Piano Is My LIfe My name is Eric Valencia and I began playing piano three and a half years ago. I never had any interest in playing piano‚ although I loved hearing it. My grandmother passed away december of 2008 and I was deeply saddened by this event. My music history teacher in high school played a few pieces for us from the classical period. I remember hearing the Marriage of figaro‚ Moonlight sonata‚ Don Giovanni‚ and a few others‚ but Moonlight sonata grabbed my
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Sonata form is by far the most important of these forms‚ and one that continued to evolve throughout the Classical period. Although Baroque composers also wrote pieces called sonatas‚ the Classical sonata was different‚ it had four sections; the introduction‚ the development‚ the exposition and the coda. The texture of a composition could often change
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Harmonic language established by Mozart and Haydn was coloured with dissonances‚ and bolder chord changes. Emphasis shifted from the ideals of Mozart’s consonance and order‚ to the expression and increased ambiguity of Beethoven. As the focus changed to composing music for the sake of expression‚ new genres appeared‚ one of which is know as the Character Piece. Translated from the German‚ Charakterstück‚ the name is usually used to describe a piece of music for piano that sets out to evoke emotion‚ based
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(the Neue Zeitschrift mentions his successful debut at Hamburg in January 1864) was a piano teacher in Hamburg‚ lived for many years in Caracas‚ and died at an early age in Hamburg of a disease of the brain. Elise married a watchmaker‚ much to Johannes? disappointment. As a boy Johannes worked and studied with his father and learnt lessons from books with his mother‚ with whom he would play ?four-hands? at the piano‚ ?just for fun.? There were never any doubts as to his becoming a musician. From
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to develop tonal music. One of the amazing things about Beethoven was that he was deaf. At his last symphony‚ “Ninth Symphony”‚ he had to turn around and look at the audience to see if they were clapping. He was greatly influenced by the composers Haydn and Bach. He greatly influenced his music with the power of romanticism.  Beethoven’s father‚ Johann Van Beethoven‚ was bass singer at the court of Elector of Cologne and became Ludwig Van Beethoven’s first music teacher. He was later trained by the
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Question #1 History of music from 1650 to 1800 can be described by three major periods‚ the middle Baroque‚ the late Baroque / early Classical‚ and Classical eras. The middle Baroque can be described as a time of developing and standardizing musical forms‚ styles‚ and conventions‚ and then obeying those conventions in the creation of new music. The second era found the undoing of these conventions in two important areas‚ prompting the end of the Baroque and beginning of the Classical era. The final
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Since the beginning of time‚ many bands and artists have helped shape the way people live. Thirty Seconds to Mars‚ with lead singer Jared Leto‚ is a very successful pop-rock band. Starting in 1998‚ the members of this band did not have it easy. Neither did Ludwig van Beethoven who grew to be one of the most successful composers of all time. Taking in the world and challenges around them‚ both of these artists overcame many obstacles to become what they are known for. Their fans have followed and
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Beethoven was born on December 16th‚ 1770 in Bonn‚ Germany. He started playing piano and violin from a very young age. He was a pupil of his father‚ whom was a drinker and often forced him to wake up in the middle of the night to play for him and his drinking companions. Beethoven pursued his studies with many different great composers. He first studied with Hayden‚ but after a clash of temperaments he became a student of Schenk‚ Albrechtsberger‚ and Salieri. From the age of 12‚ Beethoven became
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The piano teacher Anastasia Cucu I sit now quietly in front of a grand piano in my cousin’s living room. My cousin‚ Lana‚ is speaking to me- she had me over for lunch to discuss the family- yet I am distracted by the large instrument that takes up almost half the room. I can only assume the baby grand was once a shiny black‚ though because its keys have been played
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minor is expected to finish in that key.[24] In Beethoven’s words: Many assert that every minor piece must end in the minor. Nego! ...Joy follows sorrow‚ sunshine—rain.[25] The triumphant and exhilarating finale is written in an unusual variant of sonata form: at the end of the development section‚ the music halts on a dominant cadence‚ played fortissimo‚ and the music continues after a pause with a quiet reprise of the "horn theme" of the scherzo movement. The recapitulation is then introduced by
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