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 ...
This is GLUZ BIS 1242 REL FINAL
... nineteen-year-old student. It is an intensely difficult piece, somewhat reminiscent in style of Bartók’s Sonata for Solo Violin, but less dissonant and of a smaller scale. The violin was to become an immensely important instrument for Schnittke. He composed a number of works for it, including solo p ...
... nineteen-year-old student. It is an intensely difficult piece, somewhat reminiscent in style of Bartók’s Sonata for Solo Violin, but less dissonant and of a smaller scale. The violin was to become an immensely important instrument for Schnittke. He composed a number of works for it, including solo p ...
Ludwig van Beethoven
... Beethoven was attracted to the idea of enlightenment and romanticism He initially dedicated his third symphony to Napoleon Bonaparte Beethoven may have been a Freemason (this has not been proven) ...
... Beethoven was attracted to the idea of enlightenment and romanticism He initially dedicated his third symphony to Napoleon Bonaparte Beethoven may have been a Freemason (this has not been proven) ...
Bach, Johann Sebastian
... earlier. He did this throughout his life and often made arrangements of other composers' works. ...
... earlier. He did this throughout his life and often made arrangements of other composers' works. ...
Christian Tetzlaff, violin Lars Vogt, piano
... Brahms’s three violin sonatas are works of his fullest maturity. In 1853, he had written a scherzo for a collaborative sonata (Schumann and Albert Dietrich chipped in with the other movements) for Joseph Joachim, but during the following 27 years, he began and destroyed at least four further attempt ...
... Brahms’s three violin sonatas are works of his fullest maturity. In 1853, he had written a scherzo for a collaborative sonata (Schumann and Albert Dietrich chipped in with the other movements) for Joseph Joachim, but during the following 27 years, he began and destroyed at least four further attempt ...
maurice steger recorder revolutionary
... in 1739, “they sing like angels and play the violin, the flute, the organ, the oboe, the cello, and the bassoon; in short there is no instrument, however great it may be, that can daunt them”. The recorder had been popular in Venice as a solo instrument since the Renaissance, but there was relativel ...
... in 1739, “they sing like angels and play the violin, the flute, the organ, the oboe, the cello, and the bassoon; in short there is no instrument, however great it may be, that can daunt them”. The recorder had been popular in Venice as a solo instrument since the Renaissance, but there was relativel ...
Suggested Listening
... Alkan, Charles Henri Valentin (1813-1888): Relatively unknown, a contemporary of Chopin, Liszt, Anton Rubinstein, and Cesar Franck, he produced some of the most powerful piano music of the nineteenth century. Busoni placed him among “the greatest of the postBeethoven piano composers”. Many of his wo ...
... Alkan, Charles Henri Valentin (1813-1888): Relatively unknown, a contemporary of Chopin, Liszt, Anton Rubinstein, and Cesar Franck, he produced some of the most powerful piano music of the nineteenth century. Busoni placed him among “the greatest of the postBeethoven piano composers”. Many of his wo ...
Ludwig Van Beethoven 1770-1827
... books where he and the person he was trying to speak with would write back and forth to each other in the book Beethoven had a horrible temper! He had terrible stomach pains which began in his twenties. The real cause of Beethoven’s death was found to be lead poisoning. This was discovered in 2006 w ...
... books where he and the person he was trying to speak with would write back and forth to each other in the book Beethoven had a horrible temper! He had terrible stomach pains which began in his twenties. The real cause of Beethoven’s death was found to be lead poisoning. This was discovered in 2006 w ...
L`estro prog notes
... English equivalent, there seems to be an implicit promise of both energy and novelty that Vivaldi delivers in full. There are three basic types of concerto in the collection; for one, two, and four violin soloists, with further variations in texture achieved with the occasional use of a solo cello o ...
... English equivalent, there seems to be an implicit promise of both energy and novelty that Vivaldi delivers in full. There are three basic types of concerto in the collection; for one, two, and four violin soloists, with further variations in texture achieved with the occasional use of a solo cello o ...
Vivaldi, Antonio
... alternation of full group and soloists that he helped establish in the concerto. His most famous and somewhat younger contemporary, J. S. Bach, studied Vivaldi's work during his formative years, and some of Vivaldi's violin concertos and sonatas exist only as transcriptions, mostly for harpsichord, ...
... alternation of full group and soloists that he helped establish in the concerto. His most famous and somewhat younger contemporary, J. S. Bach, studied Vivaldi's work during his formative years, and some of Vivaldi's violin concertos and sonatas exist only as transcriptions, mostly for harpsichord, ...
Analysis and Comparison of two Thematically Similar Chamber
... piece but lasts only four measures before coming to a sharp decline. A similar idea persists until we end up back at the recurring theme in measure 42. Next, at measure 55, we return to a similar idea as the A section but a rhythmic variation which appears to be a simple rhythmic diminution. Then, w ...
... piece but lasts only four measures before coming to a sharp decline. A similar idea persists until we end up back at the recurring theme in measure 42. Next, at measure 55, we return to a similar idea as the A section but a rhythmic variation which appears to be a simple rhythmic diminution. Then, w ...
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... elements of all three formats into the single movement structure. He composed works for single voices and experimented with the widest possible range of instrumental colours available to him. He presented works in one or two parts (the latter to be performed before and after the sermon) and a range ...
... elements of all three formats into the single movement structure. He composed works for single voices and experimented with the widest possible range of instrumental colours available to him. He presented works in one or two parts (the latter to be performed before and after the sermon) and a range ...
BMC 24 - SYLVIA MARLOWE - Harpsichord Music by J.S. Bach
... Handel seems to have been very fond of writing sets of Variations on a given “Air” or melody, and included several in his Harpsichord Suites published in 1720. The “Harmonious Blacksmith” Variations (not recorded here, but hear them on BMC 21) provide a well-known example. The present Air with Varia ...
... Handel seems to have been very fond of writing sets of Variations on a given “Air” or melody, and included several in his Harpsichord Suites published in 1720. The “Harmonious Blacksmith” Variations (not recorded here, but hear them on BMC 21) provide a well-known example. The present Air with Varia ...
Chapter 11: Class of 1685 (II): The Vocal Music of Handel and Bach
... 3. Bach’s view was vastly different—he belonged to an earlier era when music could persuade and reveal. If what he wished to convey was positive, the music conveyed that. But if he was after a different emotion or reaction, Bach could write very disturbing music that is difficult to accept as “pleas ...
... 3. Bach’s view was vastly different—he belonged to an earlier era when music could persuade and reveal. If what he wished to convey was positive, the music conveyed that. But if he was after a different emotion or reaction, Bach could write very disturbing music that is difficult to accept as “pleas ...
Johann Sebastian Bach
... Unfortunately, three months into his second marriage, he died of a serious illness. ...
... Unfortunately, three months into his second marriage, he died of a serious illness. ...
Mozart - Arrow Music Center
... wrote his first symphony. He was already so good that he could play any song put in front of him on the clavier, violin, and organ! At age 14, he finished his first opera. Mozart was a musical prodigy. His father guided Mozart’s career and was touring concerts all over Europe. His father not only wa ...
... wrote his first symphony. He was already so good that he could play any song put in front of him on the clavier, violin, and organ! At age 14, he finished his first opera. Mozart was a musical prodigy. His father guided Mozart’s career and was touring concerts all over Europe. His father not only wa ...
Chapter 10
... was originally offered to Telemann, who declined. Bach’s reputation has, of course, risen since then, and he is now often considered the greatest composer of instrumental music in the Baroque period. Between these two composers, much can be found which is seemingly modern. Both were capable of varie ...
... was originally offered to Telemann, who declined. Bach’s reputation has, of course, risen since then, and he is now often considered the greatest composer of instrumental music in the Baroque period. Between these two composers, much can be found which is seemingly modern. Both were capable of varie ...
Franz Peter Schubert (January 31, 1797 * November 19, 1828)
... Sebastian was fifteen years old when he left his brother’s home to look for a job. He would often go from town to town looking for work as a musician. Some jobs were better than others. When he was seventeen he got a great job as a violinist in the royal court at Celle, Germany. However as part of ...
... Sebastian was fifteen years old when he left his brother’s home to look for a job. He would often go from town to town looking for work as a musician. Some jobs were better than others. When he was seventeen he got a great job as a violinist in the royal court at Celle, Germany. However as part of ...
BACH 727 - BACH on the PEDAL-HARPSICHORD
... With the Chaconne/Passacaglia/Variations group, musical patterns are created with a tune or bass line, and its implied harmonies. The Goldberg Variations is one of the finest examples of “Air with Variations”; additionally there are numerous examples of Baroque compositions featuring variations on C ...
... With the Chaconne/Passacaglia/Variations group, musical patterns are created with a tune or bass line, and its implied harmonies. The Goldberg Variations is one of the finest examples of “Air with Variations”; additionally there are numerous examples of Baroque compositions featuring variations on C ...
The following notes are copyright Susan Halpern 2012. String
... The string quintet has never had a grasp on composers in the way the string quartet, which is the medium of so much of the world's greatest music, has had. In the generation before Beethoven, Joseph Haydn wrote some eighty quartets but not a single quintet. He said he had not written a quintet only ...
... The string quintet has never had a grasp on composers in the way the string quartet, which is the medium of so much of the world's greatest music, has had. In the generation before Beethoven, Joseph Haydn wrote some eighty quartets but not a single quintet. He said he had not written a quintet only ...
May 5 Program Notes: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
... the stereotype of the hyper-emotive, crisis-ridden Tchaikovsky takes a holiday; in its stead we encounter an almost Mediterranean gracefulness. Beneath all the pyrotechnics, meanwhile, lies a wealth of inventive reimagining of the material. The first theme, for example, cleverly emerges from what se ...
... the stereotype of the hyper-emotive, crisis-ridden Tchaikovsky takes a holiday; in its stead we encounter an almost Mediterranean gracefulness. Beneath all the pyrotechnics, meanwhile, lies a wealth of inventive reimagining of the material. The first theme, for example, cleverly emerges from what se ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-‐1791) By the time Mozart was
... of enmity and struggle, since he could not support his artistic needs and was noticeably and frequently absent. The finest early symphonies and concerti come from this period, with an unlikely spike ...
... of enmity and struggle, since he could not support his artistic needs and was noticeably and frequently absent. The finest early symphonies and concerti come from this period, with an unlikely spike ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Essay Research Paper Wolfgang
... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Essay, Research Paper Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The remarkable musician and composer by the name of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756. At the early ages of three and four, Wolfgang exhibited extraordinary powers of music memory and ear-sophistication ...
... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Essay, Research Paper Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The remarkable musician and composer by the name of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756. At the early ages of three and four, Wolfgang exhibited extraordinary powers of music memory and ear-sophistication ...
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Suite No. 4 in G
... “Why do you not care for Mozart? In this respect our opinions differ, dear friend. I not only like Mozart, I idolize him. To me, the most beautiful opera ever written is Don Giovanni ... In his chamber music, Mozart charms me by his purity and distinction of style, and by his exquisite handling of d ...
... “Why do you not care for Mozart? In this respect our opinions differ, dear friend. I not only like Mozart, I idolize him. To me, the most beautiful opera ever written is Don Giovanni ... In his chamber music, Mozart charms me by his purity and distinction of style, and by his exquisite handling of d ...
Societal Views of Music and Composers, 1685-1827
... composing another in his head. His sight-reading was perfect as was his ear -- he could tell if an instrument was the least bit out of tune. He could play back or even write out any piece note for note -- and even improve on it -- having heard it just once. Consequently, his mind soaked up music of ...
... composing another in his head. His sight-reading was perfect as was his ear -- he could tell if an instrument was the least bit out of tune. He could play back or even write out any piece note for note -- and even improve on it -- having heard it just once. Consequently, his mind soaked up music of ...