Anna Diers MUS 242 Dr. Lynn Little 08 November 2013 Bach’s Fugue in G Minor‚ WTC Book I 1. Bach was a piano teacher‚ and often approached his music as a teaching tool. To display how easily moving from one key to the next could be‚ he utilized the Well Tempered Clavier and the book can often be thought of from this standpoint. According to Sigland Bruhn‚ “ It aims to help you‚ its reader‚ achieve a creative understanding and interpretation of Bach’s preludes and fugues by encouraging you to
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MUS 102 – Section 04 Final Paper – Classical Concert Date of Performance: May 9th‚ 2012 Place: Juilliard School 60 Lincoln Center Plaza New York‚ N.Y. Paul Recital Hall Performances by: Daniel Taubenheim‚ Trumpet and Trevor Nuckols‚ Horn On May 9‚ 2012 at 8:00 pm‚ I attended a Recital Concert at The Juilliard School for Dance‚ Drama and Music. The performance was conducted by Daniel Taubernheim on the trumpet and Trevor Nuckols‚ on the horn. They were both students of
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George Frederick Handel George Frederick Handel was born on February 24‚ 1685 in Halle‚ Germany. One of the greatest composers of the late baroque period (1700-50) and‚ during his lifetime‚ perhaps the most internationally famous of all musicians. Handel was born February 24‚ 1685‚ in Halle‚ Germany‚ to a family of no musical distinction. His own musical talent‚ however‚ expressed itself so clearly that before his tenth birthday he began to receive‚ from a local organist‚ the only formal musical
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His Variations‚ which treat a topic that we now know to be by somebody other than Jannequin coasts from a tenderly modular start to a pleasingly unsettled fugato then back again to its modular moorings. Prelude‚ Trio‚ and Fugue in G Major‚ BWV 541- Johann Sebastian Bach (1705) The Prelude and Fugue in G Major‚ BMV 541 is one of Bach’s most extravagant free works. The prelude consolidates the toccata figuration of the North German stylus phantasticus with the cadenced drive of the Vivaldian concerto
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Second Mid Term Essay Johann Gottfried von Herder wrote much about nationalism. John Hobson wrote of imperialism‚ and Charles Darwin of natural selection and “survival of the fittest.” First I will discuss nationalism from Herder’s perspective. Second‚ I will discuss imperialism from Hobson’s perspective. Then Hobson writes about how nationalism leads to imperialism. Last‚ I will discuss the assumption that “nineteenth-century European societies were engaged in a struggle for existence among themselves
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September 20‚ 2013 On December 17‚ 1770‚ Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn‚ Germany to the parents of Maria Keverich and Johann van Beethoven. He was raised by his father who hoped he was going to become a child prodigy in music like Mozart was. Although Beethoven’s father was quite a singer‚ he never did match up to the music abilities that Beethoven’s grandfather had. The talent that the grandfather had‚ fortunately was present in Beethoven even though it was not present in his father.
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Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria . . . virgo serena Josquin Despres (c. 1440-1521) was acknowledged by his contemporaries as the most accomplished composer of his time. Martin Luther proclaimed that‚ “Josquin is a master of notes‚ which must express what he desires; on the other hand‚ other choral composers must do what the notes dictate.” Although very little is known about Josquin’s early life in the lowland region of northern France‚ he most likely received his musical training through his
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similarities and differences‚ one must take a closer look at two important composers of both periods to gain a grasp on the individual notions of each and how they helped to drive the periods. “The Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D Major‚” a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)‚ was part of a larger series called the “The Brandenburg Concertos”. This series was given as a gift to the Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. This particular piece was of great importance to the Baroque style‚ expressing
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MUS G101 10/8/2013 Video Review 1 (The Soloist) This film was watched on October 4th‚ 2013. It is directed by Joe Wright‚ and the main characters are Steve Lopez (a Journalist for the LA Times) who is portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. and Nathaniel Anthony Ayres Jr. (a mentally ill homeless musician) portrayed by Jamie Foxx. This film follows Steve Lopez a journalist working for the LA times and while looking for a good story to write stubbles upon a street musician who is playing a violin
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THE MUSIC IN OUR LIVES My two mediums that I’m comparing are the Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach and Fort St. Elmo. The Well-Tempered Clavier was done in 1722 in Germany and was developed to teach the youth how to play. The Fort St. Elmo is a Maltese fort that was built in 1522. It stands on the ocean side of the Sciberras Peninsula in Valetta‚ Malta. The reason that I have chosen to compare these two are because I find a lot of interesting
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