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    Music

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    next composer I studied was Franz Liszt. The first couple of pieces I ever discovered by Franz Liszt were La Notte‚ Nuage Gris‚ Il Pensoroso‚ and the Transcendental Etudes‚ along with Soneto del Petrarca 104. I learned all those pieces using that same program on my computer‚ and I began to study reading a bit more. I studied with the high school teacher I had and vastly improved my knowledge of the subject with him. The last piece I learned by Liszt was the twelveth etude " Chasse-Neige"

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    What Is Synesthesia?

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    While Liszt and Ellington had Chromesthesia‚ in which their music generated certain colors‚ Van Gogh had Timbre synesthesia‚ in which different styles of art generated sounds of various instruments. “Some artists have a nervous hand at drawing‚ which gives their

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    Van Beethoven (1770-1827) who wrote Classical and Romanticism. Mozart was known throughout Europe as an infant prodigy and died very young‚ leaving behind numerous compositions for symphony‚ sonatas‚ string quartets‚ concertos‚ Masses‚ and operas. Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was another musical genius. He wrote symphonies‚ chamber music‚ piano sonatas and short romantic pieces. He actually wrote more than 600 romantic songs. Karl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) is named the Father of German Opera‚ and

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    Romantic Period

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    was Nature Music in Society: ⁃ Making music in the home took on great importance ⁃ Piano became a favorite instrument ⁃ Women had greater roles as performers‚ composers‚ and patrons • Virtuosos were revered: Favorites • Pianist- Franz Liszt • Violinist- Niccolo Paganini Music of the Period: ⁃ Emphasized ⁃ Self Expression ⁃ Individuality of Style • Favorite Subject ⁃ The Middle Ages ⁃ Shakespeare’s Plays ⁃ Nationalism is a great influence • Orchestra was

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    ------------------------------------------------- Featuring Li Yundi‚ Maciej Pikulski and Leslie Howard Evan Asava Aree Table of Contents List of Figures: 3 List of Tracks: 4 Chapter 1: Introduction 5 1.1 Rigoletto: Opera by Verdi 5 1.2 Rigoletto: Piano Transcription by Liszt 6 Chapter 2: Characters in Rigoletto 8 2.1 The Duke 8 2.2 Maddalena 9 2.3 Gilda 9 2.4 Rigoletto 9 Chapter 3: Analysis 10 3.1 Characterization 10 3.1 Characterization in Rigoletto Paraphrase 10 3.1.1 Character 1: The Duke 10 3.2.2 Character

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    Charles-Valentin Alkan

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    Charles-Valentin Alkan[n 1][n 2] (pronounced: [ʃaʁl valɑ̃tɛ̃ alkɑ̃]; 30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888) was a French composer and pianist. At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was‚ alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt‚ among the leading virtuoso pianists in Paris‚ a city in which he spent virtually his entire life. At the Conservatoire de Paris‚ which Alkan entered before he was six‚ he earned many awards. His career in the salons and concert halls of Paris

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    Walt Whitman

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    Hi my name is Franz Liszt. I was born October 22 1811 in Hungary. My father was an official in the service of prince Nicolas Eszterhazy. I was learning to play the piano at age five. I started to compose music when I was eight years old. When I was nine I made my first public appearance as a pianist at Pozsony (now Bratislava‚ Slvk.). I guess impressed the rich people so much that I got enough money to support myself through music school for the next six years. I had piano lessons from Carl Czerny

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    It is arguable that some Romantic music made greater demands upon its listeners than did music of previous historical periods. What were those demands? Why did these changes come about? And what strategies can you formulate for listening to this music today? In consideration of the musical changes present in the Romantic era‚ this essay will contend that these changes are very much related to the wider social and technological changes in society around that time. Thus‚ it is important

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    Carnival of the Animals

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    Lebouc in Paris in February 1886. 2. Saint Saens’ opinion of the work: The first performance of ‘Carnival of the animals’ was on March the 9th‚ 1886‚ peformed by pianists‚ Saint-Saens and Diemer. Composer and pianist. The work was requested by Franz Liszt to be played again. After the second performance‚ Saint-Saens refused to allow any more public performances of ‘Carnival of the Animals’ as he highly feared that it would ruin his reputation as a serious composer. His work then remained unpublished

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    Music Appreciation Final

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    Jenkins‚ Lauren IIA. In order to differentiate between program music‚ symphonic poem‚ concert overtures‚ grandiose‚ or miniature compositions‚ we first need to go over each one individually. Each type has its own unique characteristics. Program music is a term for instrumental music written in accordance with a poem‚ a story‚ or some other literary source (Kerman‚ Tomlinson‚ 233). Program music was not new in the Romantic era but it made music even more expressive because it

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