Joseph Haydn

One of my personal distraction is the music, especially the New age, Classical, crossover, thus I would like to have the opportunity to meet a famous Violinist from Germany, his name is David Garrett, he plays diverse music as Classical and crossover, besides when he performances his program is varied, to illustrate, he can play a music sheet of Beethoven as well as a song of Michael Jackson. David Garret is thirty seven years old, he is also a talent and a very handsome man, he started to…

The history of music before the twentieth century revolved around musicians and their instrument makers. Events likely to have a significant effect on this particular period of time seemed consistent. Well-tempered tuning was perfected, and soon after J.S. Bach rewrote the musical book with his groundbreaking composition, The Well-Tempered Clavier. The creation of the pianoforte fostered Beethoven's playing and writing and opened up a new powerful responsiveness. Autonomy and self-determination…

I decided to rent Doctor Atomic by John Adams. Doctor Atomic is an English language opera that portrays the anxiety and tension felt by the scientists involved in the creation of the atomic bomb in 1945. I read the synopsis of several concerts and operas and they all were appealing, but then I read the description for Doctor Atomic and knew I should critique it. I am a chemistry major and the summary of this opera intrigued my scientific side. I also felt that I would enjoy this English language…

having some health issues. One of his symptoms was his right shoulder being stiff. He also had fevers and was diagnosed with leukemia. His body was slowly failing and Bartok was finding more creative ways and produced some masterpieces with the help of Joseph Sziegeti who was a violinist and Fritz Reiner. Bartok’s last work was the String Quartet 6 and Concerto for Orchestra. The Concerto for Orchestra was Bartok’s most popular work but he didn't live long enough to see it’s…

23 Melbourne, Victoria: St Patrick’s Cathedral Robert Mackenzie, Melbourne, 1876-79; completed by George Fincham, Richmond, 1880; enlarged by George Fincham, 1886 and 1889; enlarged by Fincham & Hobday, 1896 3 manuals, 36 speaking stops, 7 couplers, tubular-pneumatic action Engraver: Unknown Source: The Australasian Sketcher (27 March 1880), p. 44 The building of this organ, the second in the Cathedral, was started by Robert Mackenzie of Melbourne in 1876. After a series of delays, George…

Ludwig van Beethoven, known as Beethoven, has been counted as one of the most extraordinary music composers and pianist of all time. Many people praise his work, but only a few people wonder how his journey began. Johann Beethoven, father of Luwig van Beethoven, was the most influential reason his son took an interest in music. As Johann practiced with his son day and night, he quickly realized Luwig van was more talented than the average child. At the age of 7, Ludwig van Beethoven achieved…

The Planets is the most successful and arguably the best recognized composition of Gustav Holst. Although Gustav composed some outstanding works after The Planets, none of them achieved recognition of the same level as The Planets. The Planets was composed while Holst was working as a music master. Holst had done some works before The Planets, which he considered as failures and such failures made him desperately think of a genre topic that could be phenomenal for his ideas of composition of…

Chopin is originally from Poland. He was born on March 1, 1810. He was a great composer during the Romantic period. He was a child prodigy on the piano. Chopin's mother was a Polish and his father was a bookkeeper. He was studied with Wojciech Zywny when he was young. He also learned harmony and counterpoint with Jozef Elsner. Chopin has his first concert when he was 8. As a pianist, his talents were beyond emulation. He restricted to the beauty and evenness of song. He wrote mostly solo piano.…

Ludwig van Beethoven, otherwise known as Beethoven, was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany on December 1770 and died in Vienna, Austria on 26 March 1827. Focusing on his compositions, his historical contribution to music, his performances and deafness help give us a better understanding on why Beethoven is considered a famous and influential composer. Beethoven's musicial compositions where are known as the capstone of the Classical Period and were…

When I first started watching the performance, I noticed that the performers were not dressed like normal musicians that I have watched before. They were wearing boots with spikes, sun glasses, and some even had colored streaks in their hair. They are performing very fast paced classical music. The Main musician in this performance is Nigel Kennedy. Nigel is a British Violinist, who is known for being on the the best violinist in the world. He also does not look like the normal classical violin…