Composers Essay

European-trained, Edward MacDowell is known as one of America’s prominent composers during the Gilded Age. With the rise of musical nationalism in America, MacDowell composed Woodland Sketches in 1896, which comprised of ten piano pieces whose titles refer to the American landscape and his personal experiences. The most well-known piece of the ten is “To a Wild Rose.” “To a Wild Rose” highlights MacDowell’s skills as a composer to harvest deep emotions and impressions from the listener from a simple

Viennese composer Franz Schubert is often regarded as a master composer of songs. He is also known for creative and unexpected movement between keys in his compositions. Dying at a tragically young age, Schubert managed to release an enormous body of works, publishing over two-hundred songs while alive. Despite this already impressive output of songs, nothing stopped Schubert from composing symphonies, chamber music, and solo works as well. Close analysis of his music reveals how skillfully Schubert

American composers, like William Billings, were able to write, for the most part, free from existing patterns. It wasn’t until the mid 1800s that word came from Europe about these high-art composers, perhaps scaring these once-free New World composers. From then on, the trend of aspiring American composers was to make the pilgrimage to Europe for training. Composers such as George Chadwick were some of the first to make the trip. Chadwick

truly lived. His wildly prolific music graced the ears and eyes of many, drawn into his finely-crafted masterpieces of Russia lore. To further understand Tchaikovsky’s influence, we will examine his personal life, his career, and his family life. Composer Pyotr

The differences between Romantic composers work or lives from earlier time periods is that in earlier periods the musicians job was the composition or works for specific occasions and audiences. For church services Bach would write weekly cantatas. Haydn wrote symphonies for concerts in palaces and Beethoven worked as a freelance musician. Beethoven’s “free artist” inspired romantic musicians. Romantic composers were interested in pleasing their contemporaries but also wanted to be judged favorably

      Russian composers are often mentioned in history as the most influential in the world. With style unlike any other, Russians are able to capture mood through a unique ability to capture exactly what they feel. Exactly how the Russians are able to do this is unknown, though through this, the greatest composers have turned out to be Russian. Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich are all able to write and portray the most detailed feelings and moods, and it is to

Musical Composers Baroque and Classical Orchestras – Differences Baroque Orchestras Classical Orchestras String section and basso continuo central to the orchestra. Other instruments are occasional additions. Standard group of four sections: strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion. Different instruments treated individually. Fairly small; generally 10- 40 players. Larger than baroque; great variation to the numbers of players. Flexible use of timbres, e.g. Timpani and trumpets used

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness—I wouldn’t know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.      Only one man could claim the title as probably the greatest composer in American history for writing so many unforgettable works: Aaron Copland. He lived a life inspired by many things as well as inspiring people all across the nation, and it really led to the opposite of being drawn into himself, as he described

Development of Symphonies and Their Composers Early eighteenth century the term “symphony” was applied to the instrumental preludes and postludes of vocal pieces such as arias and songs. By derivation the word means simply “a music ensemble”. Today, we apply the term to a much larger composition such as an orchestra (typically in three or four movements). The symphony can also be defined as a sonata for orchestra. Symphonies of the earlier era, the classical era, were mostly simpler, and followed

Kimanni Thompson Mr. Coski Week 6: Composer Report 11 November 2017 Composer Report: Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven represented the highest level of musical genius. Beethoven was born December 16, 1770, in Bonn, Germany. Beethoven later died March 26, 1827 in Vienna, Austria, He was buried on March 29, 1827 at Vienna Central Cemetery in Vienna, Austria. Ludwig van Beethoven was the son of Maria Magdalena Keverich and Johann van Beethoven. Beethoven has 7 siblings: four brothers and three sisters