incidental music (op. 61) composed by Felix Mendelssohn. It is based on Shakespeare’s play of the same name. The “Wedding March” in the piece is one of the most famous of Mendelssohn’s repertoire. The Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ op. 21‚ is in E major and was composed in 1826. Originally‚ Mendelssohn wrote this piece as a piano duet to be enjoyed with his sister Fanny‚ but he soon arranged it for orchestra‚ premiered in 1827. Although Mendelssohn was only 17 years old when he completed
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Artisha Thompson Music 1: Classical Music Live Professor Jill Felber May 27‚ 2015 Music 1: Classical Music Live The classical music period extends from 1700s to 1800s‚ which includes the music of Haydn‚ Mozart‚ and Mendelssohn. The classical period of music combined various musical instruments to create symphonies to be performed by orchestras. With the natural development and progression of music slowly changing with the 18th century society and culture‚ the classical music period was heavily influenced
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A Mid-Summer Night ’s Dream‚ Opus: Op. 61: Wedding March as composed by Felix Mendelssohn. Kind of music as referred or viewed with a referential listener that shows the dramatic end of the twist-love stories. The story was so inspiring as well as to music being composed and used as soundtrack for many wedding movie‚ in the sense that the referential listener felt each character being portrayed. And despite to all odds‚ there ’s still a rainbow after the rain intention and desired of the
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Name Surname Professor Name Surname English number 18 July 2015 Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor The purpose of my paper is to incorporate facts I determine are crucial to understanding a magnificent performance mentioned above. I’m also including the background information about great performers who collaborated to create the masterpiece. My goal in this paper is to bring you to the source of my inspiration after beholding this violin concerto. To achieve this goal‚ I have organized
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played was Bassoon Concerto in F Major‚ Op.75 written by Carl Maria von Weber. The second piece that they played was The Lark Ascending written by Ralph Williams. The last piece that they played was Symphony No. 4 in A Major‚ Op. 90 written by Felix Mendelssohn. Bassoon Concerto in F Major‚ Op. 75 written by Carl Maria von Weber was an enjoyable piece to listen to. The strings play first during the beginning and then the woodwinds join in. The orchestra slowly crescendos and then the bassoon comes
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Music is described as an art form whose means is sound and silence. It is the communication through which‚ a music composer can pass an intended message to the public or to specific persons. The melody and harmony in music is governed by the music pitch. The creation of music and its recording is all what is referred to as music composition. The range of music is on organized composition and its definition varies according to the social context and culture. To many people in their cultures‚ music
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Question 1: One of Wagner’s main arguments against Jewish artists and their music were that the musicians could only produce inferior derivations of pure European art they could never fully express themselves. Wagner seemingly held the belief that Jewish musicians were not able to fully comprehend modern European languages because they were “merely learnt” by Jewish artists and therefore “have remained…a foreign tongue” (Wagner‚ 7). Wagner’s impression was that Jewish artists works’ expressivity
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repetitive. Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor was the next piece to be played by the orchestra. Overall‚ it was my favorite piece because the pianist was absolutely amazing‚ even though the concerto starts off with strings. Felix Mendelssohn was born on February 3‚ 1809 in Hamburg. His first performance of this piece took place on October 17‚ 1831 while he
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Nathan the Wise has been called the “Magna Carta” of Jewish emancipation in Germany. Lessing modeled the figure of Nathan on his good friend the German-Jewish Enlightenment philosopher Moses Mendelssohn‚ grandfather of the great composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. At the time that Nathan the Wise was written‚ it was a tremendous provocation for Lessing to make the hero of his play a Jew and the villain of his play an intolerant Christian patriarch. It was equally astounding for Lessing to make
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person‚ is inexcusable. In mid-nineteenth century ‚ British Queen Victoria held a grand reception at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the distinguished German composer Felix Mendelssohn’s visit. After the song "ITAR the Shields" which Signed Mendelssohn played .the Queen praise to him: "This wonderful song shows how genius you are." Mendelssohn said calmly: "No‚ that is the my sister Fany’s works. " Actually‚ Fany is an extraordinary musician. The "ITAR Shields is original from her hand. But at that time
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