Symphony No. 94

The scene that I have composed a song to appears in ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2’. The scene takes place after (SPOILER ALERT!) Severus Snape is killed and Harry collects some of his memories into a vial. Harry then pours Snape’s memories into a pensieve to re-watch them. Snape’s memories take us back to his childhood and when he first meets Harry’s mother, Lily. The full scene is absolutely heart-wrenching as you watch Snape’s feelings grow for a girl that does not reciprocate…

There are many significant developments in the musical and dance genres throughout the 19th century. The first significant development in the performing arts is the arrival of new genres to music like Romanticism. Romanticism was unheard of as a musical genre until the 19th century, it used to consist of paintings and other works until it was illustrated in music. Romanticism is considered such a significant accomplishment because it combined expression of emotions that was not present before…

Hodgkinson has made several appearances with major orchestras, including Atlanta, Boston, Buffalo, the American Symphony among others. During the time he was in Boston Musica Viva, he travel around through Europe and the United States. He is currently part of faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music, which is in Boston and the Longy School of…

Franz Schubert was born on January 31, 1797, in Himmelpfortgrund near Vienna Austria. He was an Austrian composer. He himself wrote six hundred secular vocal works, seven complete symphonies, operas, sacred music and a large body of chamber and piano music. His appreciation was limited to a relatively small circle of admirers in Vienna. Schubert’s father, Franz Theodor Schubert, was a school teacher; his mother was what we call a modern day “stay at home mom.” Franz had three older brothers…

Fidelio An Opera by Ludwig van Beethoven "Fidelio," opera in two acts, by Ludwig van Beethoven. Produced in three acts, as "Fidelio, oder, die eheliche Liebe" (Fidelio, or Conjugal Love), at the Theatre on the Wien, November 20, 1805. Revised and given at the Imperial Private Theatre, March 29, 1806, but withdrawn after a few performances. Again revised and successfully brought out May 23, 1814, at the Kärnthnerthor Theatre (Theatre at the Carinthian Gate), Vienna, Paris, Théâtre Lyrique,…

Mohamed Hegy Ms. Thorne Music 1010 Hans Zimmer This paper will be about the famous German composer Hans Florian Zimmer. First I will talk about some basic info on his background. Hans Zimmer is 56 years old and he is a world renowned composer born in Frankfurt, Germany. Hans never really had any musical lessons or training. Hans really is self- taught. He knows how to play at least 6 different instruments fluently. This is mainly because of his father's death. At such a young age Hans had to…

Berlioz’s model of the Requiem Mass is considered to be the first true Romantic-era model. He had included elements from the traditional Requiem Mass, for example the Dies Irae, Tuba Mirum, Rex tremendae and Lacrymosa sections including the text. However, his version of Requiem was greatly different from that of previous Classical models. Berlioz’s work was more theatrical than for service, proving to include secular settings in a sacred frame, as he contrasted the loud and peaceful movements,…

The inspiration for the clarinet dates back to the 1600s, where an instrument called the Chalumeau was used. It was used mostly in Europe, and its name was derived from Latin/Greek origins, meaning pipe. True to its name, it was a 20 cm long pipe, with 5 holes. It looked much like a recorder, and was not very important to musicians and composers back then. It was different from todays, clarinet, as there was no upper register, only a lower one. It has influenced today’s clarinet, as nowadays…

The Fifth Symphony in C minor is one of the best-known symphonies Beethoven composed in his middle period. As mentioned before, it carried a “heroic” style throughout the piece and it is well-known for using a simple four-note motive as a theme that reoccurs throughout the piece. He structured this composition in a way that developed the theme through “‘modulation,’ that is, a change in the feeling of the home key, through a variety of keys or harmonic regions” (Beethoven’s Musical Style and…

The Symphony in G major was one of the four symphonies composed by Mozart during the spring of 1773, composed at the age of 17. The date of completion is not clear, but it is somewhere between March 30 and May 19, 1773. It was composed two weeks after Mozart's returning to Salzburg, after his second trip to Italy and the performance of his opera, Lucio Silla in Milan. Since it was composed two months before his visit to Vienna, the four symphonies may have been considered as “audition” pieces…