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    Beethoven Accomplishments

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    Ludwig van Beethoven was a deaf German composer; he was a big predominant figure of the musical arts. He was in the eras between the Classical and Romantic. Beethoven was baptized in the year of 1770‚ on the 17th day‚ of the month in December in the city Bonn‚ Germany. Beethoven was man who kept widening the scopes of sonata‚ symphony‚ concerto and quartet. He would also combine his music with vocals and instruments in a whole new way. During the life of Beethoven‚ he had the struggle of deafness

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    The piece that I have chosen to write about is called Firebird written by: Igor Stravinsky in 1910. Stravinsky Grew up around music since he was a young boy‚ his father was Fyodor Stravinsky‚ who was the principle at Imperial Opera‚ St Petersburg‚ and his mother Anna was an amateur singer and piano player. Though Igor did not jump right into music he actually began to study law at St Petersburg University in the year 1901. He still kept his hands in music as he worked with a mentor. By the time

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    written in the 1930s many would say. For many listeners‚ Sammuel Barber’s expertly crafted‚ deeply felt scores‚ helped fill an emotional void left by the onslought of modernism. Barber‚ in his youth was sort of a prodigy. By age 10 he wrote a short opera entitled ’The Rode Tree’. By age 14 he was one fo the first students to attend New Curtis Institute of Music. By the age of 28 he had written Adagio for Strings. Beginning with a soft single note- a B flat‚ played by two violins. Then moving to the

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    Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 17‚ 1770 and died on March 26‚ 1827. He was born in Bonn‚ Germany. Beethoven’s father was a bad alcoholic and while in his teens‚ his mother passed away and he ended up having to take charge of his household. Beethoven was a slow composer during his time. He was deaf the last ten years of his life‚ which was very unfortunate but it didn’t stop him from his passion. He was never married but he did have a bunch of love affairs. While in Vienna‚ he was

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    Music is a living moving thing Ppl have been dealing with music since the beginning of the history. At the beginning it was not the kind of music we have today. The first people imitated music from nature. They mimicked the sound from their everyday life. It had no rhythm or tune it was just noise‚ but later turned into what we now call music. Ancient people used music for much more than entertainment. They used it during the battles‚ had ceremonies in honor of smb or smth‚ to show smb’s

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    influence people’s lives. Dictionary.com defines music as “an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm‚ melody‚ harmony‚ and color.” The path I have chosen in this world is that of Opera performance. I live and learn through music‚ and it certainly has power over me. Where not everyone can perform music‚ a smaller amount of people can read music‚ and an even smaller amount still can compose music‚ everyone in the world can listen to

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    sisters. But soon after his family started to become very poor because of his fathers very bad alcoholic problem. When Beethoven reached the age of 11 he left school and became a co-organist. Later than in 1783 he became the organ player for the Bonn opera. In 1787

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    Debussy was really known for being one of the first to master the incorporation of the chromatic scales in the Phrygian modes. It’s shown in his 1893 String Quartet in G Minor. Later on in 1894 Debussy wrote not only one of his favorite but famous operas‚ it’s called Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune‚ in English it is pronounced “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun”. Debussy was already a well known person‚ but in 1895 he completed

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    THE USE OF DRAMATIC ELEMENTS IN THE DIES IRAE SEQUENCE OF THE REQUIEMS OF BERLIOZ AND VERDI Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts (1837) and Verdi’s Messa da Requiem (1874) are two of the most important and frequently performed requiem settings of the 19th century. Both are large-scale works calling for an enormous amount of instrumental and vocal musicians. These requiems caused controversy over liturgical bounds‚ with respects to both the rearranging of text and the numerous references to operatic

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    Beethoven Accomplishments

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    Throughout history‚ there have been many eras of innovation mixed with inspiration. These eras are typically set in motion by one thing‚ almost like a domino effect. Ludwig van Beethoven‚ a talented German musician‚ played a significant role in the history of music. His many works helped him to become one of the most familiarized and respected composers in the history of Western music. Beethoven´s hard work helped him to develop an important line between the Classical and Baroque styles he deeply

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