Dr Bartnick brought up a man by the name of Paul Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein was an Austrian born pianist who was widely known in the 1900’s for his ability to play the piano with one hand. While serving in WWI the then young Wittgenstein lost his arm to a grenade‚ and by many standards‚ he was forever left unfit to play the piano. Fortunately‚ Wittgenstein was persistent (and wealthy)‚ and despite all its difficulties‚ he developed the
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Samuel Barber Samuel Barber was one of the most distinguished composers in 20th century America. He was an American composer of piano‚ opera‚ choral‚ and orchestral music. Barber is generally associated with being a Romantic composer. Over his lifetime‚ Barber wrote over one hundred songs along with his major compositions. Also in his career‚ he won two Pulitzer Prize’s. His lyrical and compositional uniqueness and ability is still astonishing to this day. He had a natural ability to write songs
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April 23‚ 1810. This the church where his parents attended. Frederic became interested in playing the piano. His mother began to instruct him on how to play the piano. She was his first teacher. Then he had professional music tutors for about fiver years(1816 to 1821)‚ who was known to be Czech pianist Wojciech Zywny (Michalowski & Samson‚ 2013). As Chopin continued learning about playing the piano‚ he further his education by attending Warsaw Lyceum‚ where he began taking organ lessons from Czech
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Allegretto Listening 1‚ March 5 (7:00 pm)‚ laptop‚ without score‚ Würzburger Klaviertrio Upon my first listening I noticed that the piano part had more to it than I would’ve originally thought. The piano was not simply playing an accompaniment for the strings‚ but had its own distinct voice. When the violin came in for the first time it seemed to be echoing the piano part. As the piece went on I could hear that there seemed to be a lot of imitation between the parts. On my first listening I was
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‘I wish I had a river’ is the overlying focus point throughout the song and is used throughout. Employing an easily recognizable common time‚ the song although played at a slow to medium tempo sounds as though it is moving faster due to the ornate piano part. Using the key of C major allows a free flowing melody and helps Joni to craft this easily identifiable four-minute piece. Using a unique A/B/C structure‚ Joni doesn’t focus on a verse chorus‚ but more over a consistent lyrical theme throughout
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listen to any. I went to see the Charles Mingus Tribute play on Thursday‚ Oct. 9th at Stayner’s Wharf Pub and Restaurant with some friends in the history of jazz course with me‚ and with some from out of the class. The performers were Dave Staples (piano)‚ Chris Mitchell (saxophone)‚ Martin Davidson (saxophone)‚ Danny Martin (trombone)‚ Tom Roach (drums)‚ and Tom Easley (bass). As I was listening to the jazz I was trying my hardest to take in my surroundings and analyze how the environment catered
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Survival‚ to constantly battle to stay alive‚ against all odds. In the film The Pianist‚ directed by Roman Polanski‚ is about how a talented piano player named Wladyslaw Szpilman’s life turns hectic as he is forced to fight against an enormous army. His talent was one of the many reasons why he survived. The people who risked their lives to keep him hidden from the Nazis. Szpilman was both quick witted and extremely lucky. There are many factors that contributed to Szpilman’s survival‚ the outcome
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Chopin’s Revolutionary etude begins exclusively forte with intense chromatic scales moving down the piano into the bass secttion. The melody is in the right hand as the left hand moves around playing its series of scales. After the melody is first played forte‚ it comes back as a soft echo. After a few short moment of soft melody‚ it comes back forte‚ the left hand playing fierce chromatic scales. It is piano for a moment and the final chords to the etude are forte. This etude is relatively short but contains
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of independence‚ Jing-mei purposefully played the wrong notes at piano practice because she “was so determined not to try‚ not to be anybody different” (Schilb & Clifford 244). Jing-mei’s independence led directly to her strong will. Not only did she want no part in her mother’s forced lifestyle‚ but she “was determined to put a stop to her [mother’s] foolish pride” (Schilb & Clifford 244). After embarrassing herself during her piano performance‚ Jing-mei believed that her mother would finally stop
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concert for the first time. The main theme of this concert was “Smooth Jazz with Zino Park at Maum”. Before the concert began‚ the band members introduced themselves to the audience. The names of players were: Acoustic guitar by Jerry‚ vocal & piano by Zino Park‚ bass guitar by Clay Luna‚ vocal & guitar by Zen‚ guitar & saxophone by Dan Stark‚ drum by Skip Mccain‚ and harp by Monica. Name of the first song was “Be my love”. They started a song with very bright tone and middle fast tempo
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