Dmitri Shostakovich

lugubrious, stern or radiant, but classical music mixes all them. Modern 20th century composer Dmitri Shostakovich composed a range of musical works, ranging from operas to symphonies. However, one work often overlooked are his pieces for string quartets. Being strictly influenced by the political situation of the USSR, the emotions evoked are profound in this particular facet of his musical works. Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8 expresses the society he lived in,…

in Music with a focus on the violin. She held this recital for the public as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for her Bachelor of Music degree. During her hour-long performance she played music composed by Bach, Paganini, Saint-Saëns, Shostakovich, Franck, and Crouch. Lee University should be elated that their music program is yielded fine musicians like Ha-Eun Soung. The first piece preformed in the senior recital was the second movement of Parita No. 3 in E Major, by Johann Sebastian…

A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often written by composers for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning common today: a work usually consisting of multiple distinct sections or movements, often four, with the first movement in sonata form. Symphonies are scored for string (violin, viola, cello and double bass), brass, woodwind, and…

The concept of Socialist Realism originated in the former USSR, and appeared as a result of the Communist party’s intention to control all aspects of cultural life in Russia and in other countries in the Soviet Union (Reyland, 2001). In 1932, the Communist party took total control over art and music and put demands and limitations on creative artists to produce works that displayed an imposed reality rather than abstract themes and subjects (Huseynova, 2016). Cooperation with the new…

On April 8, I went to the Back to the Future Brentano String Quartet in Arizona State University (ASU). It really surprised me because it wasn’t like any of the classical music concerts I had ever seen before. It was a medium sized venue and very casual. There was no program handed out but the name, composer and type of piece it was, projected on the screen behind the musicians. The theme of the concert was back to the future. It focused on the 20th century chamber music and was very…

Bryan Chisholm, Shawn Wright Elizabeth Bemis and Joshua Vaughn were also able to amaze the crowd with their performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto, K.488 II. Adagio. The final performance was the Piano Concerto No. 2, op. 102 I. Allegro by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). It was performed by Tobin Nelson and Joshua Vaughn. The two gave the audience a warm and electrifying performance to end the concert. They presented all their talents and abilities in every single note. All the performers in…

original scores created specifically for one film. Some of the earliest examples of these full scores were the music by Sigmund Romberg for Foolish Wives (USA, 1921), the music by Arthur Honegger for La Roue (France, 1922), and the music by Dmitri Shostakovich for The New Babylon (USSR, 1929). These early full scores paved the way for the advent of modern scoring that coincided with the dawn of talking…

The most known musicians who were a part would definitely be the Red Army Choir (who sing a mix of Russian folk songs and others composed by Lev Knipper, Viktor Gusev, and Konstantyn Dankevych to name a few), Dmitri Shostakovich (who really hated Stalin and subtly composed against him and Communist ideals, but was still paid to write for them), and Sergei Prokofiev. If you listen to some recordings of performances (I’d personally recommend just about anything by the…

Madelyn Emmett MUS 100 30 April 2017 Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler was born on July 7th, 1860 in Bohemia, then a part of the Austrian Empire (citation). As a German-speaking Jewish man, Mahler came from very humble beginnings in a world where his very identity made him an outsider. After migrating with his family to the booming town of Iglau as an infant, Mahler was first acquainted with music through street tunes and the town’s military band, inspiring him to first play the piano as a mere…

Please Fix the Rio Norte (Central Themes in Chapter One: The Theme, of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged) The world is viewed by many to be a great resource for wealth, happiness, and survival. Pessimistic and optimistic lenses blur the subjective understanding of how the physical planet and humans interact. All will say sacrifices must be made to reach progress, but the priority of what can and what cannot be sacrificed is a deep and polar divide between many groups of people. Ayn Rand is known for…