stroke of my hands of my performance matters today. And yet‚ I smiled‚ letting my hands dance all over‚ presenting a symphony of sound as the ideas inside my head came to life. The music to my ears‚ however‚ wasn’t Bach or Beethoven‚ despite my personal pursuit of the piano. Instead‚ the notes of my waltz were snippets of HTML tags and CSS selectors on my monitor‚ the sweet melody the scattered wireframes and mockups across my desk‚
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Beethoven and Mozart Mozart and Beethoven were both famous musicians of the classical music‚ and they were considered to be geniuses‚ giant composers. There were some similarities and differences between them‚ so their fans and some experts often compared them each other. Be honest‚ I liked Beethoven’s better than Mozart‚ and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony was one my favorite musical compositions‚ nevertheless‚ I still considered Mozart was one of the best musicians in the history as well. Background
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“The Piano Teacher” “The Piano Teacher” is a novel written by Elfriede Jelinek and first published in 1983. It was made into a motion picture directed by Michael Haneke and won three major prizes at the Cannes 2001 festival including best actress for Isabelle Huppert and best actor for Benoit Magimel. Erika Kohut is a piano teacher at the Conservatory of Vienna. She is a very up tight‚ rigid and cold person. As I kept reading the book I understood that it was not her fault she came up to
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On Christmas Day 1989‚ the city of Berlin got to enjoy a concert for the ages: the "Ode to Freedom‚". A composite event‚ covering centuries worth of work by the composers Schiller‚ Beethoven - and Leonard Bernstein. The purpose of the concert was to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall in a way that would be remembered forever. Bernstein had the soloists and chorus sing in the final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony that truly symbolized freedom‚ as a gift from the gods to the Germans. Not
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approach can be seen in the precise timings given for each section and his organic approach can be seen in the natural growth of his ideas. This style has been influenced by classical and baroque concerto forms‚ with it’s slow introduction and elements of the baroque ’concerto for orchestra’ and ’concerto grosso’ (although this cannot be clearly seen in this movement). Much of the work is based on a scalic idea Bartok called his ’germinal motif.’ It is based on an Arabic scale‚ and is found in much
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BEETHOVEN CONCERTS The “Pastorale” Symphony and the “Emperor” Piano Concerto‚ one named by Ludwig van Beethoven and the other by a friend‚ are splendid examples of Beethoven’s musical acumen. These pieces are more formally known as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 and Piano Concerto No. 5. This concert report will cover both pieces and will contain my impressions of each piece. Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale” was performed by the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen‚ and was conducted by Paavo Jarvi
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CONTENTS Biographical Essay Further Readings Source Citation Updates BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY The instrumental music of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) forms a peak in the development of tonal music and is one of the crucial evolutionary developments in the history of music as a whole. The early compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven marked the culmination of the 18th-century traditions for which Haydn and Mozart had established the great classical models‚ and his middle-period
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specifically the European race. Background Analysis of the Poem Commentary – Piano and Drums by Gabriel Okara In Gabriel Okara’s poem‚ “Piano and Drums”‚ Okara expresses his feelings and thoughts of a primitive society in contrast to a western society. Being an African himself‚ and having studied in a western society‚ the poem reflects the confusion in his emotions as well as the loss of self-identity. The title of the poem itself‚ “Piano and Drums” displays a sense of dissimilarity and contrast
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Shostakovich Piano Trio No.2 mov.1 Analysis The Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor‚ for violin‚ cello and piano‚ Op. 67‚ with four movements‚ by Dmitri Shostakovich was written in 1944‚ in the midst of World War II. The work received its premiere in Leningrad on 14 November 1944. After 1936‚ Shostakovich separated his compositions to two parallel sections‚ one for public consumptions‚ the other one for personal expressions. Therefore‚ Shostakovich’s chamber music probably constitutes the most complete
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J. S. Bach and the Second Brandenburg Concerto In December 1917‚ Johann Sebastian Bach began working as Prince Leopold of Cothen’s Kappelmeister (German: “chapel master‚” director of music)‚ tasked with composing for celebrations and holidays. A lover of music‚ the prince held Bach in high esteem; paying Bach more than twice the salary of his predecessor. Restricted by the chapel’s low-quality organ‚ Bach negotiated for new instruments in Carlsbad and Berlin‚ traveling with the prince throughout
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