wasn’t as flashy as the younger Mozart‚ his music always stayed true to form. Haydn‚ unlike most composers‚ had a "reliable and steady" job composing‚ directing‚ teaching‚ performing‚ and managing musicians from the royal Esterhazy family. During this time‚ Haydn composed many pieces of music for the courtly orchestra to perform. With a staggering body of work‚ including over 100 symphonies and 60 string quartets‚ he is often referred to as the "Father of the Symphony" or "Father of the String Quartet
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at Düsseldorf‚ giving concert performances of Handel ’s "Messiah" among others. That same year‚ he composed many of his own vocal works‚ including "Lord‚ Have Mercy Upon Us‚"‚ and the Opera‚ "Trala. A frischer Bua bin i"‚ as well as the "Italian Symphony"”
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Western music and secular music. The Classical Period also had many famous composers. Beethoven‚ Mozart‚ and Haydn to name a few. This period had many musical forms‚ such as‚ chamber music‚ opera‚ orchestra. The Classical Period had many characteristics. This period also focused on instrumentation. Most of the instruments used were found in orchestras. Instruments such as pianos and organs were used. In symphony orchestras‚ instruments in percussion‚ woodwind‚ and strings were also used. Instruments dominated
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1. Early years a. Beethoven born in Bonn b. Studied under Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748-98) c. 1787: brief visit to Vienna‚ may have played for Mozart d. 1790: Haydn hears Beethoven’s music and urges the archbishop of Cologne to send him to Vienna 2. Studies with a number of
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short period of time he would never be able to listen to music again. Beethoven’s career is often referenced in 3 different periods‚ the early‚ middle‚ and late. In the early period‚ Beethoven’s music was strongly influenced by his predecessors‚ Mozart and Hayden. It was during this time that he wrote the famous Pathetique Sonata. During the 2nd period of his life‚ Beethoven started experimenting with his music. He started noticing his loss of hearing‚ and wrote many pieces about heroism and struggle
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Mozart I was so lucky to have the opportunity to meet Mozart and learned a lot of how he started and his outstanding accomplishments. Mozart was the most accomplished European composer from this time period. He began composing his own music at the at age of 5 and he wrote his first opera at 12. He was very talented. Even though he lived short life‚ he still managed to succeed. He was considered one of the best composer of this time period. He composed for many different musical genres. In addition
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Ludwig Van Beethoven was one of the well-known music composer and pianist. He was born on December 17‚ 1770 in Bonn. Beethoven received his early training from his father and other musicians‚ as he carried out his earliest concert accompanying a young singer at the age of eight. Later on‚ he began to attend music lessons with a court organist teacher‚ Van Den Eden‚ unfortunately it did not last long. In 1779‚ Tobias Pfeiffer taught him and he began to attend in classes with a musician called
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Classical Dates: 1750-1820 1. What was going historically during this era? What was life like? 2. What is the Enlightenment? A movement led by French intellectuals who advocated reasons the universal source of knowledge and truth. 3. What was the preferred texture of classical composers? Homophony 4. What is absolute music? Instrumental music based on abstract principles of music theory and form. 5. What are some characteristics of rhythm in Classical music? Very define and regular. 6.
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music was Russian‚ it was imbued with his love of Mozart and other Western European influences. Tchaikovsky didn’t really like other composer’s pieces. Tchaikovsky didn’t even like Wagner (pronounced VAg-Ner) or Brahms’s music‚ who were two leading composers during the romantic period. Tchaikovsky didn’t even like Beethoven’s music‚ who happened to be one of the most famous composers of all time. He would have this to say about Beethoven and Mozart: "It angers me that that presumptuous mediocrity
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Joseph Haydn (l732-1809) has often been called the father of the symphony and string quartet. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) who was considered to be the greatest musical genius of all time by many was a classical writer as well as Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) who wrote Classical and Romanticism. Mozart was known throughout Europe as an infant prodigy and died very young‚ leaving behind numerous compositions for symphony‚ sonatas‚ string quartets‚ concertos‚ Masses‚ and operas. Franz Schubert
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