Symphony No. 9

second piece was Carmina Burana. Both of the pieces together lasted an hour and thirty minutes. The Performing Arts Center had amazing detail and layout. The location definitely set the mood for the performance. During the ballet there was also a symphony playing behind the dancers. They set the mood for what the dancers were trying to portray. The dynamics were not played at a certain pitch throughout the…

Beethoven was a great German composer in earlier Nineteen Century, who covered both Classical style and Romanticism. He started to sketch the Symphony No.6 in 1802, and instead of related the title with friends or sponsor’ name, he himself named it ’Pastoral’ to express his love with nature. The symphony is divided into five movements and featured like a program music. It was first performed in the Theater an der Wien on 22 December 1808. Bela Bartok was one of the most important composers in…

of diversion. Mahler absorbed this and allowed it to infuse everything that followed in his career. Ross defines Mahler's entire musical mission as "to do for the symphony what Wagner had done for the opera". Mahler began to push the boundaries of what music represented, what it served as, and how it was notated. From his Fourth Symphony forward, Mahler rejected the romantic conventions of music that had ruled nineteenth century culture. Wagner helped shape what Mahler became, who ended up being…

In his lieder inspired by Klaus Groth’s “Es hing der Reif”, Brahms highlights both the dreamy and nightmarish aspects of fixating on love by floating in-between the relative keys of A minor and C major, introducing foreign “problematic” harmonies and chord members, and implying a strong sense of irony when concluding lines and stanzas. By never truly establishing a key until the very last lyrical statement, Brahms keeps the piece suspended in a dreamy uncertainty. This is evident even as early…

Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart are all composers that are universally known whether you like that specific genre of music or prefer listening to modern day artists. These particular composers have transcended the test of time because their music is taught in music classes currently and many composers have crafted their art by gaining inspiration from their music. Not many composers in this decade will have their musical accomplishments published in a textbook. However, there is one particular…

by Franz Joseph Haydn, are the two works of music compared in this paper. Both the musical pieces are from the classical era, but have different genres. “Surprise” is a symphony, and the second musical piece is a string quartet. A string quartet by definition, includes four instruments, a cello, a viola and two violins. A symphony might include many groups of instruments, i.e. brass violins, piano, and stringed instruments. “String Quartet in C Major, op. 76, no. 3, second movement”, has the…

Messiaen choses to experiment with a wide range of dynamics through out the entire fourth movement. Furthermore, he indicates drastic changes of those dynamics that happen in a short period of time, which presents the audience with an element of surprise. Additionally, the Interlude is the shortest movement in the entire composition, which is 73 measures long and lasts for about two minutes (considering the entire Quartet for the End of Time is about 50 minutes long). Therefore, a rapid change…

The understated work of Haydn’s 95th Symphony displays a variety of uncommon techniques and symphonic devices that create a dramatic yet lyrical work of music. The work is the third of Haydn’s 12 London Symphonies and diverts from common characteristics of Haydn’s works most notably it being the only minor tonality among the London Symphonies. The first movement (of which will be explored in this essay) creates a unique stance among Haydn’s other symphonies, in that the work omits a slow…

Joseph Haydn was one of the composers from the eighteenth century whom worked mainly for courts, churches, teaching, performing and composing on commission or publication for a living. Haydn was known as the “Father of Symphony” for wide publication of his symphonies. Symphonies, instrumental sonatas and string quartets are the most well known works, which made him a prolific composer in the classical period. Haydn was born in Rohrau and started to learn music in singing, playing the harpsichord…

Have you ever wondered what famous musicians thought? Ludwig Van Beethoven once said, “To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion in inexcusable.” Beethoven was a famous composer in classical music and believed in this quote very much. I believe this quote is about passion and not worrying if you will succeed or not. I agree with Beethoven, because I too believe that passion is important. I believe this quote means that it doesn’t matter if you fail at something, because you…