Essays on Composers

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Three Trombone Brands: Vincent Bach, Yamaha, and King

2 pages / 887 words

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...

Johann Sebastian Bach

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Bach and Handel: Music Comparison by Paul Henry Lang

6 pages / 2548 words

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...

Johann Sebastian Bach

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Johann Sebastian Bach: an Outstanding Personality

2 pages / 1062 words

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...

Johann Sebastian Bach

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Conducting and Politics: a Igor Stravinsky's Comparison

1 page / 667 words

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...

Igor Stravinsky

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Igor Stravinsky and Disdain for Orchestra Conductors

1 page / 614 words

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...

Igor Stravinsky

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Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55

2 pages / 1011 words

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...

Ludwig Van Beethoven

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Ludwig Van Beethovens' Symphony No. 9

2 pages / 744 words

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 this Symphony from...

Ludwig Van Beethoven

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An Examination of Symphony No. 7 in D Minor Op 92 of Ludwig Van Beethoven

1 page / 661 words

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

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A Study of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor Op. 67 of Ludwig Van Beethoven's in Classical Musical Genre

1 page / 660 words

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...

Ludwig Van Beethoven

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Anti-semitic Idealism in Richard Wagner’s Memoir

3 pages / 1317 words

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...

Richard Wagner

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Evaluation of The Introduction by Richard Wagner in His Opera, Tristan Und Isolde

2 pages / 737 words

There’s some kind of strange revolutionary aspect of Richard Wagner’s opera, Tristan und Isolde. There are modernist artistic facets that transcend the confines of traditional visual art and bleed through other forms of expression as well. Prevailing is the concept of breaking down the claustrophobic...

Richard Wagner

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An Analysis of The Opera, Tristan Und Isolde by Richard Wagner

4 pages / 1664 words

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....

Richard Wagner

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A Tribute to Ludwig Van Beethoven; Why He Was a Genius Musician and a Master in Composing

4 pages / 1745 words

Ludwig van Beethoven has long been lauded as a master composer and brilliant musician, completely deaf by the end of his life, yet still capable of feats in music surpassing those who came before him, and those that have come since. Very few, if any,...

Ludwig Van Beethoven

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The Role of Mikhail Gorbachev's Social Reforms Under Glasnost in The Fall of The Soviet Union from 1985-1991

1 page / 559 words

Introduction 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 per declaration number 142-H. Historians have long debated the factors and implications that catalyzed the fall of the Soviet Union,...

Johann Sebastian Bach Russia

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Japan's Beethoven Admits Being a Fake

1 page / 438 words

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...

Classical Music Ludwig Van Beethoven

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Facts Surrounding The Demise of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1 page / 440 words

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, and his music has...

Mozart

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The Legacy of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

4 pages / 1745 words

“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...

Classical Music Mozart

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Mozart's View of Sexuality in "Don Giovanni"

4 pages / 1763 words

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...

Classical Music Mozart

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Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev: Discussion on Resolving The Cold War

1 page / 605 words

Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev had been discussing resolving the Cold War for a long time to no avail. Mikhail Gorbachev partially agreed to resolving the Cold War if Reagan stopped his SDI project (Strategic Defense Initiative). SDI was a missile defense system that would...

Cold War Johann Sebastian Bach Ronald Reagan