Posted in: Classical by eddiego65 on August 21, 2010 | 6 Comments
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) was a Venetian composer and virtuoso violinist, who made significant contributions to the concerto form and style of late Baroque music.
Posted in: Classical by Alistair Briggs on January 31, 2010 | 7 Comments
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756. He died at the still tender age of 35. During his lifetime he composed over 600 works and is rightly thought of as one of the classical greats. Despite his success, by the time of his death, Mozart was poor.
Posted in: Classical by Bazza1972 on January 24, 2010 | 0 Comments
Mozart and the Beatles of course produced their creative works of music in differing time periods, yet in many respects both composed or made groundbreaking musical works. The impact and also the legacies of the creative works of Mozart and the Beatles are thus contrasted with each other here.
Posted in: Classical by clavier on January 14, 2010 | 2 Comments
A brief background on Mozart’s one-act comedy opera The Impresario.
Posted in: Classical by clavier on January 14, 2010 | 1 Comment
Undeniably, it has comic elements, but spiritual threads where also interwoven with it throughout the opera.
Posted in: Classical by clavier on January 14, 2010 | 1 Comment
The work is sui generis, incomparable and enigmatic from the evening of its first performance to its present day.
Posted in: Classical by clavier on January 6, 2010 | 1 Comment
A brief background on Mozart’s opera Cosi fan tutte.
Posted in: Classical by Videomark on January 3, 2010 | 13 Comments
Classical music is a great art form filled with style and elegance. I can appreciate the complexities and painstaking detail that goes into each composition and I owe it all to Bugs Bunny cartoons.
Posted in: Classical by Cycria the Strange on December 25, 2009 | 0 Comments
Hector Berlioz was a French composer. He wrote plenty of programme music, which is music based on objects or scenes, as it was his passion. His music was not fully appreciated until many years after he died.
Posted in: Classical by Julz bABY on November 26, 2009 | 0 Comments
Analysis of Mozart’s work for music exams etc.
