Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. In E Minor

Music has been around for countless generations. In the lifetime of his magical art we call music we have seen many different musicians. One musician who had a great influence and effect on the Romantic Era would have to be Antonin Dvorak. Antonin Dvorak’s talent for music was visible from an early age. He was so gifted his childhood teacher was unable to continue teaching him even while he was still very young.

The Music of the classical and Romantic era is a period of time where it shows the development and different styles of music. This can be shown through the manipulation of musical elements, (dynamics, pitch, tempo, rhythm, texture, meter, tonality, structure, melody, harmony, instrument) while contrasting them, but it can also be shown through the composers of the music, the size of the orchestra, musical directions, emotional content, and non-musical developments through that period of time.

Personally, when I think of Romanticism, my mind immediately goes to Berlioz and his symphonie fantastique. Berlioz is one of the first examples of early Romantic music. His symphonie fantastique drew parallels from his own life to an overly dramatic piece. The symphony depicts the

Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony showed the world not only what a nearly perfect musical composition sounds like, but also the sheer relevance and absolute importance of historical context in the perception of music. Written from 1811 to 1812, the piece has to this day remained one of Beethoven’s greatest works. Beethoven dedicated the symphony to Count Moritz von Fries, an aristocrat that frequently hosted Beethoven in his more than accommodating home. The premiere for the symphony was on December 8th, 1813 at a charity concert where the proceeds went to wounded Austrian and Hungarian soldiers from the battle of Hanau. The symphony was immediately popular, winning the admiration of critiques and audiences alike. Described as the most perfect

Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 1, 4th Movement is monumental. The final movement begins with an extended slow introduction with a dark, ominous tone played by wind instruments. The beginning (around 2 minutes) shows a strong resemblance to the ending of Beethoven’s No. 9 Symphony Finale. There are low string instruments accompanied by surging wind instruments. Both pieces contain exhilarating melodies that close with a triumphant ending in a major key. The introduction concludes with a distinguished chorus of brass and woodwind instruments that was heard before in the beginning.

The first piece, Beethoven Egmont Ouverture, Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 was particularly good I thought and exhibited a lot of the concepts we have studied in this course. For example unity, throughout the piece I felt that there was a strong backbone section which kept the piece feeling familiar. Even when there would be seemingly unrelated ideas thrown in, I always felt that it was taken back to familiar ideas. Having said that there was definitely a lot of variety in the piece. There were several ideas throughout, which sometime would come back in a pattern while others would only make an appearance once. There was also a lot of variety in the volume or dynamic of the piece which gave a nice variety to it. Additionally several different instruments were used which gave several different timbres. The tempo also varied a lot within the piece. Going from fast to slow and vice versa, and with different accelerations which gave it a nice feel. The overall rhythm of the piece was nice and polyphonic. This piece was made in the classical era of art (2).

One of the greatest composers I remember doing in the class is Ludwig Van Beethoven. Beethoven was a German composer and the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. Composer and pianist Beethoven, was considered the greatest composer of all time. He won many patrons among the leading citizens of the Viennese aristocracy, who provided him with lodging and funds, allowing Beethoven, in 1794, to sever ties with the Electorate of Cologne. Although there is considerable debate over which of his early piano concerti he performed, most scholars believe he played what is known as his "first" piano concerto in C Major. Shortly thereafter, Beethoven decided to publish a series of three piano trios as his "Opus 1," which were an enormous critical and financial success. One of my favorite

treated well too and that they shouldn’t have to work for wealthy aristocratic families when they’re very talented composers. (lvbeethoven.com)

For my second concert I decided to see Gloria Cheng, on piano, and Ryan Dudenbostel, conducting, accompanied by the Western Washington University Symphony Orchestra. The whole performance was wonderful. I enjoyed every movement, as it has been awhile since I have attended a symphony performance in awhile. They played two compositions; Century Rolls by the American composer John Adams, and Symphony No. 9 in E minor by Antonin Dvorák the Czech composer. I will be reviewing the first two movements of Century Rolls and the last movement of Symphony No. 9 in E minor.

For this assignment I had some difficulty picking a composer because I mostly listen to rock music, although in my daily life I hear some classical music in movies, on the radio, and sometimes even in places I wouldn’t expect like the doctor’s office or in a department store. Classical music of the Romantic Era (1800 to 1850) can sound both beautiful and saddening at the same time to reflect a certain emotion or feeling the composer had at that moment. The Romantic Era is known as a time of liberation and radicalism, along with emotions such as apprehension, horror and terror, and awe or wonder. I believe the Romantic Era had a great impact on

Beethoven’s symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op. 67, I has four movements allegro con brio, andante con moto, scherzo allegro, and allegro. The first movement is a sonata that contains a motif and fortissimo phases using imitation and sequence with a constant flowing melody. The second movement contains two themes in alternation. The first theme starts later followed by the second which later dies of as a third theme is born followed by fortissimo The third movement contains a scherzo and trio and is in ternary form the theme is immediately stated and continually gets revived. The fourth and final movement starts immediately after the third and is a variation of a sonata. The piece has strong cadence and recapitulates only to finish in an extremely

The era of the Romantic Period was full of creative of ideas, which many important composers

As we all have heard music from the classical or romantic period, my paticular well known favorite songs are "Ode to Joy, Symphony #5, and Fur Elsie" played and composed by one of the worlds greastest Ludwig Van Beethoven.

For my era, I chose the Romantic period and the artist I chose associated with this time is none other than Johannes Brahms. The Romantic movement originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century, however, it reached its peak in most areas approximately between 1800 and 1850. Nevertheless, since the spread and popularity of the movement depended on the region, it’s said to have reached Vienna around 1825 and ended roughly around 1900. The Romantic period was not only an intellectual, literary, and artistic movement, it was a change in musical style as well. Like most periods, it was divided up into three phases: early, high, and late, which is often referred to as post-romantic. Romanticism followed Classicism, which was centered in Vienna, and was ultimately the result of political and social upheavals in relationship to the French Revolution. In the spirit of Romanticism, this era is considered to have fostered the rise of the middle-class. Overall, the work of artists, writers, and poets was defined as passionate and imaginative. The subjects and settings were usually exotic and they all typically explored the depths of eternal human conflict. Overall, emotion, imagination, and mystery inspired Romantics.

Despite its name, Romantic, the Romantic age had only a few things that was related to the real meaning of romance known now, however, love had been the main subject of most of the age's art. The age was actually a great achievement of art and philosophy that resulted in the western societies to change the way they thought about themselves and their surroundings as mentioned in the article "Romanticism" Adapted from A Guide to the Study of Literature. Differing from the classical age the romantic age has given artists of that period more freedom and creation. Music for instance was of great value in terms of the way it expresses. Composers of the age used music along with freedom in expression to express nationalism and hence proving their