The Concertgoer’s Guide: A Sample Report Name: Peggy Skipitaris Course: Introduction to Music Date: December 9‚ 1991 Concert: New York Philharmonic (December 3‚ 1991) Type of concert: Symphony orchestra General reaction: I was impressed with the construction of the concert hall – Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center – and with its wonderful acoustics. The visual grandeur of the orchestra and the attentiveness of the audience heightened my sense of excitement. Composition I liked best:
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Franz Liszt was born on October 22‚ 1811 in Hungary. Liszt father was a multi-instrumentalist who taught him how to play the piano. When Liszt was already nine years old he was performing in concert halls. When Liszt became an adult he started exploring all through Europe. Liszt was a very handsome‚ irresistible to women and he was a magnificent showman. Liszt performed the piano like a superhuman‚ impressing both the public and musicians. Liszt reputation was that he gave away many of his concerts
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121218 page 1 of 7 The nineteenth century was a period of time between 1828-1880 in it’s narrowest and 1789-1914 in its broadest sense. During this changing time a new expressionistic style‚ Romanticism‚ began to emerge that reflected a more humanistic approach to music dwelling on emotions and feelings rather than mirroring the formalization of the world. Romanticism is seen‚ in opposition to Classicism‚ as a phenomenon that re-occurs throughout artistic and intellectual history. Romanticism
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The Romantic era is denoted by an extensive questioning and expression of challenging notions building on the convictions of the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment challenged the Christian Orthodoxy which had dominated Europe for 1‚000 years. Romanticism proposed an exploration of self‚ emphasising the primacy of the individual and a vision of humankind animated by the imagination‚ endorsing a reverence and personal connection to nature. The set texts Fancy and Ode to a Nightingale explore a world
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Love is responsible for the greatest tragedies in life which leaves a resounding impact on people. Lord George Gordon Byron was a Romantic poet who was alive from January 22‚ 1788 to April 19‚ 18241. During his life he was a man of many relationships with most of them ending unsuccessfully and in heartbreak. His first love‚ Mary Ann Chaworth‚ broke his heart when he overheard her disdainfully say to her maid “Do you think I could care anything for that lame boy?”2 when he believed they really
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Does a poet’s influence in life solely reflect on his or her poetry and later works to come? Many influences in a poet’s life are associated to the era that he or she was raised in. In the Romantic Era‚ Lord Byron applied his influences of different themes and images to his work as they stood out in his life. Lord Byron uses the theme of life and death frequently in many of his poems to show the importance of these themes in the Romantic Era. The meaning of life in Byron’s work is based on how
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Case: City Symphony Orchestra The City Symphony Orchestra is a branch of the Center for Performing Arts. It performs regular concerts throughout the year and has been reasonably profitable in the past. However‚ in recent years‚ concert attendance has been declining and the Orchestra is looking for ways to boost attendance. The traditional customers of the Orchestra have been the older and more affluent segment of the population that live in the suburbs. The recent boom in the high-tech sector
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Johannes Brahms always had the ambition to compose a major symphony but lacked the self confidence to do so. He was extremely intimidated by Beethoven and his symphonies that he felt he could never compose something near as well so he put off writing one altogether. His first symphony was not completed until Brahms’ was 44 years old and had been working on his symphony for twenty years. Not only was Brahms’ intimidated by Beethoven‚ but he also admired Beethoven. He appreciated all of Beethoven’s
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The Romantic Period was a literary movement in Europe and America during the late 1700s through the middle 1800s. Romanticism was characterized by five basic systems of beliefs. It should not be surprising that these were completely different from the characteristics of the Enlightenment. Romanticism was an intentional revolt against the rational‚ formal‚ reasonable period of the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment was too scientific and did not focus on romanticism. The Romantic Movement emphasized
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Unit Summary – Module 5 The Romantic Period 21 points Please complete each question as thoroughly as possible and submit to your professor by the due date. This summary will function as a one of the study guides for the final exam so it is very important that the information is complete. 1. Describe the characteristics of music in the romantic period. Be sure to include information on each of the following: (6 points) - Romantic music was associated with emotional intensity. These works
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