including Fletcher Henderson and members of his band‚ and the pianist James P. Johnson‚ with whom she recorded her masterpiece “Backwater Blues”. In addition to recording blues‚ Smith traveled around the South America with her own show‚ which was wildly popular. In 1929‚ Smith made her film appearance‚ in “St. Louis Blues”. In the film‚ she sings the title song with members of Fletcher Henderson’s orchestra‚ the Hall Johnson Choir‚ pianist James P. Johnson. Smith’s marriage to gee ended in 1929;
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over a desert? Chances are Ansel Adams took that photograph. Listen closely as I tell you about a talented pianist who grew up to be a famous landscape photographer. Ansel Adams was born on February 20‚ 1902 in San Francisco‚ California. When he was young he taught himself how to play the piano on his family’s piano‚ and for a long time he thought he was going to be a famous pianist. . After reading a picture book on Yosemite National Park in California Adams wanted to see the place
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Pedagogy Pianoforte Requirements: longer paper outlining some teaching strategies for two contrasting pieces of high standard (approx. grade 7 and above). Both musical and technical aspects should be addressed. 1800-2000 words This essay would be outlining the teaching strategies for two high standard contrasting pieces which are the Toccata by Aram Khachaturian which is a modern piece‚ as well as the Consolation by Franz Liszt which is a romantic piece.
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Edvard Grieg (15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor‚ for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt (which includes Morning Mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King)‚ and for his collection of pianominiatures Lyric Pieces. [1] ------------------------------------------------- Biography Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in Bergen‚ Norway on June 15‚ 1843. His parents were Hiemlik Grieg (1806–1875)‚ a merchant
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influences and their relationship to comprehension. Since the 19th Century‚ the piano etude has been a medium for composers‚ and subsequently pianists‚ to work out technically challenging ideas associated with playing the keyboard. Carl Czerny based his piano etudes explicitly on technical challenges – often in a simplistic way – creating exercises for pianist to work through particular issues. These etudes are simply exercise and never designed or considered worthy of performance on the public stage
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Antonio Salieri. Two years following him and his family moved to Paris‚ France where he toured broadly as a pianist. Liszt ’s father Adam died in 1826‚ leaving the 15 year old boy to care for his mother. Being depressed and dishearten took a toll on him as he earned a living by teaching piano lessons in Paris. Liszt interest in music began to fade away and he questioned his profession as a pianist. Eventually‚ becoming a passionate reader Liszt absorbed himself in literature and religion‚ which turned
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George‚ The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski‚ Life is Beautiful directed by Roberto Benigni and Saving Private Ryan directed by Steven Spielberg. The connections in these texts examine the effects of war as they are all set during war time. It was interesting to see that the same ideas came throughout the texts; in particular I expect Saving Private Ryan and Hotel Rwanda to connect as they both explore how war builds character. I also thought that Life Is Beautiful and The Pianist both connected
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surprise at the annual Mardi Gras concert of cellist Charles Lebouc in Paris in February 1886. 2. Saint Saens’ opinion of the work: The first performance of ‘Carnival of the animals’ was on March the 9th‚ 1886‚ peformed by pianists‚ Saint-Saens and Diemer. Composer and pianist. The work was requested by Franz Liszt to be played again. After the second performance‚ Saint-Saens refused to allow any more public performances of ‘Carnival of the Animals’ as he highly feared that it would ruin his reputation
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advanced study.2 They soon became an important part of piano literature. Chopin’s Études Op. 10 is important to piano literature because of its history‚ musical techniques‚ and pedagogical purposes. Chopin‚ born in 1810 in Warsaw‚ Poland‚ was a great pianist. When he was eight years old‚ he amazed the nobility of Warsaw with his performance at the piano. As an adolescent‚ he was already composing spectacular music. In 1829‚ his teacher’s report on his composition classes in the Warsaw Conservatory was:
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be when you grow up‚ most children do not respond with "a career in financial services". Like most children‚ I responded with reference to jobs that seemed fun at the time. My first choice was a typewriter and translator‚ second naturally a pianist‚ but the third and most important choice was a computer engineer because I like computer‚ typing‚ translating a work and playing piano. If I were a computer engineer‚ I will don’t have much work. Computer engineers are
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