from this piece of music that his life as a composer spurred from. Gareth Farr began his studies at the University of Auckland. He studied in composition‚ orchestration and electronic music. As a job he also performed in the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra. Farr was a capable musician and was always available and keen to play new works by other composers. He returned to further his
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Enlightenment. Haydn impacted the Enlightenment by providing his compositions with distinctive style. He started his career when he was hired by the Esterhazy family‚ giving him the chance to write and compose symphonies and conduct orchestras. Also known as the Father of the Symphony or String Quartet‚ he invented the idea of sonatas (History Reference Center 1). His best known piece‚ the Emperor Quartet‚ was so well written that it was the national anthem of Austria until the end of World War
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Beethoven’s Emperor The concert was in after Thanksgiving Day. After tiring Black Friday shopping‚ I thought symphony would be relaxing for me and I wasn’t wrong about my thoughts. When I bought my ticket‚ I thought I was going to listen just Beethoven but I was wrong. I listened different pieces from different composers. I was perceptive listener. I did my best to observe as much as I can and through this observation I took some notes during the concert in order to write my report. First piece was
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learned how to handle this‚ Beethoven began to write his greatest works. Beethoven was such a perfectionist that he would rework his musical compositions for years until they were perfect. It is incredible that during his life‚ Beethoven wrote nine symphonies and thirty-two piano sonatas. Because of these problems‚ Beethoven never had many close friends or happy relationships. The music he created showed this and
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accepted the position of Vice-Capellmeister (Assistant Musical Director) at the Esterhazy Palace in Vienna. His three “Time of Day symphonies” were composed the same year‚ beginning with No. 6 that spring . The three symphonies were among some of his earliest commissions from the new patron‚ who seemed to have had a strong liking for program music . The idea for the symphonies is said to have been suggested by Prince Anton Esterhazy himself . The Prince loved Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” piece‚ and wanted
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changes through out the piece. It started out sounding like a battle symphony where Tchaikovsky used the instruments to make a choppy sound‚ which reminded me of a march‚ as well as gun sounds. He has a great use of crescendo at the beginning. Along with increasing the sound level he also increases the tempo and brings the piece into a dramatic point as all of the instruments join. This includes many different types of instruments: orchestra‚ woodwind‚ and percussion. This composer also has a great use
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producing orchestras that would violate the image of an “accomplished woman”. Within George Upton’s book Woman in Music‚ he underlines the faults of women being unable to perform in the professional music industry and attributes unstable emotions as the reason for their failure. Although misogynistic norms deemed women as emotionally unstable‚ scientifically impaired‚ and virtually unfit to compete with the musical canon‚ Amy Beach transcended the role of a docile woman. Her most renowned symphony‚ the
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set a mood or suggested a scene. This symphonic poem was quite different from the typical symphony seen in the Classical Era‚ mainly it had only one movement and was the devoid of many of the structural characteristics of symphonies‚ making them much more free-verse than the symphonies; another particularly obvious difference was the fact that the symphonic poem was programmatic in nature‚ while the symphony was absolute in nature. However‚ there were some similarities‚ mainly the fact that they were
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Guide to Music History Part 1 – Introduction Whether you need to brush up on your knowledge of musical styles for your grade six music theory exam (or higher)‚ or are just keen to learn more about our rich heritage of “classical” music‚ I hope this new series of articles about the history of classical music will offer you something of interest. Here’s a quick introduction to the new series! Each article will take a brief look at one of the main eras that “classical” music is divided into. I’m using
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The German Symphony Gannon describes the German culture like a symphony. The Germans have a very rich history of symphonies and orchestras. They have produced some of the greatest conductors and composers of all time. Beethoven‚ Mozart‚ Bach‚ and Handel are some of the few composers Germany has provided the world. Germans frequent the symphony regularly and many Germans play musical instruments as a hobby to carry on tradition. “German music is not only integral‚ it is serious; it is not generally
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