One experience that relates to this was when I became the pianist at my church. Ever since I started playing the piano‚ many people at my church wanted me to become the next pianist because the current one was extremely old‚ and wasn’t expected to live much longer. So when they asked me to play for them‚ it didn’t come as a surprise. What did freak me out was that I was
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Austin High gang Terms: Jazz age (=early jazz) includes: new Orleans jazz + Chicago jazz Rag time jazz/ Traditional jazz/ Dixieland jazz/ gut bucket and barrel house music all describe the jazz age music. Jazz piano: Many of the great jazz pianists were in the eastern cities: New York‚ New Jersey‚ Philadelphia. Jazz piano was unaccompanied when it was first involved. Early jazz piano styles evolved almost directly from
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Bela Bartok Bela Bartok was born on March 25th‚ 1881 in Baratian‚ a small town in Hungary. His father‚ Bela Bartok Sr.‚ belonged to a lower noble family of Hungary though his mother Paula came from a Roman Catholic Serbian family in Serbia. At an early age‚ Bela started showing talent for music and often distinguished rhythms when his mother played the piano. This was before he could even properly speak. At the age of 4‚ he played 40 pieces on the piano and his mother‚ recognizing his
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Clara Schumann (Wieck) was born in Leipzig‚ Germany in September 1819 and died in Frankfurt in May of 1896. She was born to Friedrich Wieck and Marianne (Tromlitz). Her father was a talented pianist who taught but began his career in theology at his mother’s insistence. Clara’s mother‚ Marianne‚ was a pianist and soprano who studied with Friedrich. Friedrich and Marianne were wed in 1816 and he began training her to perform and help to forward his own career as a teacher. After eight years and five
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzf9PwzTwhY&list=PL6F29D4B4BFF4AED0&index=28 A book I have read I spend half of my life reading books. The book I read last was The Hunger Games. (Gary Ross‚ Suzanne Collinns)…It’s a sci-fi story. It really helps to learn to use your imagination. The whole book is action-packed and gripping which keeps you interested till the end and even after. I love the caraters‚ they are true to life. It is easy to identify with their joys and sorrows. Katniss‚ Peeta and the
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The Not So Great Nation of the Present John L. Sullivan would be utterly disappointed if he were living in the America we are today. His writing “The Great Nation of Futurity” was created off of his love for our nation. He says the foundation of our nation was built on “the great principle of human equality‚” which is not being displayed today as it were in the 1800’s (Sullivan 4). Sullivan would roll over in his grave had he heard of the mass shooting in Las Vegas last month on October 2nd. At least
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Schooling: He attended Tanks Upper Secondary School in his younger years and at the age of 15 he enrolled in Leipzig Conservatory‚ where he graduated 4 years later as a talented composer and pianist. His mentor was Niels Gade. Instruments he played: Piano Important facts: ● Edvard was a Norwegian composer and pianist. It was his music that gave Norway its own identity and that made him a hero to the people of that country. ● Edvard had a toy frog that he would take to his concerts
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between of black and white lends itself to the mood with phrases like “ebony hands on each ivory key” (9). The “Sweet Blues! Coming from a black man’s soul!” (Hughes‚ 14-15) must weigh heavily on the narrator as he listens to the lyrics and watches the pianist do his lazy sway. In the blues singer’s lyrics he sings of loneliness and how he has no one in the world. He tries to overcome those feelings with lyrics expressing his wishes to quit frowning and to “put his troubles on the shelf” (22). A few thumps
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15‚ 2016 Peter (Pyotr) Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a composer during the Romantic period. Tchaikovsky was born in the year 1840 in Russia. Although his family wanted him to be a lawyer‚ he was later recognized as a captivating composer. Another pianist‚ Anton Rubinstein‚ who was well known at the time‚ tutored him. When he began composing music‚ it was mostly folk music from his country. However‚ as time went on his work became known for its intensity and many around the world would appreciate
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want to reach a high level. Quickly they are under pressure‚ and they try to practice even more. But that will often give the opposite effect. In the short story "Every Good Boy" written by David Nicholls the narrator has a dream of being a famous pianist‚ but he is born with no talent. The narrator tells a story from his childhood when he was nine years old. He is “remarkable for being entirely without ability”‚ but he keeps up hope that he will find his talent. He is “graceless‚ charmless‚ and
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