Beethoven’s Life On December 17‚ 1770‚ an amazing composer‚ Ludwig van Beethoven‚ was born. According to the “Enjoyment of Music” textbook‚ Beethoven was born in Bohn‚ Germany. His father‚ along with his grandfather‚ was both singers at the court of the local prince‚ Max Friedrich. (Forney & Machlis 197). It was exposed that Beethoven‚ at an extremely young age‚ was forced to have to support his mother and two younger brothers due to his father’s constant drunkenness. Not even at the age of maturity
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characteristics. Their characteristics range from their meter‚ melody‚ rhythm‚ harmony‚ texture‚ and the instruments used in each song. To start off‚ I will describe Mozart’s song into his four movements. In the first movement of Mozart’s song is in sonata-allegro form. The song opens up in an ascending rocket theme‚ which is
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Classical Music Review In the 18th century‚ Europe underwent several social changes as exemplified by the many revolutions. These changes profoundly affected the lives of composers‚ makers of musical organs‚ and musicians were. Composers‚ unlike before started holding concerts in a bid to introduce their music to the public. There is great debate among academicians on what entails classical music. To some scholars music produced in the 18th century in the Western hemisphere is referred to as
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born 1756 and died in 1791‚ in his lifetime he created a phenomenal amount of impressive works including operas‚ sonatas‚ symphonies‚ concertos and chamber works. Mozart’s father Johann‚ also a musician‚ realised his son was particularly gifted in music at the very early age of 3‚ when he started playing keyboard. At the age of 5 Mozart was composing and performing his works all over the Europe. At the age of six Mozart performed for the Bavarian elector and the Austrian
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pianist would rapidly climb the scale in chords‚ and disjunct when he would jump all around the piano hitting different keys. My least favorite piece of music was Serenade for Winds‚ Op. 7 by Strauss. It was my least favorite because it featured the horns and woodwinds by themselves. It was not as enjoyable for me because I could not here the instruments as well as the strings. I also did not care for it as much because I prefer the sounds of the stringed instruments more. The sound of the cellos and
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the exposition of the 1st movement of the 1st symphony written by Beethoven. The exposition begins in bar 13 and ends in bar 109 and consists of four key areas: the 1st subject‚ the bridge passage‚ the 2nd subject‚ and the codetta. The piece is in sonata form. The exposition begins with the 1st subject after the introduction (bars 1-12) and immediately introduces the 3-note rising motif consisting of G (5th)‚ B (major 7th) and C‚ which is the tonic of not only the movement but also the symphony
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fixed idea. The melody of this piece has 2 main march themes (A and B)‚ both of which are strongly accented. The piece contains a rhythm which is a duple meter march. In addition‚ the harmony of this piece is set in minor mode. This piece contains a sonata like form‚ with 2 themes introduced‚ which are developed‚ then later recapped. In the first movement of this piece‚ the musician remembers the weariness of soul‚ the indefinable deep longing he knew before meeting his beloved. Furthermore‚ the love
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score was thoroughly revised between the years 1919-1920 with the first performance being on December 15th 1920. The performance lasts for approximately 13 minutes and the orchestra consists of two flutes‚ an oboe‚ two clarinets‚ two bassoons‚ two horns‚ a triangle‚ and strings. The piece was inspired by traditional English folk song and also the works of George Meredith. This is shown in the pastoral style of the piece and depicts a traditional English landscape painting with rolling hills and larks
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and allowed us to enjoy each moment of the piece. Debussy was also known for his modern and symbolist tendencies. He liked to paint a picture for the listener which can be seen in his piece Nunges from Nocturnes where Debussy highlighted the English horn. Even though Debussy wanted to paint a picture for the listener‚ unlike other composers‚ he wanted the listener to figure out what that picture was on their own. Igor Stravinsky is remembered in part for his originality and his individualism. He developed
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I would like to point out how symphony works by Bela Bartok get compared with music preceding Bartok. I will mainly focus on the development from the 18th century to the Bartok period. For the comparison‚ here I introduce Beethoven Symphony No.3 for the 18th century symphony work and Berlioz Symphony Fantastique for the 19th century symphony work. Beethoven Symphony No.3 “Eroica” is a masterpiece of the late 19th century. It shows many features of classical periods as well as showing numerous characteristics
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