1. Intro: Composer Ludwig van Beethoven was an innovator‚ widening the scope of sonata‚ symphony‚ concerto‚ and quartet‚ and combining vocals and instruments in a new way. His personal life was marked by a struggle against deafness‚ and some of his most important works were composed during the last 10 years of his life‚ when he was quite unable to hear. He is an crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music‚ a pianist‚ a composer who remains one of
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D major‚ Op. 36‚ both composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic at Disney Hall on December 31 2012. The music group consisted of about sixty-three bowed string instrumentalists‚ ten woodwind instrumentalists‚ nine brass instrumentalists and four percussion instruments and the conductor is Esa-Pekka Salonen. The first piece I am going to discuss is the overture to King Stephen‚ Op. 117. It was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven(1770-1827)‚ one of the greatest German
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pianists developed higher skill levels to match the increased technical demands of the pieces. One man who embodied this particular transitional period was Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven was one of the first composers to stray from traditional forms of music and incorporate a broader range of pitch and dynamics into his compositions. In 1798 Beethoven composed the Sonata No. 8 in C Minor‚ which incorporates many romantic elements of music. Often referred to as The Pathetique Sonata‚ Beethoven’s early
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time frame‚ which is evident through comparing and contrasting the beliefs‚ careers‚ lifestyles‚ and styles of composition of two of the most famous composers of this time‚ Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig Van Beethoven. Religion and God were the driving forces of music and society from Bach to Beethoven‚ although the perspectives of both were very different. Before and during the Baroque era‚ the majority of music was commissioned by churches and contained purely sacred content. As musical styles
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next section is slow followed by a minuet and then a very fast conclusion. A minuet is a french style for dance in triple time. There were many composers in this time; three of the composers of the Classical Era were Wolfgang Ameadeus Mozart‚ Ludwig Van Beethoven‚ and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach . The Classical Era was approximately in the time frame of 1775 to 1825. The Classical Era was after the Baroque Era. There was a time period between the Classical and Baroque Eras. This time period was call the
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first find all of the essential background material for the piece. Then‚ you will write about your own reactions to the piece. Title: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp minor "Quasi una fantasia" or moonlight soneta Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven Performer(s): Ludwig Van Beethoven 1. What year was the piece written? What period of music history was this? It was composed in the year 1801. It was written in the early romantic era 2. Can you think of another famous composer from this period? Ambrose Thomas
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from!’. Bach is often compared to the ’original’ classical artist is terms of adequacy. Beethoven was also inspired by Bach‚ referring to him as the ’Urvater der Harmonie’ (’original father of harmony’) and ’nicht Bach‚ sondern Meer’ (’not a stream but a sea’‚ punning on the literal meaning of the composer’s name). Bach also inspired Chopin‚ a not so famous‚ but prominent figure. Composers such as Mozart‚ Beethoven‚ Robert Schumann‚ and Felix Mendelssohn began writing in a more contrapuntal style after
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was one of the most influential‚ popular and prolific composers of the classical period. He composed over 600 works‚ including some of the most famous and loved pieces ofsymphonic‚ chamber‚ operatic‚ and choral music. Music is my life and my life is music. Anyone who does not understand this is not worthy of god. Mozart was born in Salzburg to a musical family. From an early age‚ the young Mozart showed all the signs of a prodigious
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music that Ludwig van Beethoven did. Beethoven was a third generation musician. His grandfather and father were both singers. Beethoven was baptized on the seventeenth of December 1770 (Grove). He began studying music before the age of ten with Christian Gottlob Neefe (Grove). Beethoven visited Vienna to study under Mozart‚ but returned home for unknown reasons (Grove.) However‚ Beethoven did have a famous instructor when he studied under Haydn in his early twenties (Grove). Beethoven began to
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Presented to: Ma’am Chesyl Momin Date: February 9‚ 2012 The Classical Era spanned roughly 80 years in music history and gave us 3 of the most famous composers of all time: Mozart‚ Beethoven and Haydn. The classical era spans roughly 80 years in music history during the 18th and 19th centuries and is often associated with the movement called the Age of Reason. It is defined by a return to symmetry and simplicity not only in music‚ but
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