1 With what justification is the year 1600 singled out as a turning point in the history of music ? Sile Somers (1118 Words) In music and other arts‚ periodisation groups the continuous flow of works by their time and certain characteristics . Period groupings are defined by the perception that the works within them share a single quality or a set of qualities that are significant. One must remember that periodisation is a device used in hindsight for critical analysis and debate‚ and consider
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William Grant Still was born in rural Mississippi on May 11‚ 1895 to parents who made a modest living teaching. Today Still is the most famous African American composer. Still’s father‚ though he died when Still three months old was‚ was one of his biggest influence. His father was a local band leader. After his fathers’ death‚ Still and his mother moved to Little Rock‚ Arkansas where she was a High School English teacher for nearly thirty years. Still’s step father‚ Charles Shepperson‚ nurtured
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The concerto form was developed significantly from the Classical to the romantic era; producing changes within its instrumentation‚ form thematic material and rhythmic devices. The societal attitudes towards the composition and consumption of the concerto form also changed during this time. A concerto is an arrangement with solo works performed within the piece‚ alternating between a larger ensemble and the soloist. The root of its definition was believed to mean to ‘skirmish with one another’
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musical experimentation and was one of the first artists to utilize improvisation. She was also very influenced by the current events and was a women’s activist. In 1970‚ she wrote an article for the New York times called “And Don’t Call Them ‘Lady’ Composers‚” which addressed the double standard between genders in
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practices. One of the large differences that many people first hear of when they look at the two practices is that of harmony. These two styles have many different views of how harmony should be used in pieces pertaining to all music. The earliest composer known of to truly “break the rules” and use dissonances to cultivate the text or feeling in a piece that was not widely Smagur 2 accepted as the right way of doing things was Claudio Monteverdi. Count d’Artusi was rather loathing of
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Antonio Salieri (August 18‚ 1750 - May 7‚ 1825)‚ born in Legnano‚ Italy‚ near the Austrian dukedom of Mantua‚ was a composer and conductor who received considerable public acclaim in his day. He studied violin and harpsichord with his brother Francesco‚ who was a student of Giuseppe Tartini. After the death of his parents‚ he moved to Padua‚ then to Venice‚ where he studied thoroughbass with Giovanni Pescetti. In 1766 Salieri met Florian Leopold Gassmann‚ who invited him to attend the court of Vienna
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Michael Maybrick‚ also known as Stephen Adams was an English composer who wrote many heart filled compositions. Maybrick was born January 31‚ 1841‚ in Liverpool‚ United Kingdom. He lived and worked in the United Kingdom until he died on August 26‚ 1913‚ in Buxton‚ United Kingdom‚ of heart failure and was buried in Ryde‚ Isle of Wight. Although‚ he lived in Liverpool‚ he went to get his education in other places. He got his education in Liverpool‚ Milan‚ and Leipsic‚ where he was trained in music
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Music in the nineteenth century saw the creation and evolution of new music genres such as the piano miniature‚ short expressive piano pieces. During this time raw emotion and expressionism prevailed as the focus of music during this described "Romantic" movement. Robert Schumann’s "Grillen"‚ from Fantasiestucke‚ Opus 12 was written in July 1837 contains several virtues of music during his time period. Schumann’s uses various qualities in his music such as form‚ pitch‚ rhythm and meter‚ and texture
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Progressively‚ and in large part at the hands of Mozart himself‚ the contrapuntal complexities of the late Baroque emerged once more‚ moderated and disciplined by new forms‚ and adapted to a new aesthetic and social milieu. Mozart was a versatile composer‚ and wrote in every major genre‚ including symphony‚ opera‚ the solo concerto‚ chamber music including string quartet and string quintet‚ and the piano sonata. These forms were not new‚ but Mozart advanced their technical sophistication and emotional
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Through the use of various techniques and features‚ composers are able to create images that are distinctively visual and become significantly memorable to their audience. These images are creatively used by composers to communicate significant ideas and thematic concerns more profoundly in their texts. Peter Goldsworthy’s novel ‘Maestro’‚ and Robert Frost’s poem ‘Mending Walls’‚ are examples of how composers communicate their purposefully created images to address the significant ideas of their
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