Composer: Fryderyk Franciszek [Frédéric François] Chopin Composer’s Life Span: 1810-1849 Location: Chopin grew up in Warsaw‚ Poland‚ but then left to tour Europe in 1830‚ starting in Vienna‚ where he stayed for eight months. After leaving Vienna‚ he went to Munich‚ then Stuggart‚ and then ended his tour in Paris‚ where he eventually died. He composed mostly in the summer at in the village of Nohant. Genres: Chopin’s main genre was the character piece for the piano‚ but he also wrote a few
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LUNCH AT THE DRAKE LIBRARY WITH ADAM LAISON‚MICHEAL MENDOZA‚SONGUNIN SHIN‚KHALI SARIKEY AND THE STRINGS ON MARCH 6TH 2013.[Filmaginares‚Tango en skai‚little fugue‚Granada‚Evening at Granada and Homenaje] On the 6th of March 2013‚ the Eastman Quitar Quartet of the Eastman School of Music(University of Rochester)performed at the lobby of the Drake Library at the college at Brockport(Music at Noon). The programme lasted for an hour and a half .It started with the introduction of
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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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The Well-tempered Prelude and Fugue Part 1 in G minor BWV 861 J.S. Bach (1680-1750) Johann Sebastian Bach was a great composer and performer‚ born in Eisenach Thuringia Germany. Future musicians praised him as ‘father of music’; throughout his life he had composed countless beautiful pieces‚ including the Brandenburg concertos‚ the Mass in B minor‚ The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book 1 & Book 2) etc. The Well-Tempered Clavier is considered to have a set of the Prelude and Fugue for each piece. They
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make it distinctive and noticeable are its melodies‚ rhythm and texture: this devised one single feeling or mood throughout the piece‚ a balance of chordal harmonies and a rhythmic drive. One of the many famous composers for the Baroque period was Johann Pachelbel‚ born in the year 1653 and died on the 3rd of March 1706 Nuremburg Germany. He started his schooling at St. Lorenz Hauptschule and went on to study music at the University of Altdorf and Regensburg where he travelled to other cities such
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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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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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established by Hellaby § Introduction and Literature Review This essay aims to discuss interpretations of‚ The Well-Tempered Clavier (WTC) II‚ through analysis of recordings made on the piano by three pianists whose names have been closely associated with Bach performance. The analysis is based on an approach established by Julian Hellaby. In his book ‘Reading Musical Interpretation: Case Studies in Solo Piano performance’‚ Hellaby introduces a conceptual framework of analysing the interpretation of a musical
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Vivaldi: An Almost Forgotten Genius In the 20th century several scholars of the famous Johann Sebastian Bach noticed a composer who kept popping up in their findings. It seemed as if this composer left an impeccable impression on Bach. Who is this guy? Thus the great search for Vivaldi begun. For centuries Vivaldi was forgotten‚ smothered by the fast growing Baroque artist and the dramatic change of the world’s taste in music. Regardless of that fact‚ Vivaldi’s name broke out of the grave and was
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Humanities 101: Exam 4 June 11‚ 2012 1. Johann Sebastian Bach (J.S. Bach) is considered to be the father of music for many reasons. He was the greatest Baroque composer‚ arguably the greatest composer of all times. He developed the modern piano lessons we use today‚ and developed helping book to strengthen both hands equally to play the piano. He wrote thousands of compositions‚ and simplified the way we compose music. He is the reason the piano became popular over the harpsichord. He was brilliant
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