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Romantic Musical Composer Robert Schumann

life" that Schumann was leading in 1834 and he described this and other works done at this time, collectively, as his "summer nove...

Pianist Clara Schumann and Works

In six pages this essay discusses Clara Schumann's life, her relationship with composer husband Robert, and her musical achievemen...

Sublime and Subjective Romanticism in William Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey”:

natural sublime."2 As is common in the thematic development of the sublime in Romanticism, the sensation is one of rapture and on...

Musical Differences Between Classical and Romantic Eras

melodies.5 The Classical era artists deviated from this example, and their music was considerably simpler in texture. New genres w...

Significance Of J.S. Bach's Canonic Variations On "Vom Himmel Hoch"

for the era in which Bach had produced these variations (Smith, 1996). The Advent melody is represented in four canonic statement...

Bach and Handel, Their Musical Languages

his era, as his compendium of work transverses boundaries, "fusing the three great national traditions of his time," which are "G...

John Cage/His Impact on Music

"rubber, felt, or wood, as well as screws, nuts and bolts" (Machlis 632). The result of this preparation is that the piano produ...

In His Own Write - A Creative Look at George Gershwin

In six pages George Gershwin's own vantage point is applied to the American composer's life and musical theater contributions. Th...

The Rite of Spring by Composer Igor Stravinsky

In six pages this radical 1913 Russian musical ballet is examined in terms of its composer's revolutionary vision and the extreme ...

8th Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven

An analysis of Beethoven's Eight Symphony consists of three pages in which the writer argues it is less reminiscent of the Classic...

Chopin, Pianist & Teacher

pianists hand that the "music seems almost to play itself" (Machlis 84). Therefore, it is probably not surprising that so many o...

Baroque Music, An Overview

This essay presents an overview of the Baroque musical era. The writer talks about the features of the music, defines certain musi...

Musical Score of Fame The Musical

The rest of the musical score -- "Pray I Make P.A.," "Hard Work," "I Want to Make Magic," "Dance Class," "Tyrones Rap," "There She...

Artists Joseph Mallord William Turner, Henry Purcell, and Robert Schumann

In five pages this paper considers Baroque and Romantic music and visual arts from a social perspective with the music of Purcell ...

Informally Examining Romantic Poets and Poetry

unspoiled by either man or society? In "The Tiger," Blake appears to be pondering the marvels of the world while at the same time...

Backgrounds of Musical Composers Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, and Bela Bartok

the first to rebel against Wagners "oppressive hyperchromatic harmonic language," creating a more flexible and open tonal organiza...

Musical Analysis of Bjork

ahead of the pop mainstream, as she shapes music that "stabs us in the jugular" (Rule, 1999, p. 69). The 37-year-old released her...

Romantic and Classical Music Compared and Assessed

The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars had a great effect throughout Europe and the patronage system of the Baroque was soo...

Sinfonia in F Major by Georg Philipp Telemann

the recorder and that it appeared in literally hundreds of his works (2003). Holman (1991) verifies this, stating that Telemann s...

Music of Composer Ruth Crawford Seeger

that she was highly influenced by his style (Gaume, 1986). Additional influential composers on Crawfords development were Adolph W...

Musical Genre Known as the Blues

In five pages this paper examines 3 influential composers and musical artists in this consideration of the blues genre. Five sour...

Life and Works of Composer Nicola Vincentino

life. In particular, Venice was already a major factor in the development of music printing which helped to eventually spread Vin...

Nationalism and Composers Mendelssohn, Chopin, Brahms, and Dvorak

In four pages 4 important composers are considered in terms of their musical history influence with elements of each examined in a...

Polish Composer Karol Syzmanowski

homeland focused on the accoutrements of Polish uniqueness. Szymanowski was determinedly pro-Polish homeland in sentiment. He was...

Life and Music of Composer Oliver Messiaen

book has had a significant influence on his characters and destiny (Johnson 9). During World War I, he lived with his mother and...

Musical Innovations of John Cage

This process served to free Cage from the exigencies of the melodic line and traditional harmonic progression, and allowed Cage to...

Musical Structure of Petrushka by Composer Igor Stravinsky

appreciate; in doing so, he helped to educate the world on the merits of music through such classics as Petrushka. Stravinsky was...

Classical versus Romantic Music and Meaning

like the painters and poets of this era, they subordinated emotional expression to an accepted standard of "rules" of form.2. Th...

Composer Frederic Chopin's Life and Music

falls in love with the young Robert LeBrun and befriends the old pianist Mademoiselle Reisz, whose music arouses in Edna "the very...

The Minute Waltz by Frederic Chopin

grief for his homeland in the Revolutionary Etude (Machlis 82). Chopin arrived in Paris in 1831 and the majority of his musical c...