Constanze Mozart

It is dark and he is trying to open a can of Polish pickles he has found in the house. The can falls on the floor and a German Captain, standing at the bottom of the stairs, encounters him. The Captain asks several questions from which he learns that Szpilman is a pianist. He asks Szpilman to play something on the piano which is in a room nearby. This film presents many intertextual elements: The film is intertextual in itself as it is based on the book “The Pianist”. Films and…

HS Students. Two classrooms were used for the treatment with music and two classrooms were used for the control groups. A test on vocabulary consisting of 10 words was given to two of these classrooms where the vocabulary words are provided prior to the test to see if music will affect the student’s memory. No name was required to be written on the tests, of course. Classical music was played during the entirety of the experiment. 5 minutes were given for studying for the test and 5 minutes were…

In every biography that I read for researching this paper expressed how Coltrane thanks composers such as Beethoven and Mozart for his musical success. With that said, musicians today have been inspired by his music such as Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, and Mike Watt. Throughout this course we have discussed all periods of the musical timeline. I chose John Coltrane for…

The one composer that music today can thank for all of the brilliance and genius he has composed is none other than Ludwig van Beethoven. During the classical era, there was a new sense of subjectivity, proportion, order, and simplicity. It was a time of the Enlightenment, a time of reason and the experimentation with trial and error. All men were created equal, and were given a voice on matters that needed to be handled. This was also the time of the Industrial Revolution, where new machines…

IDOMENEO: Production Review The University Center of the Arts staged a bold production of the acclaimed opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, it showcased the capacity of the Griffin Hall to present a fully decorated opera rather than a concert that uses nothing more than mere instruments, voices and the audience´s imagination. Instead, the department decided to produce a complete theatrical interpretation of Idomeneo, which worked to varying degrees. Branching off from a traditional…

The Psychology of Music People have only recently started studying in-depth into music’s connection with brain activity. Scientists are just now starting to develop theories why music has such a big impact on us as humans and our intelligence (Lerch). Music psychology is not a modern idea though. Even the ancient philosophers – Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras – believed in the calming power of music (“Music and Emotions”). Let’s first talk about what music is, before we explain its correlation to…

Music is an art form that we as humans listen to because it engages our brains. It gives us a sense of euphoria, much like a drug. Throughout history, music has always played a large role in our lives, whether we recognized it or not. One reason we are attracted to music is because “it is the rhythm of the human species” (Music moves the world: The power and passion of rhythm, melody, and dance [Video file]. (2004). Through the use of rhythm and melody, we as humans use music as a way to…

are classical and baroque style music. Although “classical” is now a common term to describe instrumental music, it is actually a time period for music: mid-1700s to the mid-1800s. The most common composer and the one used in the studies ahead is Mozart. Just before that, from 1600 to 1750 was the Baroque period, the most common composer is Bach (Johnson, 1). Although there are many other types of music, these two provided the basics and the startup for what is being discussed: how classical and…

not have become a famous musician if it were not for the funds provided by the patronage.In addition to the financial support, the Church or patron the musician worked for would provide stable work, housing, and food. For example, “Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart worked under Joseph II, son of Maria Theresa and brother to Marie Antoinette,…

“Waldsonne” is taken from Johannes Schlaf’s volume of poetry helldunkel from 1899. It is the first poem of the two-poem cycle “Eine Liebe” (One Love). The other one, “Abendgang” (Walk in the Evening), describes how the speaker and a young girl stroll into the evening where golden violins play softly in the sky. It is followed by another cycle with the title “Eine andere Liebe” (Another Love), in which a different relationship is explored in three poems that describe how love has turned into…