Piano Man

The selection of classical music that I listened to had been Symphony No. 5. This symphony was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven is one of the most well-known and impressive composers due to his ability to create such outstanding music while being partially deaf. Symphony No. 5 is still one of the most famous symphonies to this day. It is made up of a series of four movements; the first being allegro con brio, andante con moto, allegro, and allegro. The first movement of Symphony No.…

First, was Norm Lewis, a baritone singer, the mood is very mellow and made me feel powerful and confident. The tempo is moderate and the dynamic was moderately loud. The length of this piece was two minutes and seventeen seconds long. Second, was Sutton Foster, a singer and actor from the Broadway stage. The mood was very uplifting, happy, and a bit silly. The tempo was lively, moderately fast, and very dancelike. The length of this song lasted one minute and twenty-five seconds. Third, was Eric…

octaves, and it has the inner voice in the right hand part of the piano. When Rachmaninoff established a solid big phrase, and the tempo was not too fast, he would still play all the details clearly, just as he performed bars 109 to 112 from the first movement of his Piano Concerto No.2. From bars 121-124 and 126-130, the extended measures after the variation canonically repeat at the octave (played by oboe and clarinet) while the piano continues the canon (Chung, 1988). Cliburn's emphasis is on…

father, Johann Beethoven, in which demanded him to practice the piano hourly, disregarding the circumstances. That being the case, Ludwig develops a passion for music, not to mention originating from a family who were all musicians. Granted that he was nearly deaf , his passion for music in which required an individual to hear, did not interfere with his love for music. Ultimately, without his father forcing him to play the piano, chances are that society today would not undergo the magnitude…

Ludwig Van Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770 in the city of Bonn in the Electorate of Cologne. Beethoven had two younger brothers name Caspar and Johann and his mother, Maria Magdalena was a genteel, slender, and a moralistic woman. His father Johann was a mediocre court singer but he was better known for his alcohol problem. On the other hand Beethoven's grandfather, godfather, and namesake, Kapellmeister was one of Bonn’s most eminent and prosperous musician. Beethoven’s journey to…

potential as a musician and began piano lessons at eight years old. When he was fifteen he was taken by his mother to go study in Paris. He was a pupil of Antoine François Marmontel. In 1877 the Paris Conservatory awarded him a scholarship. However, after two years his interest in the conservatory faded and he left for Germany. MacDowell was a student at the Stuttgart Conservatory for a while, and then went off to the Frankfurt Conservatory where he studied piano and composition under Karl…

“I have never drawn a distinction between music for films and for operas or concerts” –– Erich Wolfgang Korngold Many conclude that Korngold was born in the wrong era. Instead of his romantic concepts excelling, his ideals and concepts were overshadowed not only by the vogue of the Second Viennese school composers: Arnold Schönberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern, he was also amidst an era of chaos, including the happenings of the first World War. In addition, the rise of Nazism turned his move to…

Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in December 17, 1770 and later died in March 26, 1827. Beethoven was close with his mother who was described as kind and gentle, as for his father he was said to have a weakness for alcohol. Beethoven gained an interest in music at a very early age, and with help from his father he excelled quickly (Beethoven). Before he was twelve Beethoven published his first work and continued to progress throughout his life. He was considered a virtuoso pianist by the age of…

a Musician.” In this scene Julie has returned from the hospital and is looking through scores of music, seemingly searching for something. She descends the stairs to the piano as part of Preisner’s unfinished symphony can be heard played on the piano. The piano briefly continues as she reads along a score she finds on the piano, before fading out as she folds the paper. Regarding this scene, Paulus writes the…

is a Japanese conductor, known for his work with the San Francisco Symphony and Boston Symphony, and his advocacy for modern composers. At the age of 15, Ozawa sprained his finger in a rugby game, unable to continue studying the piano; he shifted his musical focus from piano performance to conducting. Over the course of his lifetime, Ozawa has received international acclaim and many awards from a number of institutions. Ozawa also holds a number of honorary doctorate degrees from schools around…