Composer

In chapter three of Roger Kamien’s Music an Appreciation textbook, the author focuses directly on the Renaissance period, a period of exploring and adventure. The Renaissance Period, also known as “The Golden Age,” was a time of curiosity and individualism in society. The author teaches his readers about the significance of humanism and musicals that were played in churches, courts, and towns. Chapter three explains in depth how to comprehend and appreciate the importance of transition in sacred…

knowledge in their field, and scholars are expected to know a great deal about composers, performers, and performance practice of the time they study. Butt discusses how scholars’ authority over music has changed with the requirement of HIP, as performers are now expected to make their own interpretations upon pieces. As scholars became more aware of HIP, they realized that the music can tell more about a composer than a composer can educate a scholar about how to perform their piece.…

onto one’s self. People feel the need to be close to others. This need is followed by the given response of creation. The creation of a piece of art or the creation of a relationship fills the need to have a connection with the composer. The relationship between composer and each viewer is unique to the immediate viewing. The strength from these interactions start the cycle of understanding to revelation. The idea that the creator throws before the viewer is subject to misinterpretation. This…

The distinctively visual qualities allow composers to effectively explore significant aspects of life and give responders an insight into human suffering and strength. John Misto successfully conveys this notion thoroughly in his play ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ that demonstrates an emotional and physical response from its audience. Through the experiences of the main characters, Bridie and Sheila, Misto creates vivid and distinctive images of the suffering they endured and the strength they had to…

that he is considered the founder of impressionism. Impressionism is when a composer’s music like no other before by using different melodies and harmonies to contrast each other, forming wonderful pieces. Claude Debussy was an influential French composer who…

of the bugle’s development was from 1759 to 1815 (Ferguson 2). Some of these changes are attributed to the change in musical styles of that time, especially the bolder tones of Ludwig von Beethoven, a well known German composer (Budden), and the styles of a more classical composer, George Frederick Handel, a naturalized British citizen from Germany (Cudworth). In the Revolutionary War, the role of the bugle was minor, and at this time, was loosely defined as a trumpet-like instrument. It was…

First Selection: -Symphony No. 1 (“ Classical”), first movement- Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) First Hearing: Happy, Calm Second Hearing: Prokofiev wanted to create a kind of the homage for the composers of the Classical era. I really like the sound of this song. It put me in a happy, calm mood. Third Hearing: The pitch starts off low. The melody is disjunct. The rhythm is duple meter. The tempo is a steadfast. The dynamic is widely varying levels at the beginning of the song. It increases…

mini solo the clarinetist had was amazing and she didn’t mess up at that part at all. From “Two Chorales” to “Iona Alma mater” that clarinet played as smooth as it can ever be. I thought that you (the composer) did an awesome job kind of describing the song that would follow next. Usually, the composer would just be in silent and everyone in the crowd would just assume they understood what the next song would be about, and yes the…

Brahms Johannes Brahms was born May 7th 1883 and he dies April 3 1997.He was a German composer and a pianist of the romantic period. He was born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family. He spent most of his life in Vienna, Austria. Johannes composed symphony orchestra,chamber ensembles, piano, organ,and voice chorus. He worked with a pianist named Clara schumann and a violinist named Joseph Joachim and they were very close friends. His father’s name was Johann Jakob Brahms and he lives from 1806-1872…

Justin Hayward Justin David Hayward is an English songwriter, lead singer and former guitarist in the rock band the Moody Blues. Born in Swindon, Wiltshire, he studied at Shrivenham School in Berkshire, and The Commonweal School in Swindon. Hayward has shown interest in music since his teenage years, taking part in several groups on the age of 15. One of those early bands was called All Things Bright. It was formed for The Hollies and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. Career success and personal…