Elliott Carter is among the most celebrated American composers of the 20th century. Until his death in 2012‚ Carter was a renowned ace in composing contemporary classical music. His success during his career spanning eight decades can well be manifested by the numerous accolades he gained including the most coveted Pulitzer Prize. Elliot Cook Carter‚ Jr. was born in New York City in 1908 and died in 2012. His interest in music began while he was in high school. Carter’s music career was instigated
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It was Wednesday‚ June 8‚ 2016. I endured tough pounds from my heart as I dreadfully walked to room 112 to take my English final. My final letter grade rested on this one assessment. “Will I escape with an A or be bitten by a B?” Like a track athlete‚ the question ran through my mind so many times. As my limbs trembled with each step closer to the room‚ I tried to recall my knowledge of philosophers and their arguments‚ as they encompassed a big portion of this assessment. I tried to remember the
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At a young age he gave some public concerts in Hamburg. Though he was not a famous pianist‚ he did perform in some concert tours during his life. Johannes starting composing music as a young child‚ it is believed that he created his first piano sonata at the age of eleven. He really became known as a composer when he "went on a concert tour as accompanist to the Hungarian violinist Eduard Remenyi" (Johannes Brahms). Johannes Brahms is known for composing numerous works for orchestra. Some
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Born on December 16‚ 1770 and died on 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
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voice/voices or‚ "the act or art of singing‚" but the term is generally not used for large vocal forms including opera and oratorio.[1] However‚ the term is‚ "often found in various figurative and transferred sense (e.g. for the lyrical second subject of a sonata...)."[1] The noun "song" has the same etymological root as the verb "to sing" and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines the word to mean "that which is sung" or "a musical composition suggestive of song." The OED also defines the word to mean
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Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony also known as the “Choral” was first performed in Vienna in 1824. The Ninth Symphony probably one of the most popular of Beethoven creations. The Ninth Symphony had several listeners including those earlier listeners and people who heard and saw the great Beethoven in person. The words are sung by four vocal soloists and a chorus in the Ninth Symphony. The words were taken from the "Ode to Joy” a poem that was written by Friedrich Schiller. The Ninth Symphony by Beethoven
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Titan Industries is the world’s sixth largest wrist watch manufacturer and India’s leading producer of watches under the Titan‚ Fastrack‚ Sonata‚ Nebula‚ RAGA‚ Regalia‚ Octane & Xylys brand names. It is a joint venture between one of India’s most respected business organizations‚ the Tata Group‚ and the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation(TIDCO). Its product portfolio includes watches‚ accessories and jewellery‚ in both contemporary and traditional designs. It
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As well as this‚ the horns are marked "in D" and this shows it was in the classical period as the horns did not yet have valves‚ so would have been played a minor 7th lower than printed. In addition‚ the symphony is written in sonata form; exposition bars 1-44‚ development bars 45-79‚ and recapitulation bars 80 onwards. This structure is one of the main musical structures of the classical period. Also‚ the texture of the piece is mainly "melody-dominated-homophony" which is also
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minor is expected to finish in that key.[24] In Beethoven’s words: Many assert that every minor piece must end in the minor. Nego! ...Joy follows sorrow‚ sunshine—rain.[25] The triumphant and exhilarating finale is written in an unusual variant of sonata form: at the end of the development section‚ the music halts on a dominant cadence‚ played fortissimo‚ and the music continues after a pause with a quiet reprise of the "horn theme" of the scherzo movement. The recapitulation is then introduced by
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