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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Music Appreciation Study Sheet Properties of Sound: 1. Pitch- Frequency of vibrations ● Overtones (makes up pitches). They are responsible for our unique voiceprint. They are located above the fundamental. ● Everyone has a unique voice print 2. Timbre- Color and quality. A tool by which we identify different voices and instruments. Very subjective- differently interpreted and heard and described. Ex: Gloomy‚ dark‚ clear‚ bright‚ harsh‚ rough‚ delicate‚ wide‚ narrow. ● Every person in the
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As he departed from his hometown‚ a close friend wrote him to inform him that it was Beethoven´s time to travel to Vienna to ¨receive Mozart´s spirit from Hayden´s hands.¨ So‚ he carried his admiration for both Franz Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‚ two important figures during the Classical era. Haydn became a key influence and figure in Beethoven’s early career‚ while He rapidly proceeded to gain success as a star pianist and gifted composer
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and acoustic venue for the orchestra. Howard Goldstein‚ the music director for the orchestra and conductor for the night‚ currently works as a Professor of Music at Auburn University. Dr.Goldstein decided to perform three pieces composed by Wirén‚ Mozart‚ and Schubert. To open the concert‚ the orchestra performed the Serenade for Strings Orchestra‚ composed by Dag Wirén. Dag Wirén was a composer from Sweden that lived during the modern age of music. The Serenade for Strings is considered one of Wirén’s
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Germany. Although they had seven children‚ only three boys survived including Ludwig who was the oldest. At an early age‚ Beethoven had an interest in music. He was first taught music by his father. His father was aware of the success that Mozart had as a young child and also wanted his son Ludwig to be successful. He wanted his son make the family rich. Johann van Beethoven had young Ludwig practice for many hours. After long nights of drinking‚ Johann van Beethoven would sometimes drag
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work. As it will be discussed more extensively‚ the formal layout of the 3 movements‚ as well as the specific techniques used throughout (i.e. placement of figurations‚ arrivals- wrong keys but eventually right solutions/as false recaps) signify a Mozart model in Beethoven’s mind‚ with a few exciting additional ideas on top of the expectations. It is even more exciting to see that Beethoven will follow this pursuit by thwarting and changing the set rules and regulations nurtured by those expectations
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Review Questions 1. What is a symphony? A symphony is an elaborate musical composition for full orchestra‚ typically in four movements‚ at least one of which is traditionally in sonata form. 2. What is a sonata? How is it related to the sonata form? A sonata is a composition for an instrumental soloist‚ with piano accompaniment‚ in several movements with one or more in sonata form. Sonata form is a piece of music in three sections‚ in ABA form‚ which are exposition‚ development‚ and recapitulation
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von Bingen- medieval/ O successors/ first woman composer * Mozart- Classical/ Don Giovanni/ He wrote masterpieces in his time * Beethoven- classical/ Symphony no. 5/ influenced composers throughout the 19th century * Vivaldi- baroque/ The Four Seasons/ he was a violin teacher for a school for orphaned or illegitimate girls * Haydn- classical/ The creation/ he played a big role in improving the string quartet and symphony * Machaut- medieval/ Puis qu’en oubli/ first important composers
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Quotes: 1. What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculties... – hamlet 2. Man is born free‚ yet everywhere he is in chains. Rousseau 3. Modern society is rotten even at its roots. Rouseeau 4. Get back to Nature … Noble Savage .. SOCIAL CONTRACT - rouseeau 5. Reason is supreme . Human reason can solve every problem facing humankind. - descartes 6. A work of art is a public dream – frued – Oedipus complex 7. We live in an ordered‚ rational‚ understandable
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1. Which weighs more? The modern piano 2. Which instrument responds more rapidly to the player’s touch? The 18th-c. piano 3. An extended range of available notes (seven-and-a-quarter octaves‚ instead of just five) is a feature of the modern piano 4. If the relationship between two (or more) musical tones is simple and stable‚ we call the combination consonant 5. When composers combine tones successively‚ we call the resulting series a melody 6. By the late 18th century‚ the
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