Composer

Charles Ives and the American Influence The composer that I chose to write is Charles Ives, an American composer who has been hailed as one of Americas greatest composers. Charles Ives may not be as well-known as other American composers but his work is every bit as important and influential. Much like America, Charles Ives was a blend of both traditional roots and innovation. He drew his inspiration from America’s contradictions and complexity as a society. His music had complex textures,…

Mozart , his real full name is Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. He was an austrian composer born in Salzburg , he was known as one of the best in history of western music.Mozart collaborating with Haydn and his good friend Beethoven he brought to his knowledge that the achievement of the Viennese Classical school would be an great opportunity for them all. Unlike any other composer in musical history, Mozart had wrote in all the musical genres of his days and excelled in every…

reflection on how the composer is feeling, an example of Impressionism genre that gives the audience the feel of emotion is Krzytof Penderecki’s Impressionism piece Thernody for the Victims of Hiroshima, which he has transformed the feelings and emotions from the world as well as those who were involved in the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima, into a music of piece that all audiences are able to connect emotionally too. Krzysztof Penderecki is a successful polish conductor and composer who…

Myths have provided an inspiration to writers, artists, and composers. They help you understand art and literature easily. They can inspire people to wonder and think on and make something out of it. They are stories that you can learn from the past that you could relate to and/or compare to with others. Myths have always been in our lives and they will always be in our lives forever. An inspiration to an artist can come from a story of the past that maybe me meaningful to them or give them an…

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice in 1678 during the Baroque era. He was a violinist, teacher and cleric and is today recognized as one of the greatest baroque composers of all time. Many of Vivaldi’s works were written for a female music ensemble at Ospedale della Pietà, an orphanage where he worked at as a priest for 39 years of his life. Part of Vivaldi’s works included 12 sonatas that he wrote for violin and basso continuo. These works would have been performed by small…

He mentions the overwhelming presence of compositions by dead composers and how they were not meant to be “taken out of the context for which [they were] created, stripped of [their] original purposes, and fitted out with new ones” (Stanbridge, 8). He expands upon this idea, stating that there is a substantial lack of contemporary styles as well as composer diversity within modern orchestras. The Elkhart County Symphony Orchestra is unfortunately guilty of…

where they came from because they consist of elements that make up what we know as the Romantic Period. Although Henry Purcell’s piece “If Music be the Food of Love” was unappealing to me he however was one of the most influential composers and influenced other composers through his different pieces in different musical categories (sonatas, chamber music, operas). The purpose of the piece “If Music be the Food of Love” could be a portrait of how a person can go crazy and do foolish things…

archetypal figures that relate to all. These figures, crafted articulately through composer manipulation, profoundly impact one’s relationship with their landscape, shaping their identity and perspectives. Established almost immediately, Toibin characterises the imperious Miss Kelly as a power-driven matriarch produced by her stagnant surroundings. Through an economic use of dialogue, particularly in, “Now, she said”, the composer creatively asserts the timeless universality of this character,…

album “Sadnecessary” became a hit this one of a kind song stayed at the top ten in over twenty countries (Stolen Dance - Milky Chance). This song is definitely a hit. The German composer Celmens Rehbein, was not even sure the song would make it way to the U.S. However, with the posting of Youtube the song and the composer got some great notice by the catchy beat the smooth lyrics. The first couple of lines from the song sound very lugubrious for example “no sun is shining anymore.” It sounds…

in the comfort of their own home and for composers who wished to express the conversation-like aspects of this genre. 2. Ludwig Van Beethoven has been referenced and revered by countless as an amazing composer, both nowadays and in his lifetime. He was born in Bonn, Germany, where he supported his family by being an organist and harpsichordist. When he was 22, he moved to Vienna, where he found bountiful employment as a tutor to aristocrats and as a composer for the rising concert-going…