Romantic music

for the piano and his music is innovative with a particular repertoire of technical and expressive devices. His musical style can be described as unique because of his variety and complexity of compositional techniques. The Piano Sonata Op.35 No.2 is an illustration of Chopin’s musical style where he explores several elements found in the nineteenth century music such as the “idea of artistic freedom, experimentation, and creativity. Furthermore, the nineteenth century music was a time of…

classical music? The time periods that I will be looking at are between 1900-1930 to really see the differences in music composition before, during, and after the war. The first World War changed what classical music sounds and looks, with many composers dying in battle or left unwillingly scarred. Some pieces of music were composed with the emotions that composers captured from the war, while others were the result of despair at the tragedy of it all. World War One changed the course of music…

Beethoven relationship with his father was considered unsatisfied and inferior. The father was always hard and cruel to Beethoven when he was a children, which make Beethoven did have a content relationship with his father, due to the actions the father gave him. Beethoven generally suffered a tragic childhood; his father was also an alcoholic, creating more complications in Beethoven’s life. Moreover, his father would frequently abused him. The father would consistently force him to…

Prefer Blondes. I know that these are two vastly different movies but what they have in common is that they are both comedies and musicals. I love musical comedies, mainly because I grew up in the era of High School Musical but also because I love music. Music is one of my passions (even though I can not sing or play an instrument for my life) because it is so expressive. Some of my favorite musicians are Marilyn Manson and Marina and The Diamonds. Again two vastly different artists but what…

Hawaiian music began in the mid 1800’s when steam boats began to bring visitors from all over the world to the Honolulu Harbor. The visitors would bring instruments with them just for entertainment, the Hawaiians would then mix their instruments with the visitor’s instruments and, that’s how a new sound was created. The Paniolo in other words Mexican Cowboys also came in the mid 1800’s and they taught the Hawaiians a few tricks on how to play music on a guitar. Also throughout the history of…

The Advancement in Music What is sound? Sound as we all know is moving air. Essentially, as the eccentric human beings we are commencing the creation of music. Music is the rational organization of time, the more the vibration the higher the pitch, the less vibration the lower the pitch. More importantly, just like any other human aspiration the production of music, has evolved over time. Considering the five foremost musical eras within the time frame of about 1500 years have developed and…

What is Music? When words fail, music speaks. Music is an unavoidable part in everyone’s life. Whether its music you play by personal choice or music you hear in supermarkets or on the radio in the car. Society is all about music. Music has been a part of every culture; it has been there from the beginning of time and will be there at the end. Music is not just noise, music is another language to express your thoughts and your personality, it is a type of therapy and motivator, and it is a…

The concert consisted of performers who were students from UIC. The first part of the concert, consisted of the performers playing without a conductor. They relied on each other and performed music that was based off the hispanic culture. The first part of the program consisted of a heritage type of music. The second part of the concert consisted of the Orchestra with the Javier Mendoza as the conductor. The audience for the concert consisted of people of all age culture and background. Many…

Concert Make-Up Assignment Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in December 1770 in Bonn, Germany. His father was a musician in Bonn. Beethoven was interested in music from an early age and when his father was at home, his father would teach Beethoven music. He learned to play the piano and the clavier, an instrument like a harpsichord. His father would punish him when he made mistakes or hesitated and that affected Beethoven's life and future. On March 26th, 1778, when he was seven years old, he had…

Giacomo Puccini was an Italian composer born in 1858 and is known to have put a considerable amount of thought into creating the mood and literary components of his librettos (Kamien, Roger Music An Appreciation p.280). Richard Wagner was a German composer born in 1813 to a theatrical family (Kamien, Roger Music An Appreciation p. 289). Both of these composers are famous for their operas and are from the Romanic Period. Their compositions, La Boheme and Die Walkure, share the characteristics of…