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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What qualities do Beethoven’s Fur Elise‚ Pathetique‚ Moonlight Sonata‚ Symphony #5‚ and Ode to Joy possess that makes them so popular today? There are many opinions‚ from classically trained professional musicians‚ teachers‚ and historians‚ to the common people of the world. I believe it is because the common people were so important to Beethoven that he wrote his best music for them. He came from a poor family‚ and had to start working at a young age to support them‚ and he did that with music
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at that time in his life (Brown 626). As in Romeo and Juliet and the 1812 Overture‚ this symphony’s expressiveness can be seen in the stylistic ele¬ment of mixing loud and soft dynamics‚ with a "range stretching from ffff to ppppp" (626). The Pathetique Symphony is also typical of the Romantic period in that it focuses on melody and tone color rather than harmony and form‚ and because it shows a tendency toward "episodic rather than integrated symphonic movements" (Whittall 129). This is in sharp
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home town to honor him. Following his wish‚ his own Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak was played in an orchestration by his friend Johan Halvorsen‚ who had married Grieg’s niece. In addition‚ the Funeral March movement from Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2 was played. His and his wife’s ashes are entombed in a mountain crypt near his house‚
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Ludwig Van Beethoven was one of the well-known music composer and pianist. He was born on December 17‚ 1770 in Bonn. Beethoven received his early training from his father and other musicians‚ as he carried out his earliest concert accompanying a young singer at the age of eight. Later on‚ he began to attend music lessons with a court organist teacher‚ Van Den Eden‚ unfortunately it did not last long. In 1779‚ Tobias Pfeiffer taught him and he began to attend in classes with a musician called
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Symphony No. 6 – A Palette of Human Emotions By: Gunnar Moll Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky is one of the most famous Russian composers. He was born in Votkinsk on May 7‚ 1840 into a middle class family. His family greatly supported his musical interests. They gave him piano lessons and provided him with the instruction of music theory. Their move to St. Petersburg proved to be a significant milestone is Tchaikovsky’s life. It had set the course for Tchaikovsky’s progress and success in the
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