Peter ilyich Tchaikovsky (May 7th‚ 1840-November 6th‚ 1893) was a Russian musician and composer is famous for what he made and innovated. Peter ilyich Tchaikovsky created several famous ballets‚ displaying an innovation of romantic music‚ and presented the era with sentimental plays which are still highly appreciated around the world. Tchaikovsky had felt romantic music had died out when he was a young man and wanted to bring it back to life but in his own way with new spectacular types of
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William Byrd was an English composer and organist during the Shakespearean age. Although the exact date of his birth is highly debated‚ it is supposed that he was born in a town called Lincoln in eastern England somewhere between 1538-1543. The way they come to this conclusion is by looking at his will‚ made in 1622 says he was 80 years old at the making of it‚ so that means he was born in the 1540s. Byrd had two brothers and four sisters. His brothers eventually became merchants‚ but all three
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The clarinet is perhaps the most underrated musical instrument. It was introduced to the orchestra during the classical period1. Since then it has been a very integral part of modern music such as jazz and can produce tones rapidly and has a wide range of dynamics and tone color2. The clarinet does not have direct ancestry to any other instrument. Though the chalumeau; the earliest European single reed instrument is the closest one3. Clarinet’s roots can be traced back to ancient Egypt‚ but the
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This week we listened to the fifth symphony by Beethoven. I enjoy the symphonies‚ but‚ I enjoy the piano concerto better. Each of them have there own traits‚ like the meaning of the fifth symphony. The “banging” is said to be fate knocking at Beethoven’s door. It makes me wonder if as Beethoven was writing this‚ if he was contemplating giving up. Or maybe he had this idea earlier when he first started to become deaf. He may have become stuck‚ and could not figure out what he wanted to write. Then
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In the month of March‚ I attended the musical performance “Harp Magic” by the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra at the Michigan Theater and the performance of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra at Hill Auditorium. Though the two orchestras‚ repertories‚ and venues were all different‚ experiencing the two performances in the same month allowed me to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the role that symphony orchestras play in today’s society. By attending live performances of symphony orchestras
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Richard Wagner was a classical artist in Germany during the Romantic period. Although Wagner faced many conflicts in his lifetime‚ he managed to compose operas that still have a standing influence to this day. Wagner’s works are emotional and strike deep into the hearts of the listeners‚ including Adolf Hitler who was a fan of Wagner. The life of Richard Wagner is complex and interesting‚ but you can’t become a famous composer if you have a dull life. Wagners life begins on May 22nd‚ 1813 in Leipzig
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This piece was created by Antonin Dvořák‚ who first learned to play the violin and had tremendous support from his parents to pursue a life of music. When Dvořák turned 18 he enrolled in the Prague Organ School and once completed thrusted himself into the life of a musician. In 1889‚ Dvořák became a professor of composition at the Prague conservatory. Jeannette Thurber‚ a wealthy American music patron‚ in 1892 offered Dvořák a position as artistic director and composition professor at New York’s
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The melodies written for the second and fourth songs in Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen became the basis for themes Mahler later used in his First Symphony‚ composed during his time as the conductor of the Leipzig Opera in Germany. The original piece premiered in Budapest with the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra‚ conducted by Mahler himself‚ and was received very negatively overall. In fact‚ an additional movement titled “Blumine‚” the original second movement of the piece‚ received so much harsh
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Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 17‚ 1770 and died on March 26‚ 1827. He was born in Bonn‚ Germany. Beethoven’s father was a bad alcoholic and while in his teens‚ his mother passed away and he ended up having to take charge of his household. Beethoven was a slow composer during his time. He was deaf the last ten years of his life‚ which was very unfortunate but it didn’t stop him from his passion. He was never married but he did have a bunch of love affairs. While in Vienna‚ he was
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Joseph McCarthy and Donald Trump are two demagogues who have inflicted fear upon Americans as a way to consolidate their own political power. A Junior Senator from Wisconsin in the late 1940s and early 1950s‚ Joseph McCarthy‚ intuitively understood that Americans tend to fear what they don’t understand. They fear those who don’t look familiar. They fear the unknown. During the Cold War he exploited American’s fear of Communism in order to create a cult-like following. Sadly‚ seventy years later‚
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