The 1812 Overture‚ composed by Peter Tchaikovsky is the most widely regonized piece of classical music. The 1812 Overture was written to commerate the victory of Russia in the Napoleonic War in 1812. The defeat of this battle marked the start of the long and disastrous retreat that destroyed Napoleon and his army. In 1880‚ the Russian composer Tchaikovsky was commissioned to write an uplifting and patriotic piece to immortalize Napoleon’s defeat and celebrate the liberation of the Russians. Cannons
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1812 Overture and Leitmotif { By: Leane‚ Maddie‚ Jamie & Ibrahim Leitmotif A recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition‚ associated with a particular person‚ idea or situation. Originated in the late 19th century. The story behind Leitmotif Originally‚ it had seemed as though the 1812 overture symphony acted as a representation of the USA’s victory against the British Empire during the war of 1812‚ however it was later discovered that the song tells the story of Napoleon’s
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Peter Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture is a symphonic poem that accurately follows one of Shakespeare’s most well-known plays. The piece was written in six weeks and premiered in 1870. It contains three themes and generally follows a traditional sonata-allegro form. The first theme is church-like with its homophonic nature and represents Friar Lawrence in the play. The second theme‚ Theme A‚ is very rhythmic with a melody that at times is dissonant to its harmony and represents the feud
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that I have listened to‚ I chose Overture 1812 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchailkovsky as the most awesome song. I enjoy a music from all over the world but this song is the most awesome to me. From beginning to end the song is so awesome. A song that tells a story. A song filled of vibrant harmonics and melodies. A song that is both subtle and powerful! Let us begin with a little history of the song and its origination. This awesome song according to Wikipedia – 1812 Overture “was written in 1880 by Russian
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speakers at first‚ but as the concert went on‚ I gradually realized they explained how Tchaikovsky created his Symphony No.4. In order to correspond with the interesting speech‚ the Orchestra cut the whole piece of music into many small units. Each time when the speakers talked about a specific period of time Tchaikovsky had experienced‚ the Orchestra were playing some units that correspond to their speech. Tchaikovsky worked on his Fourth Symphony when he received a love letter from one of his former
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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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Tchaikovsky was born on May 17 in 1840. The country he was born in was Udmurtia‚ Russia. His style for writing was ballet and we was very good at melody writing. Tchaikovsky was not a nationalist even though he did write a few songs about his country. When Tchaikovsky was very poor and had no help this very nice women who Tchaikovsky has never seen before they have only talked online decided to be his financial supporter and her name was Madame Von Meck. Sadly Tchaikovsky passed away on November
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every corner there. The third day that i arrived my grandmother and i decided to go see a ballet nearby her house in a small theater. The name of the ballet was Tchaikovsky Tribute‚ the ballet was put on my some local dance majors. The dances consisted of point‚ lyrical‚ classic ballet‚ and modern ballet. All the music of course was by Tchaikovsky they were short segments remixed into an hour long piece. The dancers who performed the 1st dance wore sequined red point shoes with a white tutu and a red
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky is from the the musical time period of the Romantic Era [1820-1910]. He was born in 1840 in present day Udmurtia‚ Russia. He died on November 6th‚ 1893 in St. Petersburg because of cholera. He received training from a teacher when he was younger and he also studied at the Russian Musical Society in 1861. He later studied at St.Petersburg Conservatory. In his childhood he has piano lessons at the age of 5. By the time he was 8 he knew all of the notes ‚just as well
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian revolutionary composer who played a big role in classical music. His life was not easy‚ and he used music as a rescue from his problems‚ thus‚ creating the most famous compositions still recognized and used today. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was not only a very talented composer who created great masterpieces like “The Nutcracker”‚ but a great man who put in himself all the strength to become a great figure who is still known today. He was growing to be one of
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