Sebastian Faulks

Gabriel Fauré was a French composer, educator, pianist, and organist, born in Pamiers, Ariège in 1845. As a young child, Fauré spent hours at the harmonium and showed a talent for music. He attended the Ecole Niedermeyer [at the time it was just established by Louis Niedermeyer and was called the Ecole de Musique Classique et Religieuse] beginning in October of 1854 and stayed for the next 11 years. While Fauré was there, Louis Niedermeyer died and his piano class was taken by Saint-Saëns, who introduced

In this essay I will explain the definition of a concerto, what it is, where it was developed and who made it popular. I will also discuss the most creative composer of the solo concerto who was Antonio Vivaldi. Thirdly I will focus on the main traits Vivaldi developed in a concerto with reference to one of his most enchanting works The Four Seasons. Concerto A concerto is a musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra .The soloist will have the opportunity

Through the use of techniques and themes, a composer is able to create distinctively visual images when describing the setting and characters in detail which help us to understand and form meaning of what the composer is trying to convey in their texts. The use of techniques such as body language, symbolism, lighting, music and photographic background slides create distinctively visual images same with themes that are being used within the texts such as truth which is evident in the dramatic text

What Music Does to Memory... By: Denellea McIntosh and Nichole Pierce AP Statistics Period 1 Purpose Music, one of the many factors that enhance our lives, has been a widely ranged field. From Classical music to Hip Hop, there are listeners of all ages, each having their own preference of music. Through research, it has been discovered that memory can be affected by many different factors, including music. Music has been found to stimulate parts of the brain, alleviating stress and depression

Show Choir Learning Design Information Project Title: Show Choir Developer(s): Amy Hanson Development Date: 06/15/1998 Revised By: Amy Hanson Revision Date: 10/19/1998 Organization: Shawano-Gresham School District Department: music Instructional Area: Music & Arts Instructional Level: 6-8 Total Credits: 0 Target Population 6th-8th grade students Course Description Show Choir is an elective class that integrates choreography

Reaction: Bach's "Organ Fugue G Minor" Bach's "Organ Fugue G Minor" manages to sound both melancholy and lively at the same time. Although the texture of the piece is clearly Baroque in its construction, it has emotional depth that anticipates the Romantic period. The fugue is tuneful, partially because of its inventive repetition and expressive use of contrast. As in all fugues, one melody seems to repeat the other, in a kind of a musical dance. But the different voices are multifaceted and complex

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,

Gabriel was born into a cultered but not especially musical family. Gabriel was born May 12, 1845 in Pamiers, France. Gabriel died November 4, 1924 in Paris, France of pneumonia. Gabriel was a composer, pianist, teacher and a organist. Gabriel was sent to music college in Paris to be trained as a choir master and a church organist. Gabriel was the fifth son and the youngest of six children of the Toussaint-Honore ‘Faure’. The family had one time been substantial landowners, but there means were reduced

Antonio Vivaldi, an Italian composer, was born March 4, 1678 and passed on July 28, 1741. Vivaldi lived during the baroque era and was also known for being a violinist and teacher. He is well-known because of his instrumental concertos. His concertos were written in ritornello form, meaning it would follow the ritornello-solo-ritornello-solo-ritornello outline. Most of Vivaldi’s concertos were three movements, constructed in a fast-slow-fast pattern. His oboe concertos follow the same outline. He

While gazing at a statue of Isaac Watt in Westminster Abbey, the great English poet Victor Longfellow once quipped, "He only did better what no man has ever done well!”  Professor Edward B. Reed voiced a similar opinion, "In this great mass of poetry (hymnody) there is little that shows artistic excellence.” Both men were correct. In terms of artistic merit, Christian hymnody pales greatly in quality in comparison to secular music. The reason for such a disparity is simple: the world’s best composers