String quartet

Life of Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunion Francesco Verdi is a late Italian composer. He was born in October 1813 on either the 9th or 10th in Le Roncole, Italy. His father was Carlo Giuseppe Verdi who worked as a local innkeeper and his mother was Luigia Uttini who was a spinner. From what I have read, it says that his family did not have a lot of money when he was growing up and both of his parents were said to be illiterate (no one knows for sure). I also read that even though his family did

Katie Kuhlman 2/15/18 7th Grade February Composer of the Week: Lizst Lizst was born on October 22,1811 in Raiding, Hungary. His father played the cello and many other instruments while teaching his son how to play the piano. It was easy for Lizst to pick up an instrument and learn it in no time that’s why at the age of six he was recognised as a child prodigy; by the age of eight he was composing elementary works; and by the age of nine he was playing in concerts. Lizst father worked for the

Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in 1170 and didn’t have the happiest childhood. His father would rather drink instead of perform music that was a trail of his family. Beethoven studied counterpoint with Haydn but the relationship between them was not a positive one. Beethoven would fulfill his early promise as a composer, he discovered in this late twenties that his hearing was gradually getting weaker. He would later became deaf and contemplated suicide. By his faith with art he would become

Beethoven is one of the best composers we have ever had. Many say that he composed his best works after going deaf. He was born to Johann and Maria Magdalena van Beethoven on December 16,1770 in Bonn, Germany. His father was the one who taught him piano and violin and mistreated him in the process. Beethoven was a average student and left school at the age of eleven. Beethoven studied with many tutors and then eventually left Bonn to make something of himself. Beethoven left Bonn only to come and

How can a deaf person write a famous symphony? Imaging that, you were in a family that had a musical background, your dad was a singer. He got drunk after he drank alcohol, he shouted at you and forced you to played piano even you did not like it. You had to practice the piano because your father’s frighting shout. Your family grew poor because no one in your family earned money. You father forced you to hold a concert when you were eight years old. When you grew up, you started your career, but

Ludwig Van Beethoven Ludwig Van Beethoven a very well known composer was Born in December 16th, 1770 and carried a very well known legacy of music he composed performances he's done and his musical talent overall until his death on March 26 , 1827 . At a very early age Van Beethoven had a very strong interest in music so his father Johann Van Beethoven would teach him the basics of music during his free time . Soon after Ludwig Van started learning music, he became a very talented child prodigy

Ludwig Van Beethoven 1770-1827 Beethoven, a very well known composer and musician. He was baptized on the 17th of december 1770. No one really knows when he was born but it is assumed because of when he was baptized it was on the 16th of December. He came from a musical family, his father was a court tenor. His mother found that he was a different child and found it hard to relate to him. His father on the other hand knew he had very full potential for being a great musician. His father was rather

. The string quartet and the concert symphony are two genres of music that emerged during the Classical era. “The string quartet distinguished itself by its homogenous scoring (four members of the violin family: two violins, a viola, and a violoncello) and by the absence of a basso continuo line.” (Bonds) The symphony became one of the most important music types during this period. The Classical era showed many important changes in individual instruments. The “modern” orchestra was also established

After six years of performing under the name Grimes, Claire Boucher is blasting into the stratosphere of mainstream pop; her intergalactic, out-of-this-world beats and drastically softened sound made more palatable for radio on her newest release “Art Angels.” Swapping out her signature dream-pop with thudding, club beats and more confident sounding vocals, Boucher describes the album’s style as ‘genre-less,’ blurring the lines between all styles of pop. The genre-blending album covers a lot of

Sistine Chapel Choir The Sistine Chapel Choir was established in the late 1400’s which makes it one of the oldest choirs in the world. The choir consisted of twenty -four men in total. Six men in soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. Today the choir is made of twenty men who make up the tenor and bass section; meanwhile, the soprano and alto is made up by thirty boy choristers. Before the use of boys in the choir, men were castrated to keep their voices high. The choir members also had to be celibate