Igor Stravinsky's The Rite Of Spring

Nijinsky parents were his first teachers and taught him the basics of ballet. Nijinsky got his first taste of the stage at the age of just seven, where he made his professional debut as a chimney sweep in a comedic circus dance performance. After moving to St Petersburg with his family at the age of nine, Nijinsky auditioned for and was one of the fifteen boys accepted into the prestigious Imperial Theatrical School, a school of classical ballet that has since been renamed, The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. Discipline was relentless, but drive and love of the dance flourished among students, making this the perfect place for a young, indefatigable Vaslav Nijinsky. He was a substandard student academically.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is a famous Russian composer that has written many well known works. He has written some of the world's greatest classical and romantic melodies and has written some of the world's famous ballet music. His three most famous ballets include Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and The Sleeping Beauty. Born on May 7th, 1840 in Votkinsk Russia, the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky became a musician at an early age. At age four he was already loving music.

The length of this movement itself (691 measures) is as long as a whole symphony in the previous generation and it is what made this movement ‘heroic’. Beethoven treated the main melody in this movement like a character in a drama. Beethoven started an unusual trend in the exposition by letting the cello play the pastoral theme which outlines an E-flat major triad. The triple meter is another bizarre trait, yet when it’s combined with the tempo of this movement; it reminds the listener of Deutsche peasant dance. The primary theme (see fig.

Tchaikovsky was interested in music growing up. One time, before he took formal music lessons, he was so into a rhythm that he was tapping it on a stain glass window. The window broke and young Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky was cut in the hand. This is when Tchaikovsky’s parents thought it was time to get him a music teacher. That said, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev are two of the leading composers in the 19th century.

George Balanchine, perhaps the most famous choreographer of all time is mainly credited for the rise of ballet in America. Not only did he build the New York City Ballet, he refurbished the ballet technique of Beauchamp and Ebreo, and infused it with all the came afterwards to create his own unique style of dance (Buckle, p.53). Balanchine was known for having a very imaginative process where he would coach the dancers in the style of movement he visualized (usually based off of something he’s seen) and the steps would come later. This is different than Beauchamp’s supposed process that relied greatly on the musical composition that anything else. When ballet spread to Russia, we also began to see an influence of the Imperial Russian Classicism and Communist ideals in the ballet

Franz Joseph Haydn was among the makers of the principal kinds of traditional music, and his impact upon later writers is gigantic. Haydn 's most praised student was Ludwig van Beethoven, and his melodic frame throws an enormous shadow over the music of ensuing writers, for example, Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Brahms. Franz Joseph Haydn was enrolled at age 8 to the sing in the choir at St. Stephen 's Cathedral in Vienna, where he went ahead to figure out how to play violin and console. After he exited the choir, he upheld himself by educating and playing the violin, while considering contrast and

He gave up studying law to take on a career as a virtuoso pianist, but a hand injury prevented him to pursue his dream to become the finest pianist in Europe. He then invested all his time and effort to compose. Schumann at first composed solely for piano until 1840, after which he composed for piano and orchestra in his later years. His works included: four symphonies, many Lieder, an opera, concerto and other choral, chamber and orchestral works. Schumann 's remarkable skill to express delicate and profound emotions is evident in works such as his collection of short piano pieces, Phantasiestücke (Fantastic Pieces) and in the song cycle Dichterliebe.

From research I have learned a lot about the background of this piece and about Haydn himself. Joseph Haydn wrote music for patron Nikolaus Esterhazy but also wrote pieces and works for sale to the general public. He composed six quartets of Op.33 in the summer and autumn of 1781 for the Viennese publisher Artaria. Haydn said in a letter to Artaria that the quartets were ‘a new and entirely special kind’. A new feature that Haydn included in this quartet was naming the minuet movement in each quartet Scherzo meaning ‘joke’ in Italian.

9 in D minor opus 125, represents the height of Beethoven’s creativity and intelligence and in a sense can be regarded as a culmination of the trauma he endured because of his loss of hearing. Furthermore, the work is a very powerful force and especially if it is experienced live. One understands and appreciates the sheer genius that was Ludwig van Beethoven and this work, even though it is over 190 years old, is still able to resonate with audiences all over the world. The last movement is one of my favourite pieces of music to listen to and analyse because of the emotional, creative and intellectual thinking it entails. The recording I listened to was the Folsom Symphony and Sacramento Master Singers "Glorious Beethoven" March 25, 2012.

The Tchaikovsky violin concerto is extremely popular and devilishly difficult to play thus carry the label as the pinnacle of the performance career. Tchaikovsky began his violin concerto in March 1878 and completed it on April 11.Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto was greatly affected by violinist Yosif Kotek during the compositional process. Kotek works with Tchaikovsky in the earlier stages of composition and there is also evidence to suggest that Kotek was the inspiration for the conception of the piece. It sprung in desperation but burst in fame. It is packed with Tchaikovsky’s typically exciting Russian tunes and explosive violin stunts.

Harold Prince was born on January 30, 1928 in New York city. Since a young age, Harold Prince was surrounded by theater. He was taken to a broadway show by his theater loving parents, and it was then that he discovered his love and interest for theater. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at age 19, hoping to make his debut in the theater world. He started off with a sole interest in serious drama, however, in 1945 after seeing the musical On the Town, he found himself drawn to musical drama.

1and Lyric for Strings in 1946. In the year of 1950, Walker became the first black instrumentalist to be signed on by the National Concert Artists, a major management and corporation of music. In 1954, Walker left the United States and got to tour seven different European countries and he also got to play his music in each of them, making his music and composition more widely known, expressed, and loved. When he returned to the United States that same year, he taught at the Dillard University in New Orleans for one year. In 1955, after he finished teaching, he went and began earning the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree Program at the most famously known Eastman School of Music.

However, throughout the school’s prosperous years, The Juilliard School of Music has had 6 presidents, created additional divisions with superb instructors and the school altered its name and relocated to a lively center in New York. An article published by The Juilliard School’s dance division, “History,” states, “The Juilliard School’s Dance Division was established in 1951 during William Schuman’s tenure as the School’s president. Its first director was Martha Hill” (Par. 1). Martha Hill was an inspiring dance instructor who taught at The Juilliard School of Music when the dance division was established in 1945.

Michael created his own ballet, "On Stage," (1945) this was his first and only work for Ballet Theatre. His outstanding work landed him an opportunity with Broadway. Although he won a Tony Award for his choreography in E.Y. Harburg 's "Finians Rainbow," this was Michael 's first and only Broadway production. "I wanted a more rounded, more outgoing career than I could have with ballet."

The San Diego Ballet performed Romeo and Juliet at the Old Town Temecula Theatre on October the 25th. This dance company uses music from a famous composer Sergei Prokofiev and the choreography was done by Javier Velasco. Velasco explains that his focus was centered on the two young people in love, Romeo and Juliet. He wanted to give the audience a glimpse of the first sensation of one’s true love. It was decided by Javier Velasco to select a smaller cast of colorful characters that would help bring a clear perspective between the feuding families, the entire performance lasted ninety minutes.