Baroque composers

During the 16th century, composers focused mainly on church music since the Renaissance in England started much later than in the rest of Europe. The most popular secular music style was the partsong until innovative composers such as Thomas Tallis and William Byrd paved way beyond three- and four-part homophonic pieces. Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 – 1585) and William Byrd (c. 1540 – 1623) were versatile composers who wrote for the Catholic, Anglican, and Puritan churches alike. Tallis, best known…

“Few musical works are as loved--and as often performed--as the six "Brandenburg" Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach”(npr). The full title of the piece, by Johann Sebastian Bach, on autograph score is “Concerto 3zo a tre Violini, tre Viole, è tre Violoncelli col Basso per il Cembalo.” Bach wrote the piece in 1718, but its first publication was in 1851. This section of the six orchestral pieces composed by him is the only one with a more conservative musical design. This piece exemplifies the…

For my Applied Music 2206 research project I choose to research one of the many great guitarist of the 19th century Ida Presti. She had a very interesting life full of lots of fun and most important to her music. Ida Presti, originally named Yvette Montagnon was born May 31st 1924 in Suresnes, France. Her father Claude Montagnon was French and her mother Olga- Gracia Lo was Sicilian. Ida studied harmony and music theory with guitarist Mario Maccaferri. Ida was a remarkable performer who…

Lauren Lancaster Lisa Qualls MUS 241 October 11, 2015 Favorite Composer There are a lot of fantastic composers in our world. The music that these people are able to produce is so beautiful and so incredible, it was hard to choose a favorite. After thinking about it, I have decided that the best composer had to be the famous one and only Johann Sebastian Bach. Now I’d like to tell you a little about Bach’s legendary life. He was born on March 31, 1685 in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany. Bach…

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany on March 31st, 1685. He was raised in a family of musicians. Johann Sebastian Bach learned to play the harpsichord, organ, and violin. Bach came from generations of musicians. Johann's father taught him to play the violin and harpsichord when he was young and his father was also a musician in Eisenach. Johann Sebastian Bach was also influenced by his famous uncle Johann Christoph, a organist at the Georgenkirche in…

violin skills and musical talent. Another example of diegetic music can be seen at the party scene in the village, when Andrea is performing folk music. It has a cheerful, playful character with a number of Hungarian and Jewish music elements. A composer while preparing the film music score may also decide to use the music that has been already written. This is actually an often-used and smart method to acquaint people with the famous classical music excerpts. That is what happens in the next…

be typically adjusted by knocking the piece down an octave. Some famous composers to write beautiful pieces of music for the cello were Felix Mendelssohn, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mendelssohn composed four pieces of music for the cello and Beethoven composed five. Mozart did not compose any piece specifically with the cello in mind. Some wondered if Mozart did not like the cello. Most composers composed on commission so it is believed that the lack of pieces from…

During the Baroque era, musicians were in high demand. They would play in many locations and at the same time they were very well respected. Going back in time we can say that the earliest way humans made music was through singing. Which means we are a very inestimable instrument. It is breathtaking. As the years went by, instruments came along with different sizes, shapes and sounds. It it amazing what can someone make when combining vocal music with instrumental music. In today’s society we…

I chose to discuss how Caroline Shaw’s Passacaglia piece exhibits characteristics from Edgard Varese’s piece even though the composers had different performance mediums. Throughout Shaw’s piece, you can hear a few characteristics of e experimentation. Shaw’s piece does not use a lot of synthesizers and is not a dramatic as Varese’s Poeme Electronique. Shaw uses some electronic sounds and characteristics of experiments within her piece, but her main sound was the use of whispers, shouts, and…

I choose to free write a concert to follow the life of Mariam. Mariam would be best represented by a piano keyboard, since among the piano instruments the keyboard is a misfit and a lower class instrument compared to the piano and organ. A piano is a grand instrument used in concerts and the upper class, events such as weddings, performances and churches. The organ is the backbone of a church used in holy ceremonies and only churches can afford and maintain such an extravagant piano. Even the…