Carlos Gesualdo's Accomplishments

Giovanni Gabrieli was a legendary composer of the 16th century. As the fundamental structure and ideas of the Catholic Church were being challenged by the Protestant Reformation and the Counter-Reformation, Gabrieli’s compositions were given the opportunity to be successful and influential to music in the coming centuries. His works helped to transform not only church music of the Catholic Church, but also secular music as well. Giovanni Gabrieli wrote significant works that ultimately shaped the rise of the symphony, including the development of purely instrumental works, the art of orchestration, and the concerto style. Without his innovations in composition, it is arguable that instrumental music would not have developed as quickly, or developed

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Composer of Per La Gloria D’Adorarvi, Giovanni Battista Bononcini(1672-1748) was born into a family of composers. Both his father and brother were composers. Although he was orphaned at age 8, he still followed in his fathers footsteps, releasing instrumental music by age 15. Throughout his life, he moved around to many different European countries, but he was born and died in Italy. This shows through in his Italian baroque style, which he helped spread around Europe in his travels.

American classical music has been innovated with every single passing year, majority of the composers have added their taste and invention to further enhance the crispiness and enchanter the form of classical music. One of the most legendary and prominent composer of

“Without Craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.” Johannes Brahms was an extraordinarily talented composer of his time, and, as said in one of his famous quotes, he truly crafted each piece of music he wrote with much care and delicacy. Ever since the early age of six years old, Brahms was infatuated with playing the piano, composing music, as well as conducting choral groups as well as symphonies throughout the entirety of his life. He was tremendously popular amongst friends, fellow composers, and other notable people of his time. His fame not only stood in the barriers of his lifetime, but also stood the test of time. His works are often compared to the likes of people such as the famous Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. This impeccable trio

In the years 1842 and 1843 Verdi composed two new four-part operas called Nabucco and I Lombaradi. These two operas gave him a great amount of success and fortune in his musical career. Throughout the rest of the 1840, ’50, ’60 and even the 1870’s Verdi continued to be a very successful composer. He produced a great amount of work in these years.

From the time Ludwig van Beethoven was a young child, everyone around him could see that he was extremely talented. His name is known all around the world and when people think classical music, Beethoven is one of the first names that pop up. Long after his death in 1827, his music is still listened to. Soon to be mothers are sometimes told to allow the baby to listen to classical music, especially by Beethoven, to help with brain development. College and high school students are told we can benefit by listening to Beethoven when studying. Even in some modern songs, you can hear Beethoven’s legacy living on. Beethoven was an excellent composer and wrote pieces that defied the norm of the Romantic Era. Many artists today may not realize that

In a country with such a diverse cultural history as Mexico, how can an artist work without political affinities? Investigating muralist José Clemente Orozco’s career, one sees from critic and self-written testimonies that Orozco purported to paint murals with neither “enthusiasm, nor...despair” to eschew categorization so that the public could “see” them and not “hear” about them from guides. Simply, Orozco implied that he valued impartiality instead of zealous didacticism in his works. However, I argue that Orozco’s murals often featured religious, economic, and racial motifs, and while Orozco may have sought to avoid emotion in his art, he did respect certain Christian and native spiritual figures and satirize capitalist characters to critique

Puccini is one of the best-known Italian composers, after Verdi, of the 19th century. He was born on 22nd December 1858 and passed away on 29th November 1924. He is particularly well known for his works such as; La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and his final opera, Turandot.

Born Donato di Niccoló di Betto Bardi in 1386, Donatello was one of the most influential sculptors of fifteenth century Italy, his work was a stepping stone for the rebirth of art. Although his work is almost 600 years old, it is still held in very high esteem today (Funk and Wagnalls). Some of his defining pieces include The Feast of Herod, his bronze statue of David, and Gattamelata; these pieces made such a big impact on the Renaissance that we can still feel tremors today, making Donatello one of the best artists of all time. In 1427, Donatello crafted The Feast of Herod; it was a relief for the baptismal font in the Siena Cathedral in Italy, where it is still housed today.

Giovanni Gabrieli was an Italian composer born in 1554 and wrote many works in the ‘in between’ stage of Renaissance and Baroque. He was a composer and

Giovanni Gabrieli, the man who composed Canzon Septimi Toni a 8, was a well known Renaissance composer born in 1556. Not only that, but he was an organist and teacher who learned everything he knew from his uncle, Andrea Gabrieli, whom he has to thank for his musical upbringing. Gabrieli himself was highly regarded and praised for his contributions to instrumental music for church use as well as choral and instrumental motets. Gabrieli also made use of the San Marco church layout; the two separate choir lofts in the church allowed him to create salient spatial effects, which in turn heavily influenced his style of music. Unfortunately, his health began to suffer and

Rossini is probably the most popular composer of this era. His works are many and are extremely popular. Rossini was born in Pesaro in 1792 and on December15th, 1815 when he was only twenty-three years old, he signed a contract to write an opera for a theater in Rome (Weaver, 11). His childhood friend, Gertrude Righetti Giorgi, premiered as Rosina in Rossin’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, on opening night for the Nobile Teatro di Torre Argentina (Weaver, 19). Il barbiere di Siviglia went on to become one of the more famous operas of Rossini’s. This opera went through many struggles, however, because of the similar story

Who is the composer (full name and dates)? List three points about his life and environment.

Giovanni Palestrina was an Italian composer who was born in Palestrina, near Rome. Giovanni was born on February 3, 1525 and died February 2, 1594. He studied with Robin Mallapert and Firmin Label. Giovanni went to school at St. Maria Maggiore. He spend most of his job in the city. Giovanni was influenced by the Northern European style of polyphony. He played organ for his church that he was deeply into.