Music
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- Described as cultural movement that stressed emotion, imagination, Individualism and freedom of expression. Piano music is in free form such as fantasy, rhapsody, ballade and nocturne.
- Program music was expressed in tone poems such as Symphony Fantastique. Most of the musical compositions of the era portray literature, history, emotions and nature.
- Born in October 27, 1782, in Genoa, Italy in a family of six. His musical skills started with playing mandolin at the age of five
- His violin teachers could not keep up with the progress of his violin skills that he kept on transferring from one violin teacher to another. This led him to adopt all his teachers' influences in playing the violin.
- He was also rumoured to have a problem with women and gambling. His compositions inspired a lot of other composers such as Franz Liszt, Frederic. Chopin and Robert Schumann.
- He composed polonaise at the age of seven
- He studied piano at Warsaw Conservatory under Wilhelm Wurfel and most of his music was influenced by folk music
- He wrote exclusively for piano. He made extensive use of piano pedal in most of his compositions.
- He met and married the famous French writer George Sand which later became source of inspiration as well as maternal figure in his life
- a verse form or narrative that is set to music
- a piece composed for the development of a specific technique.
- a Polish dance in triple time signature.
- an instrumental composition of pensive, dreamy mood for the piano.
- a slow Polish dance in triple time that consists of march or procession.
- a short piece of music that can be used as preface and introduction to another work or may stand on its own
- a German dance in triple meter
- a short free-form musical composition usually for a solo instruments like the piano
- a musical movement a playful character, typically in ABA pform
- composition for one or more solo instruments usually consisting of three or four independent movements varying in key, mood and tempo
- • Known as the virtuoso pianist, composer and busiest musician. o Played and studied in Vienna and Parish while performing in concerts in the rest of Europe. • Born in the village Doborjan, Hungary.
- He displayed remarkable talent at a young age and easily understood sight reading. His father was his first teacher at the age six. He was known for his symphonic poems where he translated great works into musical compositions
- He also made piano transcriptions of operas and famous symphonies. Many of his piano compositions are technically challenging pieces
- He was also known with his generosity in sharing time and money to the orphans, victim of disasters and many students he taught music for free.
- The is the most popular and was the basis for the Tom and Jerry cartoon called the "Cat Concerto
- were originally written for solo piano, but many were arranged for orchestra or other combinations of instruments
- One of the famous composer that beautifully combined music and words, He was a composer and music critic and born in 1810 in Zwickau. Went to Leipzig to study law because of his father
- who took some time to teach Robert Alexander Schumann how to play the piano
- It was also this time when he wrote some of his first piano compositions. He eventually convinced his family that he should put aside law in favour of performing career.
- In 1830, he went to live with Wieck in Leipzig. He soon developed a problem with his hands, effectively ending his dreams as a planist. 1834, he founded the music journal, "Jornal Neue Zeitschrift fur Musick" wherein he edited and wrote music criticism for his publication.
- He wrote numerous write-ups and one of which was the performance of Frederic Chopin in Paris, France.
- In his journal, he often wrote under two pseudonyms-Eusebius (his sensitive, lyrical side) and Florestan (his fiery, stormy side)
- An instrumental composition that conveys images or scenes to tell a short story without text or lyrics. It entices the imagination of the listener
- French composer Born on December 11, 1803 At his young age, he learned to play guitar and flute but never became sledim specific musical instrument
- Famous musical compositions is a five movement symphony called "Symphonie Fantastique also known as "Fantastic Symphony"
- He showcased the important features in his composition in creating tone color. He assembled hundreds of musicians to produce a powerful sound. He made tone color as the basic part of his musical language.