Romantic composers Essays

Introductory paragraph Jean-Baptiste Lully created a unique French opera and his tragedie-lyrique Armide is a prime example of his use of French tradition. French opera was exceedingly different in performance practice from Italian opera. At the beginning of the eighteenth-century, Francois Raguenet and Jean-Laurent Lecerf published treatises criticizing and praising French style opera. Their praise and criticism can be applied to Lully’s Armide to demonstrate the controversial issues raised

Five Selected Recordings: The Performers 1. Margot Hinnenberg-Lefèbre – soprano, Helmut Roloff – piano, Deutsche Grammophon 16129, mono (1956) Margot Hinnenberg-Lefèbre (21 July 1901 – 7 September 1981), a German soprano, studied singing with Constance Lacuielle and von Walter at the Conservatory in Cologne, with Eugen Robert Weiss in Munich and Oscar Daniel in Berlin. She started her career as an oratorio singer, but sang much Lied and was well known for her interpretation of Schönberg’s music

Romantic Opera composers in the 19th-century often centered their works on spectacles that satisfied their novelty-seeking audiences in hopes of facilitating their success. A prominent style of Italian opera composition in the first half of the 19th-century is referred to as Bel Canto, a term literally meaning “beautiful singing.” These operas used intense emotion and dramatic circumstances to connect to the emotions of the audiences. A popular Bel Canto work, Vincenzo Bellini’s (1801-1835) La Sonnambula

identity? To what extent did Clara Schumann challenge the gender roles in composition and performance during her lifetime? Intro In this essay I want to explore how Clara Schumann, and other female composers of the time, challenged and conformed the gender roles that were set in the Romantic era. He challenges the gender roles just by composing but did not because she didn 't focus on it (she just didn 't try/ couldn 't try) Schumann wasn 't keen on the idea of Clara composing As a female

With his criticism, Simon Cowell has been a very successful music, television, and film producer by making great decisions. One question is why is Simon Cowell so strict and critical ? Mr. Cowell believes being a little harsh at times to his musicians, will pay off in the end. He believes that the environment that his judging puts them in is most beneficial to them. All of the artist that his company will train will learn to take criticism the correct way. In a couple of mainstream television shows

In a world where mainstream music always puts artists on the pedestal, a thriving band with no connections to anything 'famous' would certainly have a difficult time penetrating to be known or patronized. With how things are rolling nowadays, genres such as pop, rock, R&B and ballad are those raking in support, sales and veneration from the crazed music fans. But as they always say, music is for everyone who has the heart for it, and yes, we can still see a plethora of acts and groups slowly inching

The phrase “Sí Se Puede” has different meanings. Such as the English translation of “Yes You Can” but to me “Sí Se Puede” has a different meaning. To me, this phrase means anything is possible just as long as you work hard for it. As a Hispanic, this phrase means showing that my race is capable of being successful just like any other race. As a daughter, it means making my parents proud of me and of my success but overall this phrase to me means achieving my goals and living the “American Dream.”

when I was young that Mozart created this song. Although he was a famous man for composing piano sheets, he did not create all the popular songs you know about in the 1700s era. When understanding songs made by people, we often like to assume the composer of the song without even doing our research. When writing this essay, I have chosen a variety of points to explain. The music industry has such a big unknowing world of who made the song. Misconception can lead to missed opportunities for a specific

In the pieces that made up Joe's Garage, Zappa used a wide variety of instruments. He used a synthesizer, drums, electric instruments (guitar/piano), and potentially more instruments. It is difficult to identify all the instruments because a synclaire could be producing sounds that may sound similar to instruments. There are highly offensive lyrics and interesting (not pretty) singing. When I first started listening to the pieces from Joe's Garage, I was having great difficulty getting over the

A composer by definition is "a person who writes music, especially as a professional occupation." When musicians try to take on the additional title of “composer” we know that it can get interesting, and not always in a good way. In a way it’s very similar to an actor or actress becoming a director; being they take their individual style and ramp it up into a full on production of their “vision”. Enter Thelonious Monk. Thelonious Monk started playing the piano at a very young age and his style

Musical theatre combines music, dance and theatre to tell a story. It is not just a play with music because the songs and the music also tell a story. Music and singing are the main features and together with drama they combine into a musical theatre. It appeals to many people because it has such variety. The words are sung and in some musicals there are no spoken words at all. Musical theatre has developed over the last 150 years. American musical theatre began in the beginning of the 20th

Study Skills D NO: L0033AHAAHA0817 FULL NAME: ELMEHDI SDIRA 19/10/2017 There are a lot of skills needed to achieve good grades and to have an excellent academic level. In order to be successful, students need good study skills. Study skills are a set of skills which help students become effective learners (Oxford Dictionaries | English, 2017). This strategy of study helps students become more effective and make the studying easier by using a lot of skills and a productive learning method. It

In “Death in Venice”, there are several figures who work as triggers that seduced Aschenbach out from his self-restrained appreciation of beauty, and pushed him gradually into the realm of desire and unrestrained impulsions, which ultimately leaded him to his death. These figures are contextual symbols in this novella, and to Aschenbach, the encountering with each figure represented a new change to his path, and pushes him forward in his journey. The plot of this novella, which is Aschenbach’s journal

can't find the words to say it. It gives people a way to express who they are inside through many different forms. Music can be found throughout history. In this report I am going to discuss different musical periods in history with two artists or composers works representing that period. Renaissance Period The Renaissance Period was a time of cultural rebirth that occurred in Europe. It was a humanistic revival of the classical influence that was also expressed in music. The vocal and instrumental

“Sharks Don’t Bite” is a fifteen-page screenplay that we would like to transform into a fully professional, narrative short film. The short film follows the story of two young girls: Maime, a foster child living with an abusive foster father and her friend Tiff, an orphan. The two decide to follow the stories of Tiff’s late mother and decide to run away to a dream-like Jamaica. On their journey, the two girls question their decision to leave, learn how to depend on each other, and ultimately

Era used melody and contrasting accompaniments, while Romantic songs brought human expressionism and individuality. Ludwig van Beethoven, a Classical composer, created the bridge between the Classical and Romantic Era music. Beethoven guided the Romantic Era’s dramatic styles and created different music with self expression that still impacts modern society. Beethoven impacted the two Eras by changing musical styles, influencing other composers, and leading musical advancements. Beethoven’s style

Music of the Romantic period was dramatic and very expressive. After the clean, elegant melodies and harmonies of the classical period, many composers wanted to re-create what being an artist meant. They did this by adding virtuoso to pieces, combining instruments together in new ways, and modifying the traditional forms of sonata and rondo. The basso continuo’s role in orchestral work was expanded. Harmony became a prominent work of compositions. Composers also experimented with chord progressions

commanding position as a link between the artist’s most personal thoughts and the realities of the outside world. According to Alfred Einstein "the Romantic movement made the opera composers specialists because it took its opera more seriously than did the eighteenth century". In this chapter I will focus on Italian Romantic opera and Verdi`s romantic impulses during his career. During the second

subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual. This idea originated in the late 18th century, featuring composers such as Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt, and Frederic Chopin. In the current 21st century, original classical-styled composition is difficult to discover. These days, unique instrumental music is found movie scores and soundtracks. Some renowned film score composers include Hans Zimmer (The Pirates of the Caribbean), James Howard Newton (The Hunger Games), and John Williams

‘Romanticism encouraged composers to seek individual paths for expressing intense emotions, such as melancholy, longing, or joy. Composers respected conventions of form or harmony to a point, but their imagination drove them to trespass limits and explore new realms of sound’ (Burkholder, Grout and Palisca, 2014) Discuss this statement as an interpretation of the Romantic concept of music in relation to one or more genres. Cite as many examples as you think appropriate; choose one work in particular