Mozart Quiz
... 2. Leopold took Mozart on tours of Europe. Besides showing off his son’s talent, why else did he go on this tour? ...
... 2. Leopold took Mozart on tours of Europe. Besides showing off his son’s talent, why else did he go on this tour? ...
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... Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in E Major (BWV 566) is quite possibly a product of this monumental journey to learn from the era’s greatest master. In form, BWV 566 resembles the multi-sectional fantastic style that experienced its highest fruition in the organ works of Buxtehude. In this improvisational ...
... Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in E Major (BWV 566) is quite possibly a product of this monumental journey to learn from the era’s greatest master. In form, BWV 566 resembles the multi-sectional fantastic style that experienced its highest fruition in the organ works of Buxtehude. In this improvisational ...
Antonio Vivaldi
... Those sonnets were published along with the music for The Four Seasons (which Vivaldi composed based on four paintings of the seasons by Marco Ricci.) The poems are generally thought to be written by Vivaldi himself -based on comments he made in the margins of his sheet music, but there is some ques ...
... Those sonnets were published along with the music for The Four Seasons (which Vivaldi composed based on four paintings of the seasons by Marco Ricci.) The poems are generally thought to be written by Vivaldi himself -based on comments he made in the margins of his sheet music, but there is some ques ...
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
... he may have been thinking about his own death at the time. Mozart worked so hard on this piece of music that he grew weaker and weaker. He became very ill, and he died before the requiem was finished. Because he had no money, Mozart was buried in an unmarked, poor person’s grave. However, today Moza ...
... he may have been thinking about his own death at the time. Mozart worked so hard on this piece of music that he grew weaker and weaker. He became very ill, and he died before the requiem was finished. Because he had no money, Mozart was buried in an unmarked, poor person’s grave. However, today Moza ...
Finale 2006c - [G070 Graun Kzt V+Va.MUS]
... Johann Gottlieb Graun was born in the small Saxon town of Wahrenbrück in 1702 or 1703, the second of three brothers, each of whom was to become a distinguished musician. He counted among his ancestors an organist and several generations of Protestant pastors, but his father August served a more mate ...
... Johann Gottlieb Graun was born in the small Saxon town of Wahrenbrück in 1702 or 1703, the second of three brothers, each of whom was to become a distinguished musician. He counted among his ancestors an organist and several generations of Protestant pastors, but his father August served a more mate ...
The Reflection of the Baroque Era to Flute and Bassoon
... Bach brought to the Baroque’s music shaped today’s music history. Those composers contributed to the development of concertos in their life time. They combined emotionally deep music with a simple way of expression and used technical progress intensively in their works. Also the ornamentation, which ...
... Bach brought to the Baroque’s music shaped today’s music history. Those composers contributed to the development of concertos in their life time. They combined emotionally deep music with a simple way of expression and used technical progress intensively in their works. Also the ornamentation, which ...
pour violon et piano
... metrical irregularity, and the first signs of a tart and highly subtle harmonic language. Much later in date, the second Sonata is also very different in style from the so-called ‘posthumous’ one. With this work of accomplished maturity and perfect mastery Ravel put a full-stop to his production of ...
... metrical irregularity, and the first signs of a tart and highly subtle harmonic language. Much later in date, the second Sonata is also very different in style from the so-called ‘posthumous’ one. With this work of accomplished maturity and perfect mastery Ravel put a full-stop to his production of ...
MY TURN - Jeffrey Solow
... So the real debate centers on question three, how should we play the suites in our own time? My own view is that, performed on a modern cello, the suites must be considered to be transcriptions, similar to harpsichord music played on a modern piano—a singularly ineffective exercise if the pianist me ...
... So the real debate centers on question three, how should we play the suites in our own time? My own view is that, performed on a modern cello, the suites must be considered to be transcriptions, similar to harpsichord music played on a modern piano—a singularly ineffective exercise if the pianist me ...
File - SLCC Eportfolio
... In August 1750, Handel was seriously injured in a carriage accident between The Hague and Haarlem in the Netherlands from Germany to England. In 1751 his eyesight started to get bad because of cataract. He had them operated on but this did not improve his eyesight, ...
... In August 1750, Handel was seriously injured in a carriage accident between The Hague and Haarlem in the Netherlands from Germany to England. In 1751 his eyesight started to get bad because of cataract. He had them operated on but this did not improve his eyesight, ...
UCFullerton Duo Program
... Dr. Borup has been a professor of violin and viola at Fort Lewis College, and while living ...
... Dr. Borup has been a professor of violin and viola at Fort Lewis College, and while living ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1 Wolfgang
... important inspiration for her younger sibling. A true prodigy, Mozart was already an established performer with keen compositional promise at a young age, writing his earliest pieces at the age of five, completing his first symphony just four years later. Highly regarded within classical music, Moza ...
... important inspiration for her younger sibling. A true prodigy, Mozart was already an established performer with keen compositional promise at a young age, writing his earliest pieces at the age of five, completing his first symphony just four years later. Highly regarded within classical music, Moza ...
Beauty Born of Struggle
... > Ludwig van Beethoven composed nine symphonies, five piano concertos, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, an opera, and many songs and pieces of choral and chamber music in his lifetime. Today, nearly 200 years after his death in 1827 at the age of 56, Beethoven is still regarded as one of the mo ...
... > Ludwig van Beethoven composed nine symphonies, five piano concertos, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, an opera, and many songs and pieces of choral and chamber music in his lifetime. Today, nearly 200 years after his death in 1827 at the age of 56, Beethoven is still regarded as one of the mo ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
... sorrowful parting for more than artistic reasons, since he was in love with the 21year-old. »For Msell. Storace and myself « is written in his thematic index, which in this case means that the orchestra was supplemented by a concertante piano part – played by the composer. And no unwarranted interp ...
... sorrowful parting for more than artistic reasons, since he was in love with the 21year-old. »For Msell. Storace and myself « is written in his thematic index, which in this case means that the orchestra was supplemented by a concertante piano part – played by the composer. And no unwarranted interp ...
J.S. Bach, Baroque Music and Moving the Passionate Soul
... Phil Ayers is no stranger to choral music: an Episcopal priest and former chapel organist, he sings with the Portland Symphonic Choir and hosted the popular program Choral Classics on KBPS 89.9 for six years. Here is a tiny slice of Phil’s story in his own words: “I was born in Newton, Kansas right ...
... Phil Ayers is no stranger to choral music: an Episcopal priest and former chapel organist, he sings with the Portland Symphonic Choir and hosted the popular program Choral Classics on KBPS 89.9 for six years. Here is a tiny slice of Phil’s story in his own words: “I was born in Newton, Kansas right ...
Untitled - Cloudfront.net
... Nagy and his relationship with Béla Bartók. It began early in Nagy’s career, when he began to study Bartók’s Viola Concerto, a work he has since performed on many occasions. Obviously, a relationship of such an essential nature is hardly going to be restricted to a single work, and musicians of all ...
... Nagy and his relationship with Béla Bartók. It began early in Nagy’s career, when he began to study Bartók’s Viola Concerto, a work he has since performed on many occasions. Obviously, a relationship of such an essential nature is hardly going to be restricted to a single work, and musicians of all ...
Bach and the Clavichord
... lute or keyboard, and the Sonata in D minor, whose keyboard transcription is attributed to W.F. Bach, make a striking impression on the clavichord. Bach regularly arranged, transcribed and reused his own works as well as those of other composers. And as Agricola reported, “He often played (his Sonat ...
... lute or keyboard, and the Sonata in D minor, whose keyboard transcription is attributed to W.F. Bach, make a striking impression on the clavichord. Bach regularly arranged, transcribed and reused his own works as well as those of other composers. And as Agricola reported, “He often played (his Sonat ...
J. S. Bach and the meaning of learned counterpoint
... ‘natural’ – that is flowing and moving melody – are not purely musical issues: also at stake is a code of conduct that emphasised being pleasing to others, considerate, entertaining, also informal, even amorous, not too serious or ...
... ‘natural’ – that is flowing and moving melody – are not purely musical issues: also at stake is a code of conduct that emphasised being pleasing to others, considerate, entertaining, also informal, even amorous, not too serious or ...
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770
... four of whom died at infancy. He inherited his musical talent from his grandfather, Louis van Beethoven. Beethoven's father, Johann, was also a 2. ___________ but had limited talent and a very aggressive personality. He realised Ludwig's potential, but was disappointed when his son, who developed hi ...
... four of whom died at infancy. He inherited his musical talent from his grandfather, Louis van Beethoven. Beethoven's father, Johann, was also a 2. ___________ but had limited talent and a very aggressive personality. He realised Ludwig's potential, but was disappointed when his son, who developed hi ...
An Exploraton of Baroque Music
... aforementioned men; often the Italy leg of the Grand Tour was not complete without a trip to visit Signore Corelli. (Although the same can be said of Vivaldi; Venice was a hotspot on the Grand Tour.) Corelli worked for a number of important musical patrons, but his most famous employer was Cardinal ...
... aforementioned men; often the Italy leg of the Grand Tour was not complete without a trip to visit Signore Corelli. (Although the same can be said of Vivaldi; Venice was a hotspot on the Grand Tour.) Corelli worked for a number of important musical patrons, but his most famous employer was Cardinal ...
Composer Profiles - Andrew Lesser Music
... origins in the Romantic Period, Felix MendelssohnBartholdy was born into a wealthy Jewish family who gave him every opportunity to study art, music, writing, drawing, and numerous academic subjects. His musical ability materialized early on, and his parents sought out the best piano, composition, an ...
... origins in the Romantic Period, Felix MendelssohnBartholdy was born into a wealthy Jewish family who gave him every opportunity to study art, music, writing, drawing, and numerous academic subjects. His musical ability materialized early on, and his parents sought out the best piano, composition, an ...
Daniel Hope - Music@Menlo
... powerful means of unifying the entire work. The subsidiary theme, flowing and hymnal, is structured as a grand, rainbow-shaped phrase. The Adagio has a certain rhapsodic quality that belies its tightly controlled three-part form. The piano initiates the principal theme of the movement, which is soon ...
... powerful means of unifying the entire work. The subsidiary theme, flowing and hymnal, is structured as a grand, rainbow-shaped phrase. The Adagio has a certain rhapsodic quality that belies its tightly controlled three-part form. The piano initiates the principal theme of the movement, which is soon ...
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
... Despite his father's cruelty and brutal teaching methods, Beethoven showed signs of potential at an early age. At age seven, he was advanced enough to appear in public and his progress became rapid when the composer Christian Gottlob Neefe took over his musical training. In 1780, his Variations for ...
... Despite his father's cruelty and brutal teaching methods, Beethoven showed signs of potential at an early age. At age seven, he was advanced enough to appear in public and his progress became rapid when the composer Christian Gottlob Neefe took over his musical training. In 1780, his Variations for ...