Comparing Antonin Dvorak's Life And Music

No other composer or musical artist has made as big of an impact on music as Ludwig Van Beethoven. He influenced many other composers, and made some of the most beautiful pieces that are still played today. It is truly amazing that he was able to master his craft and become questionably the greatest composer that has ever lived, despite having a condition that would seem to make composing music impossible.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart baptized as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart lived from January 27, 1756 to December 5, 1791. Mozart was a very influential and prolific composer of more than 600 works, including symphonies, concertante, chamber, piano, opera, and choral music. Regarded as a child prodigy, Mozart composed and performed in the European courts from the age of five, and was engaged at the Salzburg court at 17. Mozart’s musical style can be classified as Classical, although he learned from many of his contemporaries throughout his musical career. In order to better understand Mozart’s genius it is best to begin looking at his earliest contributions to the musical world as a child. From there, an exploration of his

Beethoven is perhaps the most famous musician of all time. His influence on later composers was extremely huge, to the extent where many composers were intimidated by his music. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770 into a family of musicians. His father and grandfather were both musicians at the court of Elector in the German town of Bonn. His grandfather was very respected, but his dad not so much given that he was an alcoholic. At a young age, Beethoven was put in charge of his family’s finances and started a job at the court. He composed music and helped look after the instrumentation. Around the same time, he began to write music. In 1790, an important visitor passed through Bonn: this was Franz Joseph Haydn. He was on his way to London for a visit when he stopped to meet Beethoven and agreed to take him on as a student when he came back from London to Vienna. In 1792, Beethoven moved to Vienna to study with Hayden. Apparently, it did not go as planned. Hayden was old fashion and a little overbearing, while Beethoven was rebellious and headstrong. Beethoven found support among the rich arts who lived in Vienna. Prince Lichnowsky gave him board and lodging at his place for in return, Beethoven would compose music and preform at evening parties.

Antonin Leopold Dvorak born in Czech in 1841 he was the second major Czech composer to become recognised across the world. Although he did not come from a wealthy family Dvorak showed much musical talent. During 1857 he entered the Prague Organ School where he received in depth musical training both theoretically and instrumentally. Symphony No.8 was composed during 1889 and premiered on February 2, 1890 and conducted by Dvorak himself. It was composed in a small-town northeast of Iowa and the countryside is reflected in this piece. During the summer of 1889 Dvorak retired to his home at Vysoka away from the pressures of urban life and away from public and publishers demands. It was during this time that he wanted to create something “different from the other symphonies, with individual thoughts worked out in a new way,” and during 1890 he dedicated it “for my installation as a member of the Czech Academy of the Emperor Franz Joseph for Sciences, Literature, and Arts.” The symphony is written for the flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bassoon, horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba, timpani and strings. It was originally listed as Symphony No.4 however, we now label it as No.8 out of the nine symphonies. During the late 19th Century Dvorak had composed five symphonies and continued to compose and it was during the 1950s we began to use the current numbering system. During the 1880s and 1890s he was a very popular and successful composer and Brahms himself was known to promote Dvorak’s early music. This G major symphony is by far the most pastoral in its effect in comparison to Dvorak’s other symphonies and stand apart from the other works in terms of form. Publisher Simrock paid Dvorak 3000 marks for his seventh symphony during 1885 and upon the completion of his eight symphony was only offered 100 marks. This was due to the fact that large scale works such as this were expensive to publish and difficult to market. Dovorak considered this as an insult and began negotiations which resulted in the work being published by London firm Novello. For this reason, the symphony is often referred to as the “English,” ironic considering that stylistically the piece is heavily

The famed Czech composer, Antonin Dvorak, was born in a Bohemian village of Czechoslovakia on September 8th, 1841 (Carlson & Smith, 154). After several years of living and learning music in his home village, eventually Dvorak moved to Prague at the age of 16 to continue his education in music. Pursuing his studies diligently, and after working various odd jobs, he eventually became a professor of music at the Prague Conservatory (Pogue & Speck, 64). While in Prague, he married his lovely wife Anna Cermakova in the November of 1873, and was happily married for the rest of his life to her (Encyclopedia Britannica). Performing all over Prague, eventually Dvorak’s incredible work was discovered by the famed composer Johannes Brahms, who recommended Dvorak to Brahms’ publisher Simrock. Simrock took to liking Dvorak’s works so much, that he agreed to publish works like the Moravian Duets in 1876, and the Slavonic Dances in 1878. These works

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven are two of the greatest composers ever to write music. Both men lived in the early 18th and 19th century, but their music and influences are still felt today. The men faced similar experiences, yet they both lead very different lives. All together the pieces that these men composed amounts to over 300 published, and unpublished works of art. The people of their time period often had mixed feelings about these men, some “complained that Mozart’s music presented them with too many ideas and that his melodies moved from one to the next faster than audiences could follow, yet the ideas themselves seem effortless and natural, clear and

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) was one of the most versatile and prolific composers of the nineteenth century, reaching into almost all genres of music from piano miniatures to comprehensively conceived vocal-orchestra compositions. His output encompasses nine symphonies and fifty-five other orchestral pieces, eleven opera, eleven works for chorus and orchestra, nine small choral works, thirty-five sets of songs and duets, fifty-five chamber works for various combinations of instruments, and thirty-two sets of short pieces for piano. In each of these areas he created works that can be considered masterpieces in their genre.

Ever since his father began teaching him as a child to play the violin and clavier, any keyboard instrument such as the harpsichord, Ludwig van Beethoven has been amongst the most renowned and influential composers of music. Despite the harsh punishments and mistreatment Beethoven suffered through while practicing with his father, he still managed to become a “prodigy” at a rather young age, having his first public recital at around seven years old. After his first recital role music played in his continued to grow, and soon after dropping out of school to pursue music “full time” he published his first composition.

At the point when Ernest demonstrated an enthusiasm for workmanship, his dad just pushed him harder to stay committed to music, feeling that was the place his most prominent ability lay. At 17, Blumenschein won a grant to learn at the Cincinnati College of Music. In any case, while considering music he likewise selected in classes at the Art Academy. He was soon persuaded that his future profession was to be that of a craftsman, and subsequently moved to New York City to study painting at the Art Students League. On the other hand, he remained a hugely capable artist, supporting himself by playing first violin in the New York Symphony. The conductor at the time was none other than the world well known Czech author, Anton Dvorak. Dvorak was clearly so awed with the youth that he selected him first violin promptly in the wake of listening to him play a D minor scale. Few individuals would have surrendered a music profession that was set for such a promising begin (most definitely), yet Blumenschein had settled on his choice. Today, Blumenschein's work is held by the most prestigious galleries in the nation, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Metropolitan, and the

     Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) is regarded as the greatest composer who ever lived. He began writing minuets at the age of 5,and by the time he died in 1791 at the age of 35, he had produced 626 cataloged works. “ Mozart has enriched the concerto form with a larger number of masterpieces than any other composer.”1

Looking back in time at the great composers of the world, only one foreign composer stands out for his many contributions to classical music and in helping America to find its own music. Antonin Leopold Dvorak was born on September 8th, 1841, in a small village of Nelahozeves in Bohemia that lies on the bank of the Mauldau River. The village Dvorak was born into was in good company and surroundings however also retained much of its native luster even through the worst times of political oppression (1).

In 1747 Leopold Mozart married Maria Anna Pertl. Leopold and Maria Anna would have seven children, two of who would survive. Maria Anna born in 1752 who the family called Nannerl . Then in 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus who was nicknamed Wolfgangerl. Wolfgang Amadeus was not his original birth name it was shortened to this from Joannes Chrisostomos Wolfgangus Gottlieb. It is little wonder even two of the children survived; “Given Leopolds insistence that they be brought up on a diet of water and gruel, the wonder is that any survived at all.” (Siepmann, Mozart His life and Music) Leopold Mozart was very musical himself and was a skilled violinist, composer and an author. He wrote a well

Ludwig von Beethoven, considered messy, unconventional, and ugly by his society, is widely respected today by both musicians and nonmusicians. He was a man of magnitude, someone who is, “a definition of greatness,” (Fugard 19). Despite his obstacles, he produced beautiful music and gain a great deal of fame. Beethoven was able to create nine symphonies, five concertos for piano, thirty-two piano sonatas, and sixteen string quartets even though he dealt with his mother’s death and an alcoholic father, was faced with negative remarks from society, and lost his hearing. Beethoven, born in Bonn, Germany, was talented in composition and the keyboard.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was probably the greatest genius in Western musical history. He was born in Salzberg, Austria on January 27, 1756. The son of Leopold Mozart and his wife Anna Maria Pertl. Leopold was a successful composer and violinist and assistant concertmaster at the Salzberg court.

In the 1920’s he was a successful artist and teacher but with the rise of Hitler and Nazism his work and art was rejected. He fled Germany for Amsterdam and after the war moved to the United States. During all this upheaval and persecution Beckman continued to work. He was prodigious and his output was considerable. He was in all the major institutions in Germany . Beckman was a critic of Nazism and the fascist regime. His images criticized the use of propaganda Beckman used a very forceful imagery. He used a lot of black with quick and knife like movements in his art. Beckman had studied the great masters in Paris and he understood the power of historic composition the grand statement and used it to his advantage. In this particular