Composer

began to evolve to better fit into the workforce. Composers and musician such as, Mozart, Beethoven, and Haydn were the front runners of the changes in society. These dominate composers—and less well known composers—seen social changed in the following aspect the rise of the patronage system and freelancing to support themselves and , the rise of the middle class and the rise of amateur musicians. Firstly, during the Age of Enlightenment composers and musicians alike worked in a program known as…

unknown. A student will learn about the many composers and discuss the most influential to music history. There are different musical time periods full of numerous types of music. There will be different things that influence and change the way each individual hears music. Taking a music class opens up a new world that may not have been known, had the class not been selected. Most Influential Composer Ludwig van Beethoven was the most influential composer in music…

modern composer in a concert. It is because programming choices highly affect the attendance of a concert. From the point of view of the management and performers, programming a piece from the standard repertoire is easier to control in terms of time. Sometimes, the management plans the concert season up to three years ahead. A traditional work allows them to accurately predict the time that they need for preparation (Gilmore, 1993). A study conducted by Mueller shows that fifteen composers –…

Cage was often considered by many to be the central voice of avant-garde music. Uniting composition with philosophy, he recreated the surface of modern music. For Cage, the 1950s brought him a sequence of critical events that both developed him as a composer and brought him much fame, or notoriety to some. He had a strong interest in Eastern Zen philosophy, a subject that is reinforced and incorporated in all of his musical works, which grew throughout the beginning of the 1900’s. When Cage…

The meaning of Baroque is an “irregular pearl” which fittingly characterized this period. This period began after the Classical period, which also lead to the demand from listeners of less “old-fashioned” music. Musicians and composers began to realize the importance of having music as a source of enjoyment and entertainment. There was an important shift of music from the Baroque and Renaissance, which was the rise of a new style in music called opera. Opera reflected trends in…

When thinking of composers of the Baroque period, many people immediately think of J.S Bach, G.F. Handel, and maybe Antonio Vivaldi. Although there are many, many more, these are a few of who are considered to be ‘dominant figures’ of the Baroque era- to have made a bigger influence on music that is still heard, used, and studied today. But, like I said, there are many more composers that are considered ‘lesser figures’ of the Baroque era. Felice Anerio, Johann Friedrich Fasch, and Jean-Marie…

speeds of music and samples on magnetic audio tape within a tape recoder, developed a photocell-based envelope controller, and built a reverberation chamber that served as a filter. With the assistance of technician Fausto Maranca and fellow visiting composer Pierre Boulez, Kröpfl could compose Ejercicio de Impulsos, Dialolgos I, and Dialogos II (1960). Soon after, Kröpfl would go on to become the musical director of the Centro Latinoamericano de Altos Estudio Musicales/ Latin American Center…

information are covered, the first is Saint-Saëns’s Marche Héroïque being given a self-dedicated by Société des Concerts “à la mémoire de Saint-Saëns” in the passing of the 86 year-old composer in 1921. Secondly, the transatlantic adoptions of this work in foreign shores. Other noteworthy essays regarding the French composer is through a work titled, “Saint-Saëns in Germany,” by Michael Stegemann translated by Mark Devoto, which delves into the complicated relationship between Saint-Saëns…

There were many composers of the English Renaissance and one of them was William Byrd. Byrd lived from the year 1539 to July 4, 1623. He developed the English Madrigal and was a student of Composer Thomas Tallis. As their partnership grew in 1575, Queen Elizabeth the first granted them a joint monopoly for importing, printing, publishing, and sale of music. Byrd mainly wrote music for the virginal and organ. He also composed a great deal of church music to English words, most of which has…

Two people that can make a connection between the essays that were written is Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi. There are no two influential composer or artist that have more of an impact then Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi. Both Wganer and Verdi set the tone going forward on the art of music. Even after both of them are gone from the world they still left their mark. Wagner’s pieces to this day are beloved and performed throughout the world. As for Verdi’s pieces, his pieces are also…