Composer

Franz Liszt was a Hungarian composer, pedagogue, and virtuoso pianist. He was born on October 22, 1811 and died July 31, 1886. For many years, up through the 19th century, he was regarded as the world’s best pianist. Liszt was renowned for his unparalleled piano technique. Liszt extensively toured Europe, celebrated as the world’s best pianist. Liszt saw both fame and fortune in his career. He died in Germany due to complications from pneumonia. Liszt was born in Raiding, Austria on…

directly accessible through the score and offered the opportunity to potentially discover internal similarities between Opus 15 and the other repertoire in the form of a certain “performative feel” pertinent to the style or language of the poet and the composer respectively, the third contextualisation appeared to have less obvious benefits. Nevertheless, it seemed logical to continue the project by familiarising myself with…

lifestyle. At one point, he served in the Austrian army, but was unable to finish because of poor eyesight. When Hitler became ruler in 1933, all musical works by Webern were banned and could not be published. Webern’s works were influential to many composers, even though barely thirty-one compositions were published during his life.…

with or without meaning, that the brain attempts to make sense of in a way that is comfortable. Over the years, there have been countless composers that have succeeded in not breaking tradition, per say, but rather adding to it. These influences are seen everywhere in today’s music from new age contemporary to country to hip- hop genres. John Cage, the composer that wrote 4’33”, believed that all sound is music which does not necessarily have to have meaning, according to Cage in From Zero: The…

beautifully sung in a major key in a slow tempo. The timbre of Miss Pajda voice moved the prayer like melody to moments of texture tenderness. The second student was soprano Miss Anna Scott performing the aria Caro Mio Ben by the Classical Italian composer Giuseppe Giodani, who is best remembered for his operas and…

In comparison to other notable composers of Western art music, Stravinsky enjoyed one of the longest careers, actively composing for nearly seven decades. Having reached critical acclaim for his work in The Firebird in 1910, Stravinsky continued to compose for the next sixty-one years, during which numerous world-changing events took place. Also, throughout this time, Stravinsky was exposed to a variety of cultures, having migrated to multiple places around the globe in the interest of…

Ludwig Van Beethoven was a great German composer and musical figure during the period between the Classical and Romantic eras. He was born on or about December 16, 1770 in the city of Bonn in the Electorate of Cologne, to mother Maria Magdalena van Beethoven and father Johann van Beethoven. His real birth date in unknown but he was baptized on December 17, 1770 and by law and custom babies were baptized within 24 hours of birth so it was assumed that he was born on December 16. He himself…

Composers incorporate their own ideologies and beliefs in their respective texts in order to effectively convey a message to their audience. Evident in Aldous Huxley’s 1931 dystopian fiction novel ‘Brave New World’, Huxley represents both his personal and political perspectives through a fictional realisation of a futuristic dystopia. His vigorous stance against the rapid industrialisation of the world, and the possible misuse of technology to influence the freedom of the people are reflected…

Lauren Lancaster Lisa Qualls MUS 241 October 11, 2015 Favorite Composer There are a lot of fantastic composers in our world. The music that these people are able to produce is so beautiful and so incredible, it was hard to choose a favorite. After thinking about it, I have decided that the best composer had to be the famous one and only Johann Sebastian Bach. Now I’d like to tell you a little about Bach’s legendary life. He was born on March 31, 1685 in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany. Bach…

were for a small audience, which failed to attract much attention and wasted quite a lot of his time. In 1698, Handel was fortunate enough to play for Frederick I of Prussia and also got the chance to meet Giovanni Battista Bononcini (Famous Baroque Composer) in…