Overture Essays

(Neil Butterworth, 1981) He accepted the position and he moved there with his family in September of that same year to become director. During his time in the United States, he would still compose multiple pieces, including my focus piece, Carnival Overture. Four years later though, he would move back to the Austrian Empire because he was homesick. His final years were very peaceful in the Austrian Empire. He would mainly compose operas at that time. During that time as well, his longtime friend Johannes

The “1812 Overture” is a piece commissioned by Tsar Alexander I, the king of Russia from 1801 to 1825. It is one of the few recognisable pieces during the romantic era composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It was written in 1880 to celebrate and honour Russia’s victory over Napoleon invasion during the French Revolution. The “1812 overture” was written to describe how Napoleon and his troops invaded Russia and how Russia had successfully defended its motherland. Tchaikovsky used

As my baton cut off the orchestra and the final chord of the Overture to Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro rang through the hall, a flood of thoughts came rushing through my brain. How was Mozart such a genius? Who was Mozart from the inside? What events from his life caused him to write such beautiful music? “Terrific rehearsal everyone! See you tomorrow for the concert.” Knowing that I would never have the opportunity to learn the answers to these questions, I packed up my music and walked out of rehearsal

Jump Jive an’ Wail was written and performed in 1939 by Louis Prima. He was a popular nightclub singer/trumpeter in 1930’s and 1940’s and a big band leader. As a trumpet player Prima composed and recorded some of the biggest hits of the big band era and wrote numerous swing music pieces. In 1956 he became the most popular act in Las Vegas as a live act. He recorded his album “The Wildest” live in April of 1956 at a casino lounge in Las Vegas. The album is considered one of swing music’s finest, and

At 9:00 on the 20th of October, Director Leonard Bernstein began the opening act to the YouTube Concert, the “Overture to Candide”, with an abrupt introduction, cutting in the London Symphony Orchestra before the applause had even died down. Following the first movement, Bernstein and the London Symphony took a leave of absence, replaced by Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra to perform Dvorak’s Humeresque, heard clear over the clatter of the IHop Express. Bernstein then returned, this

Concert Band Emperata Overture by Claude T. Smith (March 14, 1932 – December 13, 1987) Claude T. Smith is a well known name in the wind band world. He has composed over 112 wind band works, Emperata Overture being his first and, arguably, best known work. This overture is in ABA form and features many soloists. Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral by Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) arr. Cailliet Though Richard Wagner is primarily known for his orchestral works, many of his piece

Shakespeare’s genius for dramatic clarity has also inspired music, art, and dance in nearly every culture. Within classical music, Russian composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote “Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture” in 1869; Finnish composer Jean Sibelius wrote “The Tempest: Complete Incidental Music to Shakespeare” in 1926; and German composer Richard Wagner took influence from Measure for Measure for his opera “Das Liebesverbot” in 1834. William Shakespeare has also impacted the musical theatre

Should stay home moms get a salary from the government? A stay home parent should get a salary from the government because they work hard at being parents and they make sure the kids are ready for school, they make sure dinner is ready for the family, and they are the most important people in the family. Also they are the ones who makes sure the kids are taken care of. A stay home parent is an important person in society . The parents can help the kids learn life values at home.They

Beginning in the somber key of D minor, the overture begins slowly with the melody alternating between the low strings and low brass sections (Fiedler, Arthur). Although the overture has a relatively long introduction, the suspense built up is abruptly shattered by a sudden modulation to D major and an eruption into the first statement of the motif by the violins

of which, are very popular today. This did not include the drumline playing their cadence. The names of the songs are “Back to the Future Overture” from the movie back to the future, “Back in Black” by Ac Dc, “Get Back” by The Beetles, and “Firebird” by Igor Stravinsky. The opener that the East Tennessee Marching Bucs performed was “Back to the Future Overture”. This song started off with short, allegro drum break. After the drum break, the brass section came in with the melody. The woodwinds

The music that I chose from the Classical Era is Felix Mendelssohn a Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture. Born in Germany in 1809 Felix Mendelssohn grew up with music with his family being musicians and hosting Sunday evening shows. Mendelssohn was a child prodigy he began composing music when he was only ten years old and he was an extraordinary pianist. When he was a teenager Mendelssohn was already composing music for operas, Piano Concerto’s, and symphonies. Mendelssohn work was influenced by multiple

Don Giovanni to some “the finest opera ever written” is an opera with a mixture of seriousness, comedy, horror and jest. Unlike most of Mozart’s previous operas where the opening overture had no musical significance to the drama that proceeded, Don Giovanni was the first overture to involve the action. The overture begins slowly with heart-rending chords and an immediate ostinato rhythm in the strings. The additional use of the upward ascending and descending scalic passages in the first flute

Berger; he also later studied counterpoint and composition. By 9 years old, he had already performed in his first public concert and by 13, he was a prolific composer. One of the best known of his original works, which he composed at only 17, was his Overture to ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream.’ Mendelssohn was not only interested in music and attended lectures on aesthetics, history and geography at the Humboldt University of Berlin from 1826

Frederick Symphony Orchestra in Frederick, Maryland on June 12, 2015. The title of their concert was Swashbucklers and Buckaroos. They played a variety of songs, including: “William Tell Overture”, “Praire Night and Celebration”, “Saturday Night Waltz”, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Spiderman”, the “Corsaire Overture”, and “Robin Hood”. As I have taken lessons on a few instruments in the past, going to the concert brought back memories of songs and experiences. The instruments that were used in this

Armide from the Praise and Criticism of French Opera Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Armide consists of five acts and a beginning overture, called a prologue. This is in conformity to the Aristotelian ideal of length in the opera as a musical genre and in contrast to the Italian practices of the time. The French recitative and aria are the focus of Raguenet and Lecerf’s criticism and praise of French opera. This section will evaluate one of the Armide’s recitatives and arias in light of Raguenet and

Tchaikovsky, and Edward Elgar. The first piece titled, “Jubilee” by Carl Maria von Weber was a breathtaking overture. I found this overture to be fun and cheery, yet to also have soft, peaceful moments. The beginning of the piece is bold and loud, then it gradually fades into a light, eery rhythm with attention to the clarinets. This continued throughout the overture, going from a bold and loud rhythm to a soft and delicate rhythm and back again to the bold and loud rhythm. My favorite

performance featured Giuseppe Verdi’s Overture to Nabucco (1842) and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 E minor op.64 (1888). According to the program, Overture to Nabucco, one of Verdi’s first notable compositions, comes from his opera that centered on four Acts based on the biblical books about Nebuchadnezzar II. In addition, Symphony No. 5 E minor op.64 is founded on the idea of fate and one’s experience in the presence of fate. Giuseppe Verdi’s Overture to Nabucco introduced itself with

Before Act I begins, Arthur Miller gives a brief summary of what was occurring in Salem that lead to the witch trials. He refers to the ideas of taking attendance for church, long-held hatred, and land-lust. In the overture for Act I it states, “walk forth in the time of God’s worship to take notice of such as either lye about the meeting house, without attending to the word and ordinances, or that lye at home or in the fields without giving good account thereof,” (Act I Page 4). This is explaining

It is no doubt that Christmas is one of the most wonderful times of the year. People spend time with their families, they decorate their homes with loads of Christmas things, and they set out to see the most reputable show of all time the Nutcracker. Whether it’s a broad way show, an orchestra playing, or just the movie of the nutcracker playing on the television, the nutcracker is what makes Christmas so special for so many little children and adults across America every year. This year I decided

There has constantly been attempts to create an elusive, surreal sense to the music. Though the term “fantasy” is hard to be defined, composers have strived to convey the sense of fantasy. From Rachmaninov’s Fantaisie-tableaux, to Debussy’s Fantasie, to Tchaikovsky’s Fantastische Variationen, composers utilized different harmonies, rhythms, and styles to their “fantasy”. Adaptation of supernatural events and characters is one attempt of the fantasy. Before 18th century, the range of the supernatural