Piano

whenever I had bad news for my parents, whether it'd be a poor grade or a mediocre ranking in competitions, it would put me in distress to see their disappointed faces. Jing-mei had also gone through an experience much like mine during her first piano recital as she states, "But my mother's expression was what devastated me: a quiet, blank look that said she had lost everything" (723). This is able to portray how embarrassed her mother could have been after believing…

was created to be inspirational as well as appealing to all ages. The song grew out of Graham’s frustration trying 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…

Debussy arrived into the world on August 22, 1862. He became the oldest of five children. By the time he turned nine, he showed gift as a pianist. Madame Maute de Fleurville encouraged him and in 1873 he entered the Paris Conservatory. He studied piano and composition. While living in poverty, Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck discovered him. She engaged him to play duets with her and her children. He often traveled with her throughout Europe during the summer vacations. During this time in Paris,…

In Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E flat Major, the author of this article, Julia Duvall believes that the second movement is based heavily on the people of Paris, the Holy Roman Empire, past ideas, and a mixture of all three! Whatever the possibilities may be, Beethoven was politically influenced by something, a group of people, etc....... Musicians are in dispute over what/who the movement could possibly be about, however the author is confident that her beliefs are the most accurate of all…

Analysis: Mozart Symphony no.40 in G minor K.550 (1788), first movement There are more questions surrounding Mozart's final three symphonies nos. 39, 40, and 41 or "Jupiter" than answers. Mozart’s Symphony in G minor, K550 “is one of the greatest final trilogies that Mozart composed and the process of composing this piece lasted from six to eight weeks during the summer of 1788”(Heninger, 2003, p.1) Firstly, it was written for “strings, flutes, oboes and bassoons. It is then revised to give…

pick up my violin and start practicing. I also enjoy being able to play competitively and collaboratively. It’s really easy to meet new people since there are so many opportunities with music. In my poster there are instruments like the french horn, piano, and violin. I play both and have for a while now. I love being able to play many instruments and will continue to play throughout my life.…

Paper #1 The two songs that I picked were A River Flows in You by Yiruma and Come on Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners. A River Flows in You was released in 2011 by a South Korean pianist and composer. The genre is New age, which is a soothing and relaxing. The next song Come on Eileen was released in 1982 and came from the album Too-Rye-Ay. The genre is a mixture of alternative and indie. Both A River Flows in You and Come on Eileen have identifiable elements of music that are found throughout…

“If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.” ~Gustav Mahler. The romantic style period started during 1780 and ended in about 1910. It was one of the most influential time periods that ever was. The romantic period was dramatic and full of action, also involving contradictions between capitalism and socialism, freedom and oppression, emotion, and faith. Many passionate pieces were written during The result of this was creative artists…

Ludwig van Beethoven Every era in History has its challenges for society. It is easy to observe what people of their time throughout centuries went through. Whatever an individual faces in life usually gets depicted in a composers work. Whether it is a personal life, tragedy, war, or diseases, each of these factors play a major role in how and using what genre music was composed. Other than such facts, a persons’ surrounding, companions, to be exact, have an immense impact on an individual. One…

Beethoven was an interesting character. He has gone through much in his lifetime that it is understandable that his character is an interesting and complex one. In Chapter 27 of Downs’s Classical Music, Downs gives his interpretation of Beethoven and what kind of person he was. From what was gathered in this chapter, Downs is not just stating the facts, but gives Beethoven a variety of personalities. In my sense of the composer from Downs’s text, Beethoven was an infant prodigy turned to a…