public. However‚ Bach’s musical compositions were admired by those who followed in his footsteps‚ including Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven. Bach’s reputation received a incredible high in 1829 when a German composer by the name of Felix Mendelssohn reintroduced one of Bach’s greatest‚ "Passion According to St. Matthew." This musical composition‚ was written in 1727 to 1729‚ and tells the story of chapters twenty-six and twenty-seven in the Gospel of Matthew. The piece was widely
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During the Romantic era‚ nationalism proved to be a major influence of the relationship between composers and their music. The political unrest all over Europe provoked many forms of nationalism. The Romantic composers of this era expressed their sense of nationalism in many ways. One way that composers showed this was basing their music on the songs and dances of their people‚ such as Chopin in his mazurkas. Also‚ composers wrote dramatic works based on folklore and symphonic poems or operas
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MUSICAL PARAMETERS Pitch: consonance Felix Mendelssohn‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Nocturne (MEB 2/10) dissonance Béla Bartók‚ String Quartett no. 4‚ mvt. 1 Melody: conjunct 10. Yıl Marşı Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky‚ The Nutcracker (“Pas de Deux”) (MEB 1/5) Johannes Brahms‚ Symphony No. 1‚ mvt. iv (MEB 1/11) disjunct Istiklal Marşı Claude Debussy‚ Golliwog’s Cakewalk (MEB 1/51) Stockhausen‚ Klavierstück V
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tried many different techniques and styles making a lasting impression on the Romantic era of music. Some of the most influential composers during the 19th century that we discussed were Franz Schubert‚ Hector Berlioz‚ Frederic Chopin‚ Felix Mendelssohn‚ Robert Schumann‚ Carl Weber‚ Richard Wagner‚ Gioachino Rossini‚ Giuseppe Verdi‚ Franz Liszt‚ Johannes Brahms‚ Anton Bruckner‚ Modest Mussorgsky‚ and Peter Tchaikovsky. Schubert composed in all genres but the concerto. He was best known for
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harmony’) and ’nicht Bach‚ sondern Meer’ (’not a stream but a sea’‚ punning on the literal meaning of the composer’s name). Bach also inspired Chopin‚ a not so famous‚ but prominent figure. Composers such as Mozart‚ Beethoven‚ Robert Schumann‚ and Felix Mendelssohn began writing in a more contrapuntal style after being exposed to Bach’s music. At the end of his lifetime‚ his music was considered old-fashioned compared to the emerging new classical style. His reputation weakened as a composer‚ but people
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Advanced Theory I 22 May 2014 Analysis of Mendelssohn’s "Songs Without Words" Lieder ohne Worte (Song without Words) is written by the Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. It is a collection of forty-eight short lyrical piano pieces of markedly song-like character that he wrote at various periods of his life between 1809 and 1847. They are well suited to the study of musical form because of their artistic value. Op. 19b‚ No. 1 Andante con moto in E major was written in 1830 and is
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Maria von Weber (1786-1826) is named the Father of German Opera‚ and was the first to write them in German romantic as opposed to Italian style. From 1809 to 1813 there were five marvelous composers who really influenced the history of music. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (l809-l847) was famous for his piano writings and
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it is now playable. Brahms was born on May 7‚ 1833 and died on April 3‚ 1897. He is one of the greatest composers of the Romantic period that includes music between about 1820 and 1920. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Major No collection of famous violin works would be complete without mentioning Felix Mendelssohn’s groundbreaking "Violin Concerto in E Major." This is another of the "Four Great Violin Concertos." This concerto broke convention and placed the cadenza very early on in the composition
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The Romantic Era The romantic period in music extended from about 1820 to 1900. Among the most significant musicians were Franz Schubert‚ Robert Schumann‚ Clara Wieck Schumann‚ Frederic Chopin‚ Franz Liszt‚ Felix Mendelssohn‚ Hector Berlioz‚ Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky‚ Antonin Dvorak‚ Johannes Brahms‚ Giuseppe Verdi‚ Giacomo Puccini‚ Richard Wagner and Gustav Mahler. The length of this list – and some important composers have been omitted from it – testifies to the
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such as Nocturnes of Op. 9‚ Scherzo in B-flat minor‚ Op. 31 and the Sonata in B-flat minor‚ Op. 35. And throughout the time‚ Chopin was able to build friendship with other great composers such as Franz Liszt‚ Vincenzo Bellini‚ Hector Berlioz‚ and Felix
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