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Essay Classical Music
Classical Music
n : traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste [syn: serious music]
Classical music, as the name suggests, is a well–established kind of music, at least in the West. Classical music concerts take place in every cultural
center, and they take many forms, from a solo to large symphonic orchestras, from a sonata to an opera. This kind of music has many fans, especially
among circles of intellectuals. But how did this great kind of music start? What made the great composers compose? And how was this all used before
the time of recorded music and portable mp3 players? These are the questions we are going to examine today....show more content...
The wealthy family provided him with his own small orchestra, and this gave him the opportunity to produce very many compositions. He was
inspired by every day events, such as the times of day to write the triptych "Morning, Noon and Evening", and by the seasons to compose "The
Seasons". He also composed the well–known symphony "Farewell", to give the Esterhazy Prince a hint: that he was holding the musicians for too
long, and he had to give them some time off.
All his music was for the ears of a small, privileged audience, primarily for their own amusement.
However, not all the great composers worked for wealthy families. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a younger composer who Haydn considered as his
only true peer in music wanted his music to last in time, and be heard by larger groups of people. This led him to produce many operas, and also
religious music. He was inspired by ancient Greek and Roman history and mythology, but also by comic events of the every day life. However, he
did not enjoy the same funding as Haydn, because of lack of a permanent (wealthy) audience, and also because of the war that broke out in Europe at
the time.
Mozart's probably most famous composition is his unfinished "Requiem", which legend holds he wrote for his own death. Mozart's compositions
were mainly played (and still are) either to amuse people (comic operas), or as religious music. Some of his
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Classical Music Essay
Music is such an amazing and wonderful thing. There are so many different possibilities when it comes to music. One of the fascinating things about
music is that there is always room for improvement. Composers are making better and better music everyday. Music is always changing and
composers are creating new never before heard pieces constantly. There is such a wide range of music that it is almost impossible for someone to not
like at least one kind of music. The combination of keys and instruments and different voices is endless. I will specifically talking about classical music
and how it has changed over time throughout this essay. It all had to start somewhere, and that somewhere was during the Middle Ages. The Middle
Ages were...show more content...
The next major time in classical music was referred to as the Baroque time period. The Baroque time period went from (1600–1750). Music begin to
seriously advance and change from the Middle Ages to the Baroque era. The music from the Baroque time period is still known and loved to this very
day. Unlike the Middle Ages the Baroque time period began to have a unity of mood and a continuity of rhythm. Composers began to put more feelings
into what they were composing, they would express their feelings through their music by hitting a certain note at a certain time. There were a lot of
instrumental achievements during this time. It went from almost no instruments during the Middle Ages to several different instruments including
orchestras during the Baroque era.
The Baroque time period made their music royal, or "fit for a king". There became several different types of instrumental music these included:
concertos which featured a soloist with an orchestra, fugues which consisted of a composition based off of 1 theme called a subject , and suites
which were sets of dances that could be for solo or group instruments. There were also several different forms of choral music which included: cantata
form which was a sacred musical sermon, an oratorio which was a scriptural form of music usually like an opera without the acting, dancing, scenery
etc., and finally operas which were secular pieces that
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Essay Classical Music

  • 1. Essay Classical Music Classical Music n : traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste [syn: serious music] Classical music, as the name suggests, is a well–established kind of music, at least in the West. Classical music concerts take place in every cultural center, and they take many forms, from a solo to large symphonic orchestras, from a sonata to an opera. This kind of music has many fans, especially among circles of intellectuals. But how did this great kind of music start? What made the great composers compose? And how was this all used before the time of recorded music and portable mp3 players? These are the questions we are going to examine today....show more content... The wealthy family provided him with his own small orchestra, and this gave him the opportunity to produce very many compositions. He was inspired by every day events, such as the times of day to write the triptych "Morning, Noon and Evening", and by the seasons to compose "The Seasons". He also composed the well–known symphony "Farewell", to give the Esterhazy Prince a hint: that he was holding the musicians for too long, and he had to give them some time off. All his music was for the ears of a small, privileged audience, primarily for their own amusement. However, not all the great composers worked for wealthy families. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a younger composer who Haydn considered as his only true peer in music wanted his music to last in time, and be heard by larger groups of people. This led him to produce many operas, and also religious music. He was inspired by ancient Greek and Roman history and mythology, but also by comic events of the every day life. However, he did not enjoy the same funding as Haydn, because of lack of a permanent (wealthy) audience, and also because of the war that broke out in Europe at the time. Mozart's probably most famous composition is his unfinished "Requiem", which legend holds he wrote for his own death. Mozart's compositions were mainly played (and still are) either to amuse people (comic operas), or as religious music. Some of his
  • 2. Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 3. Classical Music Essay Music is such an amazing and wonderful thing. There are so many different possibilities when it comes to music. One of the fascinating things about music is that there is always room for improvement. Composers are making better and better music everyday. Music is always changing and composers are creating new never before heard pieces constantly. There is such a wide range of music that it is almost impossible for someone to not like at least one kind of music. The combination of keys and instruments and different voices is endless. I will specifically talking about classical music and how it has changed over time throughout this essay. It all had to start somewhere, and that somewhere was during the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages were...show more content... The next major time in classical music was referred to as the Baroque time period. The Baroque time period went from (1600–1750). Music begin to seriously advance and change from the Middle Ages to the Baroque era. The music from the Baroque time period is still known and loved to this very day. Unlike the Middle Ages the Baroque time period began to have a unity of mood and a continuity of rhythm. Composers began to put more feelings into what they were composing, they would express their feelings through their music by hitting a certain note at a certain time. There were a lot of instrumental achievements during this time. It went from almost no instruments during the Middle Ages to several different instruments including orchestras during the Baroque era. The Baroque time period made their music royal, or "fit for a king". There became several different types of instrumental music these included: concertos which featured a soloist with an orchestra, fugues which consisted of a composition based off of 1 theme called a subject , and suites which were sets of dances that could be for solo or group instruments. There were also several different forms of choral music which included: cantata form which was a sacred musical sermon, an oratorio which was a scriptural form of music usually like an opera without the acting, dancing, scenery etc., and finally operas which were secular pieces that Get more content on HelpWriting.net