... or for groups of gentlemen amateurs to play in their homes. As the new phenomenon arose, groups of people, both amateurs and professionals, gave concerts for their own pleasure and for others who came to hear them. The concerts of court orchestras were often opened to a paying public. During the late eighteenth century, concert life developed rapidly; traveling virtuosos went from city ... to city organizing concerts in each, while local musicians often gave annual benefit concerts. The concept of a public that came to concerts to listen was a novel one, demanding a novel approach to co...

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... class students also greatly contributed to breaking the class barrier of Venetian society, Venice was a paradise for music lovers where the number of concerts held during the Baroque period was beyond compare (Heller, 1997). In the early 1600s, the sacred music of late-Renaissance in the ... from other Venetian ospedali (Edwards, 2010; Stevens, 2000). By comparing concert programs of the four ospedali during that time, they suggest that in festive concerts, most repertoires performed in the Pietà were instrumental based (Berdes, 1993; Heller, 1997). Based on the evidence provided, it ...

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... , specifically in African-Americans, then attendance to arts performances will also increase. During the study conducted in 1997, African-Americans most frequented Jazz Concerts, Asians most frequented Opera concerts, Pays, and attend Art Museums, and Whites most frequented Classical Music concerts, Ballets, and Musicals. In comparing whites to all other ethnicities dance performances attract a similar attendance across ethnic groups and classical music has ... ...

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... symmetrical structures. Also for some reason many composers found inspiration in folk melodies. One of the very important developments in the Classical Era was the growth of public concerts. The increasing popularity of public concerts led to a growth in the popularity of the orchestra as well, to the enlargement in the number of musicians and the number of orchestras overall. Chamber music ... was still played however they now needed much more public spaces to hold orchestral concerts. As a result, symphonic music and opera became more and more present in the world and enjoyed by many....

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... . This state allows for man to become one with the universal will of man. One forgets individual pain and suffering and taps into a collective will or emotion. Not unlike large concerts of today, one loses their individual suffering and becomes submerged in a common experience and feels a sense of oneness with an otherwise heterogeneous crowd. It is most beautifully described by Nietzsche ... and loses all boundaries of self. The heterogeneous crowd made up of people from many different races and ethnicities come together as one. I have felt this feeling myself at many concerts of being ...

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... community, ultimately hoping for a chance at equality. Unlike the rock and roll ages, when male musicians ruled the stage, the independent music scene is now taking a more feminism approach with concerts entirely ran and performed by women. Burger Records, an independent record label based out of Fullerton, California, has proven themselves as feminism friendly as they have hosted an event titled ... ...

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... them as "enemies" or cultural imperialists (Fairley, 2001, p. 279). Unreservedly, I disagree with Glanville's critical stance because I recognize that these enthusiasts are dedicated in putting out records and organizing concerts to promote world music in a global spotlight because they want more people to know about a type of music they have discovered and are passionate about. In its concept, world music ... ...

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... a piece live rather than the pre recorded track. A performance is "public" if it takes place in a public place and the audience is outside of a normal circle of friends. This includes concerts, nightclubs, restaurants etc. Public performance also includes broadcast and cable television, radio, and any other transmitted performance of a live song. Music piracy is the distribution and sale of music that ... ...

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... . "Inspired by the anti-drug furor ignited by federal get-tough policies, Indiana attorney general Theodore Sendak proposed legislation in 1973 that would similarly get tough on large outdoor rock concerts, which Sendak referred to as "drug supermarkets."" Shortly after Indiana legislators adopted the proposal, they realized that they had also mistakenly outlawed the popular Indy 500 race."" (Nuzum 145). Then ... ...

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... studies, his mother sent him to the University of Leipzig for law study. Although he worked the best he could, he hated them and found comfort by attending the Gewandhaus concerts, socializing with musical friends, and continuing piano study with a gifted Leipzig teacher, Friedrich Wieck. It was this division of studies and energy between a duty he loathed and an expressive activity ... ...

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... studies, his mother sent him to the University of Leipzig for law study. Although he worked the best he could, he hated them and found comfort by attending the Gewandhaus concerts, socializing with musical friends, and continuing piano study with a gifted Leipzig teacher, Friedrich Wieck. It was this division of studies and energy between a duty he loathed and an expressive activity ... ...

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... be withdrawn from the corrupting influence of publicity; that is,they must not be inspired by a spirit of competitions and must be indepenent of applause and expression of disapproval". The concerts took place on Mondays, in the ceremonial hall of the Schwarzwald schools and later in the ceremonial hall of the Society of Engineers and Architects. In relations to the establishment ... ...

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... desensitises them for several reasons. Firstly, they expect violence at these shows and some fans even go there solely for the purpose to be violent towards each other. Secondly, these concerts are very popular and encourage violence from the start, this desensitises violence because it is nothing new to these arenas and therefore today's youth think nothing of hurting other fans ... ...

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... Vivaldi tells him to play. Not forgetting the wife, who is also involved in the struggle, however subtle, is alongside with how she appreciates the performance. Does she attend these concerts just to watch her husband play or is it because she really likes Vivaldi's works? She represents the mass audiences that either appreciate the composer or admire the virtuoso. In ... ...

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... a free-lance musician. Mozart's first couple of years in Vienna were very fruitful, his opera's were popular in the public and both the nobility and the Emperor himself attended his concerts. Going against his father wishes Mozart married Constanze Weber who had no money and was as impossible as Mozart was. In 1786 Mozart published The Marriage of Figaro and the ... ...

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