Guy Chambers

“I have never drawn a distinction between music for films and for operas or concerts” –– Erich Wolfgang Korngold Many conclude that Korngold was born in the wrong era. Instead of his romantic concepts excelling, his ideals and concepts were overshadowed not only by the vogue of the Second Viennese school composers: Arnold Schönberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern, he was also amidst an era of chaos, including the happenings of the first World War. In addition, the rise of Nazism turned his move to…

Pianist and composer, Cecile Chaminade is the only female composer represented in the Flute Music by French Composers collection, and is one the early emerging female composers of this era, though not very well known. Born in Paris in 1857, “Chaminade received her earliest instruction from her mother, a pianist and singer” (Citron). With both parents amateur musicians, Chaminade was showed early talent, with her earliest compositions date to the mid-1860s. Her father did not want her to attend…

On Friday, November 25, 2016, at 8pm, I attended the Mozart and Brahms’ concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall’s Los Angeles Philharmonic in Los Angeles, California. This was a very nice venue with a mixed crowd. They offered a student rush discount ticket which was amazing because they were pretty good seats for $10. The concert was held on “casual Friday.” People were still a little over dressed for being a casual night. As soon as I walked into the concert hall, I noticed an organ straight…

This concert was performed by Flutist Laurel Zucker and Pianist John Cozza. This concert included works by Paul Taffanel, Olivier Messiaen, Eric Ewazen, Germaine Tailleferre, and Charles Griffes. Laurel Zucker is a flutist who left home at the age of 14 to study at the North Carolina School for the arts. She grew up with her brother and sister in Washington Heights, in Manhattan. Zucker begged her parents for a flute after hearing recordings and graduated high school at the age of 16 and studied…

Joy of Mozart,” the radio presenter Tom Service learns about the life of a man named Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart was one of the greatest Austrian composers of the classical era. He composed operas, concertos, symphonies, sonatas, masses, and chamber music. Service travels from London to Vienna and Salzburg and visits the cities where Mozart lived and worked. During Service’s journey, he plays Mozart’s instruments and scores. 2. In this section, I will be comparing and contrasting between…

The music concert 9066 Music Behind Barbed Wire was the ending cumulation of the events done throughout the semester to honor the 75th anniversary of Manzanar. Inside the university theatre the crowd was coming in, soon the theater was packed with a variety of people from the community and students. The evening event started fifteen minutes late, and then we were welcomed by the Dean of the college of arts and humanities Mitch Avila. He discussed how throughout the semester they had several…

Joseph Willcox Jenkins was born to William Jenkins and Genevieve Brosseau in the city of Philadelphia in 1928. Jenkins was exposed to music starting at a young age, likely receiving interest and exposer from his mother, who played piano and sang. Beginning at age six, Jenkins took piano lessons from his mother. As part of his piano instruction, Jenkins recited melodies on the piano and transposed the melodies into different keys as. This practice gave Jenkins a great leap into aural skills…

The 20th century was trivial in the world of music. It lead to the development of new genres and musical concepts. Composers around the world wrote beautiful pieces that forever influenced music. Of these composers, many consider Arnold Schoenberg to be one of the most important musicians of this era. Although the majority of people in the 20th century did not appreciate Schoenberg’s extremely modern work, his pieces led to much innovation in the world of music. He wrote numerous works of…

The Cold War was a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from 1947 to 1991. While there were no direct military operations or battles between the two, billions of dollars were used to fund the war and millions of lives were lost. Following WWII, the United States was attempting to prevent the spread of the USSR’s Communist power in Africa, Asia, and the rest of Europe. Americans viewed communism as a threat to democratic freedom. Diverse theaters such as Korea,…

Franz Joseph Haydn was a Austrian composer that was born on March 31, 1732 and died on May 31, 1809 . He became the main composer of the classical style of music. Franz Joseph Haydn is also known as the “ Father of the Symphony.” Two of his most famous pieces are The ‘Surprise’ Symphony and “The heavens are telling the glory of God.” With his musical talent he became rich.He composed about 100 symphonies. Franz Joseph Haydn influenced music very much. During his early life in 1740 around…