Chamber music

four children, and his older sister Fanny was also had an exceptional musical talent. He moved with his family to Berlin in 1811. Unfortunately, his father Abraham disinclined Felix’s musical career until he became serious and dedicated himself to music. In 1836, a year after his father died, He met Cecile Jeanrenaud a clergyman's daughter, in Frankfurt. She was just 16 when they got engaged. They married on March 28, 1837. Over the course of their marriage, they had five children.…

Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart are all composers that are universally known whether you like that specific genre of music or prefer listening to modern day artists. These particular composers have transcended the test of time because their music is taught in music classes currently and many composers have crafted their art by gaining inspiration from their music. Not many composers in this decade will have their musical accomplishments published in a textbook. However, there is one particular…

Williams, and cellist: Mats Lindstrom of the Royal Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble based in London. The second piece I listened to was String Quartet in C major, Op.…

On October 7th I attended a concert by the Auburn University’s very own Chamber Winds / Percussion & Symphonic Band. They performed 11 pieces altogether that were all met with enthusiastic applaud and commendation. The first piece that caught my attention was “Broken Clouds”, a piece composed strictly of percussions, specifically the marimba, vibraphone, and the darbuka. This piece caught my attention due to each instrument having its own solo portion in the piece with a synchronous medley of…

The Baroque era was an important time in the construction of early music. Between the years of 1600 and 1750, musical composers were concerned with the effect that music could have on the interpretation of language, this lead into the creation of opera. Before the Baroque era, music was mainly produced with only an instrumental sound. This was the time when fresh categories of music were being introduced and the critiquing of existing techniques occurred (Forney 102). This time period brought…

The performance I attended was at the Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University. This concert was a preview of BCE’s performance this upcoming Thursday at the American Choral Directors Association Central Division Conference. The works of Ratniece and Hearne will be performed at the conference. The program we started with was Horo Horo Hata Hata by Santa Ratniece, followed by a few other pieces. This was my first time at the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, it was a very interesting…

except Maria Anna Mozart, died within a year of birth. Mozart never attended a proper school. Instead, his father taught him at home. Mozart was very good at mathematics, and he could speak seven languages. His father also taught Mozart a lot about music. They started…

most versatile and prolific composers of the nineteenth century, reaching into almost all genres of music from piano miniatures to comprehensively conceived vocal-orchestra compositions. His output encompasses nine symphonies and fifty-five other orchestral pieces, eleven opera, eleven works for chorus and orchestra, nine small choral works, thirty-five sets of songs and duets, fifty-five chamber works for various combinations of instruments, and thirty-two sets of short pieces for piano. In…

information and dancers from Bucher. The music played by San Jose Chamber Orchestra, which was very amazing. There were Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass and Piano. I used to dislike Jazz, Orchestra and Oprah because there are boring for me. Nevertheless, the rhythm from the band was beautiful and gorgeous. Also, a variety of chance. In the beginning, it was a group dance around eight to nine people. Dancers came and danced funnily composed with funny music, like the show Pink Partner or…

Antonio Guerrero Prof: M. Ambalal Music 10 September 28, 2015 On Wednesday, September 23, 2015, the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra was having their 63rd annual noon concert at hertz hall. I was nervous when I had arrived because I had previously come from another class and I was not sure if I was wearing the proper attire. Once I walked inside, I felt a huge relief because I noticed that most of the people inside were students who just got out of class or where going to class. UC Berkeley’s…