Rent is a rock musical that was created by Jonathan Larson. It’s based on the opera La Bohème. The musical tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in New York City in a village called Alphabet City‚ under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. The musical was first seen in a workshop production in a New York Theatre Workshop in 1993. This same Off-Broadway theatre was also the musical’s initial home following its official 1996 opening. Jonathan Larson‚ the
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his friends which go into detail about his despair. Almost miraculously‚ despite his rapidly progressing deafness‚ Beethoven continued to compose at a furious pace. From 1803-1812‚ what is known as his "middle" or "heroic" period‚ he composed an opera‚ six symphonies‚ four solo concerti‚ five string quartets‚ six string sonatas‚ seven piano sonatas‚ five sets of piano variations‚ four overtures‚ four trios‚ two sextets and 72
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Heinrich Schutz 1585-1672 Born in Bad Lostriz in 1585 and moved to Landgrave in 1598 where he served as the choir boy and studied with Georg Otto. Schutz studied law at the Universtiy of Marburg‚ but was advised to instead study music with Gabrieli and Landgrave gave him the finanical means to do so. Heinrich Schutz studied with Giovani Gabrielli from 1609-1672. He composed a polychoral psalm setting that is much in the style of his teacher‚ Gabrielli. During this time Schutz was employed
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journey than music. On the contrary‚ music doesn’t answer questions by itself. Music answers feeling or disturbed emotions looking for an outlet. It exists in an extraordinarily wide array of genres and styles like vocal music (song‚ choral music‚ and opera)‚ solo instrumental‚ chamber‚ orchestral‚ band and etc. We will listen to the music we love countless times over the course of our lives. We can multitask while listening to music. We can listen to music while running or washing clothes. Music are
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Tell Overture” composed by Gioachino Rossini. In order to understand in detail of this music‚ I need to research a little bit about this music and the composer. In the several websites for music‚ Gioachino Rossini was Italian composer and he wrote 39 operas and sacred music and chamber music. But his best well known music is “William Tell Overture” which is composed in 1829 and led to the nickname “The Italian Mozart” in 18th classic era. When I listened to this music‚ I thought that this music represented
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Leonard Bernstein was a talented composer‚ conductor‚ and pianist who helped to bridge a gap between classical music and conventional popular music for younger audiences. Leonard Bernstein was born on August 25‚ 1918 in Lawrence‚ Massachusetts. He started to play piano at the age of 10‚ after being given a piano by a relative. Although‚ Bernstein had a blossoming interest to play piano‚ his father would not pay for his lessons‚ which made Bernstein pay for lessons himself. Once his natural talent
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What is the first thing listeners pay attention to when listening to a good song? The instrumental and how it shows the rhythm and base of the composition’s flow? The voice and how it shows the feeling and how it captivates people with the harmony? The lyrics and how it carries the melody while painting a picture? However‚ does the artist get the most attention as they display their simple characteristics‚ such being their impact‚ gender‚ race‚ or age? Listeners have been swayed to like artists
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beat. Such artist as Eminem or group House of Pain are leaders in this style. Tastes differ. So people’s musical interests range from pop and rock music‚ which are extremely popular nowadays‚ especially among young people‚ to classical music and opera. When I have free time I listen to their records. I also like having background music while I am working. It’s a pity that many young people like to listen only to modern music. As for me‚ I also enjoy listening to classical music. Classical
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Review Questions 1. What is a symphony? Symphonies were associated with vocal music‚ such as operas. 2. What is a sonata? How is it related to the sonata form? A sonata is a large-scale composition that is played. 3. What is a coda? The coda will use music from the movement‚ but it typically does not add anything to the "argument" of the piece 4. What are the three different parts of the sonata form? Describe each part. Exposition: The exposition is the first part of the sonata form‚ and
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Elgar became retired because of his depression. He went on to live as a normal man in Worcestershire with his dogs. In 1928‚ he was created Knight Commander of the Victorian Order. He then started to work on projects like The Spanish Lady which was an opera and a third symphony. He also flew to Paris to conduct his violin concerto in 1933. Sadly though‚ in October‚ Edward Elgar was diagnosed with a Colorectal Cancer and died on February 23‚ 1934 at the age of 76 in
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