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EARLY JAZZ PIANO STYLES...?Early Jazz Piano Styles Introduction Jazz was introduced in 1932, or was at its hype and popularity since Europe transformed the period of Depression into a day of rebirth, celebration, and vigor in most fields of art, an era called the Renaissance. Although Europe was quite popular in its musical invention and innovation before World War I took place, jazz music had its popularity in the United States (Schuller 3). It was in 1932 when new techniques, styles, and artistic criteria were introduced by formidable pianists such as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington (Schuller 3). These introduced styles and techniques set the standard for playing jazz piano in the contemporary and future world. With Bennie...
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Concert report for a piano...? On Friday September 13 at around 7:30 in the evening, I attended a music concert where Esther Park was the chief guest. In this concert, she played the piano to different songs which were known to the audience. From the keys played on the piano, I could tell she is a professional pianist. The concert was organized by Powell Piano series. I had noticed her from her shows worldwide where she had performed as a soloist of many orchestras. The concert was held in room 107 of the Mathes Hall Auditorium at East Tennessee State University. Since the concert had been advertised some days before, a large number of audiences had turned up. Esther Parker was a well known soloist who had performed...
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Yundi Li's piano concert...Piano concert report The concert takes place at La Roque d'Antheron. The performance of the day is by pianist Yundi Li where he plays 4 Chopin Scherzos and the encore is La Campanella. The video starts with Yundi Li appearing and bowing before his audience, who seem and sound eager to experience a touch of classic plays from this great pianist. Yundi has a seemingly effortless technique, and has this great mastery of the piano, which leaves him outstanding, and especially at his age during this performance. A few mistakes are noticeable, like for example, adjacent notes are touched. This would only be noticeable by a keen listener, and one who has knows the work being performed. The tempi are reasonable,...
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Piano Concerto No. 17...Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, KV. 453, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 'The Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, KV. 453, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart waswritten in 1784.The work is orchestrated for solo piano, flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, and strings (violins divided into two, violas, cellos and double basses). As is typical with concertos, it is in three movements:
1. Allegro
2. Andante in C major
3. Allegretto -- Presto
According to the date that the composer himself noted on the score, the concerto was completed on April 12, 1784. It was premiered by Mozart's student, Barbara von Ployer, on June 13, 1784 at a concert to which Mozart had invited Giovanni Paisiello to hear...
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Piano Sonata in D Major... 07 May 2007 Piano Sonata in D Major, K284: A Music Review Piano Sonata in D Major, K 284 The piano Sonata belongs to a group o five sonatas that were composed by Mozart in Munich at the beginning of 1775. This sonata was written when Mozart was 19 years old and during the peak of his musical career. Named as the "Durnitz Sonata" for differentiation from the two later sonatas written in the same key, it was commissioned by Baron Thaddaus von Durnitz, himself an amateur musician. In this piece, labeled as one of the most difficult sonatas ever composed by Mozart, the composer exploits the new expressive abilities of the newly introduced keyboard that time, the Hammerklavier. The genius Mozart carefully put a lot of dynamic markings...
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Playing the Piano(process essay)...Playing the Piano Whenever life gets a little too crazy and I get to feeling as if I simply can’t hangon another moment, one of the best ways I’ve found to relax my cares away is to sit at my piano and get lost in the beautiful music I can create. Knowing I am in control of the sounds coming out of the instrument is not the only reason I feel such satisfaction. It is also the ability to play the music that most matches the way I feel when I sit down that helps me to relax into my mood and begin to play other things. For example, I might sit down playing something slow and sad to match my mood and end up playing something quick and jazzy before I’m done, leaving the piano in a much...
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Playing the Piano(process essay)...Playing the Piano This afternoon I had the pleasure of listening, for the first time, to Brahms’ Symphony No.3, Poco Allegretto and found the experience exceedingly enjoyable. A beautiful piece of music, the Poco Allegretto is reflective of the Romanticism found in Brahms’ previous pieces. As a fan of Beethoven, I could sense the influence that this composer has had on Brahms, particularly with respect to the Romantic period in which this symphony was composed. Classical music is something that I enjoy and playing the piano is a process that I personally find delightful. The purpose of a processes essay is to clearly demonstrate the individual steps involved in a particular task. Since I find playing...
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Piano...Piano Piano and I share a unique and strange relation with each other. Piano makes me stronger in my feeling; whatever I have at a particular point in time. The sound of a piano takes me back to the days of my early childhood.
When I am sad and want to be left alone for a while, piano makes me forget all my worries and delve into an enlightening experience; an experience, that takes me to another world, where there is only peace, and happiness, and tranquility all around me. While I am hearing the piano being played, I feel like the time has stopped going by. I feel like everything has become still. There is no motion anywhere; like...
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Renzo Piano...Renzo Piano Renzo Piano is one of the famous architects who have designed many buildings. He has many awards due tohis architectural work. In the year 2006, he was recognized as one of the most influential architectures globally by TIME. Among his famous architectural work includes the Parco Della Musica that is an Italian architectural building. Renzo Piano designed the building in the year 1960. Parco Della Musica is one of the largest Music complexes globally. Ever since the building was established it has been the pride of the city.
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Parco Della Musica is located in the northern part of Rome in Italy. Various music functions are usually held at the complex. It occupies a...
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The Piano Lesson...The Piano Lesson In this play the is trying to offer some answers regarding the likelihood of having a sense of self-esteem by denying one’s past. What the author seem to ask is what do you do with your legacy, and how do you best put it to use. The Piano Lesson is a story of the lives of the Charles family and an inheritance, the piano. The writer focuses on the on the arguments between a sister and a brother who are disagreeing on what to do with the piano they possess. The brother wants to sell the piano to purchase the land that his ancestors had labored on as slaves and the sister, who wants to keep it. The piano illustrates the...
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