Whew! My piano recital had ended and I hadn’t flubbed up which made the perfect end to the evening. As much as I hated performing‚ I’d finally reached the upper echelon of piano students. And then on the way home‚ my father burst my bubble. "I’m yanking you out of piano lessons and signing you up with Mrs. Seabury‚" he announced. "You’re joking‚ right?" I asked‚ looking at my mom for support. "I don’t like the way you play‚" he said. "You’re not playing music‚ you’re playing notes
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Journal IV Music Appreciation Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major‚ K. 488 I love Mozart‚ Beethoven‚ Bach‚ Chopin‚ and all the classical period instrumental compositions. This piece is whimsical and reminds me of a butterfly just flying through the spring air after coming out of a cocoon. The tone is very warm and bright‚ listening to the overall allegretto tempo you get excited when you hear the tempo jump to vivace and back down to moderato. This concerto was completed in 1786‚ which also happened
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Among the first wave of Portuguese immigrants to America there remained a sort of stubborn pride in their cultural origins and traditions. In part because the communities around New Bedford and Fall River‚ and even out west in California‚ were considered “colonies” back home. Rather than resent the emigration of its people‚ the country—which needed emigration to relieve a growing overpopulation‚ especially on the islands of the Azores—took pride in what they saw as extending the Portuguese nation
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Critical Essay on Jane Campion’s The Piano. Log: My thesis is that: Although being directed by a mold-breaking female and despite being littered with feminist tropes‚ Jane Campion’s The Piano is not a feminist film. Source Their opinion vs. mine Reliability Interview Magazine‚ Jane Campion by Katherine Dieckmann‚ (January 1992) As the director she hold s a omni-conscious view‚ aware of all possibilities of interpretations. Thus she both agrees and disagrees with me. She is a very reputable
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The Piano Lesson Family Values The Piano Lesson is a play based on a conflict between two characters‚ Boy Willie and Berniece. Boy Willie is persistent on selling the piano to buy land‚ while Berniece wants to keep the piano because it has a lot of sentimental value to their family. The piano stayed with their family for many generations and Berniece is not willing to give it up just for some land. In The Piano Lesson‚ August Wilson emphasizes that family is more valuable than money.
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Young Girls at the Piano PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR & The Piano Lesson HENRI MATISSE STEPHANIE DAVIS CONTENTS 1. 2. 4. 6. 8. 9. Introduction Young Girls at the Piano The Piano Lesson Comparison Conclusion Bibliography AN INTRODUCTION… In this research paper I will seek to comparatively analyze two distinct works of art – the 1892 painting entitled Jeunes Filles Au Piano (Young Girls At The Piano) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir‚ and Henri Matisse’s The Piano Lesson‚ painted in
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is the piano; with the piano you can get a wide range of sounds and notes. Since I was little the piano has been a part of my life‚ was the only instrument that I enjoyed learning how to play‚ I had different choices‚ I started with the guitar and did not like it at all‚ that was something that did not happened with the piano‚ I used to play for hours and hours everyday. I can sit on my living room and listen to CD’s of Andrea Bocelli‚ Raul Di Blasio‚ all day long. Other wonders of the piano are its
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Porter Five Forces: The piano industry. Threat of substitute products or services: LOW A portable keyboard can be regarded as a substitute but those interested in buying a piano are interested in superior sound‚ better performance‚ good looks and elegance. The keyboard has none of these. It is complicated to sell a piano and move it in order to put a keyboard. Threat of new competition: MEDIUM-LOW The capital investment in a piano factory is very high. The market already
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Jane Campion ’s "The Piano" relates the story of a Scottish woman who is sent to New Zealand‚ during the Victorian Era‚ for an arranged marriage with a farmer. Ada voluntarily gave up speaking at the age of 6 and communicates by either signing for her daughter‚ writing on a small paper tablet around her neck‚ or‚ more joyously‚ through playing her piano. After a long and arduous journey with the piano‚ Ada is forced to leave it on the beach where her boat landed. Left without her musical passion
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In The Piano Lesson a major issue is brought up and that is the issue of family vs. selfishness/ material items. Should we let material items and selfishness stand in the way of our family the people that we claim to love? Would your family allow a material item get in the way of a loved one‚ or would they drop it all together? What would happen if the material item had sentimental value? Well maybe the Charles family can set the example and help answer these questions. Family is a word that can
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