Robert Schumann was a famous German composer in the Romantic era. When he was young, his talents revealed from poetry to music. In 1830, he decided to be a musician, although he was learning laws. Since he anxiously wanted to be successful in music, his hands got hurt. However, he still had enthusiastic and sensitive depositions. Then he changed to be engaged in creating and commenting on music. Later on, he married Clara Wieck and wrote over hundred outstanding music. Thus, Robert Schumann’s experiences had a huge impact on his music.
Robert Schumann was born in Zwickau, Germany, on June 8, 1810, at 10:30 p.m., who was also the fifth and youngest child in the Schumann. His father, August Schumann, was an “author of chivalric romances and an indefatigable lexicographer.” This evoked and cultivated Robert’s capabilities of music and literature. After he was about seven, he started piano classes with Gottfried Kuntsch at Saint Mary’s. About four years later, Schumann had performances in abendunterhaltungen (semi-private evening entertainments), which was organized by Kuntsh. This entertainment gave him opportunities to spread his repertoires in Schumann’s early compositional efforts (Daverio).
On March 29, 1828, Schumann went to the University of Leipzig and was studying law. Since his mother, Johanna Christiana, worried about Schumann’s future career and believed that being a lawyer could have a safe and relaxing life instead of being a musician, she squelched Schumann to
On his return to Hamburg he ventured, on 21st September 1848, to give a concert on his own account for the first time. The programmed included the adagio and tondo from a concerto by Rosenhain, Dohler?s fantasy on William tell, a serenade for the left hand alone by his master, Marxsen, a study by the fashionable Henri Herz, a Bach fugue, and his own Variations on a Folksong. He early showed as love for the folksong of his fatherland, which he used as themes for some remarkable variations a musical form, by the
Music in the nineteenth century saw the creation and evolution of new music genres such as the piano miniature, short expressive piano pieces. During this time raw emotion and expressionism prevailed as the focus of music during this described “Romantic” movement. Robert Schumann’s “Grillen”, from Fantasiestucke, Opus 12 was written in July 1837 contains several virtues of music during his time period. Schumann’s uses various qualities in his music such as form, pitch, rhythm and meter, and texture so express different attitudes within his music. These qualities convey music that characterizes romanticism as very emotional, expressional, and dramatic. Schumann’s piano miniature remains a supreme example of the Romantic style in its uses
Born and rise in Richard Steven Valenzuela on May 13 ,1941,in Pacoima near LA, California, Ritchie Valens made history when he died in the plane crash.Because he was youngest . His promising career, however, was cut short by tragedy. Valens died in a 1959 plane crash while on tour, along with Buddy Holly and J.P. The Big Bopper Richardson only 17 years old when he died he died Fed, Valens left behind a few recordings.His first self-titled album was released shortly after the accident and did well on the charts.He was put in the Rock and Roll hall of fame in 2001.At 16 Valens joined his first band.The group played local gigs, and Valens was spotted at one of these performances by Bob Keane, the head of the Del-Fi record label. With Keane's
I have chosen these two cycles to analyse because they represent the two side of one story, the masculine and feminine points of views of love.
19. Franz Schubert. Born in 1797, died in 1828 from Vienna. Wrote well over 600 works. Was the Master of the Art Song. He wasn’t financially successful and his symphonies were performed after he died. 20. Robert Schumann. Born in 1810, died in 1856 from Germany. Wrote piano pieces and symphonies. Known for his gift of melody. Eventually was committed and later died. 21. Clara Schumann. Born in 1819, died in 1896 from Germany. First well known female composer. Married to Robert Schumann. Stop composing at age 36. Mainly wrote piano pieces. After husbands death she dedicated the rest of her career to promoting her husbands work. 22. Frederic Chopin. Born in 1811, died in 1849 from Poland. Came to Paris at age 21, wrote exclusively for piano. Wrote free form preludes, nocturnes etudes and impromptus. Composed mainly chamber music. Had and affair
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While being of the most famous composers studied today, Schubert was not so loved in his time as a composer; in fact his music wasn’t appreciated until long after he had perished. Can there be a reason for this, and is the reason that he was so unloved be the same reasoning for which he wrote his works? Life experiences are an artist’s greatest muse and one can expect that Schubert was no exception to this rule that has powered composers alike for centuries. What could fuel Schubert to become a great composer and did his health have anything to do with the changes in his writing later in life? It is known that Schubert had Syphilis in his later years of life, but did this really affect his style of writing and if it did, why would it? It is observable that the state of mind of a composer is not always evident when examining his work; however, in the cause of Schubert’s perceived madness, it is evident that his music was deeply connected with his raw and altered emotional frame of mind.
Though generations apart, Richard Wagner and Fritz Kreisler both display correlations not only in musical presentation and development but also in the consistencies and adversities regarding their lives. Despite their disparities, Wagner and Kreisler prove to have transformed music through their innovations in their own compositions. Regarding their biography, Wagner and Fritz have paraded their interests in music from an early age. Fritz Kreisler, born February 2, 1875, embodied the persona of a true child prodigy starting at the age of 4 when he was given a violin and with no prior knowledge of scales or notes he was able to play the Austrian National Anthem from start to finish perfectly. This foreshadowed the coming of his career in music and from there he could only go up moving towards when he was admitted, after lying about his age, into the Vienna Conservatory at the age of 7 becoming the youngest to attend the musical
Elgar soon traveled to Leipzig Germany and Paris France where he spent most of his time attending concerts. During his travels he became greatly influenced by Richard Wagner who was a famous composer of the time. This inspired Elgar to increase his following and to publish some of his pieces. He often found himself financially unable to accomplish this goal. At age 29 he met Caroline Alice Roberts who was the daughter of General Sir Henry Roberts. She began taking music lessons from him and they married 3 years later. Although she was 8 years older than Elgar, and her parents did not approve, she had faith in him and married below her “class”. With his wife’s support he kept pursuing his dreams of becoming a famous composer.
He was orderly and disciplined in his creative musical life and rather free spirited in his social life, spending evenings in Vienna's numerous cafes. Never successful in obtaining a steady position, he was largely supported by his wealthy male friends, occasional funds from publishers, and such short-term positions as a foray to Hungary to teach the wealthy Esterhazy daughters. Schubert is music history's first bohemian.
Who is the composer (full name and dates)? List three points about his life and environment.
Robert Adam (1728–92) was one of the most important British architects working in the Neo-classical style and was a main force in the development of a unified style that extended beyond architecture and interiors to include both the fixed and moveable objects in a room. He was a essential Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer of his century. He incorporated design ideas from ancient Greece and Rome into his forms and decoration. His famous London houses include Kenwood House, Osterley Park and Syon House. Robert Adam developed the "Adam Style", and his theory of "movement" in architecture, based on his studies of antiquity, by contrasting room sizes and decorative schemes.
(2) Schubert was one of the most prominent composers in the Romantic era. He was the first composer to live off only the money he got from composing. He wrote many compositions during his short lifetime, especially art songs (“OnMusic”).
Music, writing, and literature were all a consistent and integral part of Schumann’s upbringing and stayed in his life well into his adulthood. His skills as a pianist were growing and he also started to gain an interest in writing novels as he was getting older. Robert faced his first great hardship at the age of sixteen when his father and sister both died. His sister tragically ended up committing suicide. Before his father died he conditioned that in order for Schumann to receive his inheritance he would have to attend school at a university. He reluctantly accepted and ended up enrolling in the University of Leipzig to study law under his mother’s wishes. Then in 1827 he became influenced by the Austrian composer Franz Schubert along with the literary influence of the German poet Jean Paul Richter. He began to compose songs not long after that. Even though Robert was at Leipzig to study law most of his time was spent composing and thinking about music. Around this time he also began to take the piano more seriously and started studying with a celebrated and decorated teacher, Friedrich Wieck. This is when Robert was first introduced to Wieck’s nine-year-old daughter Clara, his future wife. Clara was an extraordinary pianist who had just recently begun a successful concert career under her father’s teachings. Ironically Robert Schumann always
For many music is a way to communicate and express someone’s emotions. This is one of the many beauties people find in this art form. This researcher paper is about the life and work of Anton Bruckner, a great composer of the romantic period. The research paper will be focus from Bruckner’s early life to his last moments.