Chao Yao Music 1100-005 Messiah--Hallelujah: This music was composed by George Frederic Handel in 1741‚ and the scriptural text was compiled by Charles Jenney in English. Handel (1685-1759) was one of the music giants in the Baroque time. He mainly lived in England and was famous for his compositions of Italian operas‚ especially for oratorios. Messiah was his sixth work of oratorio. Although its structure resembles that of conventional opera‚ it is not in dramatic form; there are no impersonations
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services. Bach was best known during his lifetime as an organist‚ organ consultant‚ and composer of organ works in both the traditional German free genres such as preludes‚ fantasias‚ and toccatas and stricter forms‚ such as chorale preludes and fugues. According to Ahti Tarkkanen’s historical article Blindness of Johann Sebastian Bach‚ “At the age of 64 years‚ his vision started to decline. By persuasion of his friends‚ he had his both eyes operated by a travelling British eye surgeon. Bach was
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song. Polka and Fugue from the Opera “Schwanda‚ The Bag Piper” was another piece I found fascinating. It was a Chek Folk tale which told the story about the lonely bag piper and his adventures. It started out with the woodwinds playing the theme of a cheery thrill note and triplet. The feel of the music was cheery and you were almost able to hear the story being told. I also enjoyed hearing the Fugue part of the song because that was also something we discussed in class. The fugue was characterized
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of Haydn and Mozart’s sonatas can be listed as examples. Baroque music was in polyphonic texture and counterpoint (Owen‚ 1992). Compare to the polyphonic texture in Baroque‚ music was having less restrictions. For example‚ Scarlatti’s Fugue in G minor “The Cat Fugue”‚ Kp.30 (L.499)‚ there was strict rules about counterpoint and voices imitation. But in Classical period‚ music was simpler. Melody was focused‚ led by one voice only‚ rather than many‚ which were imitating each other or having their own
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theme‚ the cornerstone of baroque music is b. The Fugue 3.) The large group of players in the Concerto Grosso is known as the c. The Tutti 4.) Terraced dynamics refers to d. A sudden alteration from one dynamic level to another 5.) The word movement in music refers to e. A piece that sounds fairly complete and independent but is part of a larger composition 6.) When the subject of the Fugue is presented in the dominant scale it is called f
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Well-Tempered Clavier” and it is a set of 24 preludes and fugues that runs for about 3 hours and 30 minutes if you listen to all of them from start to finish. It starts off rather quietly and peacefully‚ which is great for someone that likes to fall asleep to classical music‚ but the fugues crescendo into faster tempo that makes you want to get up and dance. The preludes are usually retarded to give the player a type of break between the fugues. The music would be considered primitive by today’s standards
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Many musical scholars believe that J. S. Bach and G. F. Handel are the two most important‚ influential composers of the Baroque period. Both of these men were born in Germany in 1685‚ and since they came into existence around the same time‚ they share some similarities. As an introductory statement‚ Bach and Handel were born into two very different families. Handel did not come from a musical family; his father wanted him to study law. By age nine‚ his talent was too obvious for his father to ignore
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“Johann Sebastian Bach” Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the greatest composers in western musical history. More than 1‚000 of his compositions survive. Some examples are the art of fugue‚ Brandenburg Concerti‚ the Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord‚ the‚ Mass in B-minor‚ the motets‚ and the Easter and Christmas oratorios. Bach came from a family of musicians. There were over 53 musicians in his family over a period of 300 years. His father Johann Ambrosius Bach‚ was a talented
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Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Notes Writing of Symphony: Beethoven’s Life • Symphony No.9 in D minor was his last symphony • 12 years after his previous symphony • Lived through three major life crisis o End of romance “immortal beloved”‚ an unknown woman Identified as Antonie Brentano by Maynard Soloman 1811‚ dedicated “An die Geliebte” to her Beethoven often rejected by women‚ sought unavailable women Send Antonie letting proclaiming he was unable to enter lasting relationship
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exploratory prelude first tests the possibilities of a three-note gesture‚ constructed of a small dip down and then a return to the starting note. When a four-voice fugue enters‚ it incorporates that same three-note motive within its subject. After the fugue‚ a free-flowing Adagio brings back the improvisatory mood‚ until it connects to a new fugue‚ this one weaving a fluid‚ perpetual-motion subject into counterpoint for three voices. SONATA IN C MINOR‚ OP.13 NO.8 - ‘PATHETIQUE’ [1798] Ludwig van
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