Analysis Of Don Quixote Suite

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Don Quixote Suite is an Orchestra Symphonic piece made by Georg Philipp Telemann. This wonderful piece is based off of the famous novel, Don Quixote de la Mancha, which was created by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. This overture was created in the Classical time period and was considered to portray the novel’s Spanish setting, to demonstrate in the Don Quixote Opera. This piece is infused with aggressive and suspenseful style. Don Quixote Suite was composed by one of the most famous composers in the Baroque/Classical era, and he used many musical styles and interpretations in this piece. Georg Philipp Telemann composed the orchestral overture, Don Quixote Suite, in 1761 during the Classical era. Georg Philipp Telemann was born on March 14, …show more content…

However, this fascination that Georg had for music was opposed by his mother and relatives, who prohibited any musical activities. Consequently, this led to further determination as Telemann had to compose and study music in secret. At the young age of 12, Telemann created his first opera, Sigismundus. He modeled his works after great composers such as, Agostino Steffani, Johann Rosenmüller, Corelli and Antonio Caldara. Telemann eventually self-taught himself the flute, violin, viola, oboe, trombone, double bass, and several keyboard instruments. Telemann knew J.S. Bach very well, as they both were candidates for being a musical director at the St. Thomas Church. Telemann was picked over Bach; yet, Telemann rejected as he wanted to make productions at the Hamburg Opera house. At the age of 20, Telemann was sent away to Leipzig by his mother, to study law at Leipzig University; however, he met young Georg Handel at a meeting, who drove him back to music. As a result, Telemann began to study music, instead of law. His musical talent flourished, leading him to graduate as a professional musician, which allowed him to be able to compose on a regular basis for …show more content…

Telemann created this overture at the age of 80, and was created after the Spanish novel, Don Quixote de la Mancha, which was created by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. The Spanish novel was published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615. Don Quixote de la Mancha is considered one of the most influential works of literature from the Spanish Golden Age. The piece begins with a nice crisp sound, perfect and ideal for the introduction of a character in the opera. It regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published, such as the Library of Congress and the Bokklubben World Library. This book has been translated into French, German, Italian, and English. This is a book about a man who, at age 50, has run out of ideas, probably run out of energy to live and devotes his entire life just to read. Reading chivalry novels defines his days, and at one point, his imagination runs loose and he becomes one of the heroes in one of those novels. “And it is very modern and it is very urgent because of the way we connect the imagination with reality. Many of us wanted to become when we were little the superheroes that we saw on screen. And later on, when we felt in love with a novel or with a movie, those characters defined the parameters of our personality. Cervantes, at the very beginning of the 17th century, just struck luck figuring

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