Modern vs. Classical Music

During the late 17th century to early 1 9th century, the phenomenon that is the evolution of tragically Music had hit the Classical era; extremely skilled artists such as Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn and Schubert were producing masterpieces for the courts of the upper class. Because the culture that surrounds these classic artists and the modern artists has changed greatly over hundreds of years, the skill involved in becoming a master of the art has not.Though taken very early in life from ongoing battles with illness mixed with over exhaustion from tirelessly producing piece after piece and a final, fatal bout with typhoid fever, Vienna based Franz Schubert work is often described as being the last great representation of Classical era music, as well as being a transitional composer between classical and romantic era. Throughout his life while he composed, he worked mostly in schools after his own schooling applying for various positions but seeming to end up falling short of his goal.

In 1818 he was even jobless and considered himself a failure, especially during the spring, when he produced only one work considered noteworthy, so he left the city for the mummer months and was revived showing “exuberant aspirations fresh creative outbursts,” in creating three dynamic pieces. But at this time, his music was starting to be used in performances around Vienna. His only public performance, which was ironically the same year he died, generated much profit in terms of money and success in terms of his lifelong accomplishments as an artist ending on a strong foot.Like Haydn and Beethoven, Mozart studied at the prestigious Viennese Classical School, but unlike those composers, or any other artist in history for that matter, he irked with all genres of music available to him at the time, and remarkably had success in all of them. This, along with the fact he was composing by age five and performing for royalty and nobility by age of six, point out his true musical genius.Although his musical talent was strong in composition as well as performance and he had toured through Italy, Anaheim, Paris, Syllabus, Munich and of course Vienna through early years of his life, he “had serious financial worries, and they worsened as the famously fickle Viennese found other idols. His income during his last five years, 1786091, was far larger than that of most musicians, though much below that of the class he wanted to be associated” Beethoven, whose father saw promise with him musically at a young age, did not develop the talent or partial recognition that Mozart had until his teens.

In the late sass’s, it is said he went to Vienna from his hometown of Bonn to study with Mozart, who was impressed with Beethoven’s abilities and thought “this young man will make a great name for himself. ” At the turn of the century, it became apparent to Beethoven that is continuing lose of hearing will only get worse, but that he will “seize fate by the throat. Though stricken with bad luck in health and lesser musical genius than Mozart, he was able to support himself without the financial woes that Mozart and Schubert had, and was also the first musician in history to receive a salary for nothing more than compose under his own restrictions. With the evolution of music and technology from the classical era to what the industry has today, the composition, production and presentation of music as expanded the capabilities of the artist and the audience.In addition, the financial worries that the forefathers of this art had to endure have not impacted the upper echelon of musicians today by any means, and we saw a transition to this starting with Beethoven’s salary, which showed a rise in appreciation of musicians by all society, rather than church and wealthy commissioners. The music medium has exploded into a worldwide cultural phenomenon, where ideas and thoughts of composition and sound can be exchanged with ease through radios, computers, concerts and Vinyl/CD/Tape/AMP, which leads to constantly evolving music, rather than the antiquated notion of music being a regional cultural experience. In terms of the artist in the modern music scene, the skill and dedication required is equally demanding if not more so to rise to the top in this competitive industry, though the reward is far greater in terms of fame, wealth and social status; all of which Mozart striver for but never was able to attain despite being perhaps one of the greatest musical talents the world has seen yet.

Also with he expansion of audiences, infusions of genres and capabilities with technology, modern society has seen a trend in corporations fabricating bands, composing music for artists that fit with the cultural fads and electronically perfecting acoustics, all of which are ways for these companies to make quick profit. The downfall in this is the loss of appreciation of music by these corporations and eventually listeners, in terms of the emotion, talent and sacrifice that it takes away from the real musicians trying to make a name for themselves and their careers, such as Schubert and Mozart.