Bach then received a scholarship to St. Michael’s school in Lüneberg where he studied music alongside many other subjects. His first job in music was organist at a church in Arnstadt, Germany. In 1717, Bach was offered a job at the court of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, located about 30 miles northwest of Leipzig, Germany. When he changed jobs, Bach also changed the style of his music from organ music that was typically made for churches to music he thought the prince would enjoy. The music became sort of a chamber style, since the Prince himself played in a chamber group.
THE CLASSICAL PERIOD (1750-1825) THE CLASSICAL PERIOD OF MUSIC 1) TIME OF GREAT MUSICAL EXPERIMENTATION AND DISCOVERY 2) CENTERS AROUND ACHIEVEMENTS OF VIENNESE SCHOOL A) HAYDN B) MOZART C) BEETHOVEN 3) THREE CHALLENGING PROBLEMS A) EXPLORE MAJOR-MINOR SYSTEM TO ITS FULLEST B) TO PERFECT A LARGE FORM OF ABSOLUTE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC (THE SONATA CYCLE) C) TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ITS (SONATA CYCLE) VARIOUS TYPES 1) SONATA 2) CONCERTO SYMPHONY 3) ELEMENTS OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD 1) ELEGANT AND LYRICAL MELODIES A) ELEGANT AND LYRICAL MELODIES B) CLEAR-CUT CADENCES 2) THE HARMONIES THAT SUSTAINED THESE MELODIES A) FIRMLY ROOTED IN THE KEY RHYTHM 3) A) MUSIC WAS IN EITHER 2, 3, 4, OR 6/8 B) STAYED IN RHYTHMIC STYLE IT BEGAN WITH 4) FORM A) UNFOLDED
Describe the ways in which Beethoven makes use of form and tonality in the first movement The first movement of Beethoven’s First Symphony is in sonata form. This means that the movement is divided into four sections, the first subject, the bridge, the second subject and the codetta. The movement starts off in the tonic key of C major. It remains in this key for a few bars until in changes to D minor in bar nineteen. The first subject starts at bar thirteen and ends at bar thirty-three on a perfect cadence in C major.
He was the second son of Russian immigrants. He discovered his natural talent for music when he was young. George dropped out of school at the age of 15, where he began he career playing in New York nightclubs. After three years of pounding out tunes on the piano for demanding customers, he was transformed into a highly skilled composer. To earn extra cash, he also worked as a rehearsal pianist for Broadway singers.
I composed many pieces, including La Damnation de Faust, Les Ballet des ombres, Cleopatre, Neuf melodies irlandaises, and most notably, Symphonie fantastique, Symphonie funèbre et triomphale and the Roman Carnival scene of Benvenuto Cellini. At age 27, my most popular music, Symphonie fantastique,was premiered for the first time in Paris at the Conservatory. Turns out that Chopin and Liszt were in the audience. Unfortunately, I was not allowed to conduct my own music until I turned thirty-three but at least my music was already consistently being performed in very prestigious venues. After that, my rendition of Romeo and Juliet was also played there and conducted by me.
At age seventeen, he started studying music at Harvard University where he published his first known musical score for the play “The Birds” by Aristophanes (Leonard Berstein, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). While at Harvard, Leonard met Dimitri Mitropoulos who greatly influenced Leonard, helping him to become a great conductor. At a party, Leonard met another great musician Aaron Copland while playing Copland’s own “Piano Variations.” He had no idea that Copland was there until Copland introduced himself to Leonard, they hit it off, and Copland became another one of
Benjamin David Goodman was born in Chicago on May 30, 1909. Benjamin or “Benny” was the ninth child of eleven raised by his mother and father, David and Dora Goodman. He picked up the clarinet at the age of ten and took lessons in Chicago. Goodman started the Benny Goodman Trio in 1935 and a short seven months later it became the Benny Goodman Quartet. He performed in numerous venues, such as Carnegie Hall in 1938, the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles, and the Paramount Theatre.
finally we realized we went to the wrong place. However, when we reached there, the recital had already started, so we waited outside the door. This is a student recital, the performer is a handsome man named Evan Mitchell. He played 7 pieces in his recital. They were 《Sonatina》 by Edino Krieger, 《 Sonata in A Major, Op.101》 by Ludwig van Beethoven, 《 Rain Tree Sketch》 by Toru Takemitsu, 《Scherzo in C-Sharp Manoir, Op.39》 by Fryderyk Chopin, 《Piano Variations》 by Aaron Copland, 《From Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op.35》 by Johannes Brahms, and 《Etude in B Minor, Op.25 No.
Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was an 18th century composer, musician and teacher. He was born on the 21st of March 1685 in Eisenach, Germany, to Maria Elizabetha and Johann Ambrosius Bach. Growing up Bach was taught to play the violin and harpsichord by his father and the organ by his famous uncle Johann Christoph Bach. Bach was a quick student and easily mastered the instruments given to him. At age 8 he attended the old Latin Grammar School where he learned to read and write and later joined the choir.
The instruments include one piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four French horns, two trumpets, three trombones, one tuba, timpani, bass drum, triangle, cymbals, harp, first violins, second violins, violas, cellos, doubles basses. I will address the instrumentation, texture, and a visual painting of the piece. This piece consists of a wide variety of instruments the flutes and harp start the piece off. The flutes give the piece an allegro commodo non agitato feel. Mainly because they have a very gentle tone that gives the intro to the piece a less agitated sound.