Beethoven MUS HST 70 Mindy LaTour O’Brien Listening Journals #1 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 1 in F Major (1st movement) I enjoyed listening to this piece. All throughout the first movement‚ I constantly felt tension rising and relaxing (tension rising because of the repetitive melodies with crescendo and changing the melody key to a minor key and tension relaxing when it has descend or a key changes to a Major); I think this was Beethoven’s intention to have the audience
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Ludwig van Beethoven Two hundred years ago one of the greatest composers ever to exist was born. His name was Ludwig Van Beethoven‚ but to the world he was best remembered as Beethoven. The talented musical composer Beethoven became one of best well-known composers and performers ever to exist. Starting his work in music at just a young age‚ Beethoven learned to become passionate for music in a hard way. It was told Beethoven’s father believed in his capability‚ which made Beethoven work that much
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Beethoven was born on December 16th‚ 1770 in Bonn‚ Germany. He started playing piano and violin from a very young age. He was a pupil of his father‚ whom was a drinker and often forced him to wake up in the middle of the night to play for him and his drinking companions. Beethoven pursued his studies with many different great composers. He first studied with Hayden‚ but after a clash of temperaments he became a student of Schenk‚ Albrechtsberger‚ and Salieri. From the age of 12‚ Beethoven became
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The Houston Symphony is an orchestra from Houston. On May 29th the Houston Symphony performed the third part of their trilogy “The Cosmos” at Jones Hall. The first half of the performance had three movement 1. Intrada: Allegro maestoso‚ 2. Capriccio: Notturno e Arioso: Vivace‚ and 3. Passacaglia‚ Toccata e Corale: Andante con moto-Allegro giusto- Molto Allegro-Presto. For the second movement they performed a four movement piece “Symphony No. 9 in E minor‚ Opus 9 (From New World)”. The first part
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Ludwig van Beethoven was a deaf German composer; he was a big predominant figure of the musical arts. He was in the eras between the Classical and Romantic. Beethoven was baptized in the year of 1770‚ on the 17th day‚ of the month in December in the city Bonn‚ Germany. Beethoven was man who kept widening the scopes of sonata‚ symphony‚ concerto and quartet. He would also combine his music with vocals and instruments in a whole new way. During the life of Beethoven‚ he had the struggle of deafness
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It has been over 200 years since the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven‚ but his music is alive and excites millions of people‚ almost as if it was created by our contemporary. Anyone who is even slightly acquainted with Beethoven`s biography and musical legacy‚ cannot help but fall in love with pieces of music of this composer. Between high ideals praise in his musical works and his life‚ there was no single abruption. Beethoven’s life is an example of courage and persistent struggle against life’s obstacles
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Ludwig van Beethoven 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827 [pic] [pic] Ludwig van Beethoven is perhaps the most famous and influential of all the pianist composers of his time. He was considered instrumental in the transition of between the classical and romantic eras in Western Art Music. Beethoven was born on December 16th‚ 1770 in Bonn (now called Cologne‚ Germany) to parents of Belgian descent. His father‚ Johann‚ was a musician at the court of Bonn‚ and his mother‚
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is widely recognized to be one of the pre-eminent classical music personalities of the Western world. This German musical wizard created numerous works that firmly entrenched in the repertoire. Although‚ Beethoven may have suffered from bipolar disorder‚ hearing loss consistent with Paget’s disease‚ he still managed to be the one of the best composers of all time. (Dehm‚ 2008) (Mai‚ 2007) Beethoven demonstrates his intense preoccupation with thinking artistically
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Beethoven and Mozart Mozart and Beethoven were both famous musicians of the classical music‚ and they were considered to be geniuses‚ giant composers. There were some similarities and differences between them‚ so their fans and some experts often compared them each other. Be honest‚ I liked Beethoven’s better than Mozart‚ and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony was one my favorite musical compositions‚ nevertheless‚ I still considered Mozart was one of the best musicians in the history as well. Background
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Beethoven and Tchaikovsky While Ludwig van Beethoven and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky have much in common‚ they also have many differences. Both men are famous for their orchestral compositions and their future influence on other composers. They experienced a blend of horrible failures and great successes. Although they were from different musical time periods‚ they both made huge contributions to the world of music. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn‚ Germany 1770; the second half of the classical
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