Raff Suite for violin and orchestra op.180
... of the “double” later became the trio in instrumental tripartite dance form derivatives, but was often an elaborate variation of the main section. Raff worked this into the general concept of developmental elaboration. Raff’s trademark device, the virtually instantaneous extension of pithily stated ...
... of the “double” later became the trio in instrumental tripartite dance form derivatives, but was often an elaborate variation of the main section. Raff worked this into the general concept of developmental elaboration. Raff’s trademark device, the virtually instantaneous extension of pithily stated ...
Johann Sebastian Bach*s Biography
... • Religious controversy arose in the town between the Lutherans and the Pietists. The Pietists were very strict and did not approve of art and music. • This controversy caused Bach to look for different employment. • 1708 the Duke of Weimer offered him a post among his court chamber musicians. • Alt ...
... • Religious controversy arose in the town between the Lutherans and the Pietists. The Pietists were very strict and did not approve of art and music. • This controversy caused Bach to look for different employment. • 1708 the Duke of Weimer offered him a post among his court chamber musicians. • Alt ...
Johann Sebastian Bach. - Bulletin Boards for the Music Classroom
... oculist John Taylor. The operations and the treatment that followed them may have hastened Bach's death. ...
... oculist John Taylor. The operations and the treatment that followed them may have hastened Bach's death. ...
Chord Conundrum: Examining the Performance
... This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by CSU ePress. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of CSU ePress. ...
... This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by CSU ePress. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of CSU ePress. ...
ANGELA HEWITT: BACH ODYSSEY I
... Beloved Brother’, BWV992, was always thought to have been written in honour of another older brother, the oboist Johann Jakob, who went off in 1704 to join the band of the Swedish king, Charles XII. Christoph Wolff, in his book Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician (New York, 2000), puts forwa ...
... Beloved Brother’, BWV992, was always thought to have been written in honour of another older brother, the oboist Johann Jakob, who went off in 1704 to join the band of the Swedish king, Charles XII. Christoph Wolff, in his book Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician (New York, 2000), puts forwa ...
Mendelssohn, Concerto for violin and orchestra in E minor, Op. 64
... form of a classical concerto in many ways, the most immediate being the entry of the soloist almost from the outset the composition, which also occurs in his First Piano Concerto. Although the first movement is mostly in sonata form, Mendelssohn has the first theme played by the solo violin and then ...
... form of a classical concerto in many ways, the most immediate being the entry of the soloist almost from the outset the composition, which also occurs in his First Piano Concerto. Although the first movement is mostly in sonata form, Mendelssohn has the first theme played by the solo violin and then ...
Antonio Vivaldi Fun Facts
... material) form regularly in fast movements, and his use of it became a model; the same is true of his three-movement plan (fast-slow-fast). His methods of securing greater thematic unity were widely copied, especially the integration of solo and ritornello material; his vigorous rhythmic patterns, h ...
... material) form regularly in fast movements, and his use of it became a model; the same is true of his three-movement plan (fast-slow-fast). His methods of securing greater thematic unity were widely copied, especially the integration of solo and ritornello material; his vigorous rhythmic patterns, h ...
NEW • NOUVEAUTE • NEUHEIT
... artist Ferruccio Busoni formed from Bach and set on its own new compositional ground. Here we present another audiophile mind-expanding experience in the field of late-romantic sound splendor — certainly more than merely a “fully valid Busoni disc” (FonoForum). ...
... artist Ferruccio Busoni formed from Bach and set on its own new compositional ground. Here we present another audiophile mind-expanding experience in the field of late-romantic sound splendor — certainly more than merely a “fully valid Busoni disc” (FonoForum). ...
jolantasosnowska.com
... Jolanta’s knowledge and expertise of Baroque, Classical, Romantic & Contemporary violin allows her to interpret each composer’s intent with remarkable intuition & sophistication. Jolanta’s performances in Europe, United States, Peru, Mexico & Japan have received critical acclaim and audience appreci ...
... Jolanta’s knowledge and expertise of Baroque, Classical, Romantic & Contemporary violin allows her to interpret each composer’s intent with remarkable intuition & sophistication. Jolanta’s performances in Europe, United States, Peru, Mexico & Japan have received critical acclaim and audience appreci ...
Do you like Bach`s music? Listen.
... c. He had to live with his brother then. d. He loved playing the organ after school when he was young. e. When he turned 18, he got a job as an organist in a church. f. He was a father of twenty children. He had to work very hard. g. He wrote music, conducted choirs, and taught in the church’s schoo ...
... c. He had to live with his brother then. d. He loved playing the organ after school when he was young. e. When he turned 18, he got a job as an organist in a church. f. He was a father of twenty children. He had to work very hard. g. He wrote music, conducted choirs, and taught in the church’s schoo ...
Antonio Vivaldi
... • When Antonio Vivaldi was born there was a earthquake going on. • His first known performance was in 1696. • During his life he dealt with Bronchial asthma. • Many of his compositions were written for the female music ensemble of the opedale della pieta’ an orphanage for poor and illegitimate child ...
... • When Antonio Vivaldi was born there was a earthquake going on. • His first known performance was in 1696. • During his life he dealt with Bronchial asthma. • Many of his compositions were written for the female music ensemble of the opedale della pieta’ an orphanage for poor and illegitimate child ...
“Allegra assai” from Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in
... Bach’s collection of originally twelve fugues and two canons lives on today as one of his greatest masterpieces. The title itself was added by one of Bach’s son in laws and in its final version printed after Bach’s death we find fourteen fugues and four canons. Contrapunctus XIV was left incomplet ...
... Bach’s collection of originally twelve fugues and two canons lives on today as one of his greatest masterpieces. The title itself was added by one of Bach’s son in laws and in its final version printed after Bach’s death we find fourteen fugues and four canons. Contrapunctus XIV was left incomplet ...
Inside Story
... Committed, heartfelt performances of music by an individual passionate voice... “For 15 years now, Piers Hellawell has been building a steady reputation as a musical non-conformist. The present disc features two concerto-type works from either end of the last decade, and a string quartet work that d ...
... Committed, heartfelt performances of music by an individual passionate voice... “For 15 years now, Piers Hellawell has been building a steady reputation as a musical non-conformist. The present disc features two concerto-type works from either end of the last decade, and a string quartet work that d ...
Johann Sebastian Bach
... 10:00 Minutes into the piece he starts to slow down on in between his ascending then will speed up and soften his notes changing his piece once again adding onto what he is already doing. So by this time he has three separate styles transitioned into one. Clearly show his creative music skills and a ...
... 10:00 Minutes into the piece he starts to slow down on in between his ascending then will speed up and soften his notes changing his piece once again adding onto what he is already doing. So by this time he has three separate styles transitioned into one. Clearly show his creative music skills and a ...
Johann Sebastian Bach`s first lesson.
... curt organist to Duke Wilhelm Emst, it marked the third time in 5 years that he had changed positions because of unfavorable circumstances. ...
... curt organist to Duke Wilhelm Emst, it marked the third time in 5 years that he had changed positions because of unfavorable circumstances. ...
BeethovenLifeandBackground
... Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770. Beethoven’s childhood can be characterized as a bad one, as his father was an alcoholic and while “teaching” his son to play the piano, would routinely hit, slap, and push the young boy. Several times, he was even locked in the home’s basement ...
... Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770. Beethoven’s childhood can be characterized as a bad one, as his father was an alcoholic and while “teaching” his son to play the piano, would routinely hit, slap, and push the young boy. Several times, he was even locked in the home’s basement ...
Programme Notes Faure - Requiem
... bolder a composer’s music the more worthwhile it must be. Fauré deliberately avoided the grander kind of orchestral music that could easily have brought him fame and fortune. He preferred instead to embrace an elegant and subtle musical language that eventually won him increasing numbers of admirers ...
... bolder a composer’s music the more worthwhile it must be. Fauré deliberately avoided the grander kind of orchestral music that could easily have brought him fame and fortune. He preferred instead to embrace an elegant and subtle musical language that eventually won him increasing numbers of admirers ...
Baroque music performance: “authentic” or “traditional”
... pressure of the player's thumb which was placed under the bow strings. The more cumbersome method of holding the bow which this required, would have dictated slower performance speeds. But more significantly, the tension, being maintained by the player’s thumb, could be tightened for single-line mel ...
... pressure of the player's thumb which was placed under the bow strings. The more cumbersome method of holding the bow which this required, would have dictated slower performance speeds. But more significantly, the tension, being maintained by the player’s thumb, could be tightened for single-line mel ...
Magnificent Musicians
... Kyle and Cassidy had to write a report together on a famous musician. They had one problem—they could not decide which musician to choose. Kyle wanted to do the report on John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), a famous American composer and bandmaster; Cassidy wanted to do it on Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1 ...
... Kyle and Cassidy had to write a report together on a famous musician. They had one problem—they could not decide which musician to choose. Kyle wanted to do the report on John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), a famous American composer and bandmaster; Cassidy wanted to do it on Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1 ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fact Sheet
... 18th century equivalent of illegal downloading. He sat in the Sistine Chapel in Rome, listening to a piece of music that was considered to be so special that it was illegal to write it down or even sing it outside the Chapel. The boy, however, heard it once, went home and wrote out the five-part wor ...
... 18th century equivalent of illegal downloading. He sat in the Sistine Chapel in Rome, listening to a piece of music that was considered to be so special that it was illegal to write it down or even sing it outside the Chapel. The boy, however, heard it once, went home and wrote out the five-part wor ...
Program Notes - Chamber Music Tulsa
... In the eighteenth century, music publishers did not consider string quartets substantial enough to be published individually. Instead, they were printed in sets of six, much as Baroque concertos were a century earlier. Beethoven would later break this mold, releasing his last seven quartets as frees ...
... In the eighteenth century, music publishers did not consider string quartets substantial enough to be published individually. Instead, they were printed in sets of six, much as Baroque concertos were a century earlier. Beethoven would later break this mold, releasing his last seven quartets as frees ...
Inside Out Mozart and Schubert
... Schubert’s great gift was his poetry, and his many songs, like Ave Maria, remain as fresh today as when they were first written. He was born in Vienna on January 31st, 1797. In 1808, at the age of 11, he passed an audition for the Imperial Chapel and entered the Stadtkonvit under the direction of th ...
... Schubert’s great gift was his poetry, and his many songs, like Ave Maria, remain as fresh today as when they were first written. He was born in Vienna on January 31st, 1797. In 1808, at the age of 11, he passed an audition for the Imperial Chapel and entered the Stadtkonvit under the direction of th ...