A Brief Analysis of Mozart Sonata K.331 Jinsen Wang Prof. HontzTheory of Music 125 Due date: 12/6/2010 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (W. A. Mozart‚ 1756 - 1791) is probably the most important composer in the history of music. Composing over 600 works during a period of evolution of consolidation‚ extension and deepening CITATION Sta65 \l 2052 (Sadie‚ 1965)‚ Mozart is not merely a prolific composer‚ but an influential and even epoch-making artist as well. “Mozart learned voraciously from others‚ and
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mackenzie Gates Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27‚ 1756. At the age of four he could learn a piece of music in half an hour. At five he was playing the clavier incredibly well. At six he began composing‚ writing his first symphonies at the age of eight. He was constantly traveling all over Europe with his father‚ Leopold Mozart‚ a violinist‚ minor composer and Vice-Kapellmeister at the court of the Archbishop of Salzburg. The musical feats and tricks of young
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Was Mozart the Greatest Composer in History? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has to be the greatest composer to ever live. He and his sister were both considered very gifted child prodigies. He started composing music when he was four and he started to write minuets by the age of five. When Mozart was around eight or nine‚ he started to write symphonies. Mozart also played quite a few instruments. When he was three years old he was already playing the harpsichord. He also was very talented on the keyboard
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Vivaldi‚ Bach‚ Mozart‚ Beethoven and Tchaikovsky are some of the greatest composers that man has ever known. In this paper‚ Beethoven and Mozart will be given more preference. In studying and reading about their lives‚ their environment during those times‚ the relationship toward their relatives and their trials as musicians will give us a background about their masterpieces. Just like in the art of painting‚ Van Gogh and Picasso were artistic genius of their times‚ so also were Mozart and Beethoven
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The Sydney Symphony Orchestra Established in 1932‚ The Sydney Symphony Ochestra (SSO) is a full ninety-member Orchestra based in Sydney. The SSO have enjoyed good profitability in recent years through both strong government support and high concert attendance. However‚ the music industry they operate in has a constantly changing external environment making future profitability a frequently asked question. This essay seeks to predict the future profitability of SSO within this competitive environment
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The symphony orchestra consisted of three pieces‚ Last Round‚ Fire and Ice‚ and Serenade for Strings. Every performance was interesting in their own specific manners. It contained pieces that were exciting‚ suspenseful‚ delicate‚ smooth and an assortment of different feelings. In the piece "Last Round" I felt a couple of various sentiments. The principal development of the piece was quick and energetic. Listening to the exciting sounds made me feel as though I was viewing the 1960’s slasher‚ ’Psycho’
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musical genius of all time‚ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart holds an unassailable position in the repertoires of concert musicians throughout the world. A prodigy who could play at age three and was beginning to compose by age five‚ Mozart performed in all the major courts of Europe before he was ten years old. As an adult‚ Mozart wrote and performed works in every major genre of classical music—concertos‚ symphonies‚ operas‚ string quartets‚ and sonatas. Mozart the man continues to be a subject of fascination
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The melodies written for the second and fourth songs in Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen became the basis for themes Mahler later used in his First Symphony‚ composed during his time as the conductor of the Leipzig Opera in Germany. The original piece premiered in Budapest with the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra‚ conducted by Mahler himself‚ and was received very negatively overall. In fact‚ an additional movement titled “Blumine‚” the original second movement of the piece‚ received so much harsh
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Fanny Chen October 30‚ 2007 Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Movement 1 Analysis To assign the first movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony the sonata form would truly be a subjective judgment.I will first explain how this movement fits the sonata form; then I will discuss how it diverges from this form in rather fascinating ways. Broadly speaking‚ the first movement can be divided into three pieces‚ each beginning with a version of what I have denoted A_0‚ the introduction to the piece in which
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Handel‚ Mozart and Chopin are three classical composers from three different periods – baroque‚ classical and romantic. Their works all contain the basic elements of music; structure‚ texture‚ melody and harmony. However the ways these things come across are unique to each composer and era‚ as well as having quite a few similarities. Handel’s Messiah is an oratorio in the form of an Italian opera‚ with recitatives‚ arias and choruses. He gave great importance to the choruses‚ of which ’And the
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