Johann Tserclaes

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21st 1685. He is the son of Johann Ambrosius. For many years, members of the Bach family had held positions such as organists, town instrumentalists, or Cantors. When Bach was eight years old he went to the old Latin Grammar School. He was taught reading and writing, Latin grammar, and a great deal of scripture, both in Latin and German. The boys in the school formed the choir of the St. Georgenkirche. This also gave

Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the greatest composers in Western musical history. More than 1,000 of his compositions survive. Some examples are the Art of Fugue, Brandenburg Concerti, the Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord, the Mass in B-Minor, the motets, the Easter and Christmas oratorios, Toccata in F Major, French Suite No 5, Fugue in G Major, Fugue in G Minor ("The Great"), St. Matthew Passion, and Jesu Der Du Meine Seele. He came from a family of musicians. There were over 53 musicians

On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at eight o’clock in the evening in Longmire Recital Hall, The Florida State University presented the Faculty/Guest Artist Recital which included David Kalhous and Jihye Chang both pianists, the two collectively performed 20 pieces during the concert. I have never been to a recital of this sort, I assumed the venue would be large and there would be people singing and playing different instruments. The venue was actually small and there was only a piano. I was surprised

I. INTRODUCTION I went to a concert held at Carnegie Hall in New York, New York, on Sunday, February 14, 2016. The concert was performed by The Cleveland Orchestra. It was an all-Mozart program conducted by Mitsuko Uchida. The concert performed 3 pieces of Mozart’s work: Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 34 and Piano Concerto No. 25. I chose to focus on the last piece played in the concert Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503. II. BACKGROUND OF COMPOSITION The

Known as “the age of absolutism” 1. Royals abuse power 2. Throws Bach into jail for asking to leave the job C. Shaping of the world 1. Newton 2. Galileo II. Baroque era music and phases A. Famous composers of the time 1. Johann

masses. Music was part of life during the old age in many areas such as religious services or entertainment among the elites. During the late 17th century which was known as the Baroque period, many famous composers such as Johann Pachelbel, George Frideric Handel, and Johann Sebastian Bach, Alessandro Scarlatti, Henry Purcell, and many others that were successful in adapting to the change of new music style. Among these famous composers, Antonio Vivaldi stood out for his unique style of music that

Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel lived from April 21, 1782 to June 21, 1852. He was a German teacher, and he laid out the foundation for modern education. His observations and actions were based on the recognition that all children have different needs and capabilities, which at the time was a milestone in education. Furthermore, he invented the concept of "kindergarten," and he also created the educational toys that are known as Froebel Gifts. Froebel is from Oberweissbach, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

J. S. Bach Concerto BWV 593 A. Vivaldi Concerto op. 3 no 8, RV 522 Mov I (No description) Allegro Mov II Adagio Larghetto e spiritoso Mov III Allegro Allegro J. S. Bach Concerto BWV 978 A. Vivaldi Concerto op. 3 no 3, RV 565 Mov I Allegro Allegro Mov II Largo Largo Mov III Allegro Allegro J. S. Bach Concerto BWV 106 A. Vivaldi Concerto op. 3 no 10, RV 580 Mov I (No description) Allegro Mov II Largo Largo – Larghetto – Adagio – Largo Mov III Allegro Allegro No 2. the internal structure of the

Johann left the Josef’s group in 1825. Josef Lanner quickly became highly regarded and very popular for his waltzes. He began giving concerts in the Vienna Volsgarten in 1831 and he conducted the chamber ball in the Hofburg beginning in the year 1840. His music spread all over Europe and even to the USA where it was very popular. His popularity eventually waned in the shadow of Johann Strauss. Lanner composed the piece Die Mozartisten for the

Concert Review The concert I attended was called the Faculty and Student Recital, which took place in the Cisco Auditorium on April 11, 2017. The music that was on the program was mostly what is called “classical” music, as well as a Chinese Folk Song, an electronic composition, and variations on an Indian Tala. In the classical pieces, the instruments that were used were the violin, the piano, the cello, and the oboe. In the electronic composition, the computer was used to make music. In the Chinese