Beethoven’s Violin Concerto Op.61 is a central work of violin literature and his only violin concerto. It was composed in his most creative and productive period of his life, in the first decade of 1800s. Even this concerto is understood to be written in just a few weeks time. The piece was commissioned by his violinist friend Franz Clement, director …
The question we try to answer in this article is about the role of the soloist player in a keyboard concerto. Should this musician conduct the performance as well or just play the part? Who does what and how the traditions changed during the history of music? The genre of the keyboard concerto was relatively new by the time Beethoven …
Concerto music is a well-known classical genre. It is the show of improvisation masters and one of the most entertaining kind of musical events. Ever wondered, what exactly a concerto is? Never been sure how to listen to a concerto? This easy guide will help you out. Here are your 8 important takeaways! 1. The concerto with musical instruments …
Following the first and second article in the subject, this part will be the last in discovering the basics of the concerto works. In this article we focus on the structural plan of a typical concerto music in the classical and romantic era. We established in the previous articles that for musicians the concerto was a vehicle for improvisation. The …
Following my first article published recently, we continue our discovery in concertos. In this part we interpret the cultural background, the associated second meaning of the music. In the early eighteenth century concertos were commonly played in churches or chambers. As decades passed it was more and more ordinary to hear a concerto in a new institution, the public concert. …
In a series of articles we will discover what is the origin of the concerto as musical genre. What does it mean and how Beethoven worked in this art form? What is tutti, what is solo? Why concerto was the show of real Masters? Let’s find out! The first form of a concerto music has origins in the early 1500s. …