Essays on Classical Music

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...

What the effect of Hip Hop and Classical music will have on grade 12 pupils trying to solve simple problems compared to one another.MOTIVATION One is always told that classical music helps aid the thinking process and that it’s the best genre of music to...

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...

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...

By the mid-19th Century, Western Classical Music had become a phenomenon. In its prime, music was the inspiration for all other arts inspired. The inevitable paradigm shifts in music, in line with the evolution of societies, encountered slow adaption or resistance or both. Therefore, when...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Canadian author R. J. Anderson once said, “I heard the universe as an oratorio sung by a master choir of stars, accompanied by the orchestra of the planets and the percussion of satellites and moons”. The genre of oratorio was established and popularized during the...

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....

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...

Introduction For the past decades, classical music has experienced a decline in consumption, both in absolute terms and in relative terms compared to other musical genres[1]. Industry insiders are generally split into two views of this decline’s cause[2]: one arguing that stiff traditions in classical...