Although his mother was a piano teacher, Arnold was self-taught; when he was eight years old he started to learn the violin and soon after began composing violin duets. The only lessons he took were from the composer Alexander Zemlinsky, and he gave him instructions on composition. At the age of 25, he produced his first major piece of work, the tone poem Verkarte Nacht for string sextet, which translates to Transfigured Night. In 1901 at the age of 27 he married Alexander Zemlinsky’s sister, Mathilde, with whom he had two children. The couple moved to Berlin and lived there for two years while he orchestrated operettas and directed a cabaret orchestra.
Antoine-Joseph, know as Adolphe, Sax was born in Belgium on November 6th, 1814. Sax worked with his father, Charles-Joseph Sax, who was also an instrument maker. Charles was an important figure to Adolphe has he made several changes to the design of the saxophone when Adolphe began making them. In 1841, after leaving the Royal School of Singing, where he studied flute and clarinet, Sax began to experiment with new instrument designs. Sax left Belgium and moved permanently to Paris.
He wrote his first symphony at the age of eight, his first opera at twelve and conducted twenty performances of that opera at fourteen. Wolfgang Mozart, a musical inspiration, influenced many musicians through his passionate works of complex styles of classical music. Known as one of the most accomplished composers of the 18th century, Mozart began composing music at age five. He wrote his first opera at age twelve. Mozart’s father, “a violinist at the court of the prince of Salzburg,” taught him how to play the clavier and encouraged him in his art (“Wolfgang” World History).
In 1875, her family moved to Boston, where they were advised to enter her into a European conservatory. Her parents opted for local training. Amy was 4 when she composed her first piano pieces while spending the summer with her grandfather in West Henniker. All four pieces were composed in her head and away from the piano, a practice she continued throughout her life. At age fourteen, Amy received her only formal training in composition with Junius W. Hill, with whom she studied harmony and counterpoint for a year.
Attesting to his early Viennese triumphs, guitar music by Mertz was first published during this same period by the prestigious Haslinger publishing house of Vienna. Mertz embarked on a concert tour in 1841, performing in Austria, Poland, and Russia. Typically, Mertz used a 10-string guitar for all his concerts. Unfortunately, in 1846 he was diagnosed with neuralgia, which suspended his concert activity until 1848. However, during that time Mertz wrote his famous Bardenklänge, a work perhaps inspired by the pianism of his wife, who was then steeped in the Romantic repertory of the day.
Nakeadlia Mitchell Beethoven Composes When asked to find a historical event that has significance to me, I immediately thought of Beethoven composing. He came to mind because of my love and passion for music. Beethoven's First Symphony, dedicated to Baron Gottfried Van Swieten, came at age 29. Fittingly, it was the dawn of a new century. It appeared late in what scholars define as the first period of Beethoven's career, just a year or two before the crisis brought about by his gradual loss of hearing.
The two composition are significant among Brahms other works as they stem from a period in Brahms life when he just embraced the beauty of color and sound of the clarinet. In addition, the two sonatas were the last chamber pieces Brahms composed before his death. He notably prepared an oft-performed transcription of the sonatas for viola, and altered the register to suit the instrument. While at his Bad Ischl retreat in the summer of 1894, Brhams completed the two sonatas. The two sonatas were reportedly first performed for Duke Georg and his family privately in the September of 1894.
When she was eighteen Sophia was introduced to Leo Tolstoy, who began to visit the family often. Although it was thought that he favored her elder sister, Lisa, Leo proposed to Sophia on September 17, 1862. The couple was married a mere week later, in Moscow, and immediately retreated to the Tolstoy family estate, Yasnaya Polyana. Sophia had been keeping a diary from the time she was eleven but had it destroyed just before the wedding. On the other hand, in an act similar to a character created in his work Anna Karenina, Leo asked his new bride to read his personal diaries.
Under this plan, Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse (father of poet and short story writer Paul Heyse) taught the children general subjects and classical languages; Johann Gottlob Samuel Rosel taught drawing; Ludwig Berger taught piano; Carl Wilhelm Henning taught violin; and Carl Zelter gave lessons in musical theory and composition. The children were up at 5 A.M. and began their lessons right after breakfast. Abraham Mendelssohn never considered his children too old for his discipline and correction, and Felix could not consider himself his own master until he was twenty-five years old (Harris 1368). Felix made his first public appearance as a pianist at the age of nine. He debuted with a Concert militaire by F. X. Dusek and was met with great success (Grove Dictionary 135).
Once I had completed my research and made my final pitch it became clear that I would try to include all three aspects of performing arts to really try to impress. My research into possible/ideal venues, proved difficult to find in the local area, so I found mine in London… Our production company was invited to perform a Cabaret or Variety Act to an adult audience in a local venue. Each performance had to be approximately three minutes and we could work either as a pair or solo act. It would be performed on three evenings at a certain venue, we were responsible for technical and design materials, front of house, and marketing and publicity where required: for example, lighting, music set and costumes. For this brief we were encouraged to pin point what our ‘strengths’ we have in performing, so for my initial ideas I went towards singing and acting.