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Modest Mussorgsky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, 1870 Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: Моде́ст Петро́вич Мýсoргский ; IPA: [mɐˈdʲest ˈmusərkskʲɪj] ; 21 March [ O.S. 9 March] 1839 – 28 March [ O.S. 16 March] 1881) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as " The Five ". He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period.
Boris Godunov (Russian: Борис Годунов , original orthography Борисъ Годуновъ , Borís Godunóv ) is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881). The work was composed between 1868 and 1873 in Saint Petersburg , Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his masterpiece. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Its subjects are the Russian ruler Boris Godunov , who reigned as Tsar (1598 to 1605) during the Time of Troubles , and his nemesis , the False Dmitriy (reigned 1605 to 1606).
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The Five - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Five , also known as The Mighty Handful , The Mighty Five , or The Mighty Coterie ( Russian : Могучая кучка , Moguchaya kuchka ), refers to a circle of composers who met in Saint Petersburg , Russia , in the years 1856–1870: Mily Balakirev (the leader), César Cui , Modest Mussorgsky , Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Borodin . The group had the aim of producing a specifically Russian kind of art music, rather than one that imitated older European music or relied on European-style conservatory training. In a sense, they were a branch of the Romantic Nationalist movement in Russia, sharing similar artistic goals with the Abramtsevo Colony and Russian Revival . In May 1867 the critic Vladimir Stasov wrote an article, Mr. Balakirev's Slavic Concert , on a concert given for visiting Slav delegations to the "All-Russian Ethnographical Exhibition" in Moscow.
Anton Bruckner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anton Bruckner (4 September 1824 ( 1824-09-04 ) – 11 October 1896 ( 1896-10-11 ) ) was an Austrian composer known for his symphonies , masses , and motets . The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism because of their rich harmonic language, strongly polyphonic character, and considerable length. [ 1 ] Bruckner's compositions helped to define contemporary musical radicalism, owing to their dissonances , unprepared modulations , and roving harmonies . Unlike other musical radicals, such as Richard Wagner or Hugo Wolf who fit the enfant terrible mould, Bruckner showed extreme humility before other musicians, Wagner in particular. This apparent dichotomy between Bruckner the man and Bruckner the composer hampers efforts to describe his life in a way that gives a straightforward context for his music.Antonín Dvořák - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( English pronunciation: /ˈdvɔrʒɑːk/ DVOR -zhahk or /dɨˈvɔrʒæk/ di- VOR -zhak ; Czech: [ˈantoɲiːn ˈlɛopolt ˈdvor̝aːk] ( listen ) ; September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904) was a Czech composer of late Romantic music , who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia . Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". [ 1 ] His works include symphonic , choral and chamber music , concerti , operas and many of other orchestral and vocal-instrumental pieces. His best-known works include his New World Symphony , the Slavonic Dances , "American" String Quartet , the opera Rusalka , Cello Concerto in B minor and choral works Stabat Mater , Requiem and Te Deum . Today, he is considered to be one of the most important Romantic composers not only of the Czech Republic but the whole world.
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (September 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944) was an American composer and pianist . She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music. Most of her compositions and performances were under the name Mrs. H.H.A.
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Johannes Brahms ( pronounced [joːˈhanəs ˈbʁaːms] ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period . Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene. In his lifetime, Brahms's popularity and influence were considerable; following a comment by the nineteenth-century conductor Hans von Bülow , he is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the Three Bs .
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Symphony No. 4 (Brahms) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Symphony No. 4 in E minor , Op. 98 by Johannes Brahms is the last of his symphonies . Brahms began working on the piece in Mürzzuschlag . then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire , in 1884, just a year after completing his Symphony No. 3 , and completed it in 1885. [ edit ] Instrumentation The symphony is scored for two flutes (one doubling on piccolo ), two oboes , two clarinets , two bassoons , contrabassoon , four horns , two trumpets , three trombones , timpani , triangle (third movement only), and strings .
Passacaglia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The passacaglia ( Italian: [pasːaˈkaʎːa] , English: /pæsəˈkɑːliə/ ) is a musical form that originated in early seventeenth-century Spain and is still used by contemporary composers. It is usually of a serious character and is often, but not always, based on a bass- ostinato and written in triple metre . [ edit ] Origins and features The term passacaglia ( Spanish : pasacalle ; French : passacaille ; Italian: passacaglia , passacaglio , passagallo , passacagli , passacaglie ) derives from the Spanish pasar (to walk) and calle (street). It originated in early 17th century Spain as a Spanish : rasgueado ( strummed ) interlude between instrumentally accompanied dances or songs.
Developing variation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In music composition , developing variation is a formal technique in which the concepts of development and variation are united in that variations are produced through the development of existing material. Though the term was coined by Arnold Schoenberg , inventor of the twelve-tone technique , he felt it was one of the most important compositional principles since around 1750 [ 1 ] : Music of the homophonic - melodic style of composition, that is, music with a main theme , accompanied by and based on harmony , produces its material by, as I call it, developing variation . This means that variation of the features of a basic unit produces all the thematic formulations which provide for fluency, contrasts, variety, logic and unity, on the one hand, and character, mood, expression, and every needed differentiation, on the other hand--thus elaborating the idea of the piece.Piano Quintet (Brahms) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Piano Quintet in F minor , Op. 34, by Johannes Brahms was completed during the summer of 1864 [ 1 ] and published in 1865. [ 2 ] It was dedicated to Her Royal Highness the Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine . Like most piano quintets , it is written for piano and string quartet (two violins , viola and cello ). The work began life as a string quintet (completed in 1862 and scored for two violins, viola and two cellos). Brahms transcribed the quintet into a sonata for two pianos (in which form Brahms and Carl Tausig performed it) before taking its final form.Johannes Brahms around 1866 A German Requiem, To Words of the Holy Scriptures , Op . 45 (German: Ein deutsches Requiem, nach Worten der heiligen Schrift ) by Johannes Brahms , is a large-scale work for chorus , orchestra , and a soprano and a baritone soloist, composed between 1865 and 1868. It comprises seven movements , which together last 65 to 80 minutes, making this work Brahms's longest composition. A German Requiem is sacred but non-liturgical, and unlike a long tradition of the Latin Requiem , A German Requiem , as its title states, is a Requiem in the German language . [ edit ] History Brahms's mother died in February 1865, a loss that caused him much grief and may well have inspired Ein deutsches Requiem .
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Symphony No. 1 (Brahms) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, is a symphony written by Johannes Brahms . Brahms spent at least fourteen years completing this work, whose sketches date from 1854. Brahms himself declared that the symphony, from sketches to finishing touches, took 21 years, from 1855 to 1876. The premiere of this symphony, conducted by the composer's friend Felix Otto Dessoff , occurred on November 4, 1876, in Karlsruhe , then in the Grand Duchy of Baden . A typical performance lasts between 45 and 50 minutes. [ edit ] InstrumentationGiacomo Meyerbeer [ 1 ] (5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a noted German opera composer , and the first great exponent of " grand opera ." At his peak in the 1830s and 1840s, he was the most famous and successful composer of opera in Europe, yet he is rarely performed today. He was born to a Jewish family in Tasdorf (now a part of Rüdersdorf ), near Berlin with the name Jacob Liebmann Beer . His father was the enormously wealthy financier Jacob Judah Herz Beer (1769-1825) and his much-beloved mother, Amalia Liebmann Meyer Wulff (1767-1854) also came from the wealthy elite. Their other children included the astronomer Wilhelm Beer and the poet Michael Beer . [ 2 ] Statue of Meyerbeer in the Belgian town of Spa , where he stayed many times
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Georges Bizet ( French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ bizɛ] ) formally Alexandre César Léopold Bizet , (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875) was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen , became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory. During a brilliant student career at the Conservatoire de Paris , Bizet won many prizes, including the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1857.