Essays on Organist

Gustav Holst was an English composer, arranger and teacher

BIOGRAPHY Gustav Holst was born in England in the city of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on the 21st of September, 1874 in the family of Adolph and Clara von Holst. His father was a professional musician, a talented pianist. Gustav was a weak child and suffered from many diseases. After his father’s second marriage, he was sent to Cheltenham Grammar School (1.The Early Years). Since his youth he has suffered from neuritis in hands, which brought him much pain and trouble. In 1893 he worked as an organist at Wick Rissington in a small Cotswold village. Later he became a ...

The canon of classical and contemporary music

Since the dawn of time, music has been one of the most important cultural inventions of humanity. The use of music to convey knowledge and share information is so profound that almost all existing societies today have its own musical heritage. Music has always taken a vital place in the development of human culture. In fact, instrumental music and songs are regarded as one of the highest form of art by any culture at any point in time. From the tribal traditions passed on from generation to generation through songs, to the highly commercialized music industry of today, music is ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770 in Bonn, nearby the French border. His father and grandfather were court musicians. Little Ludwig discovered his musical abilities early and his father began lessons with him when he was five, hoping to bring up his son to be, like Mozart, a child prodigy and get out of this financial benefit. Classes were disorderly. Beethoven's father was often rude, cruel, overly demanding. He forced the boy to spend hours playing the same exercise. Sometimes, coming home late at night drunk, he woke his son and made him play. Ludwig's mother was kind ...

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 ...