SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Showman and Composer Franz Liszt

Essays 121 - 150

Life and Works of John Cage

also began to develop an interest in electronic devices such as variable speed turntables. He "invented the prepared piano, placin...

'Classical' and 'Pop' Gap That Was George Gershwin

a "serious" composer by the critics, they were extremely mindful that Gershwin did not orchestrate the first performance of Rhapso...

The Twelve Tone Scale

recordings listened to at home. On the other hand, Stockhausen argued that the new music, electronic music, which embody new co...

Sinfonia in F Major by Georg Philipp Telemann

the recorder and that it appeared in literally hundreds of his works (2003). Holman (1991) verifies this, stating that Telemann s...

Concerto Grosso Number 4 in A Minor by Charles Avison

This was not an uncommon practice at the time. Bach did virtually the same thing with some of Vivaldis composition. One commentato...

Composition of a Higher Renaissance Religious Mass

the opening, your next task is to turn to a declamatory delivery of the words "ut animalia viderent Dominium natum" (that the anim...

Sixteenth Century Keyboard Instruments

the strings.6 The tangents were inserted into the key levers at the lower end, and the top end was flattened for contact with the...

Cultural Icons of Russia

In three pages this paper examines Russia's rich cultural history in a consideration of its dancers, artists, composers, and write...

Conducting an Orchestra and a Conductor's Role

of an orchestra into one cohesive form of musical expression. An examination of the role of the conductor and the intricacies th...

Musical Genre Known as the Blues

In five pages this paper examines 3 influential composers and musical artists in this consideration of the blues genre. Five sour...

Fourth Symphony of Gustav Mahler

In five pages this research paper analyzes both the famed composer of the early 20th century and his Symphony No. 4. Four sources...

Music Makes Cold Hearts Warm and Hildegard of Bingen

In six pages this paper examines Hildegard of Bingen and her music in a consideration of its sacred music genre placement, style o...

Musical Evolution from Baroque to Classical

through the performance of ecclesiastic music because of their contributions within that context. Johann Sebastian Bach pro...

Minuet for String Quartet in D Major by Wolfgang Mozart

In four pages the intentions of the composer, the composition's structure, quality, and listener's emotional response are analyzed...

Symphony Three by Schumann, Piano Concerto 22 by Mozart, and Sarka by Smetana

because of the betrayal of her lover. The story of Sarka is supposed to have taken place in the rocky valley near Prague that bea...

Life and Times of Bruce Springsteen

In six pages this legendary rock musician and composer is examined in terms of his life and times with an emphasis upon his New Je...

Thousand Years of Italian Music

In eight pages this paper traces the development of Italian music in a consideration of contributions, important works, and compos...

Pianist Clara Schumann and Works

In six pages this essay discusses Clara Schumann's life, her relationship with composer husband Robert, and her musical achievemen...

Folk and Jazz Influences Upon Igor Stravinsky's Compositions

In ten pages this research paper examines how jazz and folk music profoundly influenced this Russian composer as he works clearly ...

Influence of Beethoven

In a research paper consisting of six pages the powerful influence Beethoven had on the composers that followed are discussed with...

Electronic Music History

Debussy advocated the "emancipation of dissonance" (Machlis, 1961). A more immediate precursor of electronic music was Edgar Vares...

Handel, Back, Monteverdi and Josquin

of Josquin in the manner in which one pair of voices appears to be pitted against another (Machlis 259). Claudio Monteverdis mus...

Classical versus Romantic Music and Meaning

like the painters and poets of this era, they subordinated emotional expression to an accepted standard of "rules" of form.2. Th...

Musical Innovations of John Cage

This process served to free Cage from the exigencies of the melodic line and traditional harmonic progression, and allowed Cage to...

Piano's Development

loud" (History of the Piano...Grover). In its shape and general construction, it resembled a harpsichord, however, there were ma...

Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Mozart

with Barbarina who is the gardeners daughter. "The Count pursues Susanna but conceals himself when the gossiping music master Don ...

Musical Differences Between Classical and Romantic Eras

melodies.5 The Classical era artists deviated from this example, and their music was considerably simpler in texture. New genres w...

Biography of Elton John

a weight problem ("Wilsonweb," 1998). His parents divorced and after remarriage, his mother would encourage his musical career whe...

The Minute Waltz by Frederic Chopin

grief for his homeland in the Revolutionary Etude (Machlis 82). Chopin arrived in Paris in 1831 and the majority of his musical c...

Chopin, Beethoven, and Debussy

alternation provides a canvas to the "rich ricercar" variation technique, which Debussy employs (Schmitz 102). The second "image...