Essays 31 - 60
is angry she escaped and he is angry that he did not get what he wanted, sex from Pamina. This clearly establishes an attitude tow...
from all records, it appears as though Mozart was not altogether happy as a child. One author notes the following: "When he was on...
or were overly superfluous or prose-like. It is clear to see that he believe that the text should fit the music, not the other way...
This paper pertains to Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332 and Scarlatti's Sonata in D major. Three pages in length, f...
the intrusion of evil in the form of the Counts illicit desires for Susanna (Till 141). This loss of innocence, which is equated w...
In five pages this paper discusses the libretto symbolism and the characters' complicated interrelationships in this opera by Wolf...
chords (Osborne 327). This opera is quite famous for containing a great deal of Masonic symbolism, although Osborne stresses that ...
While "Figaro" ends with marriage substantiated and the framework of society intact, "Don Giovanni" threatens that world with indi...
babies shown abandoned testifies to the fact that many of the women were mothers who were separated from their children. A red rob...
message within the context of the overall construction of the work (Gibbs). The second movement (Andante con moto) presents a ly...
motive over and over again in different forms (Grove 149). The lyrical second theme introduces a brief respite of relaxation, bu...
sense of awe and wonder at the complex beauty of the music. The classical music of Beethoven blends the varied textures of the o...
The first movement of the Fifth Symphony by Beethoven is discussed in the context of this research report. Various issues are addr...
In five pages this research paper analyzes both the famed composer of the early 20th century and his Symphony No. 4. Four sources...
a colonial insect that has invaded Boston. Rather these letters in wide usage in the United States, fluctuate between a social re...
An analysis of Beethoven's Eight Symphony consists of three pages in which the writer argues it is less reminiscent of the Classic...
able to spend their lives in pursuit of such musical apexes, it is no wonder that this music is considered both an art form and se...
used two themes, which were contrasted by the composer within a homophonic texture. In other words, the fugue depended on theme ...
Reason, that is the Enlightenment, in which Beethoven wrote. In order to understand how the first movement of Beethovens Fifth S...
The opening timpani set the stage for this new mood, while simultaneously recalling the main theme of the first movement. This is ...
goes that Beethoven was inspired by the principles of the French Revolution and, specifically, the person of Napoleon Bonaparte in...
(Lieberman, 1996). Rather the musical sense of what is happening coalesces slowly, as if out of a mist. In the opening bars, the v...
Joy" to music during his early years in Bonn, which would mean that he was considering the basis for the Ninth as early as 1792 (L...
contrasts with the A theme, the B theme is "admirable," but also has "wider ramifications" since it is chromatic (Brown 110-111). ...
what the loss of the deceased means to those who have been left behind, while he simultaneously acknowledges the glory of the afte...
Robbins conceived, directed and choreographed West Side Story in 1957, which was written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim...
the world until I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce, and so I endured this wretched existence (Machlis, 1970, p....
under-rehearsed, the soprano who sang one of Beethovens arias had a bad case of stage fright and the audience was freezing (Glesne...
seen as inspirational: it represents the best and most sophisticated forms of art which a society can offer, and is intended to in...
In two pages this paper examines the subject and properties of these works. There are no other sources listed....