Caleb Marshall Mr. Shawhan Rhetoric February 25‚ 2012 Classicism and Modernism Introduction What is music? The art of self-expression that goes beyond simple speech; the proper blending of sound waves to create optimal wave oscillation; the transcendent joy of collective individualism; the use of the notes c-c’ in structured order to build melody‚ harmony‚ counterpoint and tonality—perhaps music is something impossible to completely define and understand. Music manifests itself differently
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Beethoven’s Symphony No.9‚ Op.125‚ D minor “Choral” was completed in 1842 and premiered on Friday‚ May 7‚ 1824. Beethoven was already completely deaf at that time. His symphony No.9 is his final symphony and one of his greatest masterpieces. This symphony is seventy-four minutes long and consists of four movements. The first movement‚ Allegro ma non troppo‚ un poco maestoso‚ is in sonata form with a stormy mood. The opening theme which sounds like an orchestra tuning‚ is played softly over the
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Gustav (Eriksson) Vasa Gustav Eriksson called Gustav Vasa where born in May 1496 (AC.) Gustav was crowned as a king the 6th of June 1523. During the time he was king‚ the reformation reached Sweden. Germany and Sweden traded very much during this time and to those trading cities the Lutheran beliefs came to. The Lutherans ideas where spread in Sweden mostly of Olaus Petri and Laurentius Andreae‚ People started to see that the church had fooled them in order to get land and valuable items. Gustav
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Beethoven’s ninth symphony was the climax of all his symphonies. He has begun work on this symphony many years before ultimate completion. It is titled “The Symphony of Joy” because of the great moments of happiness captured in multiple parts. Because of the great diversity of each movement‚ I will capture the essence of them individually. The first movement is the epitome of Beethoven’s musicality. This movement is in the traditional sonata form. The opening of this piece is a great crescendo in
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environment and likely organisation structure of Symphony Seed Sales and Symphony Research Institute Symphony Seed Sales (SSS) and Symphony Research Institute are subsidiaries of the Symphony Seeds Ltd holding company which‚ in turn‚ is a subsidiary of Conglom holdings. Symphony Seeds is part of a division known as the Land Development Corporation (LDC). SSS and SRI both operate in the same environment‚ namely that of any large agricultural firm. Symphony Seeds considers itself a mature firm‚ implying
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child. This poetry served as the inspiration to such composers as Schubert‚ Robert and Clara Schumann‚ Brahms‚ Mahler‚ Max Reger‚ Richard Strauss‚ Hindemith‚ Bartók‚ Berg‚ and Hugo Wolf. Collectively there are about 121 known settings of Ruckert’s poetry‚ leaving him only behind Goethe‚ Heine and Rilke. Perhaps one of the most famous of all of these composer’s settings includes Mahler’s 5 song cycle‚ Kindertotenlieder. Originally written in response to the death of his two young children‚ Rückert’s
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20th century composer‚ Gustav Holst‚ was born in Cheltenham‚ England‚ on September 21‚ 1874 . He was the first son of Adolph and Clara von Holst. Adolph was a piano teacher‚ which was where he would meet‚ and later marry‚ Clara‚ one of his students. Unfortunately‚ Clara would die while Holst was only eight years old. While in his childhood‚ and all through his life‚ Gustav Holst would suffer from multiple problems. He had poor eyesight‚ which would not be realized until after his childhood‚ and
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Death and Life Gustav Kilmt was born July 14‚ 1862 in Baumgartner‚ Austria where his incredible talent was discovered at a young age. At age fourteen‚ he entered the School of Arts and Crafts of Vienna where he studied for the next seven years. For the next forty-six years‚ Klimt would present his talents in both his drawings and paintings; one of them being his artwork Death and Life. In 1910‚ Klimt created this oil on canvas painting but reworked and finished it in 1915. In 1911
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In Beethoven’s Symphony no. 5 in C minor the first movement is called Allergro con brio and it is in sonata form. This movement is very intense and strong sounding and has a single rhythmic motive that is short-short-short-long. The first theme of this movement is in C minor. Throughout this theme he shifts the motive to different pitches and instruments. The second theme is in E flat major and starts with a varied basic motive of short-short-short-long-long-long. The horns starts a new melody that
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What features of the Haydn Symphony Lamentatione show that it was written in the classical period (10 marks) Firstly‚ Haydn has written this piece using Sturm Und Drang (in English‚ Storm and Stress). Features of this which are evident in the piece include: Beginning in a minor key‚ the tense harmony in some of the minor-key writing (arising principally from diminished seventh chords and the suspensions)‚ and the rhythmic tension of the opening‚ in which violins‚ doubled by oboes‚ are syncopated
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