Clara Schumann is one of the‚ if not the most famous female composer‚ especially during her lifetime in the romantic era. She was born on the 13th September 1819 in Leipzig as Clara Wieck. Her father‚ Friedrich Wieck‚ was a music pedagogue and famous piano teacher‚ and did everything to educate Clara as a pianist‚ but also as a composer‚ which was not usual by this time. She wrote „piano trio op.17“ when she was only 14 years old. Another famous piece of her was the „piano concerto op.7“. It did
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After some researching. the one composer that caught my ear and attention was Cecile Louise Stephanie Chaminade‚ most commonly known as Cecile Chaminade. She was a French composer and pianist. From the years of her birth in 1857 to her death in Monte Carlo in 1944‚ she composed over a hundred pieces that gave her a wide range of admirers. What really caught my attention about Chaminade was the fact that her father disapproved of her musical education. With the strong passion she had‚ she continued
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John Williams Born in Queens‚ NY‚ in 1932‚ John Williams is arguably the most sought-after composer in Hollywood today. Musically‚ John Williams greatly influences my work and I find his grandiose‚ sweeping scores a benchmark to which I would like to progress to in my composing career. With 47 Academy Award nominations‚ he is the most nominated musician in Academy Awards history and the second-most nominated person of all-time (second to Walt Disney). However‚ Williams’ rise to fame has been
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originated from Saxons‚ upper Hungary) BORN AT: at a Banatian town in the kingdom of Hungary DEATH: September 26‚ 1945 He died at New York due to Leukemia he was considered to be one of the most important composer of the 20th century Bartok and Liszt was regarded as Hungary’s greatest composers Founder of Enthnomology was known for his journey in search of native music and indigenous performance practices 1st wife: Marta Ziegler‚ his student‚ they had 1 son‚ Bartok’s The Bluebears’s castle was
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How Does the Composer Create meaning in the tempest? Refer to techniques and quotes in your answer Meaning increases the understanding and view of the world and by the use of dramatic techniques‚ themes and character development Shakespeare creates depth and insight to provide the reader with a view of the world from his perspective. In The Tempest Shakespeare uses themes such as power‚ colonisation and distinguishing man from monster to create meaning and also techniques such as exclamations
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There have been numerous vocalists who did not compose their own particular tunes‚ in the course of the most recent couple of decades. Some eventual considered geniuses or acclaimed. There likewise have been musicians who were bad vocalists. Some sang their own particular music they had composed however they never got to be known as extraordinary vocalists. At that point there are artist/musicians. They are not so much preferred or more terrible over "minor" artists or "simple" musicians. They
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Duke Ellington Duke Ellington was one of America’s most prolific composers. He led and played piano for one of the century’s most successful jazz orchestra. Although he excelled in big band jazz arrangements‚ He composed in a variety of forms including large scale abstract instrumental works as well as songs‚ night production numbers‚ and dance tunes. Duke Ellington’s music is known for linking images and sound. He often referred to many of his compositions as “portraits or tone parallels”. Duke
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There were a lot of great composers in the Baroque period. One of the composers that was very famous during this period was Johann Sebastian Bach. He was considered a magnificent baroque-era composer. Bach had a distinguished musical descend and took on various organist positions during the early 18th century. Bach won the post of organist at the court of the Duke Wilhelm Ernst in Weimar. He wrote many church cantatas and some of his best compositions for the organ while working for the duke. During
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Rameau was one of the most important French Composers of the Baroque era.Little is known about his early life‚ only that he was able to play the harpischord at a young age and that he was studying to be a lawyer until his parents gave him the blessing to become a musician. H ewas a violinist in a troupe for a while. He did not get real acclaim until his publication of the Traité de l’harmonie‚ which is the foundation of studies of tonal harmony today. The Lully traditionalists were against him because
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Kevin McCray Ms. Smith General Music 4 December 2008 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Born May 7‚ 1840 in Votkinsk‚ Russia‚ Tchaikovsky was a famous composer during the romantic time period of music and was the most famous Russian composer. Tchaikovsky was born to a small middle class family. His father was a miner and his mom died when he was 14. He started learning to play piano at the age of 5 and soon showed a great talent for it. At age 10 he was sent to the School of Jurisprudence at St. Petersburg
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