Tag: Mendelssohn
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The Sonata Form Used In the Composition of Classical Music
Literally, the word sonata means a piece played as opposed to a cantata-a piece sung. In classical music sonatas [other than piano sonatas] are pieces written for an instrument that will usually involve piano accompaniment. For example, a violin sonata involves one violin and one piano. A violin sonata could also be described as a […]
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Five Beautiful Piano Concerto Movements
Along with the clarinet, the piano is my favorite instrument, and the piano concerto is my favorite genre of classical music. I love to be in the audience of a concert at Jones Hall with the great Houston Symphony Orchestra when there is a piano concerto on the program. There are so many beautiful piano […]
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Scotch Treats
There are three great classical music pieces from two classical music composers that come to mind when the country Scotland is mentioned. Both composers of those three pieces are ironically German composers in the Romantic Era of music. Felix Mendelssohn [1809 – 1847] Felix Mendelssohn had two pieces with a Scottish flavor, his Symphony #3 in […]
Classical Music With Big Mike 