Van Beethoven is one of the single most decorated composers and musicians in the history of mankind. The legendary German composer, though long deceased today, has left us with dozens and dozens of works composed and played by him for us to marvel at and understand the true meaning of music. Mainly known for his work and compositions with the piano, he composed pieces to be performed with multiple different instruments. My goal, however, is to explore one of the most popular compositions that he wrote
sight.” Beauty has been studied and analyzed for years. As humans, we are attracted to beauty, but what makes something beautiful? There are many different types of art that is considered beauty, not only paintings and drawing but poetry, music and nature. Art is not always seen as beautiful; it can be quite ugly and vague. When art is considered ugly, it can still be beautiful. “The modern conception of art leads us to suppose that meaning must be grasped either in terms of the artist’s intentions
choreographers, and talented Chapman students brought audiences an intimate and colorful evening with seven performance pieces. They were Innumerable, Metamorphosis, Children of the Drum, All as One, and And the Winner Is. In each piece, audiences could enjoy a unique story in the past or modern life and a great combination of customs, light, music, and body languages. The first performance piece was Innumerable choreographed by Cristina McKeever. It was based on the famous documentary Numbered by Danna Doron
Piano Night: A beautiful sight On the rainy Wednesday of September 29, 2016, the glorious event, Piano Night was fulfilled with 17 talented pianist playing a variety of exceptional music pieces. At piano night, all the pianist played exceptionally well demonstrating their amazing piano playing skills and their choosing of contrasting music pieces from erie to majestic and joyful pieces to the pop and catchy songs. In general, the performances at Piano Night were lovely and memorable. One great act
Mozart Orchestra. The conductor is Louis Langrée. The two pieces being performed in this concert is Mozart's Symphony No. 40 and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. The first piece that was played was Mozart’s Symphony No.40. This is a beautiful piece of music. There are 38 players in the orchestra for this piece. And they all played
Western music has changed immensely and almost immeasurably over time. From the evolution of homophonic church songs, to the beautiful polyphonic music that wowed the church elite at the council of Trent. From the purging of music in public places by the congress of Vienna, to the private music culture that would blossom amongst the nobles there. Italian opera flourished and so did Germanic troupes. By the 1700s people had been using music to express their culture for a long time and certain music had
Question 1.) Listening to this symphonic piece it seems to have many characteristics of a piece from the Classical Period in the Classical Era. I do not believe that this is a piece from the 20/21st Century because doesn't fall into the many subcategories of the music of that period. This piece could not be from the “atonal phase” where the music avoids what is considered a tonal center. It could not be considered to a be a piece from modernism, populism, serialism, experimentalism, minimalism,
the person they love next to the warm, relaxing fire. Others enjoy the beautiful scenery of the leaves on the trees starting to change their colors, letting us all know that autumn is upon us. The Four Seasons, published in 1725, was composed by the remarkable Antonio Vivaldi, who was a Venice native and taught violin and viola to orphaned girls at the Conservatorio dell’Ospedale della Pieta. According to “The Enjoyment of Music,” by Forney, Dell’Antonio, and Machlis, Antonio Vivaldi “played a leading
The song starts with a full minute of layered crescendoing cello, and then piano is introduced along with some light sung notes. As the instruments are introduced the piece diminuendos only to crescendo again. The dynamics of the introduction vary and sway to create not only a sense of anticipation but also a beautiful piece of music. The same four chords are used throughout the song which, with only the piano and
What makes you think of the Romantic Period in music? The music period deemed the “Romantic Period” was brought into place by the major social and political stresses following the French Revolution, having the outcome of trends worldwide. The Romantic Period itself, outside of music, was a dramatic movement that was caused by rebelling everything that the Classical Period held as far as standards in music, art, and societal living. This rebellion against the cultural norm caused differing standpoints