Schubertiade
... for several years Schubert tried his hand at composing for the Viennese musical theater–without conspicuous success. There was, however, a burgeoning musical life in private homes in the Vienna of Schubert’s day, and it was in such intimate venues that the composer’s music would be most thoroughly a ...
... for several years Schubert tried his hand at composing for the Viennese musical theater–without conspicuous success. There was, however, a burgeoning musical life in private homes in the Vienna of Schubert’s day, and it was in such intimate venues that the composer’s music would be most thoroughly a ...
the complete Program Notes
... Frequently characterized as pastoral, the first movement opens with a rhythmic motive that reappears in each movement. The return of this motive makes the Sonata a cyclic work: an opening idea continually transforms and develops not only within the course of the movement in which it is introduced bu ...
... Frequently characterized as pastoral, the first movement opens with a rhythmic motive that reappears in each movement. The return of this motive makes the Sonata a cyclic work: an opening idea continually transforms and develops not only within the course of the movement in which it is introduced bu ...
Brahms Piano Quintet Op 34
... Scherzo). The semiquavers become the accompaniment and the falling semitone seeds a new theme, which the viola then adopts in a changed form. And so on. In Keys' words “no extended instrumental composition can ever be convincing if it doesn't possess the coherence that comes from integrity.” The slo ...
... Scherzo). The semiquavers become the accompaniment and the falling semitone seeds a new theme, which the viola then adopts in a changed form. And so on. In Keys' words “no extended instrumental composition can ever be convincing if it doesn't possess the coherence that comes from integrity.” The slo ...
Program notes by - Symphony Orchestra Augusta
... On New Year’s Day 1791, Franz Joseph Haydn sailed across the English Channel on the first of two extended trips to London at the invitation of the impresario Johann Peter Salomon. The violinist, conductor and concertmaster of his own orchestra, Salomon had been writing to Haydn for some time in an a ...
... On New Year’s Day 1791, Franz Joseph Haydn sailed across the English Channel on the first of two extended trips to London at the invitation of the impresario Johann Peter Salomon. The violinist, conductor and concertmaster of his own orchestra, Salomon had been writing to Haydn for some time in an a ...
Ludwig van Beethoven
... In 1790, Franz Joseph Haydn passed through Bonn on his way to London. Beethoven and Haydn meet and Haydn agrees that upon his return to Vienna, Beethoven would study with him. In 1792, Beethoven moves to Vienna to study with Haydn, a great master. The lessons did not go well; Haydn was old fa ...
... In 1790, Franz Joseph Haydn passed through Bonn on his way to London. Beethoven and Haydn meet and Haydn agrees that upon his return to Vienna, Beethoven would study with him. In 1792, Beethoven moves to Vienna to study with Haydn, a great master. The lessons did not go well; Haydn was old fa ...
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), German composer
... fast movement. The movement’s placid motif (repeated phrase) of broken chords is reinterpreted in the final movement as forceful figuration reaching across the entire keyboard. The sonatas of op. 31, from 1802, each open in an original fashion. The G major, op. 31 no. 1, begins with striking shifts ...
... fast movement. The movement’s placid motif (repeated phrase) of broken chords is reinterpreted in the final movement as forceful figuration reaching across the entire keyboard. The sonatas of op. 31, from 1802, each open in an original fashion. The G major, op. 31 no. 1, begins with striking shifts ...
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... Reprintable only with permission from the author. Haydn Quartet Opus 64 #3 In 1790, Joseph Haydn was 58, and had been in the employ of the court at Esterhaza for almost thirty years. During that time the composer had been very productive, enjoying an assured income and the time and demand necessary ...
... Reprintable only with permission from the author. Haydn Quartet Opus 64 #3 In 1790, Joseph Haydn was 58, and had been in the employ of the court at Esterhaza for almost thirty years. During that time the composer had been very productive, enjoying an assured income and the time and demand necessary ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791 Ludwig van Beethoven 1770
... Germany, and like Bach and Mozart, came from a family of musicians. ...
... Germany, and like Bach and Mozart, came from a family of musicians. ...
Program Notes – Tesla Quartet Sunday Concert, Feb 17, 2013
... of the 1780s, Mozart’s fortunes began to deteriorate. His early Viennese triumphs gave way to failures— particularly his operas Le nozze di Figaro and La Clemenza di Tito. Austria’s protracted war with Turkey diverted great amounts of imperial funding and led to hard economic times at home, making i ...
... of the 1780s, Mozart’s fortunes began to deteriorate. His early Viennese triumphs gave way to failures— particularly his operas Le nozze di Figaro and La Clemenza di Tito. Austria’s protracted war with Turkey diverted great amounts of imperial funding and led to hard economic times at home, making i ...
Bach, Johann Sebastian - (1685-1750) Bach was a German organist
... historians now call, The Unfinished Symphony, which is only two movements long. ...
... historians now call, The Unfinished Symphony, which is only two movements long. ...
Tic-Tac-Toe Menu for Mozart
... include interviews of music teachers that have knowledge of this form. Be creative. ...
... include interviews of music teachers that have knowledge of this form. Be creative. ...
www.sacms.org Mozart, Adagio and Fugue in c minor, K. 546
... presents three contrasting themes: the first is frenetic and stop-and-start; the second is lyrical and texturally hymn-like; the third is playful and brief. Barber works out a development involving all three themes, displaying great craftsmanship alongside deep emotional expression. In classic ...
... presents three contrasting themes: the first is frenetic and stop-and-start; the second is lyrical and texturally hymn-like; the third is playful and brief. Barber works out a development involving all three themes, displaying great craftsmanship alongside deep emotional expression. In classic ...
the development section in mozart`s piano sonatas
... I shall not be strict in distinguishing between "theme" and "subject", and use them often interchangeably. As many musicologists have pointed out, in many contexts it is better to talk of first, second and third groups, rather than themes or subjects. I shall not be firm on that either. ...
... I shall not be strict in distinguishing between "theme" and "subject", and use them often interchangeably. As many musicologists have pointed out, in many contexts it is better to talk of first, second and third groups, rather than themes or subjects. I shall not be firm on that either. ...
Haydn: London Symphony, No.104 (Movement one)
... they must familiarise themselves fully with Sonata Form. This type of structure does not refer to the organisation of a complete work - rather is it applied to provide the framework for a single movement. The structure has three main sections EXPOSITION, DEVELOPMENT and RECAPITULATION (though additi ...
... they must familiarise themselves fully with Sonata Form. This type of structure does not refer to the organisation of a complete work - rather is it applied to provide the framework for a single movement. The structure has three main sections EXPOSITION, DEVELOPMENT and RECAPITULATION (though additi ...
Programme essay for Salzburg 2014, Mozart Tchaikovsky Beethoven
... Within a Fabergé egg Tchaikovsky esteemed Mozart above all other composers and Don Giovanni above all other of Mozart’s compositions. ‘The most beautiful opera ever written’, he averred to his patroness, the unconvinced Nadezhda von Meck. For the work’s 1887 centenary, he offered tribute in the guis ...
... Within a Fabergé egg Tchaikovsky esteemed Mozart above all other composers and Don Giovanni above all other of Mozart’s compositions. ‘The most beautiful opera ever written’, he averred to his patroness, the unconvinced Nadezhda von Meck. For the work’s 1887 centenary, he offered tribute in the guis ...
Doctoral Recital Kim K. Chai II, bassoon
... orange. The lights will flicker in line with my articulations and will vary in intensity relative to my dynamics. Look for the lights to begin in the second half of the piece. François Devienne was a flautist, bassoonist, and composer of the early classical period, a contemporary of Mozart. The styl ...
... orange. The lights will flicker in line with my articulations and will vary in intensity relative to my dynamics. Look for the lights to begin in the second half of the piece. François Devienne was a flautist, bassoonist, and composer of the early classical period, a contemporary of Mozart. The styl ...
program notes
... quite unexpected interlude - a theme with four elaborate variations - is enriched by some of Mozart's most poetic touches. Here we find all the shimmering brilliance and buoyancy we expect in a Mozart piano concerto, as the solo passages fly up and down the keyboard, but still maintaining the great ...
... quite unexpected interlude - a theme with four elaborate variations - is enriched by some of Mozart's most poetic touches. Here we find all the shimmering brilliance and buoyancy we expect in a Mozart piano concerto, as the solo passages fly up and down the keyboard, but still maintaining the great ...
Beethoven / Kant - Thomas Owen Mastroianni
... The nature of Beethoven’s melody in Sonata, Op 53 is a good case in point. The opening theme of this Sonata in C major (Waldstein) is not an assembly of pleasant sounding intervals that attract the ear and serve to arouse feelings such as Beethoven could do so well in the slow movement of his Opus 1 ...
... The nature of Beethoven’s melody in Sonata, Op 53 is a good case in point. The opening theme of this Sonata in C major (Waldstein) is not an assembly of pleasant sounding intervals that attract the ear and serve to arouse feelings such as Beethoven could do so well in the slow movement of his Opus 1 ...
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AUDITION INSTRUCTIONS
... auditions are conducted on the snare drum (alone). The applicant must bring all other instruments and music equipment to the audition. Applicants will be asked to sign-read music (supplied by the panel) with their instrument. Applicants will be asked to match pitches played on a piano with their voi ...
... auditions are conducted on the snare drum (alone). The applicant must bring all other instruments and music equipment to the audition. Applicants will be asked to sign-read music (supplied by the panel) with their instrument. Applicants will be asked to match pitches played on a piano with their voi ...
Music Appreciation, Class #9
... How many characters are presented in “The Erlking”? What is Marian Anderson’s place in American history? ...
... How many characters are presented in “The Erlking”? What is Marian Anderson’s place in American history? ...
Emma Schmiedecke, Cello - Program Notes
... direction. It was originally intended by Debussy to be the first of a series of “six sonates pour divers instruments”, but only three were completed before his death in 1918 (the cello sonata, the sonata for violin, and the sonata for flute, violin, and harp.) It is quite a short work, with most per ...
... direction. It was originally intended by Debussy to be the first of a series of “six sonates pour divers instruments”, but only three were completed before his death in 1918 (the cello sonata, the sonata for violin, and the sonata for flute, violin, and harp.) It is quite a short work, with most per ...
Program Notes Muir String Quartet Wednesday, February
... who wrote that the music “ranges over the whole gamut of the emotions, the ceaseless agitation swelling to a yearning cry, and finally in the last movement to tragic despair.” Written when he was 69, Janáček’s first quartet was inspired by Tolstoy’s novella (1889), “The Kreuzter Sonata,” named after ...
... who wrote that the music “ranges over the whole gamut of the emotions, the ceaseless agitation swelling to a yearning cry, and finally in the last movement to tragic despair.” Written when he was 69, Janáček’s first quartet was inspired by Tolstoy’s novella (1889), “The Kreuzter Sonata,” named after ...
Music as a means of connecting, understanding, and being
... For the sake of continuity, the development opens in the slower tempo and asymmetric phrase construction of the second theme group, but announces itself clearly with a theme from the first group in the first violins. Gradually the tempo accelerates as the phrases become more regular and as material ...
... For the sake of continuity, the development opens in the slower tempo and asymmetric phrase construction of the second theme group, but announces itself clearly with a theme from the first group in the first violins. Gradually the tempo accelerates as the phrases become more regular and as material ...
English Notes - Chandos Records
... tonic, and in the middle section, instead of the usual modulation to different keys, Haydn simply switches into A major. He uses the opening material of the Trio but regularises it, making it sound more rustic; yet owing to the pianissimo dynamic the passage feels remote. There is no understatement ...
... tonic, and in the middle section, instead of the usual modulation to different keys, Haydn simply switches into A major. He uses the opening material of the Trio but regularises it, making it sound more rustic; yet owing to the pianissimo dynamic the passage feels remote. There is no understatement ...
UChicago Presents - University of Chicago Presents
... story (the actual composition took only nine days: October 30-November 7). A few days before the premiere of the quartet in 1924, Janáček wrote to Kamila, telling her that the subject of his quartet was “the unhappy, tormented, misused and ill-used woman as described by the Russian writer Tolstoy in ...
... story (the actual composition took only nine days: October 30-November 7). A few days before the premiere of the quartet in 1924, Janáček wrote to Kamila, telling her that the subject of his quartet was “the unhappy, tormented, misused and ill-used woman as described by the Russian writer Tolstoy in ...
Sonata form
Sonata form (also sonata-allegro form or first movement form) is a large-scale musical structure used widely since the middle of the 18th century (the early Classical period).While it is typically used in the first movement of multi-movement pieces, it is sometimes used in subsequent movements as well—particularly the final movement. The teaching of sonata form in music theory rests on a standard definition and a series of hypotheses about the underlying reasons for the durability and variety of the form—a definition that arose in the second quarter of the 19th century. There is little disagreement that on the largest level, the form consists of three main sections: an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation; however, beneath this, sonata form is difficult to pin down in a single model.The standard definition focuses on the thematic and harmonic organization of tonal materials that are presented in an exposition, elaborated and contrasted in a development and then resolved harmonically and thematically in a recapitulation. In addition, the standard definition recognizes that an introduction and a coda may be present. Each of the sections is often further divided or characterized by the particular means by which it accomplishes its function in the form.Since its establishment, the sonata form became the most common form in the first movement of works entitled ""sonata"", as well as other long works of classical music, including the symphony, concerto, string quartet, and so on. Accordingly, there is a large body of theory on what unifies and distinguishes practice in the sonata form, both within eras and between eras. Even works that do not adhere to the standard description of a sonata form often present analogous structures or can be analyzed as elaborations or expansions of the standard description of sonata form.