Composer

promotions, Haydn’s contract was an interesting indeed. His duties/contract also showed that court composers had a strict life. Court composers have to follow everything strictly by the book or they could get fired. However, they were in charge of what kind of music to write. According to Haydn’s contract, he was initially the Vice-court composer, which required him to follow orders from the Head-Court composer and the Prince of Esterhazy. He had free reign over the musical performances of the…

Classical and Baroque composers, musicians often tend to only hear about the men. Students hear about Bach, Handel and the greats, and find themselves asking if women were even allowed to compose music. During the late 1600’s and 1700’s there were many women who were seen as “ahead of their time.” Three prolific women composers from the Baroque era were Barbara Strozzi, Anna Isabella Leonarda, and Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre. Barbara Strozzi was a secular Italian composer who lived…

She was born on 20 October 1684 at Gehren, where her father, Johann Michael Bach, was employed as organist. It is presumed that she and Bach were living within the same residence, when she came to live with her uncle after her mother’s passing in October 1704. Needless to say, Johann Sebastian did not exactly live the life of a saint during his Arnstadt term. He eventually searched elsewhere until an opportunity arose at Mühlhausen. Johann Georg Ahle, organist of the Blasiuskirche in…

are used not only to achieve economic gain, but also to create trends in society, which is largely impacted by the younger adults, teens and children. The art Celebrity Composers produce is a reflection of their reality, and a poetic description of their experiences that they share and impact society with. Many celebrity Composers highlight…

Representative Composers As mentioned earlier in this chapter, polymodality can be traced back to the baroque period. Figure 1.3 shows an excerpt of J. S. Bach’s Four Duets No. 2 BWV 303, measures 43-46. This is an example of contrapuntal writing, where Bach creates a canon a perfect fourth lower from the top voice. The upper melody is composed in a D melodic minor scale, and the lower voice is written in A melodic minor. Mosco Carner states that “Bach in contrast to most modern composers, is…

The article that I was assigned for is called Chopin and Women Composers: Collaborations, Imitations, and Inspirations. It talks about that while many scholars and historians have closely studied Chopin’s life and receptions, his connections with women composers are almost completely left out of scholarly discussions. This article explores of 3 important women composers who had close connections with Chopin during his life and provides an interesting discussion of their interactions and…

Pianist and composer, Cecile Chaminade is the only female composer represented in the Flute Music by French Composers collection, and is one the early emerging female composers of this era, though not very well known. Born in Paris in 1857, “Chaminade received her earliest instruction from her mother, a pianist and singer” (Citron). With both parents amateur musicians, Chaminade was showed early talent, with her earliest compositions date to the mid-1860s. Her father did not want her to attend…

Richard Wagner Richard Wagner is a German composer. He was a conductor and song writer. Wagner was born May 22, 1813. No one is really sure who his actual parents are. Some say his father was a police officer who died. Others think that his dad died when he was just born. His mother may have remarried to a guy named Ludwig Geyer he was an actor, painter, and poet. When he was young he did not seem to be interested in playing a musical instrument. At 11 years old he wrote his first drama.…

usually get entertained by listening to music. These songs were either pop, rock, classical or Jazz. Listeners often select the kind of music depending on their preferences. Sometimes, they just like the sound while other love the lyrics. Musical composers create lyrics and melodies depending on the kind of message they want to express to their listeners. However, the message they want to impart may have a different meaning to its listeners. One good example is that song by an American hip-hop…

it is apparent that this quote is a reflection of each composer’s personality. Piano composers have changed dramatically through the ages. Each composer has their own style of music which varies with the time period. Composers from different musical eras show how musical compositions have changed throughout the years. George Frideric Handel, composer of the Hallelujah Chorus, is one of the best known composers of the baroque era (A&E Television Networks 2016). Handel was born on February 23rd,…