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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.
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What was George gershwin's hobby?
As well as composing and playing, he also enjoyed painting.
Hope that helps!
"Don Giovanni" is the Italianized name of the "great lover," Don Juan. There are a number of operas based on his story, the most famous being Don Giovanni by Mozart. There's an earlier version with the same title by Giuseppe Gazzaniga, which Mozart probably knew and the libretto of which may have influenced Mozart's librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte. There's also a Russian opera, The Stone Guest, by Dargomizhsky, which still receives the occasional performance. Richard Strauss's Don Juan is a well-known orchestral depiction of the story, and there are many other musical and dramatic works based on the Don Juan story.
What famous composer was deaf for most of his career?
Ludwig van Beethoven started hearing noises and pops and various other sounds around the age of 26. He started to lose his hearing at 28. By 31 he had lost 60% of his hearing in both ears which progressed to complete deafness by the age of 46.
He continued to compose all during this time as he knew music so well, and heard the music in his head and knew the notes to write down. Some of his last work, which included some of his greatest compositions, he never heard played due to his deafness.
There were no ear specialists in his time but doctors later took all the symptoms and drew from his volume of correspondence and personal writings and said that his deafness was caused by either "...neurolabyrinthitis, otospongiose, or labyrinthitis..."
What age was Beethoven when he was completely deaf?
Letters from Beethoven to his friends in 1801 indicate he had begun experiencing ringing (tinnitus) and deafness in his ears for at least the past three years, since around 1797 - 1798, at the age of 26 or 27.
By 1815 (age 44), his condition had become "intolerable" and he could no longer perform in public, though he could still compose. Within about three years, he was comletely deaf.
Which composer travelled frequently as a child prodigy?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart toured extensively, being paraded as a child prodigy, or "Wunderkind", by his father.
What was one famous quote that Johann Sebastian Bach said?
The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.
-- Johann Sebastian Bach
Who wrote the original song 'I'm In Love'?
The song I'm In Love was written by written by Bobby Womack in the 1960's. It was originally released by Wilson Pickett in 1968 when it reached number 4 on the Billboard R&B chart.
What are some famous pieces of digital art?
Some famous pieces of digital art include "Untitled" by Wade Guyton, "Programmed Machines" by Maurizio Bolognini, as well as the Irrationnal Geometrics installation series.
What period did harry t burleigh compose wade in de water?
Harry T. Burleigh was a singer and composer, who helped bring black American music into the classical mainstream, including his assistance to Antonin Dvorak at the time Dvorak wrote his Symphony "From the New World." Burleigh's song "Wade in de Water" was published in 1917 by Giulio Ricordi. That puts it in the end of the Romantic period, when new styles of music were coming from the likes of Debussy, Stravinsky and Schoenberg.
When did Scott Joplin collaborate with George Gershwin to produce The Entertainer?
Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" was published on December 29th of 1902 along with Elite Syncopations, A Breeze From Alabama and ,... Truth George Gershwin was born on September 26 1898. Question- How old was George Gershwin in late 1901-02 when the Entertainer was being composed???? Answer- 3 and a half yrs old. Let's look at this question again. When did Scott Joplin (Know as King of Ragtime Writers) Collaborate with George Gershwin (a 4 year old at the time) to do/compose?) the Entertainer?
From 'Tosca' Recondita armonia. E lucevan le stelle Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore From 'La boheme'
Who are three artists from the Baroque period through the Postmodern era?
J.S. Bach - Baroque period
Beethoven - Classical period
Chopin - Romantic period
Bernstein - Modern period
What folk song is parodied in Mahler's Symphony No 1 third movement?
Frère Jacques (also known as Bruder Martin)
Who wrote the song 'Hate Me Today'?
Blue October, an American alternative rock group, wrote and performed "Hate Me". This song was released on January 24, 2006 by Univeral Records. It was also certified platinum on July 13, 2012.
How is Beethoven's symphony supportive toward Napoleon?
Beethoven's 3rd Symphony, is the third symphony written by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was originally entitled "Napoleon" because Beethoven admired Napoleon Bonaparte as a liberator of the oppressed and a great hero. Beethoven eventually recognised Bonaparte for what he was and changed the name to "Eroica" (A Great Man). Full title is - Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 "Eroica" "op" is short for opus. Opus means work, so it is his 55th work.
What was Brahms most popular composition?
His famous works are:
Piano Concert No. 1 in D Minor
Piano Concert No. 2 in B-flat Major
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor
Symphony No. 3 in F Major (3rd Movement)
A German Requiem
Violin Concerto in D Major
Hungarian Dances
Variations on a Theme by Paganini
His Lullaby
Where was composer Cesar Espejo born and where did he live?
Cesar Espejo was a Spanish-French composer, born in Malaga, Spain in 1892. His mother was famous piano teacher in France, he grew up and worked in France, he was a violinist, a conductor and a composer.
What is the link between shostakovich's string quartet 8 and Tchaikovsky's symphony 6?
One possible link is that both works have been considered suicide notes from the composers.
Musicologist Richard Taruskin and biographer Anthony Holden have written about the theory that Tchaikovsky wrote his despairing Symphony no. 6 as a confession of unrequited love before (the theory goes) he deliberately contracted cholera and died.1,2
Shostakovich's friend Lev Lebedinsky has described how Shostakovich obtained a quantity of sleeping pills after the completion of the String Quartet no. 8 (a similarly despairing composition), and how a depressed Shostakovich declared that the quartet would be "his last work"; Lebedinsky himself put two and two together and confiscated the pills, whereupon he and the composer's son kept a suicide watch over Shostakovich (who did not, in fact, commit suicide).3
1 Richard Taruskin, On Russian Music, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2009, 133.
2 Holden, Anthony, Tchaikovsky: A Biography, New York: Random House, 1995, 374.
3 Elizabeth Wilson, "The Thaw," Shostakovich: A Life Remembered, Second ed., New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2006, 381.
How much do the violinists in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra make?
It depends on where you sit, but roughly 100 thousand a year.
Who wrote the lyirics for the song in west side story?
The lyricist for West Side Story was Stephen Sondheim.
Which opera was not composed by Puccini?
His name was Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini. He died in 1924, the year Bethoven's 5th symphony conmemorate it's 100 years.
These were his compositions.
Le Villi, libretto by Ferdinando Fontana (in one act - premiered at the Teatro Dal Verme, 31 May 1884)
second version (in two acts - premiered at the Teatro Regio of Torino, 26 December 1884)
third version (in two acts - premiered at La Scala (the Teatro alla Scala), 24 January 1885)
fourth version (in two acts - premiered at the Teatro dal Verme, 7 November 1889)
Edgar, libretto by Ferdinando Fontana (in four acts - premiered at La Scala, 21 April 1889)
second version (in four acts - premiered at the Teatro del Giglio, 5 September 1891)
third version (in three acts - premiered at the Teatro Comunale, 28 January 1892)
fourth version (in three acts - premiered at the Teatro Colón di Buenos Aires, 8 July 1905)
Manon Lescaut, libretto by Luigi Illica, Marco Praga and Domenico Oliva (premiered at the Teatro Regio, 1 February 1893)
second version (premiered at the Teatro Coccia, 21 December 1893)
La bohème, libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa (premiered at the Teatro Regio of Torino, 1 February 1896)
Tosca, libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa (premiered at the Teatro Costanzi, 14 January 1900)
Madama Butterfly, libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa (in two acts - premiered at La Scala, 17 February 1904)
second version (in two acts - premiered at the Teatro Grande di Brescia, 28 May 1904)
third version (premiered at Covent Garden, London 10 July 1905)
fourth version (premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, 28 December 1906)
fifth version (premiered at the Teatro Carcano, 9 December 1920)
La fanciulla del West, libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini (premiered at the Metropolitan Opera, 10 December 1910)
second version (premiered at La Scala, 29 December 1912)
La rondine, libretto by Giuseppe Adami (premiered at the Opéra of Monte Carlo, 27 March 1917)
second version (premiered at the Opéra of Monte Carlo, 10 April 1920)
third version (possible premier at the Teatro Verdi, 11 April 1924); orchestration of the third act completed in 1994 by Lorenzo Ferrero (premiered at Teatro Regio di Torino, 22 March 1994)
Il trittico (premiered at the Metropolitan Opera, 14 December 1918)
Il tabarro, libretto by Giuseppe Adami
Suor Angelica, libretto by Giovacchino Forzano
Gianni Schicchi, libretto by Giovacchino Forzano
Turandot, libretto by Renato Simoni and Giuseppe Adami (incomplete at the time of Puccini's death, completed by Franco Alfano: premiered at La Scala, 25 April 1926; an alternative completion was commissioned from Luciano Berio in 2002)
[edit]Other works and versions
(with dates of premieres and locations)
A te (c.1875)
Preludio a orchestra (1876)
Plaudite populi (Lucca, 1877)
Credo (Lucca, 1878)
Vexilla Regis (1878)
Messa a 4 voci con orchestra (Lucca, 1880) Published in 1951 as Messa di Gloria
Adagio in A major (1881)
Largo Adagetto in F major (c.1881-83)
Salve del ciel Regina (c.1882)
Mentìa l'avviso (c.1882)
Preludio Sinfonico in A major (Milan, 1882)
Fugues (c.1883)
Scherzo in D (1883)
Storiella d'amore (1883)
Capriccio Sinfonico (Milan, 1883)
Sole ed amore (1888)
Crisantemi (String Quartet, 1890, "Alla memoria di Amadeo di Savoia Duca d'Aosta")
Minuetto n.1 (String Quartet, published about 1892, "A.S.A.R. Vittoria Augusta di Borbone, Principessa di Capua")
Minuetto n.2 (String Quartet, published about 1892, "All'esimio violinista prof. Augusto Michelangeli")
Minuetto n.3 (String Quartet, published about 1892, "All'amico maestro Carlo Carignani")
Piccolo valzer (1894)
Avanti Urania! (1896)
Scossa elettrica (1896)
Inno a Diana (1897)
E l'uccellino (1899)
Terra e mare (1902)
Canto d'anime (1904)
Requiem (27 January 1905, Milan)
Casa mia, casa mia (1908)
Sogno d'or (1913)
Pezzo per pianoforte (1916)
Morire? (c.1917) - This song was transposed by a half step (into G-flat major) and set to different text in the 1st revision of his work La Rondine called "Parigi è la città dei desideri" which is sung by Ruggero in the 1st act. Besides the key and text changes, it is the exact music to the aria.
Inno a Roma (1 June 1919, Rome)
