Transcript Musicians
Musicians CCHS Academic Team Baroque Period – 1600’s into 1700’s • Highly complex, ornate music • Often very fast, rapid changes of key and meter. • Claudio Monteverdi • Johnan Pachelbel • Antonio Vivaldi • George Frideric Handel • J.S. Bach • Henry Purcell Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741 • Italian Baroque composer & violinist • Ordained as a priest • “The Red Priest” • The Four Seasons (Violin Concertos) Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 • Baroque composer & organist • His children were also musicians • Goldberg Variations • Brandenberg Concertos • Mass in B Minor • The Well-Tempered Clavier • The Art of Fugue • St. Matthew Passion George Frideric Handel 1685-1759 Baroque composer Born in Germany; moved to England King of England: George I/George II Music for the Royal Fireworks Water Music Messiah (Hallelujah Chorus) – Oratorio (large musical composition for orchestra, choir, soloists) • Zadok the Priest (played at coronations) • • • • • • Classical Period (1750-1830) • Lighter, clearer texture than Baroque. • Less complex than Baroque • Standardization of orchestra • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Joseph Haydn • Ludwig von Beethoven (sorta) • Nicolo Paganini Joseph Haydn 1732-1809 • • • • • • • • • Classical Austrian composer “Father of the Symphony” Friend of Mozart, teacher of Beethoven Lived in Vienna, traveled to London Oratorios: The Seasons, Creation Over 100 Symphonies!!! Surprise Symphony (No. 94) London Symphony Clock Symphony Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791 • German/Austrian Classical composer • Child prodigy… traveled and performed • Most famously lived in Vienna • Friend of Haydn • “A Little Night Music” (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) • • • • • Opera: The Magic Flute Opera: Don Giovanni Opera: Marriage of Figaro Jupiter Symphony (No. 41) Requiem: Unfinished Ludwig von Beethoven 1770-1827 • German composer and pianist • Classical/Romantic transition era • Moved to Vienna in 1792. Studied with Haydn • Hearing loss – almost deaf by end of life • Third Symphony – Eroica (Napoleon) • Only opera: Fidelio • Famed Ninth Symphony • Kreutzer Sonata • Moonlight Sonata