Chamber music

Ever since entering Dr. Berdahl’s chamber music class, I have grown more found with working with other instruments from outside of my comfort zone. I really like the idea of sight reading and being able to accompany other instruments to create wonderful music together. This semester I would like to recommend just two pieces of music for Chamber ensemble from the same composer, to focus on working together and learning the appropriate style. Franz Schubert, January 31, 1797 - November 19, 1828, was brought into a world where music was changing rapidly. Baroque music slowly drifted away around the year 1750 and now the Classical Era was greatly being more favored by the main public. Schubert wrote various melodies in all of his music, slowly…

Upon attending the International Chamber Music Festival Concert, a certain ecstatic vibe could be felt as the performers walked on stage with their musical instruments. The virtuoso’s performed in pieces that contained trios, duets, and quintets; showing the concentration they required when listening to each other. When working on Chamber Music, much of the melody jumps around from instrument to instrument, show casing various solos and much of the instruments having to coincide with each other…

my first time attending a chamber concert and I found it to be quite amusing, this concert was primarily instrumental and the type of ensemble this concert feature was chamber music. For the genre I would consider these piece as a string quartet. And for the historical era I would have to put it with romantic and twenty and twenty first century era. This was my first live concert that I’ve ever attended so is was my first time hearing a violin and a cello live. The way I would describe the way a…

into art. All throughout my life I have been drawn to music in numerous ways. When I began playing the violin at age seven, I was enamored by it. Even from a very young age, the instrument captivated me. I loved the sound and the way it felt to hold it in my hands. I learned where the notes are and the mechanics of the instrument. It took several years before the unnatural contortions that I had to make with my body in order to correctly the instruments became second nature.…

Schumann’s Involvement in Resurrecting J.S. Bach As editor and writer for his own music journal, Neue Zeitscrift für Musik, Robert Schumann made it his personal mission to write about worthy composers and lift them up as examples to the music community. He was tired of the “Philistines” of the current music establishment, such as Wagner and Meyerbeer, who he felt were commercial and pretentious. He brought Brahms and Chopin to Germany’s notice, because he felt that their music was “honest…

of the Classical period, and I played a major role in the development of chamber music. As one of the most prominent composers of my time, I am often referred to as the "Father of the Symphony" and the "Father of the String Quartet" in recognition of my immense contribution to musical form. I was born on March 31st, 1732 in Rohrau, Austria. My dad, Mathias Haydn, was a wheelwright and my mom, Maria, worked as a cook before marrying my father. Both of my parents, especially my father, loved…

great historical changes over the world. In the 18th century, a new idea of the economic system was claimed by Adam Smith and people started to be concerned about broader educations. Because of this reason, a humanitarian movement was led by French philosophers, such as Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Rousseau, which is known as the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment aimed that individuals had rights, so tried to improve the human condition. The central themes in the Enlightenment, such as reason,…

Symphony” for wide publication of his symphonies. Symphonies, instrumental sonatas and string quartets are the most well known works, which made him a prolific composer in the classical period. Haydn was born in Rohrau and started to learn music in singing, playing the harpsichord and violin by joining the choir at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna at the age of seven. Haydn had a beautiful voice however as he grew, he was kicked out when his voice started to change. Later on, he continued to…

popular and church music tradition. The Church music traditions of his youth with European and American popular style are blending together in his various compositions. Charles Ives’ String Quartet No.1 was composed in 1896 when he was a 21 years and a sophomore student at Yale University. The piece composed for standard string quartet which consists…

Franz Joseph Haydn was a Austrian composer that was born on March 31, 1732 and died on May 31, 1809 . He became the main composer of the classical style of music. Franz Joseph Haydn is also known as the “ Father of the Symphony.” Two of his most famous pieces are The ‘Surprise’ Symphony and “The heavens are telling the glory of God.” With his musical talent he became rich.He composed about 100 symphonies. Franz Joseph Haydn influenced music very much. During his early life in 1740 around…