Fairest Isle: Music of Henry Purcell
... wine and poetry. The works of John Dryden, from the same time as Purcell and Blow, are an excellent source for these references. “Mellow” refers to perfectly ripe fruit: “Nature drops him down, without your Sin, Like mellow Fruit, without a Winter Storm” (Dryden, The Spanish Friar), as well as well- ...
... wine and poetry. The works of John Dryden, from the same time as Purcell and Blow, are an excellent source for these references. “Mellow” refers to perfectly ripe fruit: “Nature drops him down, without your Sin, Like mellow Fruit, without a Winter Storm” (Dryden, The Spanish Friar), as well as well- ...
Introduction - Peter Sheppard Skærved
... from Bonn in 1792. As Beethoven’s patron in Bonn Count von Waldstein (17621823) put it, Beethoven was sent to Vienna on a training visit ‘to receive the spirit of Mozart from the hands of Haydn’ – and to bring it gloriously back to his employer’s court. But, like Bridgetower, Beethoven never returne ...
... from Bonn in 1792. As Beethoven’s patron in Bonn Count von Waldstein (17621823) put it, Beethoven was sent to Vienna on a training visit ‘to receive the spirit of Mozart from the hands of Haydn’ – and to bring it gloriously back to his employer’s court. But, like Bridgetower, Beethoven never returne ...
KMBB Lecture 2
... More than one topic at once (e.g. bb. 1-4) What is a topic and what is just a compositional technique or convention (e.g. bb. 49-52) ...
... More than one topic at once (e.g. bb. 1-4) What is a topic and what is just a compositional technique or convention (e.g. bb. 49-52) ...
The Sonata Form and its Use in Beethoven`s First Seventeen Piano
... Beethoven was now living with his old friend Stephan Breuning, but they had a n argument and parted for a time . Before long, however , they made a reconciliation . Beethoven was often involved in quarrels with his friends . But afterwards, Beethoven was always very sorry, and apologized profusely, ...
... Beethoven was now living with his old friend Stephan Breuning, but they had a n argument and parted for a time . Before long, however , they made a reconciliation . Beethoven was often involved in quarrels with his friends . But afterwards, Beethoven was always very sorry, and apologized profusely, ...
your concert programme here
... Asked to choose one genre which encapsulates the very heart of Chopin, many would propose the mazurka. Perhaps even more than the nocturne, waltz and polonaise, he took this form to an entirely new artistic level without sacrificing its essential features. He wrote mazurkas throughout his life, and ...
... Asked to choose one genre which encapsulates the very heart of Chopin, many would propose the mazurka. Perhaps even more than the nocturne, waltz and polonaise, he took this form to an entirely new artistic level without sacrificing its essential features. He wrote mazurkas throughout his life, and ...
the significance and context of brahms‟ op. 1
... The Significance and Context of Brahms‟ Op. 1 as a Romantic Piano Sonata Johannes Brahms wrote his first published piano sonata in 1852-3, but it was not the first piece he composed. Although his C-major piano sonata is labeled op. 1, he actually wrote the Scherzo op. 4 first, followed by the Sonata ...
... The Significance and Context of Brahms‟ Op. 1 as a Romantic Piano Sonata Johannes Brahms wrote his first published piano sonata in 1852-3, but it was not the first piece he composed. Although his C-major piano sonata is labeled op. 1, he actually wrote the Scherzo op. 4 first, followed by the Sonata ...
Beethoven`s Thematic Processes in the Piano Sonata
... beginning of the exposition (see Figure 4a). Instead of completing the sentence, however, he takes a fragment of the initial motive from which he creates a sequence, repeating it three times (mm. 67 – 70), engaging in the process of fragmentation (Caplin, 1998). Following this sequence, Beethoven re ...
... beginning of the exposition (see Figure 4a). Instead of completing the sentence, however, he takes a fragment of the initial motive from which he creates a sequence, repeating it three times (mm. 67 – 70), engaging in the process of fragmentation (Caplin, 1998). Following this sequence, Beethoven re ...
Part 1 The Materials of Music - Owen J. Roberts High School Band
... view of the world. • Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert—all members of the Viennese school—composed in large-scale forms (symphony, concerto, sonata). • Classical music is characterized by a singable, lyrical melody; diatonic harmony; regular rhythms and meters; homophonic texture; and frequent use ...
... view of the world. • Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert—all members of the Viennese school—composed in large-scale forms (symphony, concerto, sonata). • Classical music is characterized by a singable, lyrical melody; diatonic harmony; regular rhythms and meters; homophonic texture; and frequent use ...
Untitled - Cloudfront.net
... whom he premiered the work in May 1923 – as they had No. 1 the previous year. But unlike the First Sonata, which is cast in classical three-movement form (Allegro appassionato – Adagio – Allegro), the Second Sonata is in two movements: Molto Moderato 1 and Allegretto 2 . The ruthless hardness of bot ...
... whom he premiered the work in May 1923 – as they had No. 1 the previous year. But unlike the First Sonata, which is cast in classical three-movement form (Allegro appassionato – Adagio – Allegro), the Second Sonata is in two movements: Molto Moderato 1 and Allegretto 2 . The ruthless hardness of bot ...
title page - Acumen - The University of Alabama
... keyboard and occupies a unique place in his repertoire. His earlier keyboard pieces show galant style with homophonic texture; however from 1782 he had been influenced by J.S Bach’s polyphonic style and this last sonata written in 1789 is his mature sonata displaying skilled contrapuntal treatment. ...
... keyboard and occupies a unique place in his repertoire. His earlier keyboard pieces show galant style with homophonic texture; however from 1782 he had been influenced by J.S Bach’s polyphonic style and this last sonata written in 1789 is his mature sonata displaying skilled contrapuntal treatment. ...
and read the CD booklet (pdf format)
... using idiomatic Weiss progressions (my music begins at 1:54 and continues until the final cadence). The allemande is beautiful and explores new harmonic territory; it's very interesting to compare with the ...
... using idiomatic Weiss progressions (my music begins at 1:54 and continues until the final cadence). The allemande is beautiful and explores new harmonic territory; it's very interesting to compare with the ...
1 To some, Joseph Haydn (1732‐1809) is known familiarly as “the
... 3 Haydn uses the phrase “written in a new and special way” in his letters to various potential subscribers; which has caused a debate as to whether he used the phrase as a selling point or if he knew about his new use of structure in his writing and the development of figures capable of expansio ...
... 3 Haydn uses the phrase “written in a new and special way” in his letters to various potential subscribers; which has caused a debate as to whether he used the phrase as a selling point or if he knew about his new use of structure in his writing and the development of figures capable of expansio ...
Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart - Contact
... Haydn on a pension. Thus freed of his obligations, Haydn was able to accept a lucrative offer from Johann Peter Salomon, a German impresario, to visit England and conduct new symphonies with a large orchestra. • The visit (1791-2), along with a repeat visit (1794-5), was a huge success. Audiences fl ...
... Haydn on a pension. Thus freed of his obligations, Haydn was able to accept a lucrative offer from Johann Peter Salomon, a German impresario, to visit England and conduct new symphonies with a large orchestra. • The visit (1791-2), along with a repeat visit (1794-5), was a huge success. Audiences fl ...
Senior Honors Recital - ARMINDA @ Whitman College
... Fuzzy Bird Sonata – Takashi Yoshimatsu (b. 1953) Born in Tokyo, Takashi Yoshimatsu did not seriously pursue a music career until his twenties. Previously a tech major at Keio University, Yoshimatsu largely taught himself composition by studying the scores of Sibelius as a teenager, and participated ...
... Fuzzy Bird Sonata – Takashi Yoshimatsu (b. 1953) Born in Tokyo, Takashi Yoshimatsu did not seriously pursue a music career until his twenties. Previously a tech major at Keio University, Yoshimatsu largely taught himself composition by studying the scores of Sibelius as a teenager, and participated ...
Program and Bio - SiliconValleyHarp.org Home Page
... Unlike the romantic tendencies of common harp aesthetic, this suite is a contrast of the traditional and the modern through both articulated and flowing nuances and a vast array of timbres. Suite for Harp begins with a majestic 'Overture,' followed by a 'Toccata,' a fast, lively movement in rondo fo ...
... Unlike the romantic tendencies of common harp aesthetic, this suite is a contrast of the traditional and the modern through both articulated and flowing nuances and a vast array of timbres. Suite for Harp begins with a majestic 'Overture,' followed by a 'Toccata,' a fast, lively movement in rondo fo ...
Beethoven Ahead of His Time: Sonata in C major No. 21 Op. 53
... contains many long trills that are sustained for numerous measures while bringing out the singing melody with the same hand. Beethoven integrated passages of running octaves that are intended to sound like glissandos. These are challenges that a performer faces when performing this sonata. When perf ...
... contains many long trills that are sustained for numerous measures while bringing out the singing melody with the same hand. Beethoven integrated passages of running octaves that are intended to sound like glissandos. These are challenges that a performer faces when performing this sonata. When perf ...
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) Haydn/Mozart, p. 1/9
... • After settling on an appropriate idea, he worked with the keyboard and on paper, writing the melody and harmony on several staves • He completed the process by writing a full score Symphonies • Haydn composed ca. 106 symphonies. • Numbers are used to identify Haydn’s symphonies, ending with 104 • ...
... • After settling on an appropriate idea, he worked with the keyboard and on paper, writing the melody and harmony on several staves • He completed the process by writing a full score Symphonies • Haydn composed ca. 106 symphonies. • Numbers are used to identify Haydn’s symphonies, ending with 104 • ...
Lauren Lazzari Sophomore Portfolio
... Mozart’s dainty sonata When one encounters a new piece of music, he must observe all that is on the page. These observations, along with taking time to consider the composer’s artistic intentions are imperative steps for musical success. In 1756, virtuoso Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus ...
... Mozart’s dainty sonata When one encounters a new piece of music, he must observe all that is on the page. These observations, along with taking time to consider the composer’s artistic intentions are imperative steps for musical success. In 1756, virtuoso Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus ...
Rosen, Charles - The Tanner Lectures on Human Values
... added at cadences had powerful consequences for the large-scale harmonic structure as well: they enabled the composer to transform with ease the standard half-cadence on V at the end of the Šrst part of an early eighteenth century binary form into a full cadence that afŠrmed the dominant in what wou ...
... added at cadences had powerful consequences for the large-scale harmonic structure as well: they enabled the composer to transform with ease the standard half-cadence on V at the end of the Šrst part of an early eighteenth century binary form into a full cadence that afŠrmed the dominant in what wou ...
the twentieth-century trombone sonata nathanael james sudduth
... period and the forms of the Baroque and Classical periods, disregarding the neo-nationalism movements of the 1940s and 1950s and avant-garde trends of the I 960s (Aaron). Sonata for Trombone (Vox Gabrieli), written in 1973, was commissioned by the International Trombone Association and dedicated to ...
... period and the forms of the Baroque and Classical periods, disregarding the neo-nationalism movements of the 1940s and 1950s and avant-garde trends of the I 960s (Aaron). Sonata for Trombone (Vox Gabrieli), written in 1973, was commissioned by the International Trombone Association and dedicated to ...
Sinfonia concertante in B-flat Major, Hob. I:105
... The next season, a rival organization, the Professional Concerts, hired Haydn’s former student, Ignace Pleyel, as a counterattraction. “So,” Haydn wrote to a friend in Vienna in January 1792, “a bloody harmonious war will commence between master and pupil.” It was apparently Salomon’s idea that Hayd ...
... The next season, a rival organization, the Professional Concerts, hired Haydn’s former student, Ignace Pleyel, as a counterattraction. “So,” Haydn wrote to a friend in Vienna in January 1792, “a bloody harmonious war will commence between master and pupil.” It was apparently Salomon’s idea that Hayd ...
KMBB Lecture 9
... There is a tension in the reception of Mozart’s music between the notion of the composer’s self-expression (the music conveys his feelings and reacts to his life) and of universality (his music is beyond personal and worldly matters – beautiful, abstract, universal, purely musical). Solomon’s argume ...
... There is a tension in the reception of Mozart’s music between the notion of the composer’s self-expression (the music conveys his feelings and reacts to his life) and of universality (his music is beyond personal and worldly matters – beautiful, abstract, universal, purely musical). Solomon’s argume ...
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), German composer
... into contrasting segments in different tempi, whereas customary practice called for stating the theme in its entirety at the beginning of a movement. In the first movement of the Eroica Symphony, one of the major works from Beethoven’s middle period, he again sought ways to expand upon the prevailin ...
... into contrasting segments in different tempi, whereas customary practice called for stating the theme in its entirety at the beginning of a movement. In the first movement of the Eroica Symphony, one of the major works from Beethoven’s middle period, he again sought ways to expand upon the prevailin ...
Christian Tetzlaff, violin Lars Vogt, piano
... the highest quality. He simply burned anything he did not want others to see. Little, therefore, is known about his methods of composition.) Brahms had long been wary of the difficulty in combining the lyrical nature of the violin with the powerful chordal writing that he favored for piano, and it w ...
... the highest quality. He simply burned anything he did not want others to see. Little, therefore, is known about his methods of composition.) Brahms had long been wary of the difficulty in combining the lyrical nature of the violin with the powerful chordal writing that he favored for piano, and it w ...
Music Program Template
... 1 Centered. All caps. Not bold. Font may match the rest of the program. The rest of the program should use no bold and should use a standard body-text font. 2 Generic title or title based on genre: capitalized, but with no italics. Also: use B-flat, Csharp, etc., and “Major” and “Minor” as needed. 3 ...
... 1 Centered. All caps. Not bold. Font may match the rest of the program. The rest of the program should use no bold and should use a standard body-text font. 2 Generic title or title based on genre: capitalized, but with no italics. Also: use B-flat, Csharp, etc., and “Major” and “Minor” as needed. 3 ...