A Comparison of Manze and Szigeti’s recordings of La Follia from Corelli’s Sonata for Violin Op. 5‚ no 12. Andrew Manze‚ an English violinist‚ and Joseph Szigeti‚ an American violinist are both internationally renowned for their Baroque playing1. I am going to take a look at each of their recordings of Corelli’s La Follia‚ the difference being however‚ that they are playing from separate scores and interpretations of the piece. Manze’s recording has been done from an earlier‚ more original copy
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Ioannis Karavassilis Audio Engineering August 9‚ 2013 AED 1012 Ioannis Karavassilis Audio Engineering AED 1012 August 9‚ 2013 Music’s potential as a positive stimulus for the brain
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(Candidate ID number) Date ‚ Time Exam Venue CONTENTS I. JOHANNE SEBASTIAN BACH---------------TOCCATA IN E MINOR‚ BWV 914 (1685-1750) (TIME) II. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN---------------SONATA IN C MINOR‚ OP.13 NO.8 – (1770-1827) ‘PATHETIQUE’ (TIME) i. GRAVE : ALLEGRO DI MOLTE E CON BRIO ii. ADAGIO CANTABILE iii. RONDO : ALLEGRO III. FREDERIC CHOPIN------------------------IMPROMPTU IN C-SHARP MINOR‚ (1810-1849) OP.66 NO.4 –
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works includes Variations on a March by Dressler‚ WoO 63 and Three Piano Sonatas in E flat‚ f and D‚ WoO 47. The 2nd movement in f minor‚ a key rarely used as that time gives a passionate mood. CPE Bach‚ whose works were studied by Beethoven‚ also wrote 3 keyboard sonatas in f minor. Another important work of the period is the Three Piano Quartets in E flat‚ D‚ C. Each Piano Quartets is modeled after a specific piano or violin sonata by Mozart‚ the K380‚ K379 and K296. The funeral cantata for Emperor
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1. Which weighs more? The modern piano 2. Which instrument responds more rapidly to the player’s touch? The 18th-c. piano 3. An extended range of available notes (seven-and-a-quarter octaves‚ instead of just five) is a feature of the modern piano 4. If the relationship between two (or more) musical tones is simple and stable‚ we call the combination consonant 5. When composers combine tones successively‚ we call the resulting series a melody 6. By the late 18th century‚ the
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Instruments: Violin‚ Viola‚ Cello‚ Harpsichord‚ Organ‚ Recorder‚ Flute‚ Oboe 3. Typical forms/structures: Opera‚ Oratorio‚ Fugue‚ Suite‚ Sonata‚ Concerto 4. Composers and their works/pieces: Purcell – Dido and Aeneas Vivaldi – The four seasons J. S Bach – Mass in B Minor Monteverdi – L’Orfeo Handel – Messiah Domenico Scarlatti – Keyboard Sonatas J. S Bach – The well – tempered clavier Romantic (1810 – 1900) 2. Instruments: Full Orchestra‚ Concert Grand Piano‚ Violin‚ Cor Anglais
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predecessors‚ Mozart and Hayden. It was during this time that he wrote the famous Pathetique Sonata. During the 2nd period of his life‚ Beethoven started experimenting with his music. He started noticing his loss of hearing‚ and wrote many pieces about heroism and struggle. The pieces of the middle period were often very emotional and tragic‚ similar to how Beethoven felt about his life. He wrote several piano sonatas during this time of his life. Intentional‚ high personal expression characterizes
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directions and gradually expanding the scope and ambition of his work. Some important pieces from the Early period are the first and second symphonies‚ the first six string quartets‚ the first two piano concertos‚ and about a dozen piano sonatas‚ including the famous ’Pathétique’. The Middle
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undeniable talent to play the piano was what made him shine. In Vienna‚ Beethoven wrote his famous works: “Moonlight Sonata and the Pathétique sonata” (Ludwig van Beethoven
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1820/30s-1910) • Nationality: German • Contemporaries: Haydn‚ Mozart‚ Clementi • Works included: • 32 piano sonatas (including the ’Pathetique’; the ’Moonlight’; the ’Appassionata’); bagatelles‚ 6 sonatinas • 9 symphonies - including the ’Eroica’ (3rd); ’Pastoral’ (6th); the ’Choral’ (9th) • chamber music - including 9 piano trios‚ 5 cello and piano sonatas and 10 violin and piano sonatas • Opera - Fidelio • 5 piano concertos • 1 violin concerto • 1 triple concerto for piano‚ violin and cello
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