A classical composer, wrote a well-known musical piece "The Planets". ... Gustav could play the piano, but as his neuritis in his hands worsen, he took up trombone, this allowed him to play in orchestras and earn an income. Since he didn't always earn enough money, he played his trombone on the pier for cash at Brighton during the summer. During this time, he wrote his first opera, called The Revoke, which was based on a card game. ... In 1900, Holst wrote a piece called Cotswold Symphony in memory of William Morris. ...

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Many times the concerto was played by the violin. ... Vivaldi Venice wrote Four Seasons in 1725 which consisted of 4 concertos of 3 movements a piece. He incorporated the technique of ritornello, or the act of returning to a tune after playing something else. Johann Sebastian Bach, probably the most recognized composer of the Baroque era wrote approximately 60 cantatas a year. ... All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself." ...

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For example, Vienna's small upper middle class generally played and composed music instead of paying professional musicians to play for them. ... These musicians often played in private and for leisure. ... " (Rice, pg. 211) Haydn was one of these music enthusiasts and he wrote many quartets with the expectation that his pieces would be played and executed by professional musicians. ... Haydn's "Surprise" was one of the six symphonies that he wrote. ... The "Emperor" piece was to be played in private, in which people came solely for the music. ...

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He completed 13 operas between 1900 and 1943, most of them derived from plays by classic authors. ... Wolf-Ferrari wrote most of his concerted works towards the end of his career, including the occasionally played Idillio-concertino for Oboe, Suite-Concertino for Bassoon, and Concertino for English Horn, in addition to largely ignored concertos for violin and for cello. ... He wrote chamber music, songs and song-cycles. ... Dunhill's Lyric Suite for bassoon was published in 1941 and is not a very commonly-played work. ...

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It all started when his family purchased an upright piano and Gershwin quickly learned to play it. ... Gershwin moved to California and wrote several film scores. ... Gershwin wrote many great works of art. ... Gershwin wrote this piece primarily for its production by Paul Whiteman and his jazz band. ... Gershwin wrote on his greatest operas in 1922, called Blue Monday. ...

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He wrote his first song at the young age of 4 and went on to write his first opera at the age of 12. He played for people who were very important, like high priests. ... While other children were playing in the streets, Mozart was either practicing or playing in front of people. ... The people he used to play for, started to think he was a spoiled brat and immature. ... I think that he should of took his gift more seriously and not be so big headed, he should be greatful that he can play like that and compose music as well as he could. ...

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As a child, Beethoven started to play music and was taught by Christian Neefe. ... Beethoven wrote a lot of music but compared to other great composers, he wrote very little. ... Oddly enough, these were the years that he wrote and performed his finest music. ...

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The ensemble played excellent and sounded excellent. ... A few of the horn players in the front played with quit exuberance, they were really into what they were playing. This was excellent because when the people playing the music are really getting into it, it makes you want to really get involved. ... Another interesting aspect that was worthy of note was the peace that was played by the horns upon which a student wrote. ... As well there was another performer with a pony tail that played very well, not only did he play well but he was also played two different instruments and getting a lot...

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Brahms wrote this work for Clara Schumann, the wife of Robert Schumann, both good friends. ... The next phrase begins the third theme with staccato notes played 2 against three creating a jumpy syncopated rhythm. Glances of the melodies prior appear in the notes played legato. Theme one returns this time in octaves played by the piano accompanied by the violin playing short staccato notes. Running scales followed played both instruments until the beginning theme returned the same as in the opening. ...

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He was one of the few composers who wrote operatic scores that included a part for the fife, a small flute capable only of playing tones form the diatonic scale. ... In Siciliana the timing is in twelfth eight meaning there is twelfth quaver pulses or four dotted crotchet beats and the piece should be played around forty four crochet beats per minute. ... In the forth movement Giga the timing is in the same timing as the third movement Siciliana and the piece should be played around a hundred and eight crochets per minute. This piece is to be played in a dancey, bright and colourful feeling...

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The day before his fifth birthday, young Mozart played a complicated song on the piano without slowing down which surprised his father. People of his time were amazed at how Mozart, a mere child, was able to play the piano so quickly and smoothly. ... When Wolfgang was in Paris, he performed five sonatas in the procession that he wrote when he was ten, and people walking through were impressed by his musical compositions. ... He played his best music, showing the king his many skills and touching the hearts of the people in the theater. ... During the years between 1771 and 1772, he wrote ...

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He was a bundle of energy; a school dropout at fifteen whose wrote the enormously successful Swanee at nineteen. ... He loved nothing more than parties where he could, and did, monopolize the evening at the piano, playing and singing his own works for the friends who adored him. ... This all changed when he became interested in music, and began playing the piano. ... As soon as it was moved in George sat down and began to play. ... They had no idea he was interested in music or where he learned how to play the piano. ...

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This makes playing his music quite challenging. ... He was greatly inspired by abstract impressionistic paintings and wrote incredibly long pieces. ... There is not much to say about Nancarrow except that his music was quite literally impossible to play with any exactness. ...

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It was not until the start of the 20th century concert music began to play a huge part in the rapidly maturing United States. ... He wrote for larger instrumentation's and composed several film scores. ... He wrote his first concert piece, "Half-Mast Inhibition," when he was seventeen years old; it was not recorded until twenty years later by a 22-piece orchestra with Gunther Schuller conducting. ...

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In music the Italians also dominated the field with composers like Corelli, known for his concerti grossi, Monteverdi, who wrote many operas, Scarlatti, and Vivaldi, the composer of many sacred works for the Catholic Church; but the Germans quickly assimilated the style with Bach, and Pachelbel becoming prominent in Germany and Handel becoming popular in both Germany and England, while Couperin was a French Baroque composer. A common element of baroque music is counterpoint, the writing of separate melodies played against each other by different groups of instruments in the same orchest...

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The popularity of tuba spread from that time and on with a help of few composers and performers who gave the sense of tuba playing to public. ... At the age of 15, this youngster mastermind wrote a play and a year later he composed his first operas. ... Frequently the tuba or string bass plays on the first and third beats of each measure, with the banjo or piano playing chords on beats two and four. ...

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Have you ever wondered why no one has been able to convincingly recreate a good sounding guitar or piano playing program into a computer to be endlessly manipulated and used by technology? The answer is simple, because they can't, there is no possible way for a computer program that can recreate the compassion and feeling needed to play an instrument. ... There have been many a time when I am recording an instrument for someone's beat and the engineer will tell me to record in segments, meaning I play the same riff on a loop until there is enough recorded so he can cut and paste the...

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She played keyboard pieces from 20th century for this concert. ... Rotterling, mainly composed of Korean drums played the music in different tunes. ... From what I learned from class, Mozart famously disliked the flute, despite the two exquisite concertos he wrote for the instrument. ... The musicians' flute playing bristled with life, and Elle Fearing's piano is a wonderful complement to the flute. ...

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As second orchestra sat and toned in and ready to play Bach's piece "Actus tragicus: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit-, I couldn't be more excited, just like I was waiting to see a blockbuster movie in theater. ... His unfinished Requiem is very mysterious and valuable piece, which he wrote before his death. ...

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Unlike Jimmy Buffet, Sting began his career in the light of the music-video television generation and has maintained a steam locomotive's momentum throughout the years of video and radio play with both his early band, the Police, and his success as a solo artist. ... One of his favorite lines is from a song he wrote with the Police. ... When it comes time to record it he conveys his written music to his musicians of the moment while he plays it for them either on the guitar or piano. ...

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In 1520, Luther wrote three treatises that laid the groundwork for the protestant church. ... HIs views on music were quite important as they played a large role in the development of Lutheran sacred music. ... John Walther who helped Martin Luther with his Deutsche Mass, played a significant role in the expansion of protestant music. ...

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The last movement was generally a rondo in which the soloist played a recurring refrain. ... It was for this basset clarinet and player, Mozart wrote the concerto for. ... The recapitulation resembles the solo exposition with the subject being played twice. The restatement of the second subject is played in the clarinet. ... The rondo form of the last movement was also typical of the era and allows the soloist to repeat themes or play a recurring refrain. ...

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In the footsteps of the most influential contemporary composer Richard Wagner, Modest Mussorsgy wrote both the music and the libretto to his opera. ... For example, from the very start of the opera the bassoons play the beginning theme which is a small simple melody. ... Much traditional folk music follows this patter as one simple melody can be played over and over in slightly different ways with different instruments and continue to be both interesting and enjoyable. ...

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Jazz has been an influence in many artist's work, from painting to other forms of music. Jazz is an American music form that was developed from African-American work songs. The white man began to imitate them in the 1920's and the music form caught on and became very popular. Two artists that were i...

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