March 26‚ 1827 at age 57. Ludwig Van Beethoven was a composer during the classical era of music‚ but his compositions led to the end of that period and to the start of the romantic era. He helped greatly to develop tonal music. One of the amazing things about Beethoven was that he was deaf. At his last symphony‚ “Ninth Symphony”‚ he had to turn around and look at the audience to see if they were clapping. He was greatly influenced by the composers Haydn and Bach. He greatly influenced his music with
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The Baroque period extended from 1600-1750. It was during this time that many well known composers developed some of the most famous masterpieces in the musical world. Composer Johann Sebastian Bach wrote Brandenburg Concerto No.3‚ George Frideric Handel composed The Messiah‚ and Johann Pachelbel created Pachelbel Canon. What all of these composers have in common is that all of their music contains a similar sound. Baroque music tends to have one melody with harmonic support from a keyboard player
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Philip Glass There are only a few American composers who can be credited with adorning the public with "art music." Out of these select few‚ Philip Glass a 20th century composer is considered one of the most influential. His earliest works are considered minimalist by many critics‚ however his style has evolved through many years of composing. Glass began as an experimental composer of music‚ until he penned his first opera in 1975‚ Einstein on the Beach‚ which became
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Franz Joseph Haydn is a composer who elevates the purposes and accomplishment of the Classical period. Possibly his greatest achievement was the fact that he established and advanced in many perceptive ways and the most significant organized notion in the memoir of music. He was a perfectionist in the set of expectations regarded as sonata form which made a massive impact. In As many as hundreds of sonatas‚ stringed quartets and symphonies‚ Franz broke both new ground and supplied durable models
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Tomás Luis de Victoria was born in Avila Spain in 1548‚ he was the seventh of 11 children. At a young age‚ he became a choirboy and studied under many Spanish composers. In 1562 Victoria went to Rome to study music at Jesuit Collegio Germanico. While in Rome many believed‚ Victoria studied under the maestro di cappella Palestrina. In September 1571 Victoria began teaching music at Jesuit Collegio Germanico‚ and shortly after became the maestro di cappella. In 1583 Victoria expressed his wishes of
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At the time Nathaniel Hawthorne penned Young Goodman Brown‚ puritanical Christianity had a firm grapple on the spirituality of New Englanders. Their belief in a sly and deceiving Satan was just as central to their ideology as any God or Heaven. Hawthorne‚ himself‚ descends from parties known to have been active participants in the infamous Salem Witch Trials. While these early Americans sought to achieve a path of righteousness which would earn them God’s grace‚ and thusly‚ eternal paradise‚ it seems
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that reoccurs throughout the piece suggesting that it is a comic opera. The mood is serious yet comical throughout. It was really impressive how the composer orchestrated the story into the opera with elements of comedy in the piece. I can see how the opera plays into the minds of those of the middle class during that time as well. The composer is making light of real life situations that would get people down such as death‚ sickness‚ and pain. That in itself is amazing. Everything about
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he make to Renaissance music? - A Franco-Flemish composer who was born in Brussels‚ he was a prolific composer and one of the most influential of the fifteenth century. He wrote music in almost every musical form available at the time‚ including chants‚ motets‚ chorales‚ and Masses. 5. Who was William Byrd? What contributions did he make to Renaissance music? - An Englishman born in 1543; was one composer who created consort music. He is sometimes considered one of the
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1880s. This was the idea that each nation had inextricably-linked characteristics relating to national identity. Within Russia‚ this idea would be embodied by a school of musical thought known as the Mighty Handful‚ a loose collective of Russian composers headed by Mily Balakirev and including Cescar Cui‚ Modest
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of the greatest composers of all times. He composed many works for flute including works for solo flute‚ flute with harpsichord and/or continuo and‚ two flutes and harpsichord. However‚ there has been a controversy‚ over the flute works‚ whether they were composed solely by the composer‚ assisted by someone or under the guidance of J.S. Bach. In addition‚ some scholars doubted that some of works are not written for flute and they are actually transcribed for flute by the composer. Especially‚ the
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