Piano Concerto No. 1

made outstanding contribution on opera and piano concertos. There are stylistic similarities and differences in these two composers. I will illustrate the life experience, form, and performance characteristics by using Haydn Keyboard Sonata Hob.50 in C major and Mozart Keyboard Sonata K.333 in B-flat Major to demonstrate it. Life Experience Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Haydn as a great Austrian artist has a very broad area in composition, like piano trio, string quartet, symphony and so on.…

era. Although the majority of people in the 20th century did not appreciate Schoenberg’s extremely modern work, his pieces led to much innovation in the world of music. He wrote numerous works of art including masterpieces like the String Quartet #1 to the Pierrot lunaire. Arnold Schoenberg was born on September 13, 1874 in Vienna Austria. His middle class family was not particularly musical; therefore, he taught himself most everything he knew about music. Schoenberg was drawn to string…

As I am watching piano recitals played by different performances, I realize that each person has his or her own strength, and they also have many characteristics in common at the same time, such as concentration, professionalism of performance and so on. After I watched all five piano recitals, I know that it is important for a piano beginner to learn their skills, body movements and emotions. In the Bach's Italian Concerto, BWV 971 played by Andras Schiff, there are three movements with…

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Alexander Scriabin was a Russian post-romantic composer known for his ever-evolving compositional style. He composed mostly piano works, 177 piano pieces in all (including 10 piano sonatas, as well as many mazurkas, études, nocturnes, préludes, poèmes and more), however he did not shy away from orchestral works, composing 5 symphonies, a piano concerto, a symphonic poem in D minor, and the prefatory act to a work called “Mysterium”. Although his works were considered controversial for the time,…

At the end of Theme 1, the closing gesture of the transition is played by the violin and piano with syncopated chords. Next we hear Theme 2. It starts off with a soft melody on the piano with strong accents on the weak parts of beats. Then it reaches a climax with strong syncopation, which then comes to a full cadence. At the cadence, the closing gesture…

Aesthetics: The Artistic Impulse Study Guide Chapter Four: Music and Opera CLASSICAL FORMS • List and describe in complete detail the classical forms listed in Chapter Four for classical vocal music? List examples from the text (composers and works). 1. The first classical form of classical vocal music is mass. It is a sacred choral composition consisting of five sections: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei. These form parts of the mass ordinary- the Roman Catholic church texts…

to it and interpret it according to the emotions pouring out of the music. There is something so calming about listening to classical music. For most classical pieces, that is. The OCU symphony played the fourth movement of Ginastera's Piano Concerto No. 1, and I the felt the opposite of calm. This piece was very fast and random. I imagined it being played in a movie when a character is running from something or experiencing extreme panic. What amazed me about this piece though was the…

This Stony Brook University performance was the first time I was exposed to any performance, so throughout the concert, there were many things that stuck out to me. The first thing that stuck out to me was the dress code. Upon arrival, I was surprised by dozens in very formal outfits. Once I was in the auditorium I did notice that there were indeed no phones, people talking or people eating. I saw the pride and excitement in some of the families faces as the performance began. It was very quiet…

He started his musical studies with his sister Katharine, who gave him his first piano lessons when he started out. In 1899, he completed his piano education at Elmira college under Mary Selena Broughton. In 1903, Mary financed his musical education in Berlin, he studied with Ernst Jedliczka and Gottfried Gaston, composition and counterpoint with other important…