Composer

Debussy, born Claude Achille Debussy at Saint Germain-en-Laye, France on August 22, 1862, was a profound composer of the twentieth century. Because of the similarities his compositions share with impressionist art, many refer to Debussy as an impressionists. Impressionist, according to the online Webster dictionary, is defined as “one who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism in art; especially, a painter who paints in the impressionistic style; as, the skyrocketing prices of…

Composers are no longer only middle aged, white men who play violin, piano and write music by hand. In today’s time, composers are producers who create music through their computer such as Pharrell Williams and Erick Arc Elliot of the Flatbush Zombies. Both of these producers repeatedly create some of the best music ever produced, and will only get better with time. The work of Pharrell is more popular than that of Erick Arc Elliot due to Pharrell’s time spent in the music industry and his…

Clifford October 25th, 2017 Reflection on “The Joy of Mozart” Video 1. In the video, “The Joy of Mozart,” the radio presenter Tom Service learns about the life of a man named Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart was one of the greatest Austrian composers of the classical era. He composed operas, concertos, symphonies, sonatas, masses, and chamber music. Service travels from London to Vienna and Salzburg and visits the cities where Mozart lived and worked. During Service’s journey, he plays…

a point of sincerity and respect, often noting the work’s intriguing comparison to various works by Beethoven and Liszt. Schubert completed the impromptus during the last full year of his life, 1827. This was undoubtedly a time of despair for the composer, which can be seen only moderately throughout these…

Wind Ensemble at 7:30 in the evening at Moore’s School of Music. Composers included in this concert included Nelson, Sousa, Nielsen, and Flagello. The wind ensemble included a variety of instruments: the flute, oboe, English horn, bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone, bass trombone, tuba, and percussion. The first piece performed was “Rocky Point Holiday” composed by Ron Nelson. The composer used a series of high-energy overtures. The movement consists of…

“ Have you ever wonder the information of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?” Well this essay would tell you most of the information of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his family. Wolfgang Mozart was a composer and a violinist. His father taught him how to play a violin. His father was an teacher, composer, violinist and a conductor. Wolfgang Mozart was born in Austria, Salzburg and the date he was born is was 27th January 1756. He died on 5th December 1791 in Austria, Vienna. Wolfgang Mozart. He played the…

J.S. Bach was a German composer and musician in eighteenth-century. He serves at courts. He has three most important positions. There were at Weimar, Cöthen and Leipzig. He has little responsibility at Cöthen and Leipzing. Therefore, he composed 250 sacred cantatas. The most notable one is Cantata No.140. It has seven movements. The melody and text are based on chorale tune Wachet auf. The first movement has sopranos and tenors singing a polyphonic texture. The melody and lyrics use imitation…

The 20th century was a major turning point in the history of classical music. Tonal harmony of the Romance era have been replaced with the dissonant sounding atonality of many composers of the 20th century. The 20th century of classical music was led by Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky, and Claude Debussy. These composers have created techniques that were unlike any other in the history of classical music. Arnold Schoenberg is known for a technique called the Twelve Tone Technique. This…

I am of German-Irish decent, I chose to write about my German heritage. I am the fourth generation of German-American on my mother’s side and the fifth generation on my father’s side. I will report on the overview of Germany and its people, an artifacts that exist from my German culture, and a dress indicative of the culture. I will also include my own familial ties to the culture, and its traditions, cultural patterns that I identify with, as well as the influence the German heritage has on my…

This paper will describe and critique a listening reaction to Hildegard Von Bingen’s “O Successores” and describe the use of timbre, pitch, melody, and rhythm to name a few examples. In addition, the introduction will discuss the work of the creator, the historic era, and give a general description of the background of this Gregorian chant. Furthermore, the aesthetic value of the work will be evaluated and questions will be answered to what was attractive, meaningful, and inspiring and what my…