Concerto

Albert Einstein once said, “the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits”. Geniuses understand that they will never be able to know everything no matter how smart they are. They accept that, while knowledge is a good thing to pursue, we will never be able to fully understand it. However, people who show stupidity believe that they know everything and insist they do, even when proven that they might be wrong. Einstein is stating that what we can imagine and build upon…

Music: Vocal or instrumental sounds composed in such a way as to provide the beauty of form, harmony and expression of emotion. Music is engraved into us on a daily basis. It is in every movie we watch, every television show that we tune into, as well as the accompaniment to our drives to our destinations. Music is a way of life, which has withstood the test of time. In today’s world we have experienced some of the greatest compositions that have or will ever be written. Everything resulting…

tell my playing was like crap.? I didn?t think too much about it, especially because I had a competition coming up, and I was using all my time practicing and trying not to be a nervous wreck. It was the final round of the state Pre-College Concerto Competition. The first prize was $2000 cash and a scholarship. I was playing the Grieg on Saturday with the University Orchestra. It was a huge deal, and all my family and friends were coming to the Finals. So my practice session that…

The experiences of individuals in a time of evil are able to transform their character. The book Night by Elie Weisel brings about the genocide experience of his character during the Holocaust. Another individual named Immaculee Ilibagiza went through the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Both of them had went through extreme pain and problems, transforming their personalities in many ways that are both similar and different. In the book Night by Elie Weisel, the narrator went through many different…

She was born on 20 October 1684 at Gehren, where her father, Johann Michael Bach, was employed as organist. It is presumed that she and Bach were living within the same residence, when she came to live with her uncle after her mother’s passing in October 1704. Needless to say, Johann Sebastian did not exactly live the life of a saint during his Arnstadt term. He eventually searched elsewhere until an opportunity arose at Mühlhausen. Johann Georg Ahle, organist of the Blasiuskirche in…

into a great musical family and moved to Leipzig in 1723. He is extremely known for his German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmony, motivic development, use of rhythm, forms, and textures. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions --- St John (which will be the example I will base on later to answer this question) and St Matthew Passion, and over three hundred cantatas. The huge number of cantatas or rather…

Reality is something humans define through sensory perception –what and how we see and hear all help create our experiences. Throughout the ages, storytelling been an art practiced by many and has taken several forms in order to appeal to these senses through such media as books, paintings, music, and film. When filmmaking first became an artistic medium capable of producing compelling stories, it took over one hundred years to reach the point technological advances the industry has reached…

The recitative is a surviving technique that musicians continue to practice, even in the twenty-first century. Its pairing with arias has also made it a popular technique in vocal and instrumental compositions. The recitative is found in various genres of music, bringing to light the text of a piece. There are several different forms of recitative such as recitativo accompognato, recitativo secco, recitativo and recitative semplice. These forms of recitative follow the same suit, but vary from…

three others having died in infancy. It didn’t take long for Bach to find love following the death of his first wife. In December 1721 he married Soprano Vocalist Magdalena Wicke. She would bare 13 children, only six surviving. The Six Brandenburg Concertos were written during this period of time in Bach’s life. In 1723 Bach…

My essay today will focus on the history of Igor Stravinsky with my main concept and interest being on his early work “The Rite of Spring”. “The Rite of Spring” was a piece which caused Igor Stravinsky to go down in history as someone who challenged the norms of music and who changed music traditions forever. As you will see further on in my essay Stravinsky's innovative ideas were not initially loved and respected but instead frowned upon and hated. I can personally relate to some concepts…