Ludwig von Bertalanffy

In the video “The Transformative Power of Classical Music” Benjamin Zanders demonstrates how powerful and connecting classical music can be. While not everyone is a fan of the classical genre, Benjamin Zanders attempts to prove that everyone can enjoy it and connect to it. He tries to prove this by asking his audience to think of someone they loved that was no longer with them as he played a piece by Chopin. By doing this, Benjamin Zanders was seeking to pull the audience in and let them feel…

Charles Ives was an outstanding composer of the American Modernist Period. He made many types of music that a lot of people were inspired by. Ives combined church-music traditions with European art music, and was among the first composers to engage of experimental music. Charles Ives had a rough childhood. Ives was born on October 20, 1874 in Danbury, Connecticut. His mother was Mary Parmelee and his father was Joseph Moss Ives. His father died suddenly of a stroke. Although Ives was…

also wrote an opera, four solo concerti, five string quartets, six string sonatas, seven piano sonatas, five sets of piano variations, and four trios, Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770, in Bonn, Germany and was baptized on December 17, 1770. Ludwig had two younger brothers, Casper and Johann. Ludwig’s mother, Maria Magdalena Van Beethoven, was a kind and loving person. Ludwig’s father, Johann van Beethoven, was a court singer who was known for his alcohol addiction more than his musical…

The classical music has helped influence the contemporary music that we listen to today. The classical music was the first to produce a chorus which is what is in most genres we listen to today. I listen to R&B and pop songs these songs tend to be about the people actually feeling and things they are going through. The Romantic era has helped shape the R&B and pop songs. Most of the music I listen to focusses on self- expression, This is why I can make the connection and say Romantic music has…

Joseph Haydn By: Allyssa Moeder Who is Joseph Haydn? Joseph Haydn was a Austrian composer. He was one of the most important classical music composers in the 18th century. Joseph Haydn was born in Rohrau, Austria on March 31 in 1732. Haydn passed away in Vienna, on May 31, in 1809. So, if you put the math together he lived a whole 77 years. The reason he was so important was because he was one of the many people that helped establish the styles and forms of the symphonies and string quartets.…

georg cantor was born on march 3, 1845 in St.Petersburg, Russia. he was raised by both his father, Georg and his mother maria. Georg’s was the oldest of six children and was regarded as an amazing violinist. Frantz BOhm was his grandfathered and a well know musician and soloist in a russian imperial orchestra. Georg’s family background was a bit confusing. his parents were both of the german-jewish sock but both were christian; his father was a protestant and his mother was catholic. when…

Ludwig Van Beethoven was born on or about December 16 1770 in bonn Germany. Beethoven was baptized on December 17 but date of birth is uncertain. Beethoven was an accomplished pianist and composer. He was also deaf and that is when he had his greatest works. He had many amazing compositions including symphony 3. He devoted symphony 3 in Napoleon Bonaparte’s honor. He admired Napoleon for many reasons and they were also only 1 year apart in age. Beethoven had his first performance at age 7.…

Guido D'Arezzo invented music. He also invented solfege , a vocal note scale. He was italian of the medieval era. He was regarded as in the inventor of modern musical notation. He was born in 991 A.D and died in 1033. Here’s a couple of interesting facts about music. Loud music can make someone drink less. The world’s most expensive musical instrument was 15.9 million dollars. Listening to music while working out improves physical performance. Your heartbeat mimics and changes the music…

Wolfgang Puck Wolfgang Johannes Puck was born on July 8, 1949. He was born in the city of Sank Veit an der Glan, Carinthia, Austria. Wolfgang has made many appearances on tv, although his most consistent is on his tv show Cooking Classes With Wolfgang Puck on The Food Network. Wolfgang Puck was introduced to cooking from his mom’s side of his family. His mother was a chef in an Austrian town where they had lived. Later with his mother’s encouragement he began to cook and began formal training at…

Peter and the Wolf composed by Sergei Prokofiev is a children's story that is told through various instruments performing as a symphony orchestra. There were seven characters in Peter in the Wolf all represented by different Instruments. The flute represented the bird, the oboe represented the duck, the clarinet represented the cat, the bassoon represented the grandfather, three french horns represented the wolf, the string section represented Peter, and the tympany and big bass drum represented…