In the beginning of Staples’ essay we learned that he was a broad, six foot tall, young man. We also learned that on many occasions he was judged by his outside appearance. He also told us what he did to cope and help to ease his problems. For instance, he would “whistle melodies from Beethoven and Vivaldi” (Staples 30) to make him seem less threatening to people as he came in contact with him.
Beethoven’s work halted while the Emperor’s idolization was lessening
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian multiinstrumental artist, musician, and composer whose bizarre, yet extraordinary musical style and sound influenced not just the classical music age, but also the music you hear today. Mozart compositions would go outside of and beyond what kings and emperors were used to hearing. Like Chris McCandless, Mozart was questioned for his choices, criticized for what he did, and was isolated from the so called average people of society. Both Mozart and McCandless would do what they wanted, lived the way they wanted, and desired what they did, despite who told them so. Wolfgang Mozart was born into musical family in Salzburg Austria on January 27, 1756.
There are many differences and similarities between the fourth movement of Beethven’s Fifth symphony and the fourth movement of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, whether it is the orchestrastion of the pieces, the dynamics, form and period. Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most well known Classical composers in music history, born into a family of musicians and was seen by his father as a profitable prodigy and had several of his piano compositions published by the age of twelve. He was the first successful freelance composer and changed the way music was composed and performed as he composed pieces that defied the standard ways of composing during the Classical era by using an expanded form structure, larger orchestra, dramatic themes and replaced minuet and trio with scherzo and trio making the third movements of his symphonies faster than traditionally performed. He also treated instruments as individuals instead of grouping them together such as the bass instruments which originally formed the Basso continuo. Beethoven experimented with the ways an instrument could be played , creating new sounds, and would have large pitch ranges between instruments which aided in the expressiveness and drama of his pieces.
A recent argument, which brought globalization into the spotlight during the latest presidential debate, is NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement). According to the article “NAFTA’s Economic Impact” by James McBride and Mohammad Aly Sergie, President Donald Trump has promised to get rid of this agreement. He states that this agreement has taken manufacturing jobs from the rural communities and these jobs ended up in Mexico. This was an agreement between Canada, United States, and Mexico that begin in the early 1990’s. According to the article “North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)” NAFTA immediately allowed free trade throughout North America elevating tax from products and services across the borders of Canada, Mexico and the United States.
His father, Leopold, noticed his son’s extraordinary musical gifts when Mozart was only five, because he could not only play but also compose music. Leopold took his son to the Bavarian Court, the first place Mozart performed
Ludwig van Beethoven was a famous composer of the eighteenth-century classical music and the nineteenth-century romanticism style of music. Beethoven is still remembered for his spectacular pieces in modern times. Beethoven’s music led others to take the art of music as a serious topic. His symphonies and sonatas were revolutionary to the music world, because of this, many people today are not aware of his deafness. His deafness eventually caused him to make sacrifices in his music career.
His early works in the 1800s included piano sonatas and chamber music. His best-known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, his great Mass the Missa solemnis and an opera, Fidelio. He is a crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music and remains to be one of the most famous and influential of all composers. (www.lvbeethoven.com) This bronze bust of the world renowned German composer Ludwig van Beethoven was created by the German-American
Haydn and Mozart, longtime friends, are two of the most well-known composers ever known. Growing up in Austria, both of these men play a role in the development of Classical style music during the 18th century. Both Haydn and Mozart were recognized as having natural talent at a very young age, but when they grew older and met, Mozart always seemed to overshadow Haydn. Haydn was feeling that he was “in the shadows” of Mozart through his entire career even though they were both thought to be the best composers of the time. Anything Haydn did, Mozart seemed to have accomplished it first, and found a way to make it better.
Unlike Mozart, Beethoven had a hard enough life in Germany. At the age of eleven Beethoven was supporting his mother and two siblings, by performing as an organist and harpsichordist. At the age of seventeen Beethoven had the opportunity to study under Mozart. Mozart believed that “he will make a noise in the world some day.” However, Beethoven wasn’t able to study long, because his mother had became ill.
This week’s readings highlighted both several different approaches to music biographies and the challenges confronted by the reader to treat them as historical documents. The audience for music biographies consists mainly of fans of that artist and their music and thus focus on the action of the story and less about the historical context or analysis. While it is imperative the biographer focus on a well-documented story of the artist life, exploring the causality and effects hold equal sway. These texts tend to focus on answering the questions of “what,” “where,” and “when” and skate around the “why” and “how come.” Additionally, since the primary audience lay in the general public, publishers and readers alike do not require or desire
Beethoven and Brahms Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms were two great composers during very different times of musical periods. Although Johannes Brahms was born 5 years after Ludwig van Beethoven passed away, many have considered Brahms as Beethoven’s musical heir. Ludwig van Beethoven lived and wrote compositions during the classical musical time while Johannes Brahms wrote during the romantic musical time, although there is this time gap between the two Brahms is considered to be one of the more classical of the romantic composers. The two musical artists created many compositions over the years of their career. Both had rough times in their lifetimes and instead of letting these problems bringing them down they continued to write compositions and create amazing works.
In which, caused many musicians raise to stardom that we still study today. Some of those musicians are Johann Sebastian Bach, Claudio Monteverdi, Henry Corelli, and Antonio Vivaldi and George
Classical music is one of the traditional pillars of culture in our modern world. In Benjamin Zander’s presentation titled The Transformative Power of Classical Music, discussed the importance of the classical genre and its ability allow people to empathize and connect to a common emotion. Benjamin wanted to show the audience that classical music is not boring but is usually presented in a way that does not allow the listener to appreciate and feel the emotion of the author of a piece. Benjamin explained that classical music is played with impulse rather than emotion, it doesn’t allow the musician to exude the emotion within the song, but rather focus on playing the correct notes. In order to get the audience to appreciate classical music, Zander insist that the musician must understand the nature of the song and allow the emotion of the song to be heard not the music.
Music Appreciation Essay Music today is something we can easily take for granted. Through class I have learned several important influences in music. The most significant composer in my opinion was Ludwig van Beethoven. I feel his works broadened music and took it to a whole new level.
