Symphony

choose between Ludwig Van Beethoven or Johann Sebastian Bch. Both very great composer with very great works of music, but my composer of choice is going to be Ludwig Van Beethoven. Beethoven’s piece of music composed that I choose as well is The Symphony No. 5 in C Minor. Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in Bonn, the Capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the Holy Roman Empire. Still to this day there is uncertainty of the exact day that Beethoven was born. Matter of law and custom,…

Symphonies are large works that are written for the entire orchestra. Symphonies were developed during the classical period. The classical period changed the style of music. During the baroque era music was more complex and required the audience to think more about the music. The foundation…

Sixth symphonies sound very different, they both originated during the same time period and are closely related in many ways. In the first movement of the Fifth and Sixth symphonies, the relationships between the two can already be identified. While their similarities reveal the new ideas that Beethoven wanted to use in his symphonies at the time, their differences reveal the different paths that Beethoven chose for each symphony. Though the first movements of the Fifth and Sixth symphonies are…

PETRONAS Philharmonic Hall which located in Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC). It was an around 120 minute concert including 20 minutes interval in between. Two great works was presented on this day which was Piano Concerto in A minor by Schumann and Symphony No.4 in E flat major- ‘Romantic’ by Bruckner. In this concert, Constantin Trinks was the conductor whereas David Fray was the pianist. The concert started with Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54 by Schumann. This work consists of three…

The concert that I attended was the Redlands Community Orchestra at Redlands High School Clock Auditorium. The orchestra consisted of three pieces which were Fanfare to the Common Man by Aaron Copland, Les Preludes by Franz Liszt, and Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 by Ludwig van Beethoven. These pieces are capturing pieces of art and history that surpass time and yet are still know in this modern era. The composers were well known artist that created a kind of movement in music history and…

Verdi's Requiem, Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4 in A Major, and "The Mountain Whippoorwill" by Jess Turner are three very different pieces. The first is an opera with fantastic musical continuity accented by a broad spectrum of emotions. The second is an instrumental piece in the minor key, and it is very quick and lively. The latter is a longer piece than the first two, an instrumental like the second, but it is happen set to match a poem, which makes it somewhat similar to the first. Verdi’s…

Tori Pharris Music History II MUSI 3353 Dr. Stephen Crawford February 10th, 2016 Beethoven’s life is generally divided into three creative periods. Give the dates and major works of each, and briefly characterize the features of Beethoven’s style during each period. The first period in Ludwig van Beethoven’s (1770-1827) life was from his birth in 1770 to 1802. During this time he composed many piano sonatas, simply because it was his primary instrument. Beethoven’s composing style was…

Seiji Ozawa is a Japanese conductor, known for his work with the San Francisco Symphony and Boston Symphony, and his advocacy for modern composers. At the age of 15, Ozawa sprained his finger in a rugby game, unable to continue studying the piano; he shifted his musical focus from piano performance to conducting. Over the course of his lifetime, Ozawa has received international acclaim and many awards from a number of institutions. Ozawa also holds a number of honorary doctorate degrees from…

ending concluding section called the coda. In the exposition the themes are present, then in the development the themes are presented in a new way and the themes reappear in the recapitulation. This is all concluded by the coda. An example of this is Symphony No. 40 in G Minor K. 550, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In this piece, he displays sonata-form by displaying an initial theme, treating the theme in a new way, and the theme returns again. The next major form is Theme and Variations, which…

The visits to England generated some of Haydn's best-known work, including the “Surprise”, “Military”, “Drumroll”, and “London” symphonies, the 'Rider' quartet, and the “Gypsy Rondo” piano trio. He returned to Vienna and composed a large amount of religious works for chorus and orchestra; including: his two great oratorios “The Creation” and The Seasons and six masses for the Eszterházy…