Essays on Classical Music

Week Four Essay Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major Op. 55, or famously known as the “Eroica Symphony,” is one of the composer’s most celebrated works. This piece marks the beginning of the composer’s second of three musical periods and is considered...

Beethoven was a great composer during his time. Beethoven, or his full name, Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany in December 1770. He was baptized on 17 December and his birthplace now is known as Beethoven-Haus Museum. He is a famous figure in...

Conceived in London, the child of a modern scientific expert and his better half, Rutter grew up living over the Globe bar on London’s Marylebone Road. He was taught at Highgate School where kindred students included John Tavener, Howard Shelley, Brian Chapple, and Nicholas Snowman,...

The Symphony No. 5 in C minor was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. He was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, 32...

Classical music refers to a musical art produced and rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, while encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present time. Classical composers moved away from the modal system of harmony which had predominated...

At the beginning of the semester I only had a vague idea of the kind of impact that classical music had on history. Throughout this course, I was constantly surprised by the things I learned about different eras of music. We talked a lot about...

“As an artist, as a musician, Mozart was not a man of this world”. – Albert Einstein Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the greatest and most celebrated composer of the classical period and the most gifted musical genius in history. Born in January 27, 1756 in...

Self Agency and Sexuality in Don Giovanni Don Giovanni, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, follows the endeavors of a libertarian, sexual deviant, and elite member of society, Don Giovanni. Both from the libretto and numerous interpretations of the text, it is is clear that Don...

A deaf composer who has been dubbed “Japan’s Beethoven” has admitted hiring someone else to write his music for nearly two decades. Mamoru Samuragochi shot to fame in the mid-1990s and is most famous for his Hiroshima Symphony No 1, dedicated to those killed in...

A composer is a person who writes music. On the other hand, a performer is a person who entertains an audience. The song Stand By Me was composed Ben E. King (Benjamin Earl King) in 1961. After he died on April 30, 2015 the band...

Philip Glass is a composer from the late twentieth century he was born on january 31, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland and is still alive today at the age of eighty-one. Glass took classes at the Peabody Institute conservatory and then later studied at the University...

Many topics came to mind when I needed to choose a topic for Music History. One topic I found interesting was Fanny Hensel. As I was doing my research, I found myself digging deeper into her Fanny’s life because I wanting to know more about...

In this essay I will make a report on the classical music concert I’ve visited. This was the first classical music concert that I have been to in my life so I guess I didn’t really know what to expect. When we drove past the...

The concert I will make a report on is called Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks. The venue was in Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Ave. Los Angeles, CA, 90068. It took place on Friday the ninth of August this year, at eight o’clock, in the evening....

Introduction The purpose of this essay is to describe the plot, two scenes, and my overall thoughts about the play Amadeus. Amadeus had to do with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. Salieri was also a composer who also was jealous of the natural gift...

Sonata form represents a large-scale structure that can be traced back to many works done in early classical works back in the 18th century up to the late 19th-century romantic period. Sonata forms are easily located in almost every first movement on works of Beethoven,...

Born on January 27th, 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart grew up in a musical home in the oldest city of Salzburg. His father was an exceptional violinist within the City Court Orchestra and a composer whilst his mother was also a music lover who plays several...

Mozart composed his Sonata in E-flat major, K. 282 during the period where the Harpsichord was being displayed by the Pianoforte. This sonata stands apart, due to the significant use of dynamics and its slow and lyrical ‘Adagio’ first movement, which creates a powerful statement...

Rebecca Clarke was born into a musical family in 1886. Her father played cello and her mother, viola. Clarke and her brother were given violins so they could form a family string quartet. She studied violin at the Royal Academy of Music. After turning down...

Franz Joseph Haydn was an Austrian who was one of the most important Classical composers during 18th century. He was born on 31 March 1732 and died on 31 May 1809. He wrote 104 Symphonies, 32 Piano Trios, 62 Piano Sonatas, and more than 90...

An Overview Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, nicknamed as “Moonlight Sonata”, is a solo piano piece in sonata form, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. The reason it was nicknamed as the ‘Moonlight Sonata’ is due to its traces to the 1830s when the...

Moonlight Sonata can be said to be a song that marks a big change in the musical composition style of the genius composer Beethoven. It has something like grief, loss, prayers, and stormy intensity. Behind this famous sonata are many stories. This sonata is C#...

Franz Liszt and his innovations Franz Liszt was a complex personality in the history of western classical music. His legacy in pianism, composition, and his teachings reverberate through out the musical world. Known to have reinvented the concert experience through his bold choices, he more...

Is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music which mixes instruments from different families including bored string instruments such as violin, viola, cello and double bass as well as brass, woodwinds and percussion instrument search grouped in sections. 
 HISTORY OF ORCHESTRA Typically, orchestra...

On Tuesday, November 12th, I attended the Faculty Chamber Music Concert, which consisted of pieces from four influential music composers. This concert took place in the Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values. This location was ideal for this performance because it sets the...

Claude Debussy (1862-1918), was known famously as one of the leading composers involved in the Impressionist style of music. He was ‘one of the artists who represented the nation’s essential spirit and taste most brilliantly abroad’. It was clear that Debussy’s style of writing music...

On Sunday, February 17, 2019, I attended the “Endings” classical music concert performed by the Midland-Odessa Symphony & Chorale. This concert took place at the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center Rea-Greathouse Recital Hall. The amount of time I spent at the concert was about an...

The era of Romantic music is defined as the period of European classical music that runs roughly from 1820 to 1900, as well as music written according to the norms and styles of that period. It was the start of a new set of ideas....

When listening to music which comes from regions such as South Asia, there are a lot of common aspects to their music and conduction of songs. To begin, specifically in the song ‘Vina Bheri’ there are a lot of instruments being utilized to create the...

On April 14, 2019, I went to Pasadena Public Library which had a “Second Sunday Concert” free concert. The concert on that day was classical music, especially trumpet, tuba, and piano. There were totally five musicians performed three melodies. It was my first time to...