The movie Amadeus has given me great insight about the Enlightenment period. Amadeus was a film that was primarily focused on music‚ or more particularly Mozart‚ but one could learn a great deal about what life was like during this age in Europe by watching it. The clothing‚ manners‚ behaviour‚ society‚ government‚ and many other things presented throughout the film can teach one a lot about the culture and way of life. First and foremost‚ it is definitely apparent that the culture of 18th to 19th
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Frederic Francois Chopin was born in Zelazowa Wola‚ Poland on March 1st‚1810. Shortly after his birth his parents moved to Warsaw‚ where he grew up. While growing up people said Chopin was a sensitive and poetic child and he showed a passionate love of music in his early age and was even taught to play the piano by his older sister Ludwika. (Orga‚ pg.13) While he was being taught by his sister his parents started to see that he was very talented at playing the piano‚ so when he was around the age
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Program Notes By Xiaohan Sun Béla Bartók Born 1881‚ Nagyszentmiklós‚ Hungary Died 1945‚ New York‚ New York Viola Concerto (1945) Bartok left two major concertos unfinished: the Third piano concerto and the Viola Concerto. The former was complete except for the orchestration of the last seventeen measures‚ but the latter required much more extensive work. The manuscript for this unfinished work was given to Bartok’s friend and informal student Tibor Serly‚ who reconstructed the work and prepared
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One of the most popular Beethoven’s works is the ninth symphony. An interesting performance with the philharmonic orchestra & oratorio chorus for Beethoven. The performance was at the musical art center‚ Wednesday‚ April 20 at 8 pm.in additional‚ the performance was by the conductor Carl St. Clair‚ Betsy Burleigh the Chorus Master and more. It was a very huge performance that a person must get a ticket whether he is a student or not. Going into details about the music‚ the performance has only one
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In this paper we will learn and compare two famous composers of patriotic songs Lee Greenwood and Irving Berlin. These brilliant men are both renowned composers‚ and through the years have created brilliant catalogs of songs. As we compare and contrast Lee Greenwood and Irving Berlin in this paper we will identify multiple areas of their lives such as marital status‚ song styles‚ and even heritage. I choose these two fine individuals and their style of music because this style and genre is a true
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Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony also known as the “Choral” was first performed in Vienna in 1824. The Ninth Symphony probably one of the most popular of Beethoven creations. The Ninth Symphony had several listeners including those earlier listeners and people who heard and saw the great Beethoven in person. The words are sung by four vocal soloists and a chorus in the Ninth Symphony. The words were taken from the "Ode to Joy” a poem that was written by Friedrich Schiller. The Ninth Symphony by Beethoven
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Two of the most famous musicians in the world were Bach and Beethoven‚ which one is better? If you don’t know who Bach or Beethoven are‚ they are both classical composers who wrote music mostly in the romantic period. Beethoven is a better musician than Bach in many ways. First of all‚ Beethoven started playing and composing before Bach. Beethoven at the age of 12 started playing and composing! Bach started around the age of 20‚ and by that time Beethoven was famous. Bach did write more “symphonies”
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The Romantic Era was truly discovered by Beethoven. He paved the way for the up and coming composers of music by starting to introduce new instruments to the and taking far more risks that anyone of his time or prior to it. The Romantic Era also brought back the use of vocals to accompany music‚ although the use of the piano was still more common than any other single instrument. This Era featured several famous composers that are still to this day important to our culture‚ yet some of these musicians
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The Classical Era In the classical the style of classicism was introduced. Classicism music was a melody with a subordinate harmony to combine to be called homophony. This meant the playing of chords‚ even if they did interrupt the melodic smoothness of a single part. It became a much more prevalent part of music. This made the tonal structure of works more audible. The genres of the Classical Era consisted of symphony‚ opera‚ sonata allegro‚ sentimental style‚ style galant‚ and overture. The symphony
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Goal: Total word count in this document: Title: String Quartet A string quartet will always be the louder ensemble as there is one extra part‚ so if you’re in a large space — particularly outside — or have many guests you will generally need the extra volume. A string quartet arrangement will also create a more balanced sound as there are 4 even parts (melody‚ harmony‚ rhythm and beat) which musically always sounds better. The ’string’ in string quartet refers to the fact that all of the instruments
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