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4 days ago · However, as the 18th century progressed, musical tastes began to shift. The Enlightenment brought about a renewed emphasis on reason, clarity, and order. These ideals found expression in the arts, including music. Composers of the classical era sought to create music that was more balanced, structured, and accessible to a wider audience.
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4 days ago · What did Mozart contribute to Western music? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (born January 27, 1756, Salzburg, archbishopric of Salzburg [Austria]—died December 5, 1791, Vienna) was an Austrian composer, widely recognized as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. With Haydn and Beethoven he brought to its height the ...
- Who was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91) was an Austrian composer. Mozart composed music in several genres, including opera and symphony. His most famous...
- How old was Mozart when he began playing music?Mozart was a child prodigy. His father—a talented violinist—taught him basic notes on the harpsichord. Mozart composed his first piece of music in...
- What are Mozart’s most famous compositions?Mozart wrote in all the popular genres of his time, and he excelled in every one. He wrote several successful operas, including The Marriage of Fig...
- What did Mozart contribute to Western music?Mozart was not a revolutionary musician. He rarely experimented with musical form, and he often recycled successful structural formulations in his...
1 day ago · By the 20th century, stylistic unification gradually dissipated while the prominence of popular music greatly increased. Many composers actively avoided past techniques and genres in the lens of modernism, with some abandoning tonality in place of serialism, while others found new inspiration in folk melodies or impressionist sentiments.
5 days ago · Benjamin Britten. Britten in 1968, by Hans Wild. Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces.
5 days ago · Henry Purcell, English composer of the middle Baroque period, most remembered for his more than 100 songs; a tragic opera, Dido and Aeneas; and his incidental music to a version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream called The Fairy Queen. Learn more about Purcell’s life and music.
4 days ago · Siagian and Schumann apparently opted not to include jazzy pieces (the sole exception is The Entertainer), 20th century modernism, or more contemporary music. Indeed, in their Preface they cite 1927 as their cutoff year due to later works not being in the public domain. This focused scope enhances a coherent sense of definition and purpose ...
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