Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was born on February 3‚ 1809‚ to Abraham and Lea Mendelssohn in Hamburg‚ Germany (Oxford Companion 1162). He was the second of four children‚ but he was closer to his older sister Fanny than any of his other siblings. The two of them studied music and played together for many years‚ and Fanny also composed. Several of the Songs Without Words were her works‚ published under Felix ’s name because of the family ’s feeling that it was unbecoming for a woman to
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this era‚ Orchestras were increased in size and composers were giving more varied and colorful means of expression. New and improved instruments such as the piccolo‚ English horn and contrabassoon were introduced and extended the extreme high and low range of the orchestra. Romantic composers used nationalism (love for their country‚ pride in country)‚ folkloric and exotic subjects. Berlioz‚ Brahms and Tchaikovsky‚ the three famous musicians‚ were part of the orchestra. Their orchestra consists of
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Concert Report On Saturday‚ April 24‚ 2010‚ Stony brook University department of music organized a concert conducted by Rossen Millanov. I enjoyed the beautiful and harmonious orchestra and learned a lot as follows. Rainbow Body was composed by Christopher Theofanidis‚ an American composer who teaches at Yale University music department. This orchestral work was created in April‚ 2000 and won the British Masterprize competition in 2003. This chapter is made of major key melodies and performed
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Art of Listening Notes for Final Pages 223-237 Chapter 16 1. Romanticism Artistic‚ literary‚ and intellectual movement starting in the late 18th Century Europe. Romantic Literature and literary theory became very popular in the first two decades of 19th Century‚ followed by Romantic composers around 1820. Famous English poets such as Shelly‚ Keats and Byron emerged during this time as well as lesser-known German Romantic literature. 19th Century golden age for opera Music recognized
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Johannes Brahms always had the ambition to compose a major symphony but lacked the self confidence to do so. He was extremely intimidated by Beethoven and his symphonies that he felt he could never compose something near as well so he put off writing one altogether. His first symphony was not completed until Brahms’ was 44 years old and had been working on his symphony for twenty years. Not only was Brahms’ intimidated by Beethoven‚ but he also admired Beethoven. He appreciated all of Beethoven’s
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THE CLASSICAL PERIOD (1775-1825) The Baroque period culminated in the masterpieces of J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel. In the middle of the eighteenth century‚ contemporaneous with the mature years of Bach and Handel‚ a new musical style developed that is known as Rococo or preclassical style. This style is most evident in keyboard and orchestral music‚ but it is mentioned here because it represented a transition from the Baroque to the Classical era‚ occurring between 1725 and 1770. In the world of painting
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entered the repertoire‚ including the song Dover Beach and Overture to the School for Scandal for orchestra. A fine singer and pianist‚ as well as composer‚ much of his work throughout his career featured the voice. After his graduation from Curtis‚ Barber wrote a string quartet‚ the second movement of which became his most famous work‚ Adagio for Strings. Toscanini performed the Adagio with the NBC Symphony in 1938‚ and Barber’s career was effectively launched. His 1939 Violin Concerto further established
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written for the instrument‚ and two (2) sites that were sources for the information. Here’s a site that might help: www.naxos.com Famous Orchestras: Your favorite instrument will likely‚ but not necessarily‚ be part of a traditional symphony orchestra like the one you studied in the Orchestral Timbres class. You should submit and comment on two (2) orchestra
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MUSIC Quarter III Quarter III: CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE MUSIC CONTENT STANDARDS The learner demonstrates understanding of... 1. Characteristic features of contemporary music. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS The learner... 1. Sings contemporary songs. DEPED COPY LEARNING COMPETENCIES The learner... 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Listens perceptively to excerpts of major contemporary works. Describes characteristics of traditional and new music. Gives a brief biography of selected contemporary Philippine composers
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wanted to bury myself or run off the stage at that very moment but I just froze up and turned beet red instead. The placement I have on stage in the orchestra is an enviable one. As head of the second violins‚ I sit close to the conductor’s stand and can easily see and feel the beat of Anita’s baton. It’s also a ‘hot seat’ in the orchestra. The conductor relies on me to be musical‚ in tune‚ alert‚ and above all‚ steady with the timing. When I sit in my seat I aim to lead my section with confidence
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