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Composers
Whether it be classical or contemporary, composers are the men and women behind the music. Beethoven and Mozart are among those who have left their marks on history.
6,063 Questions
George Gershwin was one of the first white American composers to?
George Gershwin was a famous American composer and pianist. Although he died of a brain tumor at the young age of 38, he accomplished a lot. Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris are among his best known and best received works.
Who is george Taylor composer?
George Taylor
Composer
George is an award winning composer who has
written scores for: drama, documentary, light
entertainment and education television
programmes and for the theatre. George's
documentaries include: BBC Arena - Stories my
Country Told me (Golden Hugo Award), Looking
for the Iron Curtain, Kurosawa and Imagine Imagine
(with Hans Joachim Roedelius). For Omnibus:
Rebuilding the Reichstag (Prague Film festival
Grand Prix winner). Robert Hughes' Beyond the
Fatal Shore, Ruby's American Pie, and Seven
Wonders of the World for the BBC. For Channel 4;
Anatomy of Disgust, Cannibal, Undercover Cops,
Secret love: Animal Passions and Dambusters.
Drama projects include: Pleasure Beach (BAFTA
winner), Nightshift for aprt (CRE Race in the Media
Award) and Bella and the Boys for Century Films.
Light entertainment: Million £ Property Experiment,
Ross Kemp: Alive in Alaska, Lenny's Atlantic
Adventure, Ian Wright in Namibia and Jack Dee
in Siberia all for BBC and many more. George is
currently working on Natural World: Saved by
Dolphins for the BBC and is writing the music for
BP's films: First Oil and the Centenary film.
Who were Johannes Brahms' parents?
How do you sell music to a deaf person?
A deaf person can feel the vibrations of the music, therefore, hearing it in a sense.
What is the texture of the overture to William Tell?
William Tell [Guillaume Tell] was premiered 3rd Aug 1829
Can you describe the evolution of the orchestra from the Baroque to the Modern Era?
Generally, the formation of orchestras in each of four periods can be summarized :
Baroque orchestras had from 10 to 30 players, primarily strings.
Classical orchestras used 30 to 60 players in four sections: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion.
Romantic orchestras had as many as 100 players or more, and featured greater use of brass and piano.
Modern orchestras are a bit smaller than in the Romantic Era (symphony and other very large orchestras still exist). Some may focus on the unique (or even bizarre) sounds of individual instruments.
How many bradenburg concertos are there?
The Brandenburg concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach, originally entitled 'Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments,' are a collection of six instrumental works. They are widely regarded as among the finest musical compositions of the Baroque era.
Who composed music for clarinet before 1750?
Before the classical era Georg Friedrich Händel, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Johann Stamitz composed for the clarinet. The baroque era ended in 1750.
Which song uses Pachelbel's Canon as an ostinato bass?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM
He will show you.
How many languages is opera written in?
Italian, German, English, Hungarian, Russian, for the most part.
Also French.
Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor- JS Bach Nutcracker Suite - Tchaikovsky The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Paul Dukas The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky The Pastoral Symphony - LV Beethoven Dance of the Hours - Amilcare Ponchieli Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria - Modest Mussorgsky/Franz Schubert --Fantasia 2000-- Symphony no. 5 - LV Beethoven Pines of Rome - Ottorino Respighi Rhapsody in Blue - Gershwin Piano Concerto no. 2 in F Major - Dmitri Shostakovitch The Carnival of the Animals Finale - Camille Saint-Saens The Sorcerer's Apprentice (again) - Paul Dukas Pomp and Circumstance - Edward Elgar Firebird Suite - Igor Stravinsky
Wolfgang Amadeus mother died in because back then when she was alive doctors were scarce and when there were doctors they believed that if you would cut yourself all the infected blood would ooze out then being since she was very ill she cut her self until she felt better in result killing herself.
Do parts of somewhere over the rainbow sound like a gershwin melody?
i believe the melody was taken from an Elgar piece. Elgar died in 37 so preceeded Gershwin.
What band wrote a song called Amazed?
The song 'Amazed' was written by the American band Lonestar and released in 1999 and went to number one. The members are Marv Green, Aimee Mayo and Chris Lindsey.
