Essays on Franz Liszt

Fryderyk Chopin, also known as the poet of piano, was an amazing composer and virtuoso pianist. He played in various genres and his compositions were music to the ears in both meanings. Even the shortest compositions have people listening to them over and over again. Fryderyk Chopin was born on the 1st of March in 1810 in Warsaw. He mostly wrote for the solo piano and gained popularity throughout the whole world as a leading musician of the Romantic era. Chopin was born and raised in a family of four children, his mother was Polish and his father was ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It is common knowledge that every well-educated person should know, understand and appreciate music. However, no matter how well aware of various composers and genres people might be, many of us find it difficult to feel it. There are numerous examples of musicians who can technically perform a piece, but when you listen to them playing, you realize that you might as well listen to a robot. Only the emotion behind the melody gives music a truly human feel and makes it a universal human language that will be understood all over the world. Thus, it is extremely important ...

The Baroque period of music falls roughly between the years 1600 and 1750; it was popular throughout many countries of Europe including Italy, France, England, and Germany (Thornburgh 1990). The style of Baroque music sounds very organized, logical, and formal. This has led some critics to describe Baroque music to be emotionally cold, but when performed by the virtuoso performers it was composed for, this music offers a full range of emotions, is captivating, and delightful. There are a great variety of different styles in Baroque music, some of this depending on the time (early, middle, or late during the Baroque ...