Sonata

“I have never drawn a distinction between music for films and for operas or concerts” –– Erich Wolfgang Korngold Many conclude that Korngold was born in the wrong era. Instead of his romantic concepts excelling, his ideals and concepts were overshadowed not only by the vogue of the Second Viennese school composers: Arnold Schönberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern, he was also amidst an era of chaos, including the happenings of the first World War. In addition, the rise of Nazism turned his move to…

period well; composers added many ornamentations such as trills, turns, tremolos, and more. In this way, music became more elaborate than that of the Renaissance. People wrote more operas, oratorios, and cantatas for voice and fugues, suites, and sonatas for instrumental performances (Kahanda). Aristocrats hired composers to create custom pieces. For example, Handel wrote ‘‘Water Music’’ for King George, and it was played on a boat as they sailed down the river (Schwarm). As a celebrated…

Raised in the 90s in Russia, I was always aware of instability of my family’s life. When my mother encouraged my siblings and me to choose professions that would give us security, bring us respect, and enable us to help the family, I chose medicine. As a student at South Ural State Medical University, I was enthusiastic about everything. I joined extracurriculars, assisting in every assessment, exam, or surgery. I participated in competitions in internal medicine and in an international…

A rite of passage that seemingly many East Asian children go through, with varying degrees of success, is learning an instrument. Parents hope that coercing their child into playing music will leave a positive influence. Similarly, I experienced this time-tried journey at the age of seven. With this paradigm in mind, my mother decided that it was the right time for me to start learning the piano, but I was completely against it. Initial rebellion were tantrums; fake tears spilt in hopes of…

When I was younger, in the sixth grade, I started piano because my parents had forced me. When I first went into the piano class, I was very intimidated by the older kids because they were in middle school while I was still in elementary school and they were also experienced. I had no experience whatsoever and the piano instructor, Mr. Hayward announced that the piano recital will be in five weeks. I was panicking and shocked at the same time. I also had a lot smaller hands than my peers, making…

He wrote operas, eleven concertos, solo works, chamber music with string quartets and instrumental sonatas, film scores also he created ten symphonies. one instrument that I believe he composed a lot for was a violin also he was very into the keyboard and piano. A violin is a part of the string family which in an orchestra they are mainly in the front…

being influenced by Mozart and Haydn; the middle when he develops his own individual style; and the last a time where his music is highly evolved with a very unusual style. He’s most famous for his nine symphonies, though he also wrote 32 piano sonatas, five piano concertos, and even an opera. In the end, both Mozart and Beethoven came to be some of the most talented and creative musicians to have lived. They put all they could into their music and created so many amazing masterpieces. Though…

over his first three years alone. Bach wrote the two and three part inventions, the well-tempered clavier; which, was a little book with keyboard pieces. The six partitas, and various orchestral concertos transcriptions of Vivaldi. He also wrote sonatas and concertos in several forms, such as, da Chiesa which often has four movements, appropriate for church, without any dance movement and mostly instrumental. The other style is called da camera, which is mostly chamber music, with dance…

Despite of being less popular than other music genres such as sonata, prelude and fugue is an essential part of piano works. As a great landmark in the history of prelude and fugue, Sebastian Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier combined two books: preludes and fugues and Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues [3]. Here I need…

From 1770 to 1820, the Classical Period had given us great musicians that we can learn from. One of these great musicians from this time is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He created a variety of piano concertos, symphonies, and operas, during his life. His time in Vienna has impacted many cultural changes there and changed the way music was look at. His music was truly one of a kind, for his time. Before moving to Vienna in 1781, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756. He was…