Classic Combo Plate Directions: Before there were all the cart options, I remember going to the cafes near campus that offered combo menus. For a reasonable price, the menu usually had two lists of items and you would choose one from column A and one from column B for a very satisfying lunch. For our musical version of the combo plate, you are asked to select one composer from column A  (just the big three) and one composer from column B (a very long Wikipedia page with composers listed by birth year) Both composers must share the same, or nearly the same, birth year . The latitude for this is no more than + or - 10 years.  We want to place both of them solidly within the Classic era and also within roughly the same generation. Find one movement of a piece of music by each. that is a total of two tracks for this assignment. Include a link to that specific movement of each piece so that readers of your post can quickly click it to listen.  You may use Naxos  (a bit easier to pinpoint the exact movement in a longer piece) or YouTube but you are responsible for providing the accurate url.  Please be careful in YouTube that your music link takes your reader to exactly the movement you write about. For each of these two tracks provides clearly the full title of each piece and the exact movement title or number if these are from multi-movement works. Provide background information on both of the movements of music you have selected and some bio information on the lesser known composer from "column B".  Include musical observations based on your own listening as you compare the two tracks. You may find it easier to make a targeted comparison if you select works of a similar genre (for instance, the first movement of a piano sonata by each composer, or the slow movement of a symphony by each, or the minuet movement of a string quartet, or a soprano aria from an opera by each......)  Interesting "fun facts" might include: did the two ever meet? Where did they live, did they study with the same teacher? Were they both performers as well as composers? Did each have a patron? Music Selection parameters Column A Classic era composers are limited to the big three we have covered already this term: Franz Joseph Haydn b. 1732 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart b. 1756 Ludwig van Beethoven b. 1770 Choose just one movement of one piece by one of these "big three" composers. Column B classic era composers are listed at the page linked below. Scroll to find the birth years you need for a match. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Classical-era_composers#Middle_Classical_era_composers_(born_1730%E2%80%931750) Choose just one movement of one piece by one of the other classic era composers that you find at this page. Reply post: After completing your main post, make an interactive reply post to another student's main post. An interactive reply post shows you've listened to the music they wrote about (supply track timings for your musical obse.

1. Classic Combo Plate
Directions:
Before there were all the cart options, I remember going to the
cafes near campus that offered combo menus. For a reasonable
price, the menu usually had two lists of items and you would
choose one from column A and one from column B for a very
satisfying lunch.
For our musical version of the combo plate, you are asked to
select one composer from column A (just the big three) and one
composer from column B (a very long Wikipedia page with
composers listed by birth year)
Both composers must share the same, or nearly the same, birth
year
. The latitude for this is no more than + or - 10 years. We want
to place both of them solidly within the Classic era and also
within roughly the same generation.
Find one movement of a piece of music by each. that is a total
of two tracks for this assignment. Include a link to that specific
movement of each piece so that readers of your post can quickly
click it to listen. You may use Naxos (a bit easier to pinpoint
the exact movement in a longer piece) or YouTube but you are
responsible for providing the accurate url. Please be careful in
YouTube that your music link takes your reader to exactly the
movement you write about.

2. For each of these two tracks provides clearly the full title of
each piece and the exact movement title or number if these are
from multi-movement works.
Provide background information on both of the movements of
music you have selected and some bio information on the lesser
known composer from "column B". Include musical
observations
based on your own listening
as you compare the two tracks. You may find it easier to make
a targeted comparison if you select works of a similar genre (for
instance, the first movement of a piano sonata by each
composer, or the slow movement of a symphony by each, or the
minuet movement of a string quartet, or a soprano aria from an
opera by each......)
Interesting "fun facts" might include: did the two ever meet?
Where did they live, did they study with the same teacher? Were
they both performers as well as composers? Did each have a
patron?
Music Selection parameters
Column A Classic era composers are limited to the big three we
have covered already this term:
Franz Joseph Haydn b. 1732
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart b. 1756
Ludwig van Beethoven b. 1770

3. Choose just one movement of one piece by one of these "big
three" composers.
Column B classic era composers are listed at the page linked
below. Scroll to find the birth years you need for a match.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Classical-
era_composers#Middle_Classical_era_composers_(born_1730%
E2%80%931750)
Choose just one movement of one piece by one of the other
classic era composers that you find at this page.
Reply post:
After completing your main post,
make an interactive reply post to another student's main post.
An interactive reply post shows you've listened to the music
they wrote about (supply track timings for your musical
observations) and find a link to share with them, that you were
inspired to search for after reading their post.
Be sure to provide a short bibliography at the end of your main
post listing the urls of the sources you consulted. Accessible
sources with accurate urls that can easily be consulted by all
readers of your post are preferred.
Post to Reply For:
One of the well-known composers from the Classical era was

4. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770) and one composer also born in
1770 was James Hewitt.
Composer: Beethoven
Title:
Moonlight Sonata- Piano Sonata No.14 Op.27, No.2
Movement 3, Presto Agiato
@ 8:05
Click
below
and it will open a link to Youtube:
Beethoven- Moonlight Sonata
Background info:
Beethoven was a deaf German composer. In this piece by
Beethoven, Throughout the entirety of this movement, there is
constant repetition and changes in tonality as the music goes on,
from a deeper and slower tone to a softer and quicker pace.
Through researching this piece, I learned that this piece was
published in 1802 under another name, however today it is
referred to as Moonlight Sonata but when published it was
under the title “ Sonata quasi una Fantasia.” The name
Moonlight Sonata came because a German music critic wrote
that it reminded him of the moon setting over Lake Lucerne.
At the beginning of 8:05- this piece directly starts out
aggressive and quickness with the piano notes and strikes of
lower notes while a higher-pitched note is constantly played in
the background.

5. At 8:55 the tone of the piece shifts from strong, to a much
lighter tone with the strokes of the piano as they are quicker and
softer and with a lot of precision.
At 9:08 the music becomes more joyous and is followed directly
by a repetition except more silent, giving it an echo effect. The
notes are continuous and precise. And between 9:16-9:25 the
intensity of the piece increases drastically and then decreases.
What is interesting to me is during this part in the background
you can hear a note on the piano clicked back and forth as other
notes are played.
James Hewitt
Background information:
As mentioned before was born in 1770 and was born in
Dartmoor, England. He was known as an American conductor,
composer, and musical Publisher. Hewitt lived a few years in
London and then relocated to America, specifically New York
from 1792-1811 where he conducted an orchestra theatre. This
then led to his participation in music in Boston where he later
resided in 1811. One of his well-known works today is a piece
he dedicated to George Washington called
The Battle of Trenton.
Composer: James Hewitt
Title:
Piano Sonata Op. 5 No.1: I Allegro Spirito
James Hewitt- Piano Sonata Op.5 No.1: I Allegro Spirito
This piece is a lot slower than the one from Beethoven but
similar in ways as well. Though this piece has a slower start
there is a lot of changes between notes.

6. At
0:04
- The piece begins an upbeat tone and repetition, then moments
later it transitions to a softer tone with fast movement on the
piano keys. At 1:04, this same beginning is repeated
At
1:04-
the delicacy of the notes continue. This part sounds soothing
and effortless. The notes are well connected.
At
3:03
the music becomes more mysterious with sharper notes and
once again descends to a softer tone. Once again there is
repetition notes are held a bit longer here.
Comparison:
The Beginning of the third movement in Moonlight Sonata
reminds me of the moment in Hewitt’s piece at 3:03, where the
tonality amongst both sounds similar in the deeper notes on the
piano and of the precision and quickness of going from one note
to the next. I would like to point out that though the piece from
Beethoven is a lot more fast-paced, Hewitt’s piece is much
slower, the similarity that I can pick up is that both (though
they have different tempos) have similar style and approach in
these pieces. There is gradual change not only in tempo but in
the sense that the notes are played faster on the piano(quickness
and precision). There are also softer to harsher tones
throughout the piece. There is a sense of delicacy in both pieces
when the soft piano keys are hit as well a "deep" tone in both.
Sources:
http://www.musicweb-

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hewitt_(musician)
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/beethoven/guides/beetho
vens-friends-giulietta-guicciardi-1784-
1856/#:~:text=2%20was%20published%20in%201802,she%20w
as%20inclined%20to%20accept.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven