Ludwig Wittgenstein

tive recording sessions and frustrations mounted, and a year of recording stretched on, the longest time Baldi had ever spent making one record. (Here and Nowhere Else was written after slamming some bad coffee and writing songs the day before.) Finally he broke through, and Life Without Sound, the result, is the most contemplative Cloud Nothings album yet. This time, instead of becoming faster or more volatile, they pump the brakes and smooth out some of their more coarse edges. Baldi was…

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach is a German composer of the Baroque-era. He was one of the most celebrated members of a large family of northern German musicians. He was a organist, harpsichordist, and an organ builder. Bach had composed many songs. Two songs that are well known of his are Toccata in Fugue D Minor and Mass in B Minor. His music is considered a prestigious lineage. Now a days Bach is considered as one of the greatest composers. Sebastian Bach was born March…

Hans Zimmer is known for recording music for over 150 films, including The Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean series, The Last Samurai, and Interstellar. He started out using keyboards and synthesizers and was briefly in a The Buggles’ music video, “Video Killed the Radio Star”, which was the beginning of his career. He went on to other bands, playing the keyboard, bands such as The Damned, where he helped produce an album called the Black Album where his efforts were described as over-produced…

In Founders’ Hall at St.Francis college on October 5th at 12:30, David Jolley playing the French horn and Martha Locker, a piano player took the stage.The reason why we went to the performance was because we would rather listen and learn by the music than just learn in on a blackboard. It is better to get a hands on experience rather than just hearing it from a cd. Mr.Jolley started off by introducing himself and why he picked his first piece which was by Paul Dukas(1865-1935). During the…

There are few composers as all known as Beethoven. The themes of his compositions surround our lives. Simplified, they are some of the first songs we learn as children, and yet in their fullness, are inescapably complex and thought-provoking. They have influenced our technological culture as well; in 1931, Beethoven’s 5th symphony was produced on the first commercial 33 1/3 r.p.m. LP, and later, the first-generation of compact disks were designed to have a duration of 75 minutes - the perfect…

As listening to one of the best music composers to live, Ludwig Van Beethoven, I realize the music he produced is more powerful than I have ever thought. Listening to Symphony Number Five has changed the passion I have for music. Beethoven is my favorite composer to live. On the first movement called Allegro con brio on symphony Five in C Minor is one of my beloved favorite track. I loved when the violins came in and built suspense towards the trumpets. Let’s be honest, where would the song be…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg Austria. Mozart was the son of Leopold and Maria Pertl Mozart. He was an influential part of the Classical era, he influenced Beethoven. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a famous composer of the Baroque period. As a 3 year old Mozart learned to play the piano by watching his father teach his sister to play the piano.At the age of 6 Mozart, a child prodigy, went on tour. The time period that Mozart played in was during the transitional…

This week in we learned about music and philosophers in the 1800’s. We learned the 1800’s was the emancipation of music from language. One of the ideas was that music is able to do what language cannot. It was stating that sometimes we cannot explain our emotions or what we want to say. Therefore, we use music to express what we cannot say. In some ways, music was like a process of philosophy. The romantics was when literature, paintings, and art were important. With the romantics, everyone…

Samuel Osborne Barber II, a well remembered American composer, was known for his astounding musical skills. He showed his ardency for music from childhood and even at an extremely puerile age and went on to he decided to become a music composer. He was a master of orchestral, opera, choral and piano music. It was practically instinct for him to go along with music all his life since he was brought up in a family packed with musicians. Barber’s works acknowledge his love for poetry and his deep…

Between 1820 and 1900 is known as the Romantic Period. It was during this time, that the orchestra was expanded to include the tuba, piccolo, bass clarinet, double bassoon, and a larger string section (Romantic, n.d.). With theses new instruments being added, the larger orchestra (from 26 members to close to 100) was able to accommodate new and exciting sounds. Woodwinds started to take on a more prevalent role in the orchestra and composers started experimenting with new sounds from the…