compositions include 9 symphonies‚ 5 concertos for piano‚ 32 piano sonatas‚ and 16 string quartets. He also composed other chamber music‚ choral works (including the celebrated Missa Solemnis)‚ and songs. At an early age‚ van Beethoven‚ took an interest in music and his father taught him day and night‚ on returning to the house from music practice or the tavern. Without a doubt‚ the child was gifted and his father Johann envisioned creating a new Mozart‚ a child prodigy. On March 26th 1778‚ at the age
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What did Mozart and Haydn do for the development of the concerto (5 pts)? They composed concerts for unusual instruments such as the clarinet‚ trumpet‚ bassoon‚ and French horn.This allowed to overcome and work around the limitations of wind instruments at the time. The works are with such high quality that they are often still played today. 4. As it relates to your learning; give a detailed response to what you heard in your active listening of: • Piano Concerto No. 21 Second Movement
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reached maturity; he is now the comfort of old age"‚ said Gioachino Rossini. In this quote‚ Gioachino Rossini was talking about one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music‚ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart was born on January 27‚ 1756‚ in Salzburg‚ Australia. His father‚ Leopold Mozart‚was a famous instructor and an esteemed composer violinist at the court of the Archbishop of Salzburg. Leopold and Anna Maria‚ his wife‚ stressed the importance of music to their children. By the age of
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single melodic line and an accompaniment. New forms of composition were developed to adapt to this style. The most important of these forms was the sonata which was in instrumental music. This form continued to change and evolve throughout the classical period‚ and it is important to note that the classical sonata was very different from the sonatas written by Baroque composers. The early 1700s reflected a musical style known as Rococo. This style served as a transition from the Baroque to
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Vienna? Answer-D (A) All about the same (B) Haydn (C) Mozart (D) Beethoven 2. Which of these was an innovation developed during the last half of the Eighteenth Century? Answer-D (A) the public concert (B) the salon (C) the coffee house (D) All of these 3. Who contributed to Neoclassicism with his operas Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste? Answer-A (A) C.W. von Gluck (B) W.A. Mozart (C) J.S. Bach (D) L.V. Beethoven 4. A traditional string
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Amadeus Mozart Word Count 1‚045 The composer I chose is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for my composer report. The reason I chose this composer is because his life was very interesting to me. I learned things that didn’t know about him until we read about him in class. His life was so interesting that someone wrote a movie about him and several books have been written about his life and work as well. His work has made a lasting impression on the world and our society. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was brought
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had a profound impact on the young Mozart. It was also through this appointment that Haydn met Maria Magdalena Lipp‚ soon to be his wife‚ she was a singer in the archbishop’s court and daughter of the court organist Ignaz Lipp. The two were married in 1768. The couple’s only child‚ Aloysia Josepha‚ was born in 1770. She only lived for one year. Next‚ in 1777 Johann Michael Haydn took over as the organist at Dreifaltigkeitskirche (Trinity Church). When Mozart left the employ of the Archbishop Hieronymus
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melodies were at time very emotional with a sudden burst of excitement which maybe an expression of anger. The second part of the concert was limited in variety but with a thicker texture. The instruments involved only the piano the interesting part however‚ was that two piano played a single piece as a duet. When I was a kid I had a very special
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before. The orchestra just kept growing. The average orchestra size during the romantic period is 80-90 people. The piano was still the main instrument during the Early Romantic period. Most Romantic Composers composed not only concert music for the instrument but also music intended for amateur use. Because of the political and social changes meant that most people owned pianos in the home. Another change made was the percussion section‚ which grew massively during this period‚ from 1 drum to
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rough‚ delicate‚ wide‚ narrow. ● Every person in the world has his or her own timbre because of overtones. Oscilloscope shows you your voiceprint. 3. Dynamics- how loud or how soft. Volume in music. ● Pianissimo- (pp) very soft ● Piano- (p) soft ● Mezzo Piano- (mp) medium soft ● Mezzo Forte- (mf) medium loud ● Forte- (f) forte ● Fortissimo- (ff) very loud ● Crescendo- becoming louder ● Decrescendo/Diminuendo- becoming softer 4. Duration- Length Elements of Music 1. Melody- Meaningful
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