History Of The Piano The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence‚ Italy. When he built his first piano is not entirely clear‚ but Franceso Mannucci wrote in his diary that Cristofori was working on an "arcicembal che fa il piano e il forte" ("harpsichord that plays both softly and loudly") as early as 1698. All of his surviving instruments date from the 1720s. Cristofori built only about 20 pianofortes before he died at age 75 in 1731‚ roughly 21 years after he invented the first
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Ludwig Van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are often compared in their musicality because of their time periods and the way they both changed music. Throughout their lives these two composers had come across many trials and success‚ while coming from different backgrounds they had many similar childhoods with tragedy. These great composers brought up many different reactions of people in their unique presentation and composition of their works. Each composer developed their own unique styles
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The Mozart Effect Does classical music really help you study better? Many recent research studies show that music idoes in fact improve cognitive thinking. In 1993‚ researchers at the University of California at Irvine discovered the so-called Mozart Effect - that college students "who listened to ten minutes of Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D major K448 before taking an IQ test scored nine points higher" than when they had sat in silence or listened to relaxation tapes. Other studies have
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Arts and Culture 2 Mozart vs. Beethoven Paper 3/21/12 Mozart vs. Beethoven In the 18th century‚ the middle class made a lot more money. During the Classical Period‚ the middle class had a tremendous influence on music. They wanted to hear concertos and symphonies. They wanted their children to learn great music and play instruments. The composers began writing music that was geared towards the middle class because they could make a better living if they enjoyed the music being played. They
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Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Many people have heard of these men‚ but not many know the bumpy road they traveled to become world renowned. While both of these men are revered for their contributions to classical music‚ they each went about it differently. Moreover‚ both men had musical family backgrounds and knew music from a young age. Beethoven had many struggles‚ both physical and emotional‚ that he had to overcome during his career. On the other hand‚ Mozart was a child prodigy so the composition
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Beethoven and Mozart Mozart and Beethoven were both famous musicians of the classical music‚ and they were considered to be geniuses‚ giant composers. There were some similarities and differences between them‚ so their fans and some experts often compared them each other. Be honest‚ I liked Beethoven’s better than Mozart‚ and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony was one my favorite musical compositions‚ nevertheless‚ I still considered Mozart was one of the best musicians in the history as well. Background
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Mendelssohn Concerto in E Minor: A Staple of the Violin Repertoire “I would like to compose a violin concerto for next winter. One in E minor keeps running through my head‚ and the opening gives me no peace‚” German composer Felix Mendelssohn wrote to his friend‚ violinist Ferdinand David‚ in 1838. Mendelssohn would seek to collaborate on his last orchestral work with David‚ revising it painstakingly until its premiere in Leipzig in 1845. The first movement of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor
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Mozart. South German-Austrian family of musicians. (1) (Johann Georg) Leopold Mozart (2) Maria Anna (Walburga Ignatia) Mozart [‘Nannerl’] (3) (Johann Chrysostom) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (4) (Maria) Constanze [Constantia] (Caecilia Josepha Johanna Aloisia) Mozart [née Weber; later Nissen] (5) Carl Thomas Mozart (6) Franz Xaver Wolfgang [‘Wolfgang Amadeus’] Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context (Oxford‚ 1998) Mozart (3) (Johann
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“The Piano Teacher” “The Piano Teacher” is a novel written by Elfriede Jelinek and first published in 1983. It was made into a motion picture directed by Michael Haneke and won three major prizes at the Cannes 2001 festival including best actress for Isabelle Huppert and best actor for Benoit Magimel. Erika Kohut is a piano teacher at the Conservatory of Vienna. She is a very up tight‚ rigid and cold person. As I kept reading the book I understood that it was not her fault she came up to
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part of things that go beyond listening to music. There are theories on how education and health are altered through the listening of Mozart or Bach or even Schubert. So how does baroque style music impact learning and mental illnesses? Classical music has benefited learning in spatial recognition and improvements in depression and anxiety. The theory of the Mozart Effect has been a continuous study over the years‚ but most experiments had third variable obstacles and had other issues that could
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