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Sarah Vaughan was surrounded by music at birth. She was born in Newark, New Jersey to a father who played guitar and a mother who played organ for her church. Her interest in music began at an early age. Sarah started talking piano and organ lessons when she was seven years old; she also sang in her church’s choir. At age 12 she began subbing in to play organ for the church when her mother couldn’t. When she was eighteen years old Sarah was dared by her friends to enter an amateur singing…

In this essay, I will be taking an in depth study into a musical idea or possibly referred to as a musical movement or genre. This process will then further consist of looking at a single composer and a chosen piece of work. The musical idea I chose to be electronic music, as I feel in this current musical era, its is incredibly popular and so wanted to have a look into its roots and someone who impacted the growth and style - Pierre Schaeffer. This composer had his very own particular outlook…

heart failure. The genre of his music was classical. He began in the 1830s to write his music. He was the ninth child in the family of Carl Wagner, a police clerk. Richard was only six months when his father died. Wagner studied piano from the age of 7 and soon developed ability to play by ear. From 1836-1839 he was a music director in Riga Opera. Wagner's four Ring operas gradually evolved, and he completed the libretto by 1852. Another year of suffering went by,…

James went to school at The Royal College of Music. When James later came back to America he decided to go to Verde Valley School in Sedona, Arizona. This is the school where he later got his bachelor’s degree in music. James started to play the piano when he was five. His father was Harry Horner and his mother was Joan Frankel, James’ brother was Christopher Horner. His wife was Sarah Horner, their two daughters were Becky and Emily Horner. His music were composed in the movies Titanic, Avatar…

In the passage The Rules of the Game, there is a little girl named Waverly througout the story she is torn apart by two cultures American and Chinese while her mother on the other hand is all for the Chinese culture. In the text we see this many times like when Waverly's mom said "in Chinese we say" and "Chinese people do buisness, do medicine, do painting. Not lazy like American people" This is showing us that Waverly's mother does not care for American culture. But Waverly on the otherhand…

as she puts it. If you aren?t one of those, you might get her to unspool her full title: Ruth Carol Bartholomew, Founder and Headmistress of Miss B?s Garden of Music for Budding Talents. And bud they do--we do, actually, me being one of her piano students. Most of us make it into music programs like Juilliard or Eastman. And all from a school in Tampa that nobody?s ever even heard of, unless they happen to be savvy to the local music scene.…

1. The piano sonata was a genre that was very important to the Classical Era and that somewhat evolved from the regular sonata. The piano sonata was an instrumental work that was designed for two pianos, or similarly one other instrument (violin, cello, etc.) and a piano. This genre became very important for amateurs who wanted to practice and perform in the comfort of their own home and for composers who wished to express the conversation-like aspects of this genre. 2. Ludwig Van Beethoven has…

beat is created by light bass sounds and a clap on the second and fourth beat in each measure, providing a sturdy foundation for the variety of instruments played over top of it. Further, the sounds of a shaker and a repetitive chord played on a piano are noticeable. The most recognizable part of the instrumentation is the string section and guitars that play and generate the mood of the song. For example, the deeper sound of the cello can be heard during the part of the song where apl.de.ap…

focused on the crowd singing the best they could and putting every emotion into this sole song. As our director signaled as half of the song passed me and the other soloist stepped forward so the harsh intense auditorium lights fell upon us. As the piano led me in I fixed the mic to my height and despite how nervous and scared I was, I began to sing my solo the best I could, I was doing it, it felt as if I didn’t need to know the words it felt as if they were within me and I had always known…

skilled Beethoven was and did Neefe show him music, as well as he made crafted by rationalists, old and present day, referred to Beethoven as well. In 1782, preceding the age of 12, Beethoven distributed his first work, 9 Variations in C Minor for piano on a walk by Earnst Christoph Dressle. The next year, in 1783, Neefe wrote in the Magazine of Music, about his understudy. “If he continues like this, he will be, without a doubt, the new Mozart” (Neefe). When Beethoven was 18, he became the…