Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 is a sheet of music that composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and there’s two versions that was separated composed by 1788 and 1780. This is one of the two Minor Symphony that was written by Mozart in…
I stopped dead in my tracks. I had just heard the most appalling sound. I rushed toward the bedroom, and I stood in the doorframe. I knew what I was looking at, but I just couldn’t believe it. Electrical wiring dangled from the remains of…
The music world is occupied by both the memory and current life of the musical equivalent to Albert Einstein. Often times these musical geniuses are grouped together based on their style, where they are from, or even their personal lives. An unfortunate example of this…
John Sebastian Bach was born during the year of 1685 and died during the year of 1750. He was a German organist and the most modern composer of the first half of the eighteenth century. Bach composed his music during Baroque period of European classical…
Igor Stravinsky, often hailed has one of the greatest and most influential composers of the 20th Century, influencing other legendary composers such as Aaron Copeland, remarked that “conducting, like politics, rarely attracts original minds.” His strong rhetoric undoubtedly conveyed the idea that conductors may be…
Conductor Paragraph Some people are very skilled at appearing much more proficient at what they do than how qualified they are in reality. From athletes to singers, some people are even able to make a living off of appearing talented even if they lack any…
Stravinsky was, almost undeniably, a unique and creative mind that made extensive contributions to both modern music and music during his time. While today’s consideration of his work generally compartmentalizes it into 3 periods, the Russian, the Neoclassical, and the Serial, in his day his…
Ludwig Van Beethoven, one of the world’s greatest musical virtuosos to step foot on earth, left us with some of today’s most mesmerizing pieces of work. Born in Germany, Beethoven was taught to play piano and violin from a very young age. By the age…
Week Seven Essay Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D Minor Op. 125 is a symphony unlike any other. This piece of music explores innovations in a vast array of characteristics and style techniques which brings universal appeal among audiences everywhere. Beethoven, who wrote…
Week Six Essay Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A Major Op. 92 was heralded by Beethoven’s contemporaries and scholars in this day and age as a masterpiece of artistry and musical genius. Following the premiere of the piece, the symphony was performed three…
Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor Op. 67 is one of the most well-known and performed compositions in the classical genre. The symphony is used throughout pop culture worldwide and is often played at inaugural concerts for new orchestras. The classic four-note…
Undoubtedly, Richard Wagner was one of the most influential composers to grace the Earth with his presence. His music continues to inspire and evoke nearly 150 years after his death, and as it is still performed by symphony productions, opera companies and chamber orchestras, this…
Reaction Paper for Richard Wagner’s Prelude to Tristan und Isolde (Recording: YouTube – “Richard Wagner – ‘Tristan und Isolde’, Prelude” with Wilhelm Furtwangler and Philharmonia Orchestra.) There’s some kind of strange revolutionary aspect of Richard Wagner’s opera, Tristan und Isolde. There are modernist artistic facets…
In Zurich, Switzerland, in 1852, Richard Wagner met a woman named Mathilde Wesendonck. She was married to a silk merchant who came to enjoy the music composed by Wagner so much that he eventually granted the composer a place to stay on the Wesendonck property….
On December 26, 1991 the dissolution of the Soviet Union was finalized when the self-governing Republics of the Soviet Union were granted independence as par to declaration number 142-H. Historians have long argued about the factors and implications that catalyzed the fall of the Soviet…
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….
The poem “Kubla Khan”, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is full of various auditory devices such as assonance and alliteration. Also, it defines the intimate emotionalism of romanticism and is considered a musical poem, as can be seen in the opening five lines:“ In Xanadu did…
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…
Mozart: Murder or Not? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was one of the greatest classical musicians of the 18th century, and his music is still beloved throughout the world today. He wrote many operas, such as Don Giovanni, that are performed throughout the world up to now,…
