Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s full name was Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he was born January 27, 1756, in Salzburg Austria, and he died on December 5, 1791 in Vienna, Austria. As an Austrian composer he was well known as one of the best in the history of Western music. Along with very few composers, Mozart dabble and composed in every single genre of music and was successful in all of them. The way he created his music, his taste and original ideas make him one of the made him one of the most universal composers in history. This being said he didn’t appease all audiences and some said you had to have an acquire taste to listen to him.
The Requiem setting was one of his last pieces before he died. A commissioner came and presented …show more content…
He was born on October 9, 1813, in Parma, Italy. Giuseppe Verdi died on January 27, 1901, in Milan, Italy.After writing 25 famous pieces, Verdi, like Mozart is known to be one of the greatest composers in history. One of Verdi’s most famous piece and one that I am familiar with is his work to assist completing Othello. You see this play read in schools and done in theatres around the world. It’s a four act opera and one of the last pieces Verdi created before he passed away. Verdi’s Requiem Mass is a total of seven movements. The first is called “Te Decet Hymnus”. It is the opening act, and it comes in with a lower pitch, but not quiet. It disucusses the eternal piece, and it gets very loud and high pitched at the end. Verdi’s second movement has 10 sections. It begins with Dies irae. Its much louder than the first movement starting off. The 10 sections versus are about the day that Christ will come back. How he will reign and how some will feel sorrow and how some will be happy and joyous. In the middle of the movement its gets somewhat quiet and the trumpet sounds. This is my favorite …show more content…
They do not perform the chorus in this movement, but they allow the vocal quartet to sing. The lyrics talk about what hell is like and it asks God to retrieve the souls from there, in return they have sacfices.
The fourth movement of Verdis brings back the chorus. The movement is called Sanctus. It talks about how Christ is the highest, otherwise know as Hosanna in the song. This is my favorite section, the lyrics are good, and the music is very up beat. The fifth movement is the shortest of all. It is called Agnus Dei. It begins with soprano and Mezzo and they sing accapella until eventually the orchaestra joins in. The lyrics are repeated twice about the lamb of
The Requiem setting was one of his last pieces before he died. A commissioner came and presented …show more content…
He was born on October 9, 1813, in Parma, Italy. Giuseppe Verdi died on January 27, 1901, in Milan, Italy.After writing 25 famous pieces, Verdi, like Mozart is known to be one of the greatest composers in history. One of Verdi’s most famous piece and one that I am familiar with is his work to assist completing Othello. You see this play read in schools and done in theatres around the world. It’s a four act opera and one of the last pieces Verdi created before he passed away. Verdi’s Requiem Mass is a total of seven movements. The first is called “Te Decet Hymnus”. It is the opening act, and it comes in with a lower pitch, but not quiet. It disucusses the eternal piece, and it gets very loud and high pitched at the end. Verdi’s second movement has 10 sections. It begins with Dies irae. Its much louder than the first movement starting off. The 10 sections versus are about the day that Christ will come back. How he will reign and how some will feel sorrow and how some will be happy and joyous. In the middle of the movement its gets somewhat quiet and the trumpet sounds. This is my favorite …show more content…
They do not perform the chorus in this movement, but they allow the vocal quartet to sing. The lyrics talk about what hell is like and it asks God to retrieve the souls from there, in return they have sacfices.
The fourth movement of Verdis brings back the chorus. The movement is called Sanctus. It talks about how Christ is the highest, otherwise know as Hosanna in the song. This is my favorite section, the lyrics are good, and the music is very up beat. The fifth movement is the shortest of all. It is called Agnus Dei. It begins with soprano and Mezzo and they sing accapella until eventually the orchaestra joins in. The lyrics are repeated twice about the lamb of