of the lives of composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. I shall be playing Salieri‚ court composer of the Habsburg court of Vienna in the 18th century and the early part of the 19th‚ around the time of Mozart’s rise to fame. He is bitter and jealous of Mozart and his popularity‚ and in the monologue he turns to God and asks what he has done to deserve this. He has worked his entire life to get to where he is and yet along comes young Mozart who seems to be able to put quill to parchment
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Although misogynistic norms deemed women as emotionally unstable‚ scientifically impaired‚ and virtually unfit to compete with the musical canon‚ Amy Beach transcended the role of a docile woman. Her most renowned symphony‚ the Gaelic Symphony‚ demonstrates
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child prodigy like Mozart in fact he was discouraged to pursue music‚ “His Latin tutor gave him some piano lessons‚ but predicted that musically he would come to nothing." (Music With Ease). He and Berlioz were not the norm for composers of that time period as both of them had no great talent on the piano and yet both had such a good grasp of harmony. The single most important event of Wagner ’s life (and subsequently nineteenth-century music) was his hearing Beethovens ninth symphony. " ’I fell ill
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The German Symphony Gannon describes the German culture like a symphony. The Germans have a very rich history of symphonies and orchestras. They have produced some of the greatest conductors and composers of all time. Beethoven‚ Mozart‚ Bach‚ and Handel are some of the few composers Germany has provided the world. Germans frequent the symphony regularly and many Germans play musical instruments as a hobby to carry on tradition. “German music is not only integral‚ it is serious; it is not generally
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9/12/2013 11:54:43 PM EDT You are 38 years old. You are 464 months old. You are 2‚015 weeks old. You are 14‚108 days old. You are 338‚615 hours old. Celebrities who share your birthday Bridget Fonda (1964) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 http://www.paulsadowski.com/BirthData.asp This Day In History The US President was Gerald Ford (Republican) 1880 Thomas Edison was granted a patent for his incandescent light. 1973 Vietnam War peace accords were signed in Paris Oscars
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Comparison of Haydn and Beethoven Franz Josef Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven are two of the greatest classical composers in the history of music‚ rivaled only by the masterful Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Beethoven‚ who was much younger than Haydn‚ moved to Vienna when he was young to study under Haydn. However‚ due to Haydn’s increasing age‚ and Beethoven’s increasing temper‚ the lessons only lasted for a little over a year. The lessons‚ if only for a short period‚ clearly left a mark on Beethoven
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The Arkansas Philanthropic Orchestra (APO): APO was founded in 2008 by a group of people who have been inspired by music and have a great love for it. Miles Fish was the leading pioneer in the founding of this Orchestra. Their goal in establishing the Orchestra was to provide professional performance opportunities for musicians‚ educational concerts for younger people and provide an after-school string program. Steven Byess is currently running the Orchestra and strives to build the community with
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A loud “whoosh” echoes throughout the dark distant auditorium‚ and in an instant huge gleaming lights lower themselves upon the stage. The stage sits empty‚ lifeless‚ waiting‚ listening..listening for one to drop jaws with their all-knowing Mozart Symphony or disappoint with a piece that has no rhythm. With each day a new audience gathers around to join the stage in listening. To some it just may be a song‚ but to others it is a message‚ a chapter‚ a story. A story that throws all of life’s up’s
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Christian Gottlob Neefe‚ through whom Beethoven had his first composition‚ Nine Variations on a March by Dressler. After seeing Beethoven’s musical progress the arch-bishop Maximilian Francis sent him to study with Wolfgang A. Mozart in Vienna. While Beethoven was studying with Mozart his mother died and he traveled back to Bonn where he continued to serve as a court musician. Joseph Haydn‚ another accomplished musician‚ offered to take Beethoven as a student. Beethoven accepted and moved back to Vienna
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His music was mostly for the piano. The pieces he wrote during this time were Symphony #1 in C (1800s). Moonlight Sonata in C# (1801)‚ which was his first most famous piece which started to popularize him. 1802 was a very sad year for Beethoven because he learned that he would become deaf so he suffered severe depression. His ability
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