The Baroque era was a period of energy and motion. ... The Baroque organ, which was a instrument whose powerful resonance and striking variety of timbre was unsurpassed creating awe filled the interior. ... Some stylistic characteristics of Baroque art is the deep color and intense light and dark shadows. ... A Baroque organ is a pipe organ, which was built in a particular style and to certain specifications during the Baroque era. ... The Baroque organs had each pipe produce a single pitch, and pipes are provided in sets called ranks. ...

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Today, the most commonly used style of piano used by contemporary artists is the Steinway Model D. The first D-style grand piano was made in about 1857, but it took Steinway an additional ten years to develop its unique rim-bending process. ...

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I am never a big fan of classic music, I can still appreciate the beauty of the music form Baroque era. ... To me, the musician on flute--Siri Koski's approach to Mozart tended to be a bit neutral in its clarity and lack of overt emotion, but in this case her style brought the overall effect quite well. ...

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The time this style of music was written, was due to the boom of fortepiano production that could be seen during the late 1800's, making the piano a platform for music more accessible. Due to this increase, the style of bagatelle was common among newly written songs for the piano, Für Elise being one of them.Not much is known about the background of the song due to the only thing left behind was the transcribed notes, with no obvious background information other than that the song title heavily implied that it was written for Elise, whose identity has not been confirmed, but has been gue...

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As one of the driving forces of the young Romantic movement, Robert Schumann influenced the development of a new style. And although he did not seem to be destined to become a composer, music soon became very important to him, displaying multiple talents in performance and composition. ROBERT SC...

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As one of the driving forces of the young Romantic movement, Robert Schumann influenced the development of a new style. And although he did not seem to be destined to become a composer, music soon became very important to him, displaying multiple talents in performance and composition. ROBERT SC...

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