IBM Lotus Symphony

9 in D minor, Op. 125. This symphony, a true work of genius, was Beethoven’s last and and can stand alone as the transition into the Romantic Era. Premiering on May 7th, 1824, Symphony No. 9 was greeted by an overwhelmingly enthusiastic audience, as this piece is Beethoven’s greatest ever composition. The work embodies the musical duality of the nineteenth…

In live production, there are many aspect that contributes to the outcome of the shows. The play Amadeus is a script written by Peter Shaffer. This story is about the history of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a musician with a god gifted talent who struggled to make a living, narrated by his rival Antonio Salieri. Salieri is a well-known court musician who became obsessed with Mozart which led to his jealousy and causes the downfall of Mozart. On the 18th of February, Seattle Public Theatre ran the…

The church sanctuary was dimmed except for the bright light shining above the grand piano on the stage. The pews were filled with parents, friends, and of course, the performers. Once a year, I would have to step on that stage, sit on the piano bench, and play a memorized piece. This is what many musicians fear: a music performance. Months before that fateful spring day, my teacher and I decided on a beautiful piece by Frederick Chopin. The waltz was technically and emotionally challenging for…

The Life of Franz Liszt (the Romantic Time Period) By: Alanna Hallacy Table of Contents Chapter 1: About franz liszt Chapter 2: Franz’s music Chapter 3: What makes his music enjoyable Chapter 1-About franz liszt Franz Liszt was born on October 22,1811 in Raiding, Austria. He died on July 31,1886 in Bayreuth,Germany. He died of pneumonia. Franz Liszt was a pianist who got his wonderful talent from his father. Franz Liszt only played piano, no contemporary instruments. His…

There are sonatas, symphonies, operas, pitch, dynamics, tone color and so on. “Pitch is the relative highness or lowness that we hear in a sound” (Kamien p. 4, 2010). Without pitch, a song would be flat and would not be enjoyable. The dynamics are the degrees of softness or…

but it took him until about his early 20’s to start getting recognition. Beethoven’s virtuosity is more apparent by the fact that he went almost completely deaf by the time he reached his 30’s but he continued to compose and conduct symphonies. Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (Ode to Joy) was composed completely without the aid of actually being able to hear it. Both composers did so much for music as a whole. I’m not even slightly suggesting that either one be tossed aside. Each had their own styles,…

Beethoven’s Leonore No. 3 overture can be evaluated the complete version of the Leonore overture like the magnificent symphonic work. This third version of overture also overture was composed in the sonata form like Leonore No. 1 overture, and Leonore No. 2. Further, its musical materials and structure also are developed from Leonore No. 1 overture. In other words, he kept using the excellencies of the previous overtures, and Complemented the Deficiencies of the previous overtures. Basically,…

When listening to any piece by Beethoven, you receive the whole range of emotions, and the Fifth Symphony is no different. Just the first four notes, a simple da-da-da-dum, is enough to send shivers up your back. Packed with all the furious confidence of Beethoven, it suggests scarlet eruptions, heavenly processions and all the powers human drama. These four notes started the memorable first movement. This movement is like a Stephen King novel because it is so saturated with intensity and…

The concert that I attended was the music at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Saint Cloud on November 15th. This concert featured the Saint Cloud State University concert choir, chamber singers, women’s choir, and men’s choir. The concert was primarily vocal with some instrumental features. The genre of this concert was mainly a concerto. The type of ensemble that this concert featured was chamber music. The historical era that was represented throughout this concert was the 20th/21st century. One…

Music has been invariably elucidated throughout history altering the definition of what is considered melodic, and revolutionizing the manner in which pieces are composed and one of the most prominent periods of musical transformations was the 17th century. It was during these influential times in which music was subjected to the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, both signifying turbulent times for the church and both fundamental in the salvation of polyphonic musical composition as…