interesting results and could also lead to an appreciation of the abilities needed to perform or compose these kinds of music. Let’s begin with a look at the histories of the two. The music called classical‚ found in stores and performed regularly by symphonies around the world‚ spans a length of time from 1600 up to the present. This time frame includes the Renaissance‚ Baroque‚ Classical‚ Romantic and Contemporary periods. The classical period of music actually spans a time from of 1750 to 1800; thus
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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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was.He was the first musician to link the classical period of 18th-century and the novel birth of Romanticism. Beethoven’s absolute step forward in the world of music came in his instrumental work‚ not forgetting his symphonies. In contrast to his forerunner Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‚ for whom composing music seemed natural‚ Beethoven strived to make his work flawless. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn‚ Germany on December 16‚ 1770. His mother died while he was a teenager and his father was
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The Oboe HISTORY The oboe first appeared during the 17th century. Even though the oboe made its orchestral debut in France in 1657‚ its earliest ancestral oboe like instruments were first used around 2800 B.C. The closest predecessor of the modern oboe is an instrument also part of the double reed family called the shawm‚ which dates way back to its creation in the 1200’s. The first baroque oboe made out of boxwood was created in France for the purpose of entertaining the French court. Its
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father was an avid music teacher to Beethoven which may have been the spark that produced this child genius. Beethoven‚ after obtaining all of his father’s musical knowledge‚ went on to meet famous and talented musical artists such as Gottlob Neefe Mozart‚ Haydyn and many more. Beethoven certainly had lots of extraordinary musical influences in his life which played a huge factor in his remarkable upbringing. Beethoven‚ after years of training under various instructors‚ developed his own musical style
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uniformly by size of instrument went by the name of Seattle Symphony. The grand orchestra was mainly an older group and were dressed to occasion wearing black outfits. The conductor‚ Zuckerman‚ also played the violin in a primary position. It was very interesting how he balanced the position of being the conductor and playing and instrument simultaneously. He announced that the pieces that were played were works of Mozart‚ including the 39th Symphony. The piece was my favorite out of all because the music
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was one of the most influential‚ popular and prolific composers of the classical period. He composed over 600 works‚ including some of the most famous and loved pieces ofsymphonic‚ chamber‚ operatic‚ and choral music. Music is my life and my life is music. Anyone who does not understand this is not worthy of god. Mozart was born in Salzburg to a musical family. From an early age‚ the young Mozart showed all the signs of a prodigious
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (German: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ amaˈdeus ˈmoːtsaʁt]‚ English see fn.)‚[1] baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart[2] (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791)‚ was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin‚ he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. At 17‚ he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg‚ but grew restless
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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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