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    Most influential and highly admired Renaissance composer,in the history of western music, Josquin des prez is believed to be born in Condé-sur-l'Escaut of Hainaut ,Belgium. Yet, there is great controversy about his birth place.Some other scholars believe that he was born in somewhere under Duchy of Burgundy.Moreover, his birth was dated to be in sometime between 1450 and 1455. Earlier, it was supposed that he was born in 1440; but later it was found that it was not Josquin des Prez who was born

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    children. Fanny was brought up at a young age to revolve around music education along with her younger brother Felix Mendelssohn .She is known for being a German composer and pianist . Both Fanny and Felix were considered prodigies at the time but she was limited to her brother due to favoritism in males. Due to this she performed many of her works under her brothers name. Even with such a disadvantage she composed over 450 pieces of music and now are regraded with a higher class of thought. She later

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    Stravinsky was born in Russia in 1882. His music influences came mainly from his father who was a famous operatic baritone and a bibliophile. Igor Stravinsky himself never went to the conservatorium and his first composition lessons were with Vladimir Rimsky-Korsakov. Consequently, Stravinsky developed his own idiosyncratic taste in music. During his early and middle compositional years, Serge Diaghilev arranged for Stravinsky’s pieces such as the Rite of Spring to be premièred and performed in Paris

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    seven born to Leopold Mozart, a notable composer and violinist, and his wife Anna Marie and the only male to survive. He had an older sister named Marie Anna (called Nannerl) who was the only other surviving child. (Gay) He showed an aptitude for music

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    your soon-to-be-spouse on what type of music and entertainment you want then you can take the next step of finding a Maine band that will be perfect for your big day. Types of Wedding Entertainment: Classical- These types of Maine wedding bands are chosen for weddings that are elegant and sedate. Usually comprised of stringed instruments a classical

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    The Piano Research Paper

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    Piano is one of the most popular music instrument in the world, many concert used piano as their primary musical instrument. Piano have a long and colorful history, it’s an important instrument for both professional and amateur musicians. Piano is chordophones, which is a large keyboard instrument. Piano have a sound bar and metal strings inside their wooden case. When the keys on the keyboard are depresses, the hammer inside will struck the metal strings, that’s where the sound come from. The

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    thinking about the ideal performing in arts? In his opinion, a complete performer is to fuse all kinds of arts (like music, dancing, painting, sculpture etc…) together and all about arts should have the same status.1 There is a good example of total arts in the current: Hollywood movies. Initially, the movies were ghostlike because they didn’t attach to music. Then the background music

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    Robert Schumann

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    lived, died, and spent the majority of his long–lived, successful life in Germany; from 1810, until about 1856. He had originally studied law, but had left to become quite prominent as a composer, as well as a pianist, and was even an influential music critic of his time. He was and still is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He had been assured by his teacher Friedrich Wieck

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    The Don Giovanni Opera

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    If analyzed from the perspective of Donna Anna, Don Ottavio and the Commendatore, the story and accompanying music paint a serious and grave plot: it starts with a high ranked cavalier that cannot contain his urges and sexually assaults Donna Anna, incident that results in the death of her father that attempted to protect her pride and purity. From that point on

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    Classical Style

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    1. In overall, classical style in terms of music is balanced and clear in structure. Normally, we will link classical style with the uniform strategy of using the elements, however, the classical period favor the flexibility of them, and change constantly in their music. First of all, the classical style has contract of mood within one movement. The composer will gradually or suddenly change the mood in the music, but still fit into logic thoroughly. Secondly, the rhythm is flexible

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