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    The string quartet has been one of the predominant genres of chamber music since the year of 1759. The string quartet consists of four string instruments, usually with two violins, a viola and a cello which performed structured symphonies in the form of four movements. The first movement in Sonata form, Allegro, in the tonic key; the second movement is a slow movement, in a related key; the third movement is a Minuet and Trio, in the tonic key; and the fourth movement is often in Rondo form or…

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    Franz Schubert was born on January 31, 1797, in Himmelpfortgrund near Vienna Austria. He was an Austrian composer. He himself wrote six hundred secular vocal works, seven complete symphonies, operas, sacred music and a large body of chamber and piano music. His appreciation was limited to a relatively small circle of admirers in Vienna. Schubert’s father, Franz Theodor Schubert, was a school teacher; his mother was what we call a modern day “stay at home mom.” Franz had three older brothers…

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    lifetime. Finnish composer Bernhard Henrik Crusell also wrote three great concertos for clarinet. German composer Carl Maria von Weber composed total seven master works for clarinet. Second Round: Like last round, three pieces of clarinet music were required to be performed in this round. The first piece was a commissioned composition which called Cirrus Light for solo clarinet in Bb or A by Jonathan Harvey, a British composer . Unfortunately, he passed away in the end of 2012.…

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    Johannes Brahms is considered the greatest composer of the Romantic period. Being the son of a musician and forced to play music to earn money for the family bills, Johannes grew a very strong connection to music and eventually made music and composing for his entire career. Johannes Brahms was viewed as the leader of music and best at composing in the Romantic time period while on the same skilled level as Mozart, Beethoven, and Hyden. Johannes Brahms was born May 7th, 1833 in Hamburg, Germany…

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    Robert Schumann composed orchestral music, including four symphonies and one piano concerto. He also composed chamber music, including three string quartets, one piano quintet, one piano quartet, piano trios, and sonatas. In the emotional abandonment of his music, Schumann is the true Romantic. His piano pieces are filled with impassioned melody, unique changes of harmony, and driving rhythms. His music was often had literacy, meaning and was connected by a literary theme or musical motto.…

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    ask in the Institute, since the people there are very smart. And they were on their way to the Institute. As soon as they arrived they searched it and they found a room that says 'Shaun'. They entered it and there was a little boy locked in a glass chamber. Joey yelled: "Shaun, open the door and come home with your dad" but Shaun didn't respond. Then suddenly an old man walked into the room. He walked up to Joey and Caliban and said: " Hello, I am Father, the head of the Institute. I…

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    Vivaldi Four Seasons

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    Although I really enjoyed some of the others I had a personal connection to this peace as I used to listen to it before soccer matches to calm my nerves. The Four Seasons was composed by a chamber orchestra which was led by the stunning Janine Jansen as the lead violinist. From the best that I could tell this chamber was filled with one bass, 3 cellos, a few violas and around 10 violens. The Four seasons is a polyphonic piece and was written by the great Antonio Vivaldi and is the best known…

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    Mozart Research Paper

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    and Leopold Mozart (father). Wolfgang has been playing the piano in public since the age of 6 and he doesn’t only play the piano, he plays the violin, oboe and trumpet. Also, he has written piano songs for symphonies, operas, solo concertos, chamber music, especially string quartets and string quintets, and the piano sonata, during the classical period. Furthermore, the classical period is between the baroque and romantic era, and approximately between the years 1750-1820. Also, Mozart was…

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    Laurel Zucker Essay

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    Washington Heights, in Manhattan. Zucker begged her parents for a flute after hearing recordings and graduated high school at the age of 16 and studied flute at the New England Conservatory for two years with Paula Robison. Zucker completed her Bachelor of Music in Flute at Juilliard with Samuel Baron and had a very successful career performing in New York the following 13 years. In New York she performed…

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    Classicalism in music was influenced by the Enlightenment era. The three main composers of this classical era are Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. They all have challenged themselves in by exploring the major-minor scale system. These musical artists develop different types of sonatas solo, duo, trio and quartets in a concerto and the symphony. Public concerts grew quickly with the rise of new venues: a concert hall. Small group ensembles are also known as chambers that consist of two to ten players…

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