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Symphony No. 10 (Mozart)
The Symphony No. 10 in G major, K. 74, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart probably during his first journey to Italy in the spring of 1770. The symphony is scored for two oboes, two horns and strings. The duration is approximately 9 minutes. : \relative c The symphony is in the form of an Italian overture and consists of the following movements: #Allegro, – Andante, #Allegro, (No tempo assignments are given in the autograph score.) The ''andante'' section is not written as a separate movement, but as the second part of the opening movement, following immediately after a double barline at measure 118. The autograph score of the work, which does not contain any additional remarks by Mozart, bears the remark "Ouverture zur Oper Mitridate" (''Ouverture to the opera Mitridate'') by the hand of Johann Anton André Johann Anton André (6 October 1775 – 6 April 1842) was a German composer and music publisher of the Classical period, best known for his central plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheet Music
Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of musical notation that uses List of musical symbols, musical symbols to indicate the pitches, rhythms, or chord (music), chords of a song or instrumental Musical composition, musical piece. Like its analogs – printed Book, books or Pamphlet, pamphlets in English, Arabic, or other languages – the medium of sheet music typically is paper (or, in earlier centuries, papyrus or parchment). However, access to musical notation since the 1980s has included the presentation of musical notation on computer screens and the development of scorewriter Computer program, computer programs that can notate a song or piece electronically, and, in some cases, "play back" the notated music using a synthesizer or virtual instrumentation, virtual instruments. The use of the term "sheet" is intended to differentiate written or printed forms of music from sound recordings (on vinyl record, compact cassette, cassette, Compact disc, CD), radio or Telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphonies By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning common today: a work usually consisting of multiple distinct sections or movements, often four, with the first movement in sonata form. Symphonies are almost always scored for an orchestra consisting of a string section (violin, viola, cello, and double bass), brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments which altogether number about 30 to 100 musicians. Symphonies are notated in a musical score, which contains all the instrument parts. Orchestral musicians play from parts which contain just the notated music for their own instrument. Some symphonies also contain vocal parts (e.g., Beethoven's Ninth Symphony). Etymology and origins The word ''symphony'' is derived from the Greek word (), meaning "agreement or concord of sound", "concert of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Allroggen
Gerhard Allroggen (born 19 May 1936) is a German musicologist and ''emeritus'' University professor from Detmold and Paderborn. Life Born in Bochum, Allroggen gained his habilitation in 1976 at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. From 1977 he was professor at the of the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. From 1991 to 1995 he was also vice-rector of the Paderborn University. He retired in 2001. Allroggen's research interests include the music and musical aesthetics of early German Romanticism, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the Neapolitan Opera of the late 18th century. Allroggen was a member of the ''Neue Mozart-Ausgabe'', co-editor of the complete edition of the literary works of E. T. A. Hoffmann and is currently leader of the Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe The ''Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe'' (short ''WeGA'') is a scientific-critical edition of all works of the composer Carl Maria von Weber, published by the Schott Music publishing house in Mainz. Content The edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Anton André
Johann Anton André (6 October 1775 – 6 April 1842) was a German composer and music publisher of the Classical period (music), Classical period, best known for his central place in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart research. Life Born in Offenbach am Main, André wrote operas, symphony, symphonies, mass (music), masses, and lieder, as well as an unfinished ' (''Textbook of the Art of musical composition, Composition'') in two volumes. His teachers were Ferdinand Frenzel (violin) and Johann Georg Vollweiler (theory and composition). In 1799, André purchased a large volume of Mozart's musical papers (the ') from the composer's widow Constanze Mozart, Constanze, and brought them to Offenbach. This collection contained over 270 autographs and included the operas ''The Marriage of Figaro'' and ''The Magic Flute'', a series of List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart#String quartets, string quartets and List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart#String quintets, string quinte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
