Composers

Music in the 1920's would be considered Big Band, and Jazz. Beginning in the mid-1920s, big bands, then typically consisting of 10-25 pieces, came to dominate popular music. Jazz can be very hard to define because it spans from Ragtime waltzes to 2000s-era fusion.

Wolfgang Amadaus Mozart

Many composers did, but the most famous of the composers who wrote solo works for the violin were J. S. Bach and Nicolo Paganini. Paganini's works are very difficult, however. Another well-known one is Fritz Kreisler.

Joseph Haydn did NOT have good health.

This was a question on a recentl music quiz. He got his nick name because of his Russian influence. I won't tell you the answer in full in case you are looking for the answer to win this quiz - if you still want to know the answer, try again after the closing date of the quiz on 2 February!

Composition is a story mode of writing.

1. Personal Narrative

2. Short work of Fiction

3. Essay

4. Dramatic work

5. Poem

Tchaikovsky was a composer in the Romantic Era. He wrote music for ballets, such as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and perhaps what he is most famous for, the Nutcracker. He also wrote operas (Eugene Onegin) and overtures (1812 Overture).

She was only forty years old when she died of tuberculosis. Her grave was rediscovered at the Old Cemetery in Bonn in 1932. She was 17 when she gave birth to Ludwig. He was born in 1770 and she died in 1787. Ludwig van Beethoven was 16, almost 17.

Yes, she did. Joan Sutherland sang the complete role of the Queen of the Night at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London in January of 1962, with Otto Klemperer conducting. She never recorded the role commercially, but a pirate recording of the January 4th performance has circulated for years. Also, Sutherland made a commercial recording of the

Queen's first aria, "O zittre nicht," for the Decca/London label. It is important to remember that in the three London performances she sang the first aria transposed down a semi-tone and the second aria down a full time. The commercial recording og 'O zittre nicht' is at pitch.

Often John Williams' music draws inspiration from music of classical composers. Some of these are: Antonin Dvorak

William Walton

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Gustav Holst

Sergei Prokofiev

Igor Stravinsky

Bela Bartok

Howard Hanson

Einojuhani Rautavaara John Williams himself has stated his admiration for Joseph Haydn, Edward Elgar and film composer Bernard Herrmann.

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One needs a good education in counterpoint before attempting to compose classical music. Part of counterpoint is the relationship between one instrument and another, knowing the instruments ranges and limitations. What gets put down on paper may or may not always be humanly possible when playing an instrument.

The first movement is in standard concerto form, with orchestral ritornelli bracketing several solo sections, the first of which moves from D minor to its relative major key of F, and the second of which cycles through other keys to return to D minor and recapitulates the exposition entirely in D minor, like classical sonata form. There is also a cadenza at the end of the movement in the middle of the final ritornello, as is usual in classical concerti.

The second movement is a five-part rondo (ABACA), with the A sections all in the tonic of B-flat major, the B section moving to the dominant, F major, and the C section in the relative minor, G minor.

The third movement, despite being titled a "rondo," is really much closer to sonata form, with an exposition moving from D minor to F major, a development that starts in D minor (its main concession to rondo form) and goes through other keys before returning to the tonic, and a recapitulation that plays in D minor everything previously exposed in F major. There is then a cadenza and a dramatic pause, and then a big, jubilant coda entirely in D major to end things happily.

all the peices of s h i t has been just dumped in the sewage....

Mozart composed many more concertos for piano than for any other instrument.

Johann Christian Ludwig

Johann Christian Bach

Ludwig van Beethoven

Hugo Distler

Hans Gerle

Franz Lachner

Georg Friedrich Kauffmann

Leopold Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Hans Sitt

Johann Ulrich Steigleder

His works ranges from classical to Broadway, but he is perhaps most known for his jazz melodies.

Vivaldi was born and died in Venice. In 1722, he moved to Rome for a time.

According to a conversation between Sandi Patti and Bill Gaither on a Gaither video, Jon Mohr wrote the song "Love in Any Language" on the bus as they were traveling together on tour.

Although born in Germany, Beethoven's family originated from Flanders, which had been occupied by Spain for 200 years, with many Moors (North Africans). Contemporaries described the musical genius as having "thick, bristly coal-black hair," a "flat, thick nose," large mouth, and what is described as alternately a "ruddy" or "swarthy" complexion. In the middle of Teutonic Germany and Austria, he must have made a striking, memorable presence.

Beethoven's teacher, Haydn, was often called a "blackamoor." Alexander W. Thayer, one of the foremost authorities on Beethoven says, "Beethoven had even more of the Moor in his features than his master, 'Haydn.'" His features and family's Flanders heritage led him to be known as "the Black Spaniard."

(see http://www.mdcbowen.org/p2/sf/faq068.htm)

It's most likely he was mulatto, but DNA evidence was inconclusive. According to the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A25895-2000Oct17

The research team also said that future DNA analysis might answer lingering questions about Beethoven's ethnicity. As a young man, the dark-complexioned Beethoven sometimes was called "the Moor," and some historians have questioned whether he had African blood. Walsh said his analysis of the hair strands showed "no wrinkles or bends" typical among people of African descent, but that more tests may be conducted.

No because Tchaikovsky was a homosexual. He married, but they separated after six weeks. For personal reasons, neither he nor his wife ever tried to divorce. She later had children by other men, but Tchaikovsky had none.

The singer Meat Loaf's real name is Marvin Lee Aday. Before choosing the name Meat Loaf, his band was known as Meat Loaf Soul.

Antonio Salieri died on May 7, 1825 at the age of 74.