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years, he made an enormous impact on music, both classical and non-classical and has left his mark, not only on music but on history. In his lifetime, Mozart composed over 600 works, which included string quartets, concert arias, piano sonatas and operas. Mozart also composed many piano concertos, and many of them were, and still is extremely popular today. One such piece that is still so popular today is his Rondo Alla Turca from Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K 331, which is one of Mozart’s…

Attending my first concert, Idina Menzel was my first live performance to ever attend and experience the music live. Menzel performs a selection of songs from her Broadway career, along with original songs from her various solo albums, and her Pop and Rock covers. The group that performed for Menzel was a local Los Angeles band and they played very well for the choices of songs she sang. The performers that played for Menzel was very impressive and seemed they had no problem playing and…

Alto Saxophone The Alto Saxophone is a, even though it is made of mostly metal, woodwind instrument concocted by Belgian inventor, Antoine Joseph (Adolphe) Sax. This musical instrument was developed in the 1840’s and was patented in June 1846. It is mostly used for classical and jazz music and is the one of the newer instruments used than any other. The Alto Saxophone works when air is pushed through a mouthpiece creating vibrations that run throughout the body of the instrument creating the…

The Romantic Era started and ended from 1820-1900. An overview would be the transition from classical to Romantic, of Beethoven, who broke the boundary rules and attached everything together between the two. Because it was Beethoven, he made it okay and possible to have changes and still acceptable. This talented and strong/brave individual changed music for the better and did what he felt and wanted, with his unique personality came his unique composed music. After Beethoven music changed to…

Elizabethan Music Music has been around for many millenia. Given that, the Elizabethans enjoyed their fair share of music. They had music that would play in churches and they also had music that would play throughout shows in the theater. A lot of the time there would be festivals where musicians play at. Music was a large part of their society and they were known to celebrate music and use it for many different occasions. They had court music, church music, town music, street music, and even…

I’m going to start off by saying Singin’ in the Rain is hands down one of my favorite musicals and that my opinion of this film is probably highly biased. Singin’ in the Rain is a classic movie that has a great appeal and I think one way the film achieves greatness is through its effective use of color. It’s not an overly vibrant film but the use of bright colors throughout the film emphasizes the glamour of Hollywood, which is a large component of this film. The colors also add a dreamlike…

western art music composed about 1600-1700.” Some famous composers that played baroque music are, Henry Purcell, Johann Pachelbel, and Domenico Scarlatti. These are only a few! Henry Purcell’s most known piece is called “Dido and Aeneas.” It is an opera that has three acts and was written by Henry but there was also some libretto by Nahum Tate. Next, is Johann Pachelbel. His most famous piece is known as, “Johann Canon.” Canon means is a piece of music that is characterized by imitation and…

choral singing The importance of singing is very interesting to me. I have sang my whole life and find it absolutely fascinating and i would like to show you the importance. When you sing, musical vibrations move through you, altering your physical and emotional landscape. Group singing, for those who have done it, is the most exhilarating and transformative of all. It takes something incredibly intimate, a sound that begins inside you, shares it with a roomful of people and it comes back as…

On October 30 at 7:30 p.m., I attended an opera workshop of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance”. “The Pirates of Penzance” or “The Slave of Duty” was written by W.S. Gilbert and composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1879. The play is a comic opera which consist of two acts accompany by orchestra music. The performance was held at the Preforming Arts Center at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas. The play was directed by Cassi Torres McNabb, the Stage Manager was…

This was my first time attending a chamber concert and I found it to be quite amusing, this concert was primarily instrumental and the type of ensemble this concert feature was chamber music. For the genre I would consider these piece as a string quartet. And for the historical era I would have to put it with romantic and twenty and twenty first century era. This was my first live concert that I’ve ever attended so is was my first time hearing a violin and a cello live. The way I would describe…