THOMAS “BLIND TOM” GREENE WIGGINS BETHUNE Thomas “Blind Tom” Greene Wiggins Bethune (b. 1849 Georgia-d. 1908 New Jersey)‚ was a composer and pianist born to Domingo Wiggins and Charity Greene on Wiley Jones ’s plantation in Harris County‚ Georgia. In 1850‚ Bethune was auctioned off to Colonel James Neil Bethune‚ along with his parents and two brothers. Born blind and sickly‚ he was included with the purchase of his family for free.1 As a toddler he took on the name of his new owner‚ Bethune.
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high register was extraordinary. Through his combos and big bands many players also went on to play in groups of their own. Thelonious Monk was a pianist and composer. The first bebop composer and pianist. His melodies were unorthodox . His music is said to be perfect and concise. Even whole ablums have been devoted to his music. He influenced many pianists. He was an expert in placing accents in irregular order which is very difficulty to play. He used stride piano techniques‚
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funny attitude throughout the story. Clay‚ the narrator‚ does not take himself seriously and uses the story as a way to poke fun at himself and his unsuccessful attempt at becoming a world-famous concert pianist. Throughout the narration of Clay’s ill-fated attempt at becoming a concert pianist‚ Hodgins frequently makes use of the suicidal laughter aspect of humor. Clay repeatedly makes fun of himself and makes light of the whole situation. He jokes about his physical appearance at the time of the
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on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours" (Gladwell 40). The number was determined through a study where people compared the number of hours throughout their lifetime from amateur pianists and professional pianists. Most professional pianists played the piano around 10‚000 hours from when they were five years old to twenty years old in order to be the player they are today. With that example‚ anyone can be able to execute a task perfectly‚ like a professional
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however it is the pianist who decides which of them will triumph over the rest. Pianists do so through techniques using musical aspects such as tempo‚ dynamics‚ accents‚ and syncopation to name a few. This paper will discuss four different interpretations of the first movement of the Moonlight Sonata performed by a diverse range of musicians. The musicians include German classical pianist‚ Wilhelm Kempff‚ American piano legend‚ Wladziu Valentine Liberace‚ contemporary jazz pianist‚ Lenny Marcus and
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the ability of some people to still be compassionate to each other during these times of evil. The book Maus‚ and the movie “The Pianist‚” share many thematic similarities. In Maus the main character is young son named Artie. His father Vladek survived the concentration camp and he also shows compassion towards his father on his unbelievable will to survive. The Pianist” is a little different. In it the main character has to endure harsh treatment at the Warsaw Ghetto and after he is released‚ he
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development‚ not development of finger strength. Skill is acquired in two stages: (1) discovering how the fingers‚ hands‚ arms‚ etc.‚ are to be moved‚ and (2) conditioning the brain‚ nerves‚ and muscles to execute these with ease and control. Many pianist think of piano practice as hours of finger calisthenics because they were never taught the proper definition of technique. The reality is that you are actually improving your brain when learning piano. The Twelve Step Method is conditioning the fingers
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to be performed by students who are in an active jazz group at the school. The jazz ensemble consisted of three consistent musicians with a different vocal artist for each song. The director of the recital was Dr. Timothy Brent who was also the pianist for the evening. On the bass was a man by the name of the Dale Posey. The final member of the group was Rodolfo Zuniga on the drum set. Unfortunately‚ I did not arrive on time to catch the introduction and the first song. So honestly‚ I could
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including Fletcher Henderson and members of his band‚ and the pianist James P. Johnson‚ with whom she recorded her masterpiece “Backwater Blues”. In addition to recording blues‚ Smith traveled around the South America with her own show‚ which was wildly popular. In 1929‚ Smith made her film appearance‚ in “St. Louis Blues”. In the film‚ she sings the title song with members of Fletcher Henderson’s orchestra‚ the Hall Johnson Choir‚ pianist James P. Johnson. Smith’s marriage to gee ended in 1929;
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over a desert? Chances are Ansel Adams took that photograph. Listen closely as I tell you about a talented pianist who grew up to be a famous landscape photographer. Ansel Adams was born on February 20‚ 1902 in San Francisco‚ California. When he was young he taught himself how to play the piano on his family’s piano‚ and for a long time he thought he was going to be a famous pianist. . After reading a picture book on Yosemite National Park in California Adams wanted to see the place
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