Piano Man

Operatic Symphony ‘Yamada Nangamaza’ by Klaus Pringsheim (1883-1972). A German composer, conducter, and pianist who was the most influential idol who played a very successful role as an outstanding pupil of Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Mahler was the great composer of Romantic era who has been recognized as the most superior romantic composers. Pringsheim was a German Composer and Conductor, born in 1883 at Starnberg, the outskirts of Munich, where there was a villa owned by his family, he died in…

church hymns he remembered and playing them on the piano in his home. Soon he was playing tunes from the radio and copying piano-roll recordings that his mother owned. Once Tatum’s mother realized he was interested in playing piano she started to give him lessons. He went to Jefferson School for the Handicap in Toledo, the Toledo School of Music and the School for the Blind in Columbus. When he was in Columbus, he studied violin, guitar, piano and braille music reading. He was a prodigy with…

In her debut novel, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers perfectly captures the sense of human isolation. Throughout her book, McCullers masterfully maintains the unrelenting motif of loneliness by providing intimate details of the lives of five different characters. However, despite being stuck in the stifling, soul crushing South, Mick Kelly rises above the recurring theme of disillusionment and burns bright with ambition and emotion. With her passion for music, her sensitivity…

left hand alternates between playing chords and playing the bass while the right hand plays the melody and gives the life to the rag. Composed in 2/4, there is a fast tempo put in place—almost as if too fast, one of the characteristics of novelty piano. There is little improvisation by Joplin, and bridges over the measures between repetitions are smooth and consistent with the forms and keys of the…

Joey Peixoto Music Appreciation Listening Assignment Romantic: "Erlkönig" begins with the piano playing fast triplets to make a feeling of direness and reproduce the steed's running. The left hand of the piano part presents a low-enlist leitmotif made out of progressive triplets. The right hand plays triplets all through the piece until the last three bars. The steady triplets drive the incessant tweaks of the piece as it switches between the characters. This theme is specifically connected…

existence to a man who invented the saxophone 170 years ago. Adolphe Sax, the sax itself, and the sax through history are all important in understanding this unique instrument. The evolution of musical instruments is quite a long process involving tons of different instrument makers, each building on the advancements of the last ones. The story of the saxophone differs from the usual pattern of instrument building as its creation lacks all these different steps and is due to one man, Adolphe…

musician, I automatically gravitate towards the musicianship. It just simply amazing to hear musicians who are the best at what they do and how they can make the simplest piece of music into a master piece. From the style of Clarence “Mac” on electric piano, which I mentioned early, to Ray Parker Jr. on guitar, who plays the guitar the way it should be played, not too loud but you know he’s there. Playing the electric bass guitar is Jerry Knight, who along with drummer Russ Kunkel and…

earnestly in the early 1880’s and composed a vast body of work, creating approximately 400 compositions, with nearly all getting published. She composed a wide variety of works including opéra‐comique, ballet, orchestra suites, many songs, and salon style piano pieces. Internationally, Chaminade began to gain great traction, especially in England and the United States [both her compositions and her performances], with “Chaminade clubs” forming in the United States. “From 1892 she performed…

Music Appreciation Fanny and Felix Life of the mendelssohns paper Kylah Rivera Introduction My report is over the life and music of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn. I will include their music, family life, and struggles. Life Fanny mendelssohn was the oldest of 4 children in a jewish family in Germany. Felix was 4 years younger than Fanny. Fanny and felix were considered musical child prodigies.fanny died at the age of 41 due to a stroke, and in result Felix was crushed. Felix…

an opinion from my mom and we decided that my personal symbol is a music note. A music note represents me because I love playing instruments and making music. I am able to play four instruments which are the piano, the violin, the clarinet, and the ukulele. I mostly focus on playing the piano and violin now. I play…