Krystian Zimerman Research Paper

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

Jeff Karpell was a standout outfielder for the Fairleigh Dickinson baseball program. His freshman campaign he posted the longest hit streak by reaching base safely in seven consecutive games. Karpell also led all freshmen in hitting with a .313 batting average. Karpell really stood out as a sophomore earning All-Northeast Conference honors with a .337 average, which put him 3rd on the team and 9th in the NEC. During his senior season Karpell threw out 9 base runners, which is good enough to put him first for most single season outfield assists. Karpell’s efforts are still shown in the FDU record books where he ranks: 7th in single season hits (64), 7th in triples (4), 3rd in runs batted in (59). Along with his single season achievements Karpell is also 7th in career batting average (.343), 7th in at bats (571), 5th in hits (196), 3rd in triples (9), and 2nd in RBIs (145).

OKLAHOMA CITY--Utility man Braden Zarbnisky has been clutch for the West Virginia University baseball team the entire season.

I on the other hand, practice in the art originating in the year 1839, baseball,

I am fine, how are you? I miss living in Hawaii, attending UH Hilo and discussing stuff with you, along with other things.

“ He continued his music lessons after high school graduation, in 1921 he went to France to study at the American Conservatory in

The Pianist is a movie that shows the life of one man, Wladyslaw Szpilman who was a popular Jewish Pole radio station pianist. In the World War II which is a background of the movie, How Szpilman suffered and how he survived are presented in the movie. While the movie portrays Szpilman’s life, it also shows how the Jewish people are dehumanized by Nazi during the war. The director, Roman Polanski, successfully uses camera angle, lighting and plot structure, and characterization to present the theme of dehumanization.

He is unable to play because he will give himself away so we instead watch his fingers move across the air above the piano’s keys as whilst the sound plays in his head and too the viewer. Throughout the film we also see Szpilman pretending to play the piano as he taps his finger across his legs. It is moments such as these that help to maintain Szpilman’s willingness to survive by keeping silent, but also how piano gives fills him with the hope that is instrumental in his survival. In other scenes such as when a German officer asks Szpilman to play piano for him, and allows him to live because of his immense talent we begin to realise that Szpilman’s hope – music, does not only help him to survive mentally, but also physically as he can share the gift that he has to others. It is also important to note that Polanski only music by the Polish composer, Chopin is used throughout ‘The Pianist’. His sad and evocative music brings upon a sad mood, yet one with a hint of hope and with this, the director can more vividly express his ideas a way that dialogue or action cannot.

At the age of nineteen, Schumann left Leipzig to attend Heidelberg. While there, he followed Franz Schubert’s style in composing waltz. Schumann practiced vigorously and thought often about abandoning law to become a virtuoso pianist (Par 4). His mother agrees with him and he returns to Leipzig in 1830 to study with Wieck (Par 4). Although Wieck was pleased with Schumann talents, he was concerned about the constancy and ability to demonstration hard work from Schumann.

Looking back in time at the great composers of the world, only one foreign composer stands out for his many contributions to classical music and in helping America to find its own music. Antonin Leopold Dvorak was born on September 8th, 1841, in a small village of Nelahozeves in Bohemia that lies on the bank of the Mauldau River. The village Dvorak was born into was in good company and surroundings however also retained much of its native luster even through the worst times of political oppression (1).

Frederic Chopin is thought to be one of the greatest composers of classical music to come from Poland. Chopin lived and composed music during the Romantic era with some of his greatest works being in nocturne, mazurkas, and prelude. His skills were innovative and unorthodox to many people during his time because of his sense of intuitiveness. His phenomenal piano and composition skills had a defining impact on other musicians around him. However, to have such influential power Chopin did not perform many concerts during his lifetime. It is recorded that he only performed a total of 30 public performances.

German composer and pianist, Ludwig van Beethoven, was born December 1770 and spent most of his life in Vienna, Austria. His first teacher was his alcoholic father, who worked as a musician at the Court of Bonn. Teaching him day and night, Ludwig suffered from his father's harsh and erratic behavior. For a time, he and his father played at the Church. As his father's alcoholism increased, Ludwig became the main musician.

Alexandr Nikolayevich Scriabin, was born on Christmas day 1871 in Moscow , Russia. He was a composer of piano and orchestral music and was noted for its unusual harmonies through which. At Moscow Cadet School from 1882 to 1889 Scriabin was actually trained as a soldier but he was able to study music at the same time and took piano lessons. From 1888 to 1892 he studied piano and composition at the Moscow Conservatory. Then later in 1894 Scriabin made his debut as a pianist in St. Petersburg, performing his own works to positive reviews. Also in 1894, Mitrofan Belyayev agreed to work with Scriabin and pay him to compose for his publishing company. In the year of 1897 he married Vera Isakovich who also played the piano and from

Hans Zimmer was born in Frankfurt, Germany in September 12, 1957. As a child, he began playing piano since he was three years old. Although he was receiving piano lessons, he quickly became uninterested after only two weeks of piano lessons. Even more astounding he decided to become a composer at age six. His father died when he was six and that is when he decided to become serious about music, because it was his refuge as he quotes, “It was my way of calming the demons in me or at the same time sometimes letting them roar, letting them rip, letting the monster out and seeing that it wasn't so scary being able to look it in the eye," (International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers 2).

In the course of the development of music, many great composers have contributed their brilliance towards the revolution of music. To be a great composer does not necessarily mean that they have reached a vast amount of fame. However, it means that their compositions have ingenuity and value. The melodies they have cleverly created have reached a point of worthiness in the world of music. For it is the sweet harmonies a composer creates that defines who he is. One of these gifted composers was Frederic Chopin, born on February 22, 1810 in Zelazowa Wola, Poland. Young Chopin was already composing by the age of eight and as his musical career developed he became known as a master of piano composition. Although he was often misunderstood