This essay will discuss a number performance issues that arise from bars 1-24 of the work's first movement, with references to Jacqueline du Pré's and Daniel Barenboim's 1970 recording. ... For Beethoven, therefore, the cellist's phrase could be shaped from note to note using fluctuations of tone colour, and Czerny's remark that the sonata must be "distinguished more by beauty of tone and performance, than by excessive rapidity" lends further support to this point. ... As early as 1756, Leopold Mozart had advised its use on "a closing note or any other susta...

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This essay will compare Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21, with his Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93. ... It is interspersed with syncopated motifs using diminished harmony (Example 3 Track 1 05:30-05:44). ... Around the time that he began these symphonies, Vienna had been under siege by Napoleon's army, the second time that the French occupied the Austrian capital, which was a time of hardship. ... The second movement, Allegretto scherzando, as its name suggest, has a humorous note. ... In Symphony no. 1 Beethoven writes a slow introduction to the usual fast first mo...

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He moved to France to make a living composing and playing. ... His first work "Polonaise in G Minor,"" was so impressive Chopin was called, "A Genius in music.""1 Frederic Chopin was a great composer because of his family's support and musical background, his compositions, and his love for music. ... In October of 1810 Nicolas moved his family to Warsaw, Poland so that he could teach French at the Lycée. ... In notes to his pupils Chopin wrote, "Listen to great singers. ... He played different notes, or transposed the music into a different key. ...

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