Composer

music! A few are classical, pop, rock, country and reggae. Through out all types of music, there are over 97 million songs. From the 1500’s up to now there have been many artists and bands to be famous from singing. In the 1500’s, some popular composers were, Thomas Tallis, Josquin Des Prez, William Byrd, and many more! Thomas Tallis was most known for his piece called “ If Ye Love Me”. This song is about if you love God then you will keep his commandments and he will give you his comfort.…

Claude Debussy was born on August 22, 1862, in France. Debussy and his parents lived in a very poverty stricken suburb in Paris. By the age of nine, Claude’s gift of being a pianist began to show; and a female Russian millionaire, Nadezha Filaretovna von Meck, persuaded Debussy to play duets with her and her children. After accepting her offer, Claude Debussy began to travel with the woman all throughout Europe during the summer; time that he was not in school at the Conservatory. While in Paris…

Josquin des Prez was a French composer of the Renaissance Era. The place and date of his birth is uncertain, and many documents of his life has parts missing. However, what is certain is that he was known by many as one of the greatest composers of the 16th century. Josquin is probably of French and Flemish ethnicity. He sang for the courts of Rene I of Anjou and Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan. Josquin performed for the papal chapel. He was even choirmaster for Duke Ercole I of…

The way in which composers convey their ideas dependent on their use of distinctive visuals. Amanda Lohrey’s vertigo and Bruce Dawe’s homecoming show how composers use their distinctively visual themes and ideas presented in their work. Amanda Lohrey and Bruce Dawe utilise strong images to convey an understanding of the themes of loss and grief and personal identity. The purpose is achieved through the distinctive visuals used by the composer to challenge the different perspectives the readers…

Composer, arranger, and conductor William Grant Still was born on May 11, 1895, in Woodville, Mississippi. After his father, a university professor, passed away before he was born, his mother, a successful teacher, moved the family to live with Still's grandmother in Little Rock, Arkansas. Not only did his family value literature and music, but his childhood home was filled with the sounds of his grandmother singing spirituals, which seems to inspire his honorary career. In 1911, Still enrolled…

possible to infer exactly how the composer felt while writing a specific piece of music. This is especially relevant with Russian composers in the 20th century. Due to their oppressed and depressing lifestyle, these composers wrote music reflecting their emotions, creating a connection with listeners who experience the same emotions. This is relevant today because the goal of composers is still to create an emotional connection with the audience. Modern day composers are greatly influenced and…

environment and current music industry, the genre of classical music and its master composers continues to be overshadowed, filling the space but not directly shown in the spotlight as modern society progresses. Classical music is used as an inspiration and influences artists in film and music industry to reach into their own love for it to create art. Joesph Johnson is an example who pays tribute to their influential composers of the past and carry on their…

If you answered “yes” to the previous question, then congratulations! If you answered “no”, then you need to get out more. Today, I am here to discuss music for the eighty-three billionth time. So let’s get on with it. Let me introduce our two composers. First, we have Claude Debussy. And next, there is Igor Stravinsky. Now, you might be thinking, “Why did our history lesson start off with a question about chains?” Well, if you have ever seen a chain, then you will know that it is tough and…

Complexity played an important role in Baroque music, which can be described as “extravagance and structure”. As new possibilities arose, composers were able to make their music more complex. The emergence of new instruments, like the brass and woodwind instruments, increased flexibility in tone color. This allowed for more expression in music. The improvement of instruments such as the violin, which Stradivari and other makers perfected, and the organ, allowed for the emergence of virtuosos…

Richard Strauss is one of the well-known composers who wrote many descriptive symphonic poems. One of these is Til Eulenspiegel Op. 28 (1894 - 1895) which tells of a mischievous character of German legend. Strauss uses a musical theme to represent the character. The theme is heard at the beginning and then appears in different ways, with different parts throughout the work played by different instruments and with different rhythms. Another popular composer of tone poems is Franz Liszt, who wrote…