Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky is from the the musical time period of the Romantic Era [1820-1910]. He was born in 1840 in present day Udmurtia‚ Russia. He died on November 6th‚ 1893 in St. Petersburg because of cholera. He received training from a teacher when he was younger and he also studied at the Russian Musical Society in 1861. He later studied at St.Petersburg Conservatory. In his childhood he has piano lessons at the age of 5. By the time he was 8 he knew all of the notes ‚just as well
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The History of Ballet The first experience of watching a ballet‚ for me or any little girl‚ can be fascinating and exhilarating. Wondering how a dancer can be so steady on her toes as she spins in circles and leaps through the air. Watching a ballet‚ there is a feeling of wanting to be graceful‚ as well as the warm sensation felt by a little girl as she slips into dream land. My mom had taken me to my first ballet when I was 11 years old. When we returned home home‚ she signed me up for classes
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Kevin McCray Ms. Smith General Music 4 December 2008 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Born May 7‚ 1840 in Votkinsk‚ Russia‚ Tchaikovsky was a famous composer during the romantic time period of music and was the most famous Russian composer. Tchaikovsky was born to a small middle class family. His father was a miner and his mom died when he was 14. He started learning to play piano at the age of 5 and soon showed a great talent for it. At age 10 he was sent to the School of Jurisprudence at St. Petersburg
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He participated in elaborate polyphonic and concerted music at church services. Bach was best known during his lifetime as an organist‚ organ consultant‚ and composer of organ works in both the traditional German free genres such as preludes‚ fantasias‚ and toccatas and stricter forms‚ such as chorale preludes and fugues. According to Ahti Tarkkanen’s historical article Blindness of Johann Sebastian Bach‚ “At the age of 64 years‚ his vision started to decline. By persuasion of his friends‚ he had
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of over four hundred ballets‚ George Balanchine used Stravinsky’s music. One of my favorite ballets is The Nutcracker‚ and it holds a very special place in my heart. I have danced in The Nutcracker for the past 8 years and it’s the one thing I look forward to every year. Unfortunately‚ now that I’m graduating this year‚ this Christmas was the last time I will be preforming in The Nutcracker for my dance studio. Balanchine changed and shaped the style of ballet. When Balanchine was only ten years
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Analyzing A Piece – The Rite of Spring Melody – The composition is very complex‚ it uses many different instruments at many different pitches‚ large leaps‚ most likely very difficult to play like a lot of Stravinsky’s work. The music has small repetitive parts but continuously moves on to new parts which are all different from the last. The music starts off in a very peaceful melody than develops into an angry sounding melody than drops back down to peaceful and then changes into angry again
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life was not easy‚ and he used music as a rescue from his problems‚ thus‚ creating the most famous compositions still recognized and used today. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was not only a very talented composer who created great masterpieces like “The Nutcracker”‚ but a great man who put in himself all the strength to become a great figure who is still known today. He was growing to be one of the most significant composers in history. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in 1840‚ in a small town of Votkinks
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References: Charleston Dance. (2009). Retrieved from http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/Charleston-dnc You Tube. (2010). Nutcracker. Retrieved from http://www.upitibe/cp‚/watch Kundanis‚ B. (Feb 1‚ 2002). The Complete Guide to Irish Dance. (Performing Arts). Library Journal‚ 127‚ 2. p.101(2). Retrieved February 26‚ 2011‚ from Academic OneFile via Gale: http://find.galegroup
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which the same melody is repeated over and over again with different treatment and without intervening new materials is a fantasia symphony * theme and variations rondo 7. A structure in which the melody is stated‚ then repeated with the first statement being played as background‚ as in "Row‚ Row‚ Row Your Boat‚" is a * fugue sonata fantasia symphony 8. "Allegro" means slow * fast dance-like with feeling 9. The origins of which of the following
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structure in which the same melody is repeated over and over again with different treatment and without intervening new materials is a fantasia symphony C theme and variations rondo 7. A structure in which the melody is stated‚ then repeated with the first statement being played as background‚ as in "Row‚ Row‚ Row Your Boat‚" is a A fugue sonata fantasia symphony 8. "Allegro" means slow B fast dance-like with feeling 9. The origins of which of the following are
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