I. Symphony of Consternation
1. Introduction
Haydn's Symphony of Consternation was written in 1791, and it is said that the aristocrats in London at that time were the frequent guests of the concert, but they came to listen to Haydn's concert just to show their so-called elegant taste, and there they were attached to the elegance of the orchestra, and dozed off every time the orchestra was playing. Haydn was so angry when he found out that he wrote this Symphony of Consternation.
The theme is in the style of the simplest folk song, sounding like a nursery rhyme, played softly by the violins and repeated even more softly, before the orchestra bursts into a loud chord that jolts you out of your senses, which is called the "Stunner". The form of this movement is a theme and four variations.
2, the author of the introduction
Franz Joseph Haydn (Franz Joseph Haydn, March 31, 1732 - May 31, 1809), also known as Haydn, Haydn, Kaidin, the founder of the Vienna School of Classical Music, the father of the symphony, was born in the south of Austria, near the border of Hungary. The scenic village of Rohrau.
Haydn is an important and influential composer in the history of world music. He was the first representative of the Viennese School of Classical Music and a composer with a creative spirit.
Haydn's music is humorous, bright, and contains religious transcendence. He developed the sonata form from the piano to the string repertoire, and he was the founder of the instrumental dominant, which completely assimilated the independent voices of the traditional counterpoint method, and unfolded the thematic development on its own.
Later in his life, he visited England to receive a doctorate in music from Oxford University, and was influenced by Handel, as well as by Mozart, producing melodic and lyrical overtones, and the emergence of a style similar to that of the Baroque. He replaced the piano with a string quartet and the organ with an orchestra, creating two new forms of harmonic performance.
Haydn, together with Mozart and Beethoven, were the three outstanding representatives of the Viennese classical school.
The Radetzky March
1. Introduction
The Radetzky March, an orchestral piece, was composed by Austrian composer Johann Strauss Sr. in 1848. It is the most famous masterpiece of Johann Sr. and is often used as the last piece in popular orchestral concerts. The famous Vienna New Year's Concert always ends with this piece every year, and it has become a tradition.
2, the author of the introduction
Johann Baptist Strauss (Johann Baptist Strauss), born on March 14, 1804 in Vienna, and later the family moved to Vienna, Johann Strauss Sr. by his father's influence, from the elementary school violin, and then from the teacher of the Vienna Opera House fiddler Iglacz von Hughli
The family moved to Vienna, where Johann Strauss Sr.
After 1817, he played viola in the popular dance orchestra led by Micha?l Panp??, and in 1819 he played viola in Josef Lerner's Viennese Waltz Orchestra, which he sometimes conducted.
In 1825 he married Maria Anna Strahm and had three sons, at which time he left Lerner and formed an orchestra of his own, for which he wrote a number of pieces.
Johann Strauss, Sr. died in Vienna on September 25, 1849, at the age of forty-five.
Three: "Revolutionary Etudes"
1. Introduction
This Etude of Chopin expresses the grief and indignation of Chopin after the failure of the Warsaw Revolution. Therefore, it was named "Revolutionary" Etude by later generations. The whole piece is a stirring and furious one, y reflecting Chopin's feelings after the fall of Warsaw and the failure of the uprising, and the inspiring melody expresses the cries and struggles of the Polish people.
2. Introduction of the Author
Friedrich Francois Chopin (F.F. Chopin, 1810-1849) was a 19th century Polish composer and pianist.
Born in Poland in 1810; Chopin began composing in 1817; made his debut in 1818; and studied composition and music theory at the National Higher School of Music in Warsaw from 1822 to 1829.
Since 1829, he toured Europe as a composer and pianist. After the failure of the Warsaw Uprising, he settled in Paris, where he taught and composed. 1849, Chopin died of tuberculosis in Paris.?
Chopin was one of the most influential and popular piano composers in history, one of the most important figures in the history of Polish music, and a representative of 19th-century Romantic music in Europe.
His works are based on Polish folk songs and dances, but at the same time, he was y influenced by Bach, mostly piano pieces, known as the "Romantic Piano Poet".
Four, "Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major"
1, the introduction
"Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major" (The Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, also known as the "Heroic Symphony"), is a symphony of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, composed in 1804, opus 55. .
The first movement of the symphony depicts the hero growing up in battle; the second movement is a funeral march, also original to Beethoven; the third movement is a harmonic cadenza; and the fourth movement is a triumphal march-like finale.
This symphony is full of innovative spirit from content to form, with exuberant feelings, huge length, and new and free harmonies and rhythms. He made innovations in the structure of the piece, such as using a solemn funeral march as the second movement and a harmonic as the third movement, which are unprecedented. The whole piece is magnificent.
2, the author of the introduction
Ludwig van Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, December 16, 1770 - March 26, 1827), was born in Bonn, Germany, one of the representatives of the Vienna School of Classical Music, the European Classical period composers.
Beethoven spent his childhood under his father's strict and harsh education, which created his stubborn, sensitive and agitated character, and at the age of 22, he began to settle in Vienna for the rest of his life, and his Third Symphony, which was composed between 1803 and 1804, marked the maturity stage of his composition.
Over the next 20 years, his numerous musical works, through the strong artistic influence and grandeur, pushed classical music to the peak, and heralded the arrival of Romantic music in the 19th century.
Beethoven died on March 26, 1827, at the age of 57 in Vienna.
V. Requiem
1. Introduction
The Requiem's words are basically the same as those of an ordinary Mass, but the Gloria and Credo are omitted, and the Dies irae is added.
It is called a requiem because the first line of the cantata begins with the words "Requiem aeternam", and the first line reads "Grant them, O Lord, eternal rest". The term "Requiem" is more musically accepted, while the Church generally translates it as a memorial song.
2. Author's Introduction
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (English: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, January 27, 1756 - December 5, 1791), born in Salzburg during the Holy Roman Empire, was a European classical music composer.
In 1760, he began to study composition. Mozart lived a life of wandering and toil. the cold winter of 1762, the young Wolfgang and his sister Nannell's European tour kicked off.
After traveling from Munich and Linz to Vienna, where he was received by Francis I, he arrived in France via Bonn, Cologne, and Brussels, where he briefly hit a wall in Paris before regrouping in England, where the years he spent in Italy provided an unlimited source of Mozart's later operatic compositions.
In 1773, frustrated in Italy, Mozart returned to his hometown, moving from a cramped fourth-floor apartment on Grain Street to No. 8 Piazza delle Macatte in the new town across the Salz River.
In Salzburg, Mozart was appointed chief musician at the archbishop's court, but this phase of his life was marked by melancholy and depression. The new archbishop, Colorado, made Mozart acutely aware of Salzburg's conservative closeness.
In 1781, Mozart traveled to Vienna to begin a 10-year career in composition, and on December 5, 1791, at 0:55 a.m., he died at the age of 35, cause of death unknown.
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