Guillaume de Machaut was born in 1300 in France and passed on April 13, 1377 in Rheims,France. He was mainly known to be in the 14th century which is the middle ages. “Generally acclaimed the greatest composer of the fourteenth century.” His work is very famous as well as he is. One of his most famous works would be the “Messe de Notre Dame.” His life has been very enlightening and so many historic events that he has been through which shaped his life and his music made him even better. He was also known for his poems as well. In the 1320’s he went to work as a “secretary” for the Duke of Luxembourg and the King of Bohemia, while he was working for the duke and the king he used his work to travel which was mostly for battles or political events. After the Duke of Luxembourg passed he continued to work and serve his daughter Bonne. But that way he used some of his knowledge of the places he has gone to and the thing he has seen to influence his music. De Machaut earned a living by working for kings and queens in which they were his patronages.
De Machaut made his music in the 14th century which was full of wars and plagues. In this era the population was decreasing but his fame was increasing. According to some of the sites I used it was said that a big influence in his writing was the Black Death. Another
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“Was the greatest French composer of his century, the creator of the first complete polyphonic Mass setting, and a renowned poet.” He was very well known throughout Europe as he traveled and worked for kings and wealthy people. He introduced many things that are praised now by other composers and is also looked up to. He was known for many songs but his greatest is the Messe of Notre
He was a man who made French stronger, provided his own legacy and impression that will most
Gabriel Faure was a French Romantic Composer, pianist, teacher and an organist. He was a very influential composer and his style of composition influenced many of the 20th century composers. He was one of the most prominent French composers of his era. Faure was known as one of the French master of the art song. He was awarded a scholarship to École de Musique Classique et Religieuse. His tutors respectively included; Clément Loret, Louis Dietsch, Xavier Wackenthaler, Saint-Saëns and Niedermeyer. Faure took up the post of an organist at the church of Saint-Sauveur at Rennes in Brittany. After the Franco-Prussian war Faure left France and took up teaching in Switzerland.
He composed some very good music that is still played today in classrooms all over the world. Like what was said in the paper earlier Hector Berlioz was a great french composer that had a huge contributor to Romanticism. Hope this paper let you have a better outlook on his life from early childhood to his death and everything
He was the leader or the romantic revolution and was celebrity in his time. His poem that made him well know was Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.
Francois Viete went to many places and did a lot of things. He lived for 63 years. In his life he got to do more or at least as much he wanted to do. He got to work for Kings, and also been married twice. Francois Viete was a very interesting. He also went to a few different countries.
appreciation. Because of these composers and musicians, music was enjoyed by the public and revered by the church. Because of their creativity and their willingness to take musical risks, these composers were the fathers of the Renaissance, the rebirth, the life of the vigorous and intellectual activity, the beginning of music.
He caught the attention of King Louis XIV and initially served him as "composer of instrumental music” (Straughan (a)) He soon took over compositions of entire ballets. (Straughan (a)) “Some time before 1656, he also took over responsibility for the string ensemble called the Petits violons, which he transformed into a group widely renowned for their discipline and artistic excellence.” (Straughan (a)) A clever diplomatist and thorough courtier, he completely won the royal favour, and in March, 1672, he succeeded in ousting Abbe Perrin from the directorship of the Academy of Music, also known as “the Academie Royale”. (Knight)
Claude Debussy (born Achille-Claude Debussy) was born August 22, 1862, in St-Germain-en-Laye France. He showed a knack for the piano at the age of 9. Debussy was one of 5 children. Debussy did not come from a wealthy family. His parents owned a small shop. At age 11 he entered the Pairs Conservatory. At the Conservatory Debussy study piano and composition. While there he also studied theory with Alfred Lavignac, piano with Antoine Marmontel, harmony with Émile Durand, and harmony composition with Ernest Guiraud. Around 1880 a wealthy woman named Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck, who was a pupil of Frédéric Chopin, and supported Pyotr llyich Tchaikovsky hired Debussy to teach her children. During summer vacations at the Conservatory he traveled with Nadezhda. He learned more about the Russian music and cultural which later would be reflected in his work. During his time in Paris he fell in love with Blanche Vasnier, who was an inspiration to his works in the early years. In 1884, Debussy won the Grand Prix de Rome with his cantata L’Enfant prodigue. Debussy became a cautious and difficult man who preferred cats to people. He did not really have many friends or confidants. In 1887 Debussy li...
The music he produced had a lot of control with a lot of flair. He liked improvisation, but did not leave that up to the performer. Instead, he wrote very virtuosic passages for his pieces, with which the performer did not have much room for imaginative playing. Then there is his knowledge on how to writ...
The first thing I will talk about is the type of music he is know for which gave him that name. Most people listen to the type of music he composed but next to none know who or how it was composed. There seems to be an abundance of music fans who know little or nothing about the origin of their music. By discussing what he has accomplished it will explain why he is considered to be so important to his type of music.
In 1829, he left his hometown and started his music tour to Italy, France and England. During this period of time, he published many significant compositions, which included the overture Die Hebriden (1829), the Reformation Symphony (1830) and the Italian Symphony (1832) etc.
recognized as a writer. He became one of the most famous and well paid French
Other sources seem to support this. Machaut was a canon at this cathedral for over half of his life, so it begs the question why this Christian composer had success at creating secular works alongside a church mass that captured audiences and other composers for centuries**TAN MACHAUT
His work demonstrated the intellectuality of his conceptions. His compositions were monumental. His work encapsulated a high degree of naturalism.
Beyond literature, he was a botanist as well as a musician, having conducted and composed a collection of music. , although most of this were just poems set to music (Columbia eEncyclopedia). By the end of his life, he had become famed for a variety of achievements, and met many well-known