tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463497.post110513624697111467..comments2023-10-03T10:14:31.483-05:00Comments on SCHOOL @ HOME: Music and Art Appreciation Tennielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16244439566953461973noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463497.post-75222681453410933982008-06-21T12:29:00.000-05:002008-06-21T12:29:00.000-05:00"Mozart or ...." ?? W-H-A-T!?! MUSIC AND ART APP..."Mozart or ...." ?? W-H-A-T!?! <BR/><BR/>MUSIC AND ART APPRECIATION.<BR/><BR/>I have just read your blog entry on Music and Art appreciation and though I applaud your words and value what you are doing, please, for the sake of true and right music and art appreciation, amend your composers list.<BR/><BR/>You know about Vivaldi because of 1 concerto and the important of the Italian school before the Germans took it over. <BR/><BR/>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart surpasses Bach in every way and completed Bach's conservative revolution in music. Mozart studied with and under two (2) of Bach's children and surpassed them while in his early 20's. Beethoven was so inspired by Mozart that he stated that everything Mozart did was the pinnacle of expression in its genre and did nothing to "improve" or "revolutionize" it. In fact, Beethoven took one of the finale's of Mozart's early symphony's as the point of departure for the finale of his 8th, his second to last, symphony.<BR/><BR/>Bach wrote no symphonies; Beethoven 9; Mozart 41. Of these 41, the last 3 are as good if not better than any one symphony Beethoven, Handel, or Brahms wrote. (Listen yourself to Symphony Nos. 39, 40, & 41 and tell me your are not blown away! Mozart or . . . ????)<BR/><BR/><BR/>The numbers are boggling and the sheer masterpieces make it beyond argument that Mozart is the greatest natural genius of music, if not all of art. (For instance, Mozart wrote 26 string quartets, 17 piano sonatas, 42 violin sonatas, 27 piano concertos, 40 divertimenti and serenades, 19 masses, 42 arias, and 3 of the most magnificent operas of all time: The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463497.post-1105288180957232332005-01-09T10:29:00.000-06:002005-01-09T10:29:00.000-06:00Again, very inspiring. I would add Sergei Prokofie...Again, very inspiring. I would add Sergei Prokofiev to your list of composers. My children have always loved "acting out" Peter and the Wolfe.<br /><br />Mary Cassatt and Vincent van Gogh are two of our favorite artists. Matisse is also fascinating. <br /><br />Wonderful stuff. Thanks for the input. This is natural learning at its best.Thicket Dwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327346422310447867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463497.post-1105139241076571832005-01-07T17:07:00.000-06:002005-01-07T17:07:00.000-06:00ITA! The boys cracked me up the other day debating...ITA! The boys cracked me up the other day debating which composer they'd heard in one of their movies. It was so cute to hear their discussion and what they recognize about different styles.<br /><br />We have the same attitude toward appreciating the finer things, as well as understanding their roots and learning to glean the beauty in life. I just love reading your blog. :-)<br /><br />Keep blogging and have a wonderful 2005, filled with wonder and love!<br /><br />DyDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11733424399402841174noreply@blogger.com