It is arguable that some Romantic music made greater demands upon its listeners than did music of previous historical periods. What were those demands? Why did these changes come about? And what strategies can you formulate for listening to this music today? In consideration of the musical changes present in the Romantic era‚ this essay will contend that these changes are very much related to the wider social and technological changes in society around that time. Thus‚ it is important
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Mozart Sonata No. 12 in F Major K. 332 First Movement Rachel Gilmore MTC 461.001 November 26‚ 2012 The first movement of Mozart’s piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major is written fairly typically in the very structured sonata form. Historically is follows the main guidelines that were understood for the form. Harmonically‚ is progresses like expected. There are a few surprises here and there‚ but they are typical for Mozart’s compositions‚ especially his sonatas of the 18th century. In all‚ it makes
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The Well-tempered Prelude and Fugue Part 1 in G minor BWV 861 J.S. Bach (1680-1750) Johann Sebastian Bach was a great composer and performer‚ born in Eisenach Thuringia Germany. Future musicians praised him as ‘father of music’; throughout his life he had composed countless beautiful pieces‚ including the Brandenburg concertos‚ the Mass in B minor‚ The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book 1 & Book 2) etc. The Well-Tempered Clavier is considered to have a set of the Prelude and Fugue for each piece. They
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learn to play the piano or sing in order to improve their marriage opportunities as well as to provide entertainment. However‚ the influence of the Enlightenment philosophy from the past century indicated that women should only be educated to become a wife and a mother‚ preventing the early 19th century women from taking music as a profession (Halstead‚ 1997). In the same way‚ Fanny Mendelssohn‚ the eldest child of a wealthy converted Jewish family in 19th century Germany was given piano lessons from
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figure of the musical arts. He was in the eras between the Classical and Romantic. Beethoven was baptized in the year of 1770‚ on the 17th day‚ of the month in December in the city Bonn‚ Germany. Beethoven was man who kept widening the scopes of sonata‚ symphony‚ concerto and quartet. He would also combine his music with vocals and instruments in a whole new way. During the life of Beethoven‚ he had the struggle of deafness. The time where he made the most of the important works was the last ten
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End-of-Semester Program Notes I. Allegro from Sonata in G minor for flute and harpsichord Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) BWV 1020 The Sonata in G minor‚ BWV 1020‚ is traditionally attributed to Bach‚ but it is almost certainly not a work by J.S. Bach; it may‚ however‚ have been composed by his son C.P.E. Bach. The originally intended ensemble seems to be flute and harpsichord‚ but the work is commonly performed on both flute and violin. Anyways‚ this is an elegant piece of lateBaroque chamber
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melodies were at time very emotional with a sudden burst of excitement which maybe an expression of anger. The second part of the concert was limited in variety but with a thicker texture. The instruments involved only the piano the interesting part however‚ was that two piano played a single piece as a duet. When I was a kid I had a very special
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many concertos scored for a wide variety of Instruments‚ violin‚ cello‚ clarinet‚ harpsichord‚ trumpet‚ trombone‚ oboe and many more. The most important instrument in the history of the 18th and 19th-century concerto was the piano. More concertos were published for the piano than for any other instrument. The concerto originated from the concerto grosso of the Baroque Era. The concerto grosso is where a small group of players combined‚ contrasted or alternated with the larger orchestral group these
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for listening and playing. The conductor was very lively and you could tell that he was very passionate about this polyphonic textured piece. I loved how within the movements the instruments were very dramatic‚ loud and repetitive. Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor was the next piece to be played by the orchestra. Overall‚ it was my favorite piece because the pianist was absolutely amazing‚ even though the concerto starts off with strings. Felix Mendelssohn was born on February 3‚
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Throughout this paper I will be analyzing the “Symphony No. 94 in G Major” composed by one of the best composers of the classical period joseph haydn. i watched the event on youtube.com‚ this musical event took place in copley symphony hall on june 5 2011. the copley music hall was established in 1929 but at that it was called the “fox theatre movie palace‚ but later on it became under the property of the san diego symphony‚ this acquisition took place in 1984‚ they renovated the hall dramatically
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