Both sacred and secular music has undergone many changes throughout history to adapt to people's interests and tastes. Sacred music can be defined simply as music for prayer and worship. Conversely, secular music is music for entertainment. Both sacred and secular music date back to the creation of ...
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. ...
The Classical Concerto The important musical change in the mid-18th century from the Baroque to the Classical style had an affect on the concerto. ... The classical concerto's form reflected a settlement among the traditional ritornello form, the desires for virtuosic display, and the new style and forms being developed in the symphony. ... Thus Mozart's music reflects the Classical style of the 18th century being concise and well balanced while at the same time developing ideas to a point of emotionally fulfilling richness. ... The use of infrequent perfect cadences demonstrate...
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...
