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“As an artist, as a musician, Mozart was not a man of this world”. – Albert Einstein Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the greatest and most celebrated composer of the classical period and the most gifted musical genius in history. Born in January 27, 1756 in Salzburg , Mozart was not appreciated as a composer during … Read more
Week Seven Essay Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D Minor Op. 125 is a symphony unlike any other. This piece of music explores innovations in a vast array of characteristics and style techniques which brings universal appeal among audiences everywhere. Beethoven, who wrote this Symphony from 1822-1824, envisioned music set to the poem … Read more
Ludwig van Beethoven was born December 16, 1770, in Bonn, German. was a German pianist and composer widely considered the greatest of all time. Beethoven’s personal life was marked by a struggle against deafness, and some of his most important works were composed during the last 10 years of his life. Beethoven died March 26, … Read more
The third movement of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13 is an excellent example of sonata-rondo form. It conforms to the expectations of a hybrid of this kind, utilizing elements of both the sonata and seven-part rondo (ABACABA) forms. It completes four full rotations as described in Hepokoski and Darcy’s model, including a … Read more
Seminal 1990s Irish rock group The Cranberries’ vocalist Dolores O’Riordan has passed away at the age of 46, a publicist confirmed to BBC. A statement which relayed the news of O’Riordan’s death read: “The lead singer with the Irish band The Cranberries was in London for a short recording session. No further details are available … Read more
Impressionism music dynamic part in between 1875 and 1925 and it was a way to show your mood and emotion through music and using instruments to create a feel or a picture to the audiences and the listeners of the piece this was usually made for people to get a picture in people’s minds while … Read more
The concept of an entire race being born into a system subconsciously and socially degrading them is appalling. Underprivileged and undeserving, these unfortunate people groups are cast into mediocrity and suppressed under the unbearable weight of white supremacy. African Americans in particular experience this at as great or greater a degree as any other race, … Read more
Self Agency and Sexuality in Don Giovanni Don Giovanni, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, follows the endeavors of a libertarian, sexual deviant, and elite member of society, Don Giovanni. Both from the libretto and numerous interpretations of the text, it is is clear that Don Giovanni has a clear disregard for the ‘rules’ of society, … Read more
Woody Allen describes Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 as a composition that proved the existence of God. There is a reason that Allen, several other scholars of the classical period, and the majority of music lovers alike consider Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphony to be one of extremes. The innovative and artistic mastery … Read more
The poem “Kubla Khan”, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is full of various auditory devices such as assonance and alliteration. Also, it defines the intimate emotionalism of romanticism and is considered a musical poem, as can be seen in the opening five lines:“ In Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure-dome decree:Where Alph, the sacred river, ranThrough … Read more
Self Agency and Sexuality in Don Giovanni Don Giovanni, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, follows the endeavors of a libertarian, sexual deviant, and elite member of society, Don Giovanni. Both from the libretto and numerous interpretations of the text, it is is clear that Don Giovanni has a clear disregard for the ‘rules’ of society, … Read more
Woody Allen describes Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 as a composition that proved the existence of God. There is a reason that Allen, several other scholars of the classical period, and the majority of music lovers alike consider Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphony to be one of extremes. The innovative and artistic mastery … Read more
The question on who should be held responsible for Angie Bachmann gambling debts has been a matter of debate over years, with various scholars holding her responsible for this. Other scholars associate the casino to be responsible for her gambling debts. Angie Bachmann is a pseudonym, but the events are real life happenings. Her gambling … Read more
The era of Romantic music is defined as the period of European classical music that runs roughly from 1820 to 1900, as well as music written according to the norms and styles of that period. It was the start of a new set of ideas. It started as a reaction against the Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, … Read more
In Zurich, Switzerland, in 1852, Richard Wagner met a woman named Mathilde Wesendonck. She was married to a silk merchant who came to enjoy the music composed by Wagner so much that he eventually granted the composer a place to stay on the Wesendonck property. It was not long before Wagner developed a romantic interest … Read more
Week Four Essay Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major Op. 55, or famously known as the “Eroica Symphony,” is one of the composer’s most celebrated works. This piece marks the beginning of the composer’s second of three musical periods and is considered to be a significant turning point in classical style composition … Read more
The music world is occupied by both the memory and current life of the musical equivalent to Albert Einstein. Often times these musical geniuses are grouped together based on their style, where they are from, or even their personal lives. An unfortunate example of this grouping is Bach and Handel. An author by the name … Read more
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was born in 1685 in Naples (then part of Spain now part of Italy), the sixth of the ten children of composer and teacher Alessandro. Growing up in Naples he most likely studied under his father and Francesco Gasparini, a Venetian composer. While in Venice it appears Scarlatti became a close friend … Read more
John Sebastian Bach was born during the year of 1685 and died during the year of 1750. He was a German organist and the most modern composer of the first half of the eighteenth century. Bach composed his music during Baroque period of European classical music and this period is said to end with his … Read more
The American Composer named Eric Whitacre Eric Whitacre was born on the date January 2, 1970 in the town of Reno, Nevada. Whitacre grew up in his home-town Reno and began his musical career with his junior high marching band led by a man named Jim Burnett. He later changed to playing synthesizer in techno-pop … Read more
By the 19th-century, according to Hawthorne and Melville, a man’s home was no longer his castle, but an effete parlor-room, a locus of stripped and castrated masculinity that hampered the development of classically intellectual and original literature in favor of the mawkish and uniform. While Hawthorne’s and Melville’s story “The Paradise of Bachelors” both show … Read more
Conductor Paragraph Some people are very skilled at appearing much more proficient at what they do than how qualified they are in reality. From athletes to singers, some people are even able to make a living off of appearing talented even if they lack any talent. Famed composer Igor Stravinsky details this phenomenon by his … Read more
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 is a sheet of music that composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and there’s two versions that was separated composed by 1788 and 1780. This is one of the two Minor Symphony that was written by Mozart in his whole life. This music was first inspired by Storm … Read more
