Frédéric Chopin

Fryderyk Chopin composed around fifty-nine mazurkas with only forty-one being published during his lifetime; the remaining compositions remained in manuscript form until being published by his close friend, Julian Fontana, after Chopin’s death. Chopin’s mazurkas are based on the traditional Polish folk dance, the mazur, which are the second part of the three-fold dance routine of the original folk mazurka, also called the “round dance” when all three parts are performed together. The mazur’s…

pianist and composer has stricken the musical community like an atomic bomb for years. Everyone classical composer and or musician has had their influence on the future and growth of music, just who is the greatest? Whether it 's Liszt, Mozart, or Chopin who are all notoriously amazing players and composers, which one would be considered the best among those three pianists? Franz Liszt, the “youngest’ of these three was born in Hungary in 1811 and started learning piano at the young age of…

The San Antonio College Guitar Studio Recital took place October 20, 2014. I first arrived at the McAllister Auditorium (1300 San Pedro Ave. S.A. TX 78212) at 7 PM. It was my first time in the colleges Auditorium, but not my first time experiencing a musical performance. I have attended several times the theatre to listen to the orchestra from my hometown. It is a marvelous experience. At the entrance I could appreciate an organ, which has had an important history in classical music, especially…

The music that I have chosen is D major Violin Concerto No.1, Op.6, composed by Niccolò Paganini. To gain a more complete understanding of the composition, first we need to check the background information of the composer. Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. [iii] That explains why the composition mainly uses violin throughout the whole composition. It was also noted that was one of the most famous classical music composers on the romantic era. When I first…

by Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739). The style of this period was baroque. This song make me feel anguish. The amplitude of the song started in a pianissimo dynamic and increased to forte. Another song play was the Tutta Raccolta Ancor by George Frederic Handel (1685- 1759) from the baroque period. Was played by the piano and trumpet. This song made me feel sad. The amplitude of the song was between pianissimo and mezzo piano. Drew Bridges song Rubato Espressivo. Espressivo e Molto Rubato and…

Romanticism From the late 18th to the mid-19th century, Western civilisation entered an artistic period known as Romanticism. It’s ideas influenced many works of painting, music, architecture and literature. Romanticism can be seen as a rejection of Classicism and the ideas of order, harmony, and rationality that characterised it. It focused on the personal, the emotional, and the irrational ("Romanticism | Encyclopædia Britannica”). Creators from the period showed great interest in folk…

that particular time in history. An example of these master composers was Frederic Chopin, a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist who wrote primarily for the solo piano, one of the most important figures on instrumental music. His work is so important that it has gone through thousands of years, and yet, it is recognized as one of most valuable art work. The compositions he wrote are extremely beautiful. The album “Chopin: Complete Works” released in…

In the opinion of one of the world’s most significant pianists of all time, Frédéric Chopin always had thought that the piano playing is a form of art, and teaching students how to play piano should not merely about how students can be capable of performing a musical piece with faster tempo and strong dynamic. A good piano teacher should explain to student the art of the music for them to able to comprehend the pieces, and the students should be able to express themselves throughout the learning…

Finally before entering our time of modern music the Romantic era with Frederick Chopin, yet another child protege who helped bring in the next period of music. A man who lived during a time of revolutions and strife and in this time created compositions that people still analyze as well as enjoy today.…

people living in the 1800’s, individual experience does not exist for everyone, especially for women and children. Many authors attempt to tackle the lack of independent society, with none being greater than Emily Dickinson, Henry James, and Kate Chopin. In Emily Dickinson’s “In Much Madness is Divinest Sense” and “This was a Poet”, Henry James’s Daisy Miller: A Study, and Kate Chopin’s “A Story of an Hour”, all the authors depict independent thought as a positive trait. In her poems “Much…