Erin R Eddins Mozart Symphonies 39‚ 40‚ 41 Performed by The Berlin Philharmonic‚ conducted by Sir Simon Rattle My first impressions of the conductor held fairly true throughout the performance. Sir Simon Rattle is perhaps the most enigmatic master of the baton I have had the pleasure of watching. This is quite an interesting observation‚ since he doesn’t use a baton. He stands in front of his orchestra‚ sans instrument himself‚ without even a podium or stand‚ and conducts using gestures‚ hand movements
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For his time‚ Brahms was criticized as being overly technical or old fashioned; an opponent of true progress and emotion in music. However‚ what his music shows is not a lack of emotion but layers of depth. His carefully planned motifs and calculated phrases allow his audience an initial emotional experience while offering a technical structure intelligent enough to sate most musicologists. This can especially be seen in Movement One of Brahms’ Third Symphony‚ where he clearly uses a specific pattern
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Unlike the previous two pieces‚ the accents to this piece were at the beginning at the measures‚ like many common symphonies and modern music. That is why throughout the whole piece‚ the song sounded familiar to an extent‚ almost like a beethoven symphony that I played in my full orchestra. Since this was originally a piece that was played on the piano‚ that was where the similarity derived from. This piece helped change the mood of the whole performance since it brought an aspect of symphonies
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Throughout the centuries there have been countless great composers who made important innovations and contributions to music. Out of all of the composers though‚ four names stand out due to their contributions not only to their own era but also to modern music‚ which are from least to most influential: Schubert‚ Haydn‚ Chopin‚ and Wagner. Schubert was most known for his melodies and absurd amount of composed music. He was very influential in shaping the Lieder‚ which was essentially a poem put to
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Changes within the flute from classical to romantic to neo romantic era’s Flute instrument When a jet of air is directed across one of the open ends at the appropriate speed‚ pulses of air set up a standing wave within the pipe. Some of the energy from the standing wave escapes and propagates to the ear‚ where it is perceived as sound. Holes in the side of the flute can be opened or closed by the player’s fingers‚ which changes the effective length of the pipe and the frequency of the notes that
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Antonin Dvorak began composing during a time when nationalists from many states were attempting to have music of their own. The world relied heavily on Germanic music for a long time‚ so composers were being tasked with trying to create new music for the non-germanic states. Dvorak was among these commissioned. His compositions were best known for being able to create a national style through the use of folk songs. The pieces he wrote‚ that incorporated the folk songs of the Slavic people‚ gave him
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measures of the first movement‚ the strings and horn begin playing in pianissimo. They are eventually accompanied by the rest of the instruments and crescendo together to the powerful theme. In slowly raising the volume and intensity of the music‚ Beethoven uses this method to demonstrate “the idea of rising gradually through an enormous musical space” (Lockwood 434). While the first movement adheres to the rounded binary form‚ the unique growing nature of the opening suggests that there is a greater
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country before meeting his future wife‚ Justyna‚ while working in Zelazowa Wola. A short while later Frederic Chopin was born. Although he did not compose pieces as large‚ Chopin deserves should be brought up in musical conversations alongside Beethoven‚ Mozart‚ and the other greats because he was just as talented‚ had just as much influence‚ and approached music just as creatively. Chopin developed a love for music by the age of six because it filled the house. He would listen to his mother‚ eldest
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concerto comes from Italian decent “concerate” which can mean “to contend‚ dispute” but also it has contrary meaning of “to agree” but the meaning has not been constant. There are many famous composers of concerti including Vivaldi‚ Bach‚ Mozart‚ Beethoven‚ Mendelssohn‚ Chopin‚ Schumann‚ Liszt‚ Brahms and Tchaikovsky. There have also been many concertos scored for a wide variety of Instruments‚ violin‚ cello‚ clarinet‚ harpsichord‚ trumpet‚ trombone‚ oboe and many more. The most important instrument
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The classical music period coincided with a revolution in thought called the age of enlightenment‚ which focused on the search for intellectual freedom. Unlike the preceding Baroque music which emphasized textural intricacy‚ classical music is characterized by it’s near obsession with structural balance and clarity‚ however many other elements were integral to forming the musical foundations for the Classical period. The music of this era began with a pre-classical‚ somewhat transitional music
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