Piano Man

The Romantic period is in the 1820s to the 1900s, the music written in that period are artistic and literary. Some famous composers are Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Schumann. ‘Vltava’is a piece composed by Bedrich Smetana in the Romantic Period for symphony orchestra. This piece has 6 movements and it describes the flow of water that runs through Czechoslovakia and Prague from day to night. It contains a lot of emotions and it is one of the most famous nationalism work. Fig. 1: It shows all the…

focus on the history, philosophy and sonic outcomes of Instrument Destruction, particularly in relation to performance art. whilst exploring ethics and danger involved in destroying instruments. This research will be undertaken with Annea Lockwood’s Piano Transplants’ series firmly in mind, and reference will be made to both scores and performances of these works. This paper also represents a unique opportunity to raise awareness on important works in experimental music, contributing new…

Introduction One of the most remarkable composers of the nineteenth century, Chopin composed exclusively for the piano and his music is innovative with a particular repertoire of technical and expressive devices. His musical style can be described as unique because of his variety and complexity of compositional techniques. The Piano Sonata Op.35 No.2 is an illustration of Chopin’s musical style where he explores several elements found in the nineteenth century music such as the “idea of…

amazing concert for the Jazz term paper. The title of the Live Jazz Concert is “Brian Culbertson feat Michael Lington” As the Piano and the Trombone player, Brian Culbertson is one of the main performer that caught my attention as an audience. Not surprising at all, I’ve done some research toward him. Brian Culbertson was born Decatur, Illinois. He started playing piano at the age of 8, drums at 9, trombone at 10, bass in 7th grade. I think most people are like me are these ages, playing around…

the symphony played was a Sonata form which consists of three movements, all with different speeds and melodies. The piece was also played by a small orchestra consisting of the strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion, with the exception of the piano. The number of beats per measure is four with a value of four in the first movement. The first movement is played fast at allegro and slow at the sametime, adagio, with the sound moderate at mezzo-forte. Along with the fast melody and rhythm, it…

temperatures in Los Angeles, New York, and London”(Tan 134). The last endeavor was to make June a pianist, of course June underestimated her ability to do that considering they did not own a piano but Suyuan found a way like she always does. Suyuan “traded housecleaning services for weekly lessons and a piano...to practice on everyday”(Tan 136). This woman’s persistency is awe inspiring despite the internal and external doubts she…

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Steinway has held the title of best piano brand for quite some time. They strive for excellence in all areas of piano creation, and do a great job of that. But is Steinway the best piano for everyone? No. For professional pianists, perhaps. But for the average family looking for a highly esteemed piano for their children to become Mozart prodigies, Kawai is the better option. The brand offers more by way of touch, tone and durability for young families than Steinway does. Kawai and Steinway…

his left arm, and so created piano arrangements designed to be played with one hand (Oram). Returning to Reich, he developed the use of repeating patterns in his music after he collaborated with Terry Riley on “In C” (Morrison). It is with this theory of repeating patterns that Reich’s unique musical philosophy developed. Firstly, some argue that Reich’s compositions are sounds rather than music. The…

If you’d asked audiences in 1825 to name the most popular composer of the day, it would not have been Beethoven, it would have been Gioachino Rossini. From the time Tancredi premiered in 1813, Rossini’s operas were the most popular and influential all over Europe, in part because he blended the elements of opera buffa and opera seria into works that appealed to audiences from a wide range of nationalities and class. Rossini was born on Leap Year Day in 1792 in Pesaro, Italy on the Adriatic…