ then age 13‚ and his father departed from Salzburg for Italy‚ leaving his mother and sister at home. It seems
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Tetyana Trofimova MUS 102 Prof. Jill Meehan April 21‚ 2011 Live Musical Response On 17th of April 2011 in The School of Music of West Chester University Symphony Orchestra‚ Mastersingers and Concert Choir performed their concert to celebrate 140 Years of Music. The concert lasted approximately an hour and a half and six music pieces were performed. The program included Hard Knocks (1999) by Adam Silverman‚ Concerto for Cello and Orchestra by Robert Schumann performed by cellist Zsombor
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Amadeus Mozart Mackenzie Gates Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27‚ 1756. At the age of four he could learn a piece of music in half an hour. At five he was playing the clavier incredibly well. At six he began composing‚ writing his first symphonies at the age of eight. He was constantly traveling all over Europe with his father‚ Leopold Mozart‚ a violinist‚ minor composer and Vice-Kapellmeister at the court of the Archbishop of Salzburg. The musical feats and tricks of young Wolfgang were
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(1770--2). Musical 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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The symphony is an orchestral work‚ primarily homophonic in style‚ without a division between the orchestra and the soloist‚ which is the main factor that distinguishes it from the concerto. It originated from Italy around the 1730s‚ and it is developed from the Italian Sinfonia‚ or also known as the opera overture‚ and it took off and spread across Europe later on. In the 1700s‚ opera overtures had a three-movement structure. The first movement is a fast movement (Allegro)‚ followed by a slow
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began to be performed in Germany‚ and he found employment from 1774 to 1777 at the court of the Prince Archbishop in his hometown of Salzburg. During this period‚ the classical composer completed his complete violin concertos‚ along with various symphonies and masses‚ and six piano sonatas amongst other pieces. The next few years saw Mozart searching for further success as a classical composer‚ his travels taking him from Paris to Munich and back to Vienna. Mozart supplemented his music-composing
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2010‚ Web. Beethoven ’s Life. 10 November‚ 2010. www.all-about-beethoven.com. 2010. Web. Langlois‚ Jeffrey. Haydn‚ Mozart‚ Beethoven. Similarities & Differences. www.musicanthology.org. 2009. Web. Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Biography. 10 November‚ 2010. www.lvbeethoven.com. 2010. Web Mozart and Beethoven compared‚ 10 November 2010. http://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/music/m7h.pdf. 2010. Web. Symphony No 9 in D Minor Op 125. "The Choral". 10 November 2010. http://www.bhso.org.uk. 2010. Web. A Brief History
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