Renaissance‚ ruling much of northern France and the Low Countries (Belgium‚ the Netherlands‚ and Luxembourg). Composers from the Burgundian and northern regions were the most dominant during the Renaissance and made invaluable contributions to music as Gustave Reese discusses in Music in the Renaissance. Western music as a whole‚ owing largely to the singular brilliance of the composers originating from northern France and the Low Countries and to the international prestige that led to their
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Sebastian Bach. Bach was a genius keyboardist (mastering the organ and harpsichord) and brilliant composer. Bach brought baroque music to its culmination‚ writing music for nearly every type of musical form. Popular Works: Air on a G String‚ Double Violin Concerto‚ Brandenburg Concerto No. 3‚ B Minor Mass‚ and The Unaccompanied Cello Suites Ads Beethoven BustElementsOfHome.comLarge variety of composer busts. Great selections and quality. Find A Foreign Husbandwww.InternationalCupid.comSerious Men
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Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian baroque composer. He is known mainly for composing instrumental concertos‚ sacred choral work‚ and over forty operas. One of his best pieces is a series or violin concertos known as The Four Seasons. Antonio Vivaldi was born March 4th‚ 1678 in Venice. His parents were Giovanni Battista Vivaldi and Camilla Calicchia. Immediately after his birth he was baptised in his home by the mid-wife. It is believed that his baptism is a result of his poor health or an earthquake
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I decided to do my composers report on Antonio Vivaldi. I agree that Vivaldi was one of the best composers and violinists‚ in my opinion. I wanted to write on Vivaldi because one of my favorite instruments happens to be the violin‚ which Vivaldi seems to be an expert on. Listening to Vivaldi’s music just took my breath away; the sound was just beyond amazing. I could almost picture the violinist’s playing with such passion and the way that they move to the beautiful music of the violin. Antonio
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Johanna Sebastian Bach was a composer of the Baroque era‚ the most celebrated member of a large family of northern German musicians. Although he was admired by his contemporaries primarily as an outstanding harpsichordist‚ organist‚ and expert on organ building. Bach is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time and is celebrated as the creator of the Brandenburg Concertos‚ The Well-Tempered Clavier‚ the Mass in B Minor‚ and numerous other masterpieces of church and instrumental
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Music History Review: Romantic The Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg penned in a letter that he wrote to his friend Gottfred Mattison-Hansen on July 30‚ 1867‚ his second violin sonata “in the euphoria of my honeymoon”.1 This sonata in G major was a labour of affection that the composer wrote in honour of the love of his life Nina Hagerup‚ who was his cousin‚ whom he married despite familial disapproval on both sides. The evident happiness is reflected in the demeanour and beauty of the work
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Composer Biography Paper Purpose: Acquire knowledge of an accomplished composer whose music is not represented in our listening assignments. Note: You cannot do a paper on a composer who is represented on the CDs accompanying the textbook. Appendix B lists many very good composers for you to select from for your paper. If you choose a composer who is not in this list‚ please check with me before you begin your research. If you have trouble deciding‚ try finding a composer from the country of your
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The Composer: Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born on May 22‚ 1813 in Leipzig. Richard Wagner was so influential that his writings on drama had a huge impact on people throughout the second half of the nineteenth century. Richard Wagner’s father passed away when he was only six months old‚ with typhus. His mother remarried‚ who was a writer and an artist. Richard’s stepfather educated him. Richard attended Leipzig University to study music‚ but he dropped out of college to take a job in
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