Dick Van Dyke

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s full name was Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he was born January 27, 1756, in Salzburg Austria, and he died on December 5, 1791 in Vienna, Austria. As an Austrian composer he was well known as one of the best in the history of Western music. Along with very few composers, Mozart dabble and composed in every single genre of music and was successful in all of them. The way he created his music, his taste and original ideas make him one of the made him one of…

The first piece performed by the American Symphony Orchestra was “Alleluia” by Randall Thompson. “Alleluia” was performed by a cappella chorus and lasted approximately 6 minutes with no instruments involved. There was a large chorus dressed in black; the men had on bow ties and suits. The Chorus sung perfectly and in sync together with the conductor’s moves. As the conductor would make his gestures the chorus would follow and move their heads with the tone of their voices. The chorus increased…

The Fifth Symphony in C minor is one of the best-known symphonies Beethoven composed in his middle period. As mentioned before, it carried a “heroic” style throughout the piece and it is well-known for using a simple four-note motive as a theme that reoccurs throughout the piece. He structured this composition in a way that developed the theme through “‘modulation,’ that is, a change in the feeling of the home key, through a variety of keys or harmonic regions” (Beethoven’s Musical Style and…

Development of Beethoven’s Compositions though his Piano Sonatas The Flemish Pianist and Composer, Ludwig Van Beethoven (Dec.16, 1770- March.26, 1827) is perhaps regarded as the greatest composers who have ever lived. He is considered the transitional composer from Classical to Romantic period. Beethoven’s innovation’s through his lifetime has impacted the classical music remarkably. His genius can be traced down through all his compositions. Unlike Mozart and Haydn, Beethoven’s keyboard…

Vincent Van Gogh67 is known by most people for his cubism work. Not many people know about his earliest works. They also do not know about all of his portraits and how they change though out his lifetime. Because of that reason is why I chose to write about the evolution of Van Gogh’s self-portraits. Van Gogh painted at least 30 self-portraits from 1886 through 1889, an amazing number of likenesses to complete in such a short time span. They represent his most active years as a master artist,…

The Clarinet’s development in the Sonata A Sonata is a composition written for one or two instruments that has three or four large movements that are different from each other in rhythm and mood. The Sonata originates from Latin and Italian which means “to sound”. Throughout the Baroque period the Sonata was for one or two instruments almost always with continuo. After the Baroque period most works designated as sonatas specifically are performed by a solo instrument, a piano, or by a solo…

The Symphony in G major was one of the four symphonies composed by Mozart during the spring of 1773, composed at the age of 17. The date of completion is not clear, but it is somewhere between March 30 and May 19, 1773. It was composed two weeks after Mozart's returning to Salzburg, after his second trip to Italy and the performance of his opera, Lucio Silla in Milan. Since it was composed two months before his visit to Vienna, the four symphonies may have been considered as “audition” pieces…

Anybody who has the least interest in music has experienced the great effect of the piano in his favorite music. In the layman’s language, the piano is a musical instrument played through a keyboard. Apparently, this definition was wrong as I came to learn later in my first piano class. I remember the day as though it was yesterday. My piano teacher defined the piano as ‘the only musical instrument required creating magic in any rhythm’. When I recall it now that I am older, I tend to think that…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (vs) Ludwig Van Beethoven During the classical time frame there were two amazing and talented composers, Mozart and Beethoven. These two men were well-known and extremely gifted. Although not both of them were born with these incredible abilities. There birth places were not the same nor was there child hood. How they operated as young men and into their late adulthood was quite the opposite. In comparison while both men were talented to no end, they were very different…

stories appear in American myths. All of the main characteristics of an American myth can be found in Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle.” These characteristics include: being set in the past, having remarkable or strange characters, featuring incredible or magical events, and conveying a positive message about a nation its people. One major characteristic of “Rip Van Winkle” is the fact that it is set in the past and in a remote or exciting place. Because it is set in the past, the reader…