...he travel around Europe with his father playing for royal families. Beethoven was born in 1770 and died in 1827, he had the opportunity to work under both Haydn and Mozart, which allowed his music to be versatile, because his works were inspired by Mozart and Haydn and composed with Beethoven's sense of style. Haydn was in 1732 and died in 1809, he was the only one who could compose and sing, which allowed him to stand out from the rest. Between both Beethoven...
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...come from all around the world with zero experience of working together on any projects. Although each member tries to inform other members how they are doing by sending emails, it is a sad truth that not everyone will read the emails and be interested in how their colleagues are doing. Everyone just work on their own, making the team a collection of individuals rather than a real group. Without a channel to communicate with each other, it is hard to develop a sense of unity. The frequently organized business trips and the multiple projects at once also show that there is a miscommunication between the secretary and other members. Moreover, there is no standard of excellence to regulate and guide the performance of the employees. Team accomplishment is not being recognized as well. Members thus cannot find the value of performing to the utmost and are frustrated with the heavy workload. Given the above situation, the leader seems doing nothing to handle the stressful circumstances. Base on the analysis of team effectiveness, Jim should intervene at this time at internal level, focusing on relational actions. Building team relationship for a virtual team is even more important than collocated team. As they are working across time and space together with a need of dependence, the most critical aspect to enhance team efficiency is to focus on the collaboration between members. With a sense of unity as well as the belief that individual’s performance can affect the progress of the...
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...Ludwig van Beethoven Introduction Ludwig van Beethoven (December 1770- March 1827) was a pianist and composer- arguably the greatest and most influential composer of all time. He made his mark in history with the crucial role that he played in the transition of classical eras in art music. He had a full and varied music career and wasn’t afraid to move his numerous compositions from the tried and tested musical styles. In terms or the world’s greatest, Beethoven only comes second to the likes of Mozart or Bach. Beethoven is best known for his compositions, which include 32 piano sonatas, 5 concertos for piano, 16 string quartets and 9 symphonies (Anderson 1044). He is also known for the composition of other music, choral works and songs. Early Childhood Beethoven was born on the 16th of December, 1770 in Bonn and baptized the following day (Dalhaus & Whittall 6). His father was originally from Brabant, Belgium, but had moved to Bonn where he served as a musician at the local court. Despite his weakness for alcohol, Beethoven’s father was quite influential in shaping the music career of Beethoven as it was through him that young Beethoven was exposed to music. From an early age, Beethoven was taught music by Christiano Gottlob Neefe, a famous opera composer and conductor, and Johann van Beethoven who was his father. Johann envisioned creating a new kind of Mozart in his son and would train him every evening on returning from the court. As a teenager, Beethoven earned some...
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...Title: Beethoven Lives Upstairs Questions: 1. What was the story all about? It’s all about the young boy named Christoph, he met a crucial composer named Ludwig van Beethoven. Christoph eventually sees the pain and struggles of Beethoven. He also begins to see the softer side of Beethoven, they became friends and Christoph begin to appreciate Beethoven's wonderful music. 2. Who are the main characters? Ludwig van Beethoven- He was the upstairs boarder of Christoph, He bosses people around and gets away with it, he's loud, he's peculiar, and he's very angry. He’s a madman, but inside him there’s pain and struggle his dealing with. Christoph- He’s a young boy, at first he really hates Beethoven, but eventually he understands the situation of Beethoven and he has been close to him. And Beethoven thought him that Music is not something you can quit. Mother- It was Christoph’s Mother, she’s a Pianist. Uncle Kurt- He helps Christoph understand some reasons for Beethoven strange behavior and thought that Christoph should see brighter side of a person Sophie- She’s a maid, she definitely hates Beethoven, but at the end like Christoph, She eventually saw the brighter side of a person. 3. When and where was the story set? It was Monday, March 26, 1827. The story happened in the house of Christoph. 4. Who was your favorite character in the movie? Why? Beethoven, actually from the start, I don’t like him. He looks weird and acted strange, although that’s my...
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...Colin Mackey Professor DelVecchio ENGL 015-01 Nevemer 15, 2012 “Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend”(Ludwig van Beethoven). Music is that which has the power to, in some way, put a lens upon one's perceptual reality. Music has the ability to alter emotions and perception. For example, listening to a heavy metal band play during a wedding reception, is obviously going to change the mood and the view of the supposed-to-be quiet, and peaceful ceremony. The emotions stirred up by music, influences people to tune in to songs relating to their temporary state of mind, such as sorrow, joy, anger, sadness, etc.. For instance, it is obviously a commonality for one to listen to slow or sad songs at times of remembering death, as these songs tend to probe into the soul and bring about - through some form of conceptualization, the thoughts and feelings associated with the death of a friend or loved one. Most don't seem to find themselves listening to Boogie Wonderland by Earth Wind and Fire as tears of sadness stream down their faces – though it would certainly be a pretty amusing sight to see. The almost synergistic mutual pull between humans and music is impossible to deny upon observation of its impact on oneself. It is clear that music holds the potential to transform or define experience, but maybe not so clear as to why people enjoy it so much. For some, music is a trip down the...
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...The concert I visited was Beethoven’s 7th Symphony on Sunday April 6; the conductor was Edo De Waart. Included in the concert there was a performance of Symphony of Wind Instruments, this was created by Ivor Stravinsky there were multiple different wind instruments used in this piece, there was three flutes; two oboes; English horn; three clarinets; three bassoons; four horns; three trumpets; three trombones; tuba. John Adam’s violin concerto was played in the concert, this had instruments from many different groups it consisted of, two flutes; two oboes; two clarinets; two bassoons; two horns; trumpet; percussion; two keyboard samplers; strings. As for Beethoven’s Symphony he used multiple different instruments, two flutes; two oboes; two clarinets; two bassoons; two horns; two trumpets; timpani; strings. The event was held at the Pabst Theatre, the Pabst was built in 1895, and is actually the fourth oldest continually operating theatre in the United States. The Pabst Theater was previously called Das Neue Deutsche Stadt-Theater and was built by Captain Pabst, this theatre was burnt down, and Captain Pabst immediately started rebuilding the theatre, as it only took eleven months, and that is why it is called Pabst theatre today. One very prominent soloist at the concert was a woman named Leila Josefowicz who “is the chosen interpreter of several leading composers” . Some of these composers include: John Adams, Oliver Knussen, Thomas Ades, and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Josefowicz...
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...set repertoire of musical classics began to dominate concerts. By the time Brahms was twenty, more than half of the music performed at concerts was by already-dead composers, and the time he was forty, that number rose to be the majority. Brahms very much understood the meaning of composition for audiences who favoured the Classical greats – he believed that he had to compose works that were like those Classical pieces, but also appealing and unique enough to bring something new to the table. (Burkholder, Grout and Palisca, 2014)’ Brahms worked at a slow pace and was very critical of himself as he thought that his reputation relied on the quality of each work he composed. His personal style consisted of a blend of earlier music such as Beethoven and even some Baroque works, and current folk and classical idioms. Brahms managed to utilise all of the different musical languages around him, including church music and gypsy music, and he integrated these elements into his music in order to create his own expressive idiom. He had a gift for writing beautiful melodies and for portraying emotion directly and simply, which is why his music appealed to listeners immediately, specifically those listeners who were able to appreciate the lyricism and sincerity in the music. (Burkholder, Grout and Palisca,...
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...Music 115- Weekly Assignment As orchestras grew and more and better instruments came about the symphony emerged. The symphony bares many comparisons to the baroque concerto. A symphony is much more dynamic however; it does not contrast a soloist with a full orchestra creates an interaction and transformation of multiple themes. The string quartet later emerged in the classical era where it was different from symphonies in terms dynamic and timbre but was well suited for the big stages and powerful lights. A string quartet is a group of instruments specifically has two violins, a viola and a cello. In comparison a string quartet matches symphony in movements and tempo but lacks the timbre and dynamic punch of a symphony. Joseph Hayes was the pioneer for string quartets; he made them popular by writing 68 quartets in his life time. String quartets and symphonies began to follow a form just like how today’s music follow a form of chorus to verse. There form was exposition (problem), development and then recapitulation. In the exposition there are many different themes and contrasting tonalities. The next part of the form is sort of a struggle or instability of the tonality. This can be taught of as sort of a story and how a story starts off with a problem, the problem escalates then there is eventually a solution. Recapitulation is the themes of the exposition return. It is similar to the original. The symphony and string quartet both have their similarities and differences but...
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...The Advent of Romanticism The Romantic era (1770-1870) was the term used to define the rebellion against the political and social devastation that followed the French Revolution. The Romantic era was the time when artists revolted against the classical values of balance, control, order, and proportionality promoted by neoclassical artists (Sayre 878). This revolt against the formalism of the Classical age produced a flood of emotional lyric, music, art, and poetry that peaked in works such as Ludwig van Beethoven’s (1770-1827) The Ninth Symphony (1824). The romantic characteristic of emotions, individualism, and imagination can be found in The Ninth. Francisco de Goya’s (1746-1828) Saturn Devouring One of his Children (1820-1823) posses the horrifically natural or true to life, as well as the emotional characteristics he so genially portrayed. On the softer side of the romantic scale, Percy Bysshe Shelley’s (1792-1822) Indian Girl’s Song (1819) beautifully portrayed the natural and emotional characteristics of Romanticism. There are also references to the supernatural, as well as the exotic, in this work, which most certainly leaves his readers yearning for more. Artists approached the world with an outpouring of feeling and emotional passion that came to be called Romanticism. The key characteristics of Romanticism are emotion, the exotic, nature, imagination, individualism, and the supernatural. Romanticism was an overt reaction against the Enlightenment, which was...
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...M5RW 1. Identify the distinctive stylistic features of Romantic music. The romantic era (1800-1850) in music is made by large pieces of work that start to make bigger orchestras with bigger sounds. This music places a strong point on “stirring emotions” within the listener, and doesn’t have to do with the emotion of “love”. Romantic composer made this by writing more complicated music. They use key changes, dissonance, and chromatics a lot. This was done by improving instruments that was played in music theory and teaching how to write music. Beethoven played a major part in bringing music into this new style, and his 3rd symphony is a prime example. Few Romantic composers were Schumann, Chopin, Rossini, and Tchaikovsky. Few characteristics of Romantic music are intense expression of emotions, more freedom in the structure (form) of the music, more complex use of tone and rhythm, larger orchestras/developments in wind instruments, greater technical virtuosity, sense of “nationalism” in musical styles, and links music with other art forms. 2. Discuss the romantic orchestra, program music, nationalism, and exoticism. Romantic orchestra has a wider range of instruments and pitches. It has many more players than a classical orchestra. Romantic orchestra was used in different ways. For example, composers start to use more adventurous techniques like flutter-tonguing on the woodwind instruments and col legno on string instruments. Romantic orchestras have larger...
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...accentuates everything to make it all fall in together, without it; it would be just a plain scene with people talking no emotions or anything. Throughout the film, the director showed and expressed the struggles that Beethoven had to endure due to his deafness. When they are trying to show the struggle that Beethoven has to endure with his deafness I noticed that they started to play a little more faster, and then I believe Beethoven could see what they were playing and that made him enjoy the music that much more. In the part where Beethoven was secretly playing so that no one could see him play, he put his head down on the piano because I believe he was trying to feel the vibrations of the piano in order to feel his music. I think that by just showing how he could love the music even though he had no way of ever hearing it shows the superior capability and love he had for music. Beethoven’s music is very emotional in ways some of us could never imagine and the movie The Immortal Beloved expresses each and every emotion that could be shown, as well as the very personality of Beethoven. The reason I say this is because while watching this film I noticed how the music would always reflect the how he was at that time and place. For example, when Beethoven was shown as being in Love with a...
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...completing this chart. | |BAROQUE PERIOD |CLASSICAL PERIOD |ROMANTIC PERIOD |EARLY TWENTIETH- CENTURY | | | | | |PERIOD | |LIST 3 COMPOSERS |JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH |Ludwig van Beethoven |Vincenzo Bellini |Samuel Barber | | | | | | | | |George Philipp Telemann |Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin|Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy |Luciano Berio | | | | | | | | |George Frideric Handel |Christoph Willibald Gluck |Eliza Flower |Benjamin Britten | |For each Composer, list 3 |Johann Sebastian Bach- Wie |Ludwig van Beethoven- |Vincenzo Bellini- |Samuel Barber- Dover | |compositions |schön leuchtet der |Symphony No. 2, op. 36 (D |Adelson e Salvini, Bianca |Beach, Summer Music, and | | |Morgenstern, Ach Gott, vom |Major)," Symphony No. 3 |e Gernando, and Il pirata |Hermit Songs | | ...
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...Creativity as I see it By Mohiuddin Abro BS35 2936 (Note – The following account is that of a personal nature. The things I find “creative” may differ from that of the reader) Creativity. It’s a word that has more or less fascinated my whole life. Oxford dictionary defines being “creative” as involving the use of imagination or original ideas in order to create something new. If that is to be believed, then our childhood is the most imaginative phase of our lives. I was born on 14th of August 1988 to a Sindhi father and a mother migrated from Aligarh, India. In a time when preference was given on one’s own ethnic group, my parents were innovators and trend-setters. It was the mixing of two very different and unique worlds, brought together by a bond of marriage. I like to think that this affected me and my outlook on life – because even to this day, I feel I have an identity crisis in progress. I remember hearing the word creative for the first time when I was around 8-10 years old. And I didn’t get it. I didn’t get what It wholly means, what it denotes to. Maybe I was at a tender age to fully grasp the concept, but gradually, I began to associate it with a medium. And that was films. Creativity and films are words that I have always connected together; because it was through movies I understood what creativity can aspire to be. The art of making films, and watching them at a film theatre. It’s the film plots that can guide us out of our lives and provide supreme escapism...
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...John Blake Temple Music Appreciation Dr. Watts 2/25/2013 Amadeus Movie Essay Throughout the movie Amadeus, Mozart is an interesting and unique character. Mozart starts with such promise in his career; he has been making music since he was an infant and has been driven by his father to be great. He loves his music and believes in his own talent. He is so big-headed that he cannot stand that so many other people do not understand his work. The inner drive and self-destructive behavior are what make him a brilliant man, but also a weak man, his constant partying and drinking breaks him down. He has plenty of skill, but his personality is what hurts him. Mozart does not know how to succeed, like many brilliant people. He doesn’t know how to make it in the real world and that is what does him in. The story is told from the perspective of Antonio Salieri, another composer. The other music heard in the movie is his. Salieri, now in a mental hospital, talks with a priest and shares with him the story of his life. Salieri wants nothing more than making beautiful music for the world. To be “touched by God.” He has given to charities, and believes for a while, that his deal with God has been answered. Then he runs into Mozart. He hears this young man is the creator of very beautiful music. When Salieri looks at the original works Mozart has done, he is amazed. Salieri is then determined to bring Mozart down and find a way to make himself look as good. Salieri plots the...
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...The Middle Ages After the collapse of the Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, Western Europe entered a time known as "The Dark Ages" — a period when invading hordes of Vandals, Huns, and Visigoths overran Europe. These years were marked by constant warfare, the absence of a Holy Roman Emperor, and the virtual disappearance of urban life. Over the next next nine centuries, the newly emerging Christian Church came to dominate Europe, administering justice, instigating "Holy" Crusades against the East, establishing Universities, and generally dictating the destiny of music, art, and literature. It was during this time that Pope Gregory I is generally believed to have collected and codified the music known as Gregorian Chant, which was the approved music of the Church. Much later, the University at Notre Dame in Paris saw the creation of a new kind of music called organum. Secular music was performed throughout Europe by the troubadours and trouvères of France. And it was during these "Middle Ages" that Western culture saw the appearance of the first great name in music, Guillaume de Machaut. The Last Supper by Tintoretto The Renaissance Generally considered to be from ca.1420 to 1600, the Renaissance (which literally means "rebirth") was a time of great cultural awakening and a flowering of the arts, letters, and sciences throughout Europe. With the rise of humanism, sacred music began for the first time to break free of the confines of the Church, and a school of...
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