Ludwig van Beethoven

On December 5 of 1791, Mozart, one of the world’s greatest composers, died at the young age of 35. Since Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s passing, investigators have aimed to solve the mystery of his early and unexpected death. With over 150 theories acquired throughout the past 2 centuries regarding the young Mozart’s death. This paper will deal with certain theories of his death on accounts of poison, murder, and illness. To say Mozart was a busy man around the time of his death is to say the…

La creation du monde is a 20-minute ballet for small orchestra composed in 1923, which outlines the Creation of the world, based on African folk mythology. Influences in the music come from blues and ragtime, particularly in the melodies, and African rhythms. The ballet is in six continuous dance scenes, as follows: 1) Overture 2) The Chaos before Creation 3) The slowly lifting darkness, the creation of trees, plants insects, birds and beasts 4) Man and woman created 5) The desire of man and…

Problems in the relationship between composer and public have been evident at least since the early years of the twentieth century. Some composers have alienated the listening public with their music, while others have sought to reach out to the public. In this paper, I will discuss some ups and downs of this issue through the course of the 20th century. I will then give my view on where we stand now in this issue with who, I think, are some popular genres and artists today. I will focus on…

The first part with the original definition of the tempo - Non allegro - begins with a clear rhythm in the pianissimo of the violins, against which there flashes a brief, of only three sounds, the motif of the English horn, repeated by the clarinet, and then descending all the way to the bassoon and bass clarinet. This is a kind of premonition of the basic images that will unfold further. In the meantime, another theme comes into Fortissimo: tough, angular, in the jerky sounds of the orchestra…

The Chinese zodiac signs occupy twelve animal signs, and every year relates to an animal. The signs have diverse meanings, personality traits, and fortune. Waverly Jong is a Chinese American character that made an appearance in the novel, “The Joy Luck Club”, written by Amy Tan. She knows how to disguise her strategies and thoughts. Waverly is single-handed, has “invisible strength", and sharp-witted. Though in the novel, she was born on March 17, 1951, in the year of the rabbit. Her Chinese…

Saxe-Eisenach on March 21, 1685. His mother had eight other children and taught him music theory and how to play the violin at a very young age. Many of his family members were professional musicians including Johann Christoph Bach, his uncle, and Johann Ludwig Bach, his cousin. At the age of ten his parents died so he lived with his oldest brother who played the organ. He studies and performed music with his brother while living with him and even copied some of his music. His brother also…

It is no surprise that Beethoven liked to write, whether music or notes to himself. He even wrote letters to his friends, lover, and business associates. Though, the way he talked to these people is very confusing. In his letters, his personality is varied and unpredictable. There is also a shift as the years go on and he treated every letter differently, depending on the person. Hopefully, through these letters, we can get somewhat of an understanding of the type of person he was and how is…

The two would often play string quartets together. Mozart spent three years (1782-1785) producing a set of six string quartets that he would dedicated to Haydn. One of Haydn's important innovations, which was adopted by Mozart and Beethoven, was to make the moment of transition the focus of tremendous creativity, instead of using stock devices to make the transition. During Beethoven’s 'Middle period', he intensified Haydn's practice, joining the musical structure to tight small motifs…

Gregor Mendel By:Naomi Allman Early life Gregor Mendel, born in Heinzendorf, Austria on July 22,1822 to Anton and Rosine Mendel on his family’s farm.At age 11 a local schoolmaster recommend sending him to a secondary school in Troppau to continue his education.It was a financial strain on his family, he graduated in 1840 with honors. Then enrolled in a two year program at the Philosophical Institute of the University of Olmutz he graduated the program in 1843. A Monk He began to study as a…

Johannes Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet in B minor, opus 115, was composed in Bad Ischl during the summer of 1891. It should be noted that in 1890, Brahms concluded that he would no longer compose. In the same summer of completing the Quintet, Brahms composes his Clarinet Trio, opus 114. These two works for clarinet would be his last contributions to chamber music. Prior to the Brahms Quintet, other works written for chamber clarinet included the opus 34 of Weber, opus 107 by Anton Reicha and the A…