Essays on Concertos

Fryderyk Chopin, also known as the poet of piano, was an amazing composer and virtuoso pianist. He played in various genres and his compositions were music to the ears in both meanings. Even the shortest compositions have people listening to them over and over again. Fryderyk Chopin was born on the 1st of March in 1810 in Warsaw. He mostly wrote for the solo piano and gained popularity throughout the whole world as a leading musician of the Romantic era. Chopin was born and raised in a family of four children, his mother was Polish and his father was ...

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

- History The Four Seasons or Le Quattro Stagioni is composed of four violin concertos that were composed by Antonio Vivaldi in 1723. This piece is known to be his most popular classical work and one of the most well-known in the said repertoire. The Four Seasons is also considered as one of the boldest program music in the baroque period. The concertos were first published in 1725. It was intended to be part of a set of 12 concerti, Vivaldi’s 8th Opus with the title “Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione”, which he dedicated to a Bohemian patron named ...

An Examination of Style and Performance

Introduction Joseph Haydn may be the most underrated of all the great composers, especially when it comes to his piano music. Music students in every field, remain taught that Haydn is the “father of the Symphony.” It is this fact that keeps the student from seeking out, discovering, and delighting in his brilliant, often difficult, but worth the challenge of playing Haydn’s late keyboard compositions. Haydn’s major keyboard works are sonatas, generally representing his growth from his early years until 1794 with completion of his final three sonatas. According to Gordon (1996), Haydn often set the ...

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Bach Johann Sebastian was a music composer and a musician from Germany within the periods of the Baroque. Through his skills in motivic organization, harmony, and counterpoint, Bach facilitated the formation and establishment of the German style. He also enriched the adaptation of textures, forms and rhythms from the outside Germany countries mostly France and Italy. His work in the field of music has made his music to be reserved for their artistic beauty, intellectual depth, and technical command. Some of his compositions include the golden variation and Brandenburg Concertos. George Frederick Handel was a British Baroque composer born in Germany. ...

The first movements of piano concertos by J.C. Bach and W.A. Mozart Mozart’s piano concertos are said to among his best compositions. The Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488 is testament to this. This graceful composition has three movements and uses small orchestra comprised of instruments from all four classes. The instruments are two flutes, two bassoons, two clarinets and two horns as well the instruments from the string section like the violin. One significant difference of Mozart’s concertos was refusing the harpsichord and clavichord. He started to compose sonata concertos only for piano ...

The first movements of piano concertos by J.C. Bach and W.A. Mozart Johann Christian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart have both influenced the development of classical music. Both of them formed the musical style of sonata – most of the 20th and 21th century composers still hold on to the same structure. J.C. Bach was a son of J.S. Bach. Father influenced him a lot – he taught him the art of music since early childhood, but since he died when Johann Christian was only fifteenyears old, he started to compose is his own way.Style of music he wrote was different ...

Introduction

There are many different musical eras, which have influenced music to be composed the way it is now. The eras are the baroque era, the classical era, the romantic era and the modern era. There have been a number of notable famous musicians and composers of music from various countries across from Europe and the United States of America. These composers came from different periods and have influenced one another in their music. In looking at the composition from all the eras, it is very clear that there is a difference and some similarities of the music.

Baroque era

The baroque period is ...

The musical education of today is the foundation for a lifetime of passion, inspiration and sensitivity to all forms of music. This course put these qualities into practice and provided me with the musical knowledge and inspiration to appreciate music. The study of the Renaissance Period, the Baroque Period and Classical Concertos and Sonata were of the most interest and value for me. The Renaissance Period included better usage of notation and composition. It also included new musical genres and the development of old and new musical instruments from the medieval period. For me the most the most important ...

Music is mostly perceived as the extremely universal of all forms of art. Music can be defined as the art of making a combination of vocal and instrumental sounds in harmony or expressive way. Music is broad and sometimes is life to some people. It is an art by itself that can mean self-expansion and oneness. The work of art in any form that it may be is generated by an individual or group of ordinary persons who are talented and are expressing an opinion concerning the current times. Music expresses culture through the way musicians dress, the history of ...

Comparison of Musicians

Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach were two of the most brilliant composers in the genre of classical Western music. The nationality of these two musicians is German. Bach was a composer who lived during the Baroque period. On the other hand, Beethoven was a musical genius who lived during the transition period of Classical period to Romantic era. Beethoven came later than Bach or was born 20 years after Bach’s demise. Beethoven looked up to Bach as his inspiration were he adapted the work of Bach entitled “Well-Tempered Clavier” in one of his musical masterpieces, and regards Bach ...

Born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a musician of playing manifold instruments. He started performing in public at the pretty early age of 6. Over the years, Mozart has had a variety of European venues and patrons, composing hundreds of works: symphonies, sonatas, concertos and operas, distinguished as ones with vivid emotion and sophisticated textures. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s was the only living son of Leopold and Maria Pertl Mozart. Leopold was a successful composer, violinist, and assistant of the concert master at the Salzburg court. He also had a sister named Anna Maria. Music as ...

Romanticism was always an important part of the musical revolution and this was made clear in the works of the great masters. One could take as a typical example, the music of Beethoven which Berlioz found entrancing and which he introduced several times into his own works. A great critic who analysed Beethoven’s music to the letter was ETA Hoffmann whose description of the Fifth Symphony as a transition from darkness to light was one of the most important pieces of writing in the 19th century. Nothing is more romantic than the music of Hector Berlioz. One almost cannot ...

Romanticism was always an important part of the musical revolution and this was made clear in the works of the great masters. One could take as a typical example, the music of Beethoven which Berlioz found entrancing and which he introduced several times into his own works. A great critic who analysed Beethoven’s music to the letter was ETA Hoffmann whose description of the Fifth Symphony as a transition from darkness to light was one of the most important pieces of writing in the 19th century. Nothing is more romantic than the music of Hector Berlioz. One almost cannot ...

This was the blurb which introduced the concert:

“Be there for a triumphant return and an auspicious introduction! MacArthur 'Genius Grant' recipient Alisa Weilerstein, graduated from Columbia University in Russian history, brings a depth of understanding to the concerto Shostakovich originally wrote for the great cellist Rostropovich. LACO principal Kenneth Munday introduces you to a novel bassoon concerto performed with Florey's avant-garde silent film. The music is the creation of talented USC graduate Hugo Gonzalez-Pioli - another LACO first”.The evening's program included:Jeffrey Kahane, conductorAlisa Weilerstein, celloKenneth Munday, bassoonBEETHOVEN - Coriolan Overture, Op. 62HUGO GONZALEZ-PIOLI - The Love of Zero (Bassoon Concerto with Robert Florey's 1927 short silent film) (US ...

Considering how classical music continually evolves and changes from one era to another, compare and contrast the sacred and liturgical vocal music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Include in your essay discussion of representative composers and their musical works from the CD?

Introduction:

Classical music is certainly one of the finest art forms and has developed extensively over the years to such an extent that today it can be merged into several different styles accordingly. The development of music from the vocal works of the Renaissance to the fully fledged symphonies by Mahler is definitely an issue which needs ...

Listen to the Corelli, Vivaldi and Bach examples. Using the stylistic features of each, write a summary of the development of instrumental music in the 18th century. Be aware of overall form and musical elements you hear in the examples. Explain the musical terms you use.

Instrumental music developed quite profoundly in the 18th Century especially through the music of Bach. Amongst the most important forms of musical development one can identify the fugue, the gavotte as well as the minuet. The 18th century also saw the development of the concerto grosso which also ...