Jayri Meraz
Musc P112
Ludwig van Beethoven Georgii Cherkin is performing a soloist piano from one of Beethoven classical piece called Für Elise. The conductor name is Grigor Palikarov. The introduction starts off with low pitches making it sound very soft. The introduction of the theme represents “love.” The theme play by the piano begins very pianissimo. There is a low pitch coming from the triangle instrument. The orchestra joins the melody by following the tone of the piano. The melody is repeated with the woodwind family and string family. The middle section has a different melody. The melody is more sharp, and it's becoming more crescendo and forte. Then it goes back to the beginning of the melody but with a little more cellos playing.
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5 is performed by Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and the conductor is Chung Myung-Whun. In the first moment it starts off with a minor scale, its play very tempo and fortissimo. The violins go from mezzopiano to mezzoforte. It has a higher pitch. The trumpet has a very soft harmony. The second moment the melody it's different than the first movement it has a low pitch and its softer. It has a natural harmony with all the instruments playing together. It starts to tempo and crescendo with a high pitch. It has a soft melody. The third movement starts off with the same melody from the 2nd movement but a couple minutes later the melody changes to a different higher tone and harmony. It's starts to get faster and sharper. There's like a rhythm in the middle section of the music. Then you hear more the violins play in a high and fast pitch. Then all the instruments become very decrescendo. In the fourth movement the melody it's more major scale. The violins all play the same pitch but tempo increases. The cellos play deeper with a higher tone. Then the flute is playing a soft tone. The beat becomes sharper and tempo with no rest in between. This piece creates strange sensation because there is constant change of emotions it can be soft one minute and mischievous the next. There are also bipolar changes because the music changes so constantly it doesn't give a chance to adjust to it. The conductor conducts with a great emotion and elegance and the orchestra …show more content…
Beethoven was rejected by the world, he had become deaf, and was an alcoholic he put all of his feelings in his music especially in his movements. All his passion and emotions were put into his music and created a new era in the history of music. His symphony are like a story and drama. These three music of beethoven's seems to be romanticism period because there seems to be a lot of emotions. In Für Elise the history behind this work was that Beethoven fell in love with Therese and he was going to propose to her but he ended up getting to drunk he wasn't able to perform the piece he made. She made him write her name on the title but he wrote it with illegible writing the publisher misread the name. The moonlight sonata was originally called ‘Sonata quasi una fantasia’ but Ludwig Rellstab change it to moonlight sonata because it reminded him of moonlight reflecting off the lake. The symphony 5 starting sketching out ideas in 1804 over the next years he would write different ideas over and over till he finally finish with his
Beethoven’s early life was one out of a sad story book. For being one of the most well-known musicians one would think that sometime during Beethovens childhood he was influenced and inspired to play music; This was not the case. His father was indeed a musician but he was more interested in drinking than he was playing music. When his father saw the smallest sliver of music interest in Beethoven he immediately put him into vigorous musical training in hopes he would be the next Mozart; his training included organ, viola, and piano. This tainted how young Beethoven saw music and the memories that music brought. Nevertheless Beethoven continued to do what he knew and by thirteen he was composing his own music and assisting his teacher, Christian Neefe. Connections began to form during this time with different aristocrats and families who stuck with him and became lifelong friends. At 17 Beethoven, with the help of his friends, traveled to Vienna, the music capitol of the world, to further his knowledge and connection...
Beethoven was a pioneer of his time. During the classical period most composers were at the hands of monarchs. Composers had to create whatever the monarchs wanted, they really did it have a choice in what they wrote. Beethoven on the other hand was not reliant on patrons of the arts. Beethoven created and sold what he made, not what some aristocrat told him to make. These traits of Beethoven make it possible for him to be classified in both the classical and romantic music periods.
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, composed by the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven, is one of the most famous orchestral musical compositions done by the German-born composer. The symphony is broken down into four movements. The symphony has such a profound effect on so many people because of its use drama by introducing sudden and powerful chords which quickly grabs the audience’s attention as well as creating a variety of musical ideas through his use of excitement by way of fast and slow tempos. The first movement, Allegro con brio, which utilizes the Sonata form, contains an opening sequence or Exposition, which initially compels my attention during its first 6 seconds due to its powerful entry and introduction of the basic four-note motive (short-short-short-long) of the piece. The quick repetition in a lower step using strings in unison keeps me engaged due to its energy, as it sort of
It has a very nice combination of the woodwind and violin. The music goes slow for first three minutes and suddenly it goes fast with the sound of violin and slows down again with the melodious sound of the flute and violin and repeats again giving the feeling of nature and after eleven minutes it is in very high notes. And again, from the 14 minutes, begins the second movement with the melodious sound of violin followed by other instruments. This part is very sad and attractive part of the orchestra too. It feels tragedy and sad music. The music is slow and in low notes. The flute in the fourteen minute is so attaching and alluring. I felt like listening to it again and again. The third movement then begins from twenty-three minute which also feels sad music. It reminds me of the good old childhood days. After the thirty minutes comes the most powerful and weighty part that is the fourth movement. It ends comfortably in F major. Among the four symphonies by Johannes Brahms, I liked the Symphony no.3. And I would like to thank Mr. Madere for giving us with such assignments which help us relax and get free from our
The string quartets of Ludwig Van Beethoven were written over a long period of his life, stretching from 1799 to 1826. The tragedies that occurred throughout Beethoven’s life did not stop him from writing these seventeen masterpieces. The string quartets can be divided into three periods; early middle and late with the first six quartets of Op. 18 marking his ‘early’ works. As Beethoven’s writing began to flourish with creativity and imagination, he wrote the ‘Rasumovsky’ quartets that mark the ‘middle’ period in his career. Finally, the late quartets (also last works that Beethoven ever wrote) mark a cornerstone for various composers writing string quartets through the Romantic era and into the 20th century with use of counterpoint and harmony, especially. This essay will show how these works display great importance in developing the string quartet through Beethoven’s career, and also how their influences can be found in string quartets of other composers.
Each individual player in this orchestra is a soloist of sorts, playing a completely different piece than the musician seated directly next to them or across the stage. Rather than being written as a concerto, this piece, written in three movements, allows for each of the accomplished musicians to display their skill individually though each solo is not brought to the forefront of the piece, creating a what sounds like a disgruntled compilation of individual pieces that come together. This piece both begins ends with the Funeral March of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony directly tied into the basses, at first it is quiet and difficult to recognize but as the third movement is introduced it becomes more pronounced and evident. Those who were present for this pieces introduction to society were able to see its emotional effect on its composer who had obvious emotional ties to the music. Strauss never showed up to see his work debut instead he attended the dress rehearsal, asked Sacher if he could conduct this work. Strauss was said to have given a beautiful reading of the score that many view as his most...
If you are part of society, I think it is safe to make the assumption you are familiar
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770. His works are traditionally divided into three periods. In his early period, he focused on imitating classical style, although his personal characteristics of darker pieces, motivic development, and larger forms are already evident or foreshadowed. In his middle period, he is beginning to go deaf, and has realized that he cannot reverse the trend. His works express struggle and triumph. He stretches forms, with development sections becoming the bulk of his works. He is breaking from tradition and laying the groundwork for the romantic style period. In his late period, he breaks almost completely with classical forms, but ironically starts to study and use baroque forms and counterpoint. He is almost completely deaf, and his works become much more introspective with massive amounts of contrast between sections, ideas, and movements. He dies in Vienna in 1827.
...re was very interesting transitions between the variation, for example, string section plays the variation from low to high, when they reach the highest note, the brass family takes over and continue with the scale and make it more higher. Tremolo style was used in this piece, which is a quick ups and downs stroke mode. The music were very soothing and attracted the audience. Lastly, they end the piece with the same variations that was played at the beginning.
I think Beethoven’s personal life shaped him into becoming a gifted and well-known composer. His harsh upbringing involved his alcoholic father who forced Beethoven into music as a child. This lead to his father pushing him to perform for the public. Beethoven used his life struggles to develop a different outlook than others; this was noticeable when he played in Vienna. Even though Beethoven was forced into music, he developed a love for his art. This love later helped him in his struggles in life when he lost his hearing. His love for music kept him from giving up. Could he have been a great composer without these struggles? I believe so, but I do not think he would have had as much determination that lead to becoming an unforgettable artist.
The story of Ludwig Van Beethoven is one that is very fascinating. He was one of the greatest composers to ever live. He has written countless numbers of chamber music, songs, sonatas, trios and quartets for many different instruments. He wrote for the piano and instruments within strings and woodwind families. Beethoven was the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic Eras. Even though his personal life was marked by certain hardships, he created a new voice for music by composing songs that changed the face of the earth including Beethoven’s Ninth symphony, Fifth symphony and Fur Elise (for the piano).
“Appassionata” is a piano sonata central to the heroic period. Beethoven first started writing this piece in 1804, but did not complete it until September of 1806 (Broede). “Appassionata” is Beethoven’s 23rd sonata. There are three movements, which include allegro assai, andante con moto, and allegro ma non troppo. As quoted by Glenn Gould, “The ‘Appassionata’, in common with most of the works Beethoven wrote in the first decade of the 19th century, is a study in thematic tenacity. His conceit at this period was to create mammoth structures from material that, in lesser hands, would scarcely have afforded a good 16-bar introduction” (Broede). “Appassionata” Sonata is one of Beethoven’s highest and greatest achievements, as only the best of highly talented pianists dare to come near playing this piece. Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata, as well as Beethoven’s music in general, is important and worthy of the highest praise as he commits to structure, surface tension and drama using a variety of musical elements such as rhythm, texture, timber and register.
The final and twelfth piece was made up of excerpts from a longer work called Five Short Pieces for Clarinet and Bassoon. To me, maybe because the concert was beginning to get long or maybe because I did not have many notes over it, the last piece seems fairly similar throughout its movements, or “Short Pieces.” The first was an up-beat piece with a distinct melody. The clarinet and bassoon alternated, with the clarinet playing the higher notes. The second movement had a have complete feel to it. The two instruments played at the same time, close to it. The third movement was an impressive sounding mix of ups and downs. It seemed that the performers were working very hard and it sounded very complex.
Ludwig van Beethoven was the composer of the most celestial and significant music written at any time. He was the first musician to link the classical period of 18th-century and the novel birth of Romanticism. Beethoven’s absolute step forward in the world of music came in his instrumental work, not forgetting his symphonies. In contrast to his forerunner Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for whom composing music seemed natural, Beethoven strived to make his work flawless.
It has a mixture of both medium and fast paced tempo with lots of harmonic tonal variations although the song. Both the piano and clarinet get to be incorporated in a way that gives the other percussion its identity without affecting the overall rhythm and melody of the song. The song does also have some considerable high pitch notes. For instance, the clarinet is used to denote the different points in the song where there is a change in the tone. Due the song’s pace variation and high tones, the piece does not elicit any bit of emotions. However, it does seem mysterious in its