Piano Man

Edouard Manet was a very famous artist during the mid-1800. He painted people and city life on a day to day basis; he was an impressionist painter. Edouard was born on January 23, 1832, into a bourgeoisie household in Paris, France. He was the son of a high ranking judge named Auguste Manet and his mother was Eugenie-Desiree Fournier the daughter of a diplomat. Edouard’s parents both worked with the law, and they wanted young Edouard to have a career also dealing with the law, he refused and…

John was thee third of ten children and his parents’ names were Antonio Sousa and Maria Elizabeth. He began his musical journey on the orchestral violin and his dad also taught him a few other wind instruments. By the time he was six he was studying piano , voice, flute, cornet, trombone, baritone, alto horn, and violin Being that his father was in the marines, he secured John an apprenticeship in the Marine Corps band after adventurous young John tried to run away with the circus. John stayed…

and Vivaldi and on to the the Classical period with proteges like Mozart and Beethoven. Finally before entering our time of modern music the Romantic era with Frederick Chopin, yet another child protege who helped bring in the next period of music. A man who lived during a time of revolutions and strife and in this time created compositions that people still analyze as well as enjoy today.…

to write a song different than other artists that really meant something memorable. Until his friend began to play a folky beat on the piano that sparked him to think back on his past life and future goals that began with “Once I was 7 years old”. Because Graham wanted the…

“Come whenever you feel like it. Be careful; the stairs and landings are dark; don’t stumble.” Page 64, speaker is Mademoiselle Reisz. Edna went to visit Mademoiselle Reisz because she wanted to hear her play the piano, it soothes her. Edna learns that she was receiving letters from Robert and wants to visit her more frequently. Not only does Edna want to see Mademoiselle Reisz to help calm her nerves and help her figure out her feelings, now Edna has an ulterior motive in her visits; to read…

outgoing person, did not like conversations, was not liked by many, considered a person with a rude and negligent personality, however, though he was not tall, nor good-looking, his appearance and the way he presented himself spoke of a highly intelligent man. Everything Beethoven would probably want to say but held inside he spoke through his compositions. For the composer, music was a way to let out all…

Have you ever been in a toxic environment? I’m not talking about the nuclear toxic either, but rather the one where you’re forced to be around people that are no good for you. Tobias Wolff, author of This Boy’s Life, was stuck in one as a young boy. His mother was known to pick out bad boyfriends and settled with one named Dwight, who is probably the worst one mentioned. He seems to have a strange aura around him and it shows through the way he treats Tobias. There are many more people in this…

aria is intermittent, full of starts and stops. Throughout his song, there are often quiet rests followed by a startling sforzando. This fitfulness reflect’s Osmin’s agitated emotional state. In addition, the dynamics fluctuate between extremes of piano and forte. These spikes of loudness reflect the intense emotions that Osmin is harboring. The most startling point is the onset of the allegro assai which comes “just as one thinks the aria has ended” (Weiss 131). In this last portion of the…

is intermittent, full of starts and stops. Throughout the aria, there are often quiet pauses abruptly terminated by a startling sforzando, reflecting Osmin’s agitated emotional state. Likewise, the dynamics constantly fluctuate between extremes of piano and forte. The most unexpected shock is the onset of the allegro assai which Mozart intentionally inserts “just as one thinks the aria has ended." (Weiss 131) In this final part of the aria, the music accelerates and crescendos to a permanent…

One of the most admired minimalist composers of our time, Steve Reich, was born in New York City in 1936. His interest in music began when he was a teenager, starting with the piano and then switching to percussion after some time. He later formed a band with a friend during these early years. Reich’s passion for music continued to grow. He eventually attended Julliard, where he began listening to one of the greatest influences on his music—John Coltrane. Although Reich soon realized that he…