Similar Families and Similar Struggles "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson" are two extraordinary works created by August Wilson. Throughout these two plays there is a constant struggle while at the same time these stories revolve around a similar theme or symbol. In "Fences"‚ the idea of building the "fence" is very similar to the "piano" in "The Piano Lesson". August Wilson did not name his play‚ Fences‚ simply because the dramatic action depends strongly on the building of a fence in the Maxson’s
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Personal Statement I was first presented to the piano by my neighbor who had an old player piano in her basement. I was very young and was so highly amused by this instrument and started to play on it. Immediately‚ I liked the touch and the sounds that came out and was attracted to the piano. My first teacher in Louisiana was Iva Gunness. She introduced me to piano instructions during my kindergarten and 1st grade years. She was really strict on me‚ and the most vivid memory I have of her is
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Concert Review On April 8th 2004 I attended the "Music for Piano" concert featuring Bette Coulson and Philip Seward at the Columbia College Concert Hall. The show was only about an hour. Mr. Seward and Mrs. Coulson played five pieces together and then each play on solo. This was my first piano concert‚ of any kind‚ that I have attended. This was something new for me. The concert included seven different pieces. Claude Debussy composed three of them‚ La puerta del vino‚ Le Vent dans la Plaine‚ and
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the “Blue Piano.” In scene 6‚ the Varsouviana Polka music is introduced‚ resembling aspects of emotion as well. Firstly‚ The Blue Piano embodies fear. As the scene starts to foreshadow a future occurrence of domestic violence‚ the music appears to reach a crescendo. Similarly‚ this also occurs when the characters enter a scene of panic or anxiety. As a prime example‚ the opening of scene two states “Stanley enters the kitchen from outside‚ leaving the door open on the perpetual “blue piano” around
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attended the “IU South Bend Piano Studio” concert at IUSB. It was performed at Louise E. Addicott and Yatish Joshi Performance Hall in Northside Building. The concert music was picked from a selection of composers who composed during the Classical and Romantic period. There were music pieces (selected movements) by Ludwig Beethoven‚ Robert Schumann‚ Johannes Brahms‚ Sergei Prokofiev‚ and‚ Claude Debussy. Current students from the IUSB Music department were the ones playing the piano. Each one had a strong
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor‚ Op 13‚ 1st Movement Commonly known as the Sonata Pathétique‚ this work was written in 1798 when the composer was 27 years old‚ and was published in 1799‚ with a dedication to his friend‚ the Austrian Prince Karl von Lichnowsky. The Pathetique hails from the early part of Beethoven’s career‚ a time when traditions of the Classical periods are still dominant and composers at the time were spinning out highly technical‚ exquisitely formal
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Michael 10-14-08 Piano Concert-10/7/08 The only performer‚ performing this evening was an aspiring pianist named Judy Huang. The performer had a charismatic personality‚ with a little bit of an accent. She gladly welcomed us and opened her recital by introducing herself. The event occurred in the Art Building‚ C-104 at approximately 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday of October 07‚ 2008. She humbly dedicated and donated her time to share her piano skills. She proudly opened her recital by presenting how honored
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political opportunities. Such outcomes of racism are seen in The Piano Lesson‚ in which August Wilson discusses African Americans’ struggle of advancing in life. White men constantly received benefits of which people of color did not‚ which sometimes led to conflicts with the law. Of course‚ blacks never found favor from the law‚ continuing the cycle of racism. Although African Americans found
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Sonata in A majar-----Mozart（1756-1791） Mozart was an Austrian composer. He was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works‚ many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic‚ concertante‚ chamber‚ operatic‚ and choral music. He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers. The first movement of Mozart’s Piano sonata K331 is set out as theme with 6 variations. The theme is written in 6/8 timing‚ the form is rounded binary and is written
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In the Shoe-Horn Sonata‚ John Misto uses an analysis of dramatic‚ language and visual techniques to construct powerful images of Bridie and Sheila’s experiences in the prisoner of war camp (POW). Misto explores‚ through the two friend’s testimonies‚ the untold story of hundreds and thousands of women imprisoned by the Japanese during World War II. He conveys these experiences through the use of techniques such as 1st person narration‚ symbolism and music. In the Shoe-Horn Sonata‚ Misto effectively
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