Among the most significant musicians were Franz Schubert‚ Robert Schumann‚ Clara Wieck Schumann‚ Frederic Chopin‚ Franz Liszt‚ Felix Mendelssohn‚ Hector Berlioz‚ Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky‚ Antonin Dvorak‚ Johannes Brahms‚ Giuseppe Verdi‚ Giacomo Puccini‚ Richard Wagner and Gustav Mahler. The length of this list – and some important composers have been omitted from it – testifies to the richness and variety of romantic music and to its continuing impact on today’s concert and operatic repertoire.
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The orchestra as we know it now did not exist before the 17th century. At the start of this century the orchestra was just beginning and developing on from the renaissance era where orchestras had only just began to be used rarely and only in tiny groups‚ with a small range of instruments. The main factors influencing this development include: instrumental technology‚ different classes of the public‚ playing techniques‚ economics‚ the role of music directors and changes in musical tastes. The
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Music has evolved too many different forms that we recognize today. We trace this development throughout time. Beginning in the middle ages‚ we have seen advancement from the Gregorian chant all the way to the Jazz of the 20th century. The current events‚ politics‚ religion‚ technology and composers can shape musical eras during time. Here I will look at the middle ages‚ renaissance‚ baroque‚ classical‚ romantic and twentieth century periods. I hope that a better understanding can be reached
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transcriptions of operas and violin caprices. Liszt was greatly motivated to make transcriptions in the first place because he wanted to expose the works of old masters to audiences that otherwise could never have heard their works‚ since there were no televisions or radios during that time. One example of Liszt’s transcriptions is Concert Paraphrase of Rigoletto‚ which was written in 1859. It came from the quartet “Bella Figlia del Amore” in the third act of Rigoletto Opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The Concert
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THE USE OF DRAMATIC ELEMENTS IN THE DIES IRAE SEQUENCE OF THE REQUIEMS OF BERLIOZ AND VERDI Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts (1837) and Verdi’s Messa da Requiem (1874) are two of the most important and frequently performed requiem settings of the 19th century. Both are large-scale works calling for an enormous amount of instrumental and vocal musicians. These requiems caused controversy over liturgical bounds‚ with respects to both the rearranging of text and the numerous references to operatic
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called Bayreuther Festspielhaus and it is located in Bayreuth‚ Southern Germany. It is a festival opera house where an event takes place every summer that dedicates the music of Richard Wagner. The centerpiece of the festival at the opera house is the ring cycle. The ring cycle is four music dramas inspired by ancient myth. The reason for this is because Wagner’s music is only one element of his genius. Wagner is also considered a great dramatist. Wagner’s work is so unique that it required
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von Goethe 6. Shelley‚ Byron‚ and Keats (started Romantic poetry in England) 7. Charles Dickens 8. Edgar Allan Poe 9. Emerson‚ Thoreau‚ Dickinson (American poets) 10. Hawthorne‚ Thoreau‚ and Melville (American novelists) 11. Schubert‚ Verdi‚ and Wagner (Composers) 12. Victor Hugo 13. Leo Tolstoy Styles to Know: 1. Romantic 2. Neo-classical 3. Realism Works to Know: 1. Goya’s The Third of May‚ 1808 2. The Raft of the Medusa 3. Hay Wain 4. Walden 5. The Slave Ship 6. Les Miserables
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Easter break I had the opportunity to travel to New York City and experience various fun activities there. This experience included the visit to the Metropolitan Opera House‚ which turned out to be more exciting than I expected. The facility and the neighborhood gave that extra little charm to the whole opera night. Every opera performance requires its spectators to dress up formal and basically give them an opportunity to show off their best attire‚ that included me as well. In order to
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Wagner recreated the spirit of Greek tragedy by creating the perfect blend of Dionysiac music and Apolline myth. Greek tragedy was the microcosmic representation of life as it incorporated multiple arts at one time: poetry‚ instruments‚ music‚ costumes‚ dance and more. However‚ the era in which Wagner was harnessing his musical talents and artistic skills‚ the Christian religion had taken over the art community‚ to which Wagner clearly expressed his opposition as he states‚ “In effect
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Analysis: La Donna é Mobile La Donna é Mobile is unquestionably the most famous aria in Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Rigoletto‚ a story in which Rigoletto‚ a jester‚ attempts to enact revenge on the Duke of Mantua for seducing his daughter‚ Gilda. In this aria‚ the Duke sings about the flighty nature of women and their incredibly unstable emotions‚ belittling their intelligence and dismissing them as shallow‚ fickle‚ and one-sided. Not only is the chord progression and rhythm indicative of ridicule
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