Louis Moreau Gottschalk Pros And Cons

In the second movement, the percussion section is more noticeable, especially at the beginning. This movement is also in D minor. The range of the melodic tune is dramatic. At times, I recognized the downbeat in three measures (da da da). This

This movement is in (c) minor of E-flat, and is an unexpected change in this piano concerto because the first movement was in E-flat major. This movement is kind of slow and very melancholic. It opens with muted strings. It have

To recover from the storm, I select “The Banjo” by Louis Gottschalk as my next piece. In contrast to the fierce thunderstorm in Moonlight’s third movement, Banjo is full of cheerful and light-hearted melodies. As if a sunshower, the music refreshes our mind and energizes our spirit.

The concert started off at a quick and stimulating pace with Brahms’s Sonata for Two Pianos in F Minor. The piece starts with descending arpeggios echoing a sensation of distress or confusion. There are frequent slight pauses, creating a sense of suspense for what is to follow and building on the emotions

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.

Just as the other songs from the recital, this song is part of the modern era, and is a sonata genre. This song also had an allegro moderato tempo. In this performance, the saxophone was the main focus. The piano was just in the background, as for the tunes played before both the saxophone and piano were important. Indeed, there was a solo for the piano in this song. I assume that the saxophone player needs a time to rest, therefore the piano plays a solo in the middle of the piece. Overall, this song did have organization to it and had a lot of feel to it, as most jazz performances

Adding onto the ambiance of the auditorium, the music that was showcased was an infusion of a series of different cultural background and languages. The different cultural background and languages included; a traditional Irish arrangements, American folksong, French folksong, Cuban folksong and songs in Spanish as well as Latin. Moving onward, the instruments that were used was the bongos, shaker, and a clacker in one of the pieces. However, those were not the only instruments that were used, other instruments that were used was an accompanying piano and the vocal tone through the voices in an acapella-like style. Which is to say that the historical era of each piece is difficult to determine. However, if I had to choose a specific piece to write on, I would choose the piece Son de Camaguey by Stephen

George Gershwin was a popular and successful American pianist and composer. He composed music for movies, Broadway musicals, opera and the concert hall. He combined classical music and jazz to his style.

African music or better known as black music brought a lot of different types of music to America. Such as Afrobeat founded by Fela Kuti and many bringing over a polyrhythm sound. One of the very first Africans to America were a variety of different ethnic groups with a long history of African musical traditions. When arriving some were allowed to bring their instrument and other made new instrument. An example of this is the “Banja” or “banshaw” now known as the banjo were one of the very first African instrument brought over and is still today being played and built in America. The beginning of mainstream African American music began in the 19th century, “In the 1830s, the Great Awakening led to a rise in Christian fundamentalism, especially among African Americans”. At the time African Americans were slaves but during that time they started performing a variety of spiritual and christian songs. Many of the songs were code for escape. By the 1800’s the black populations has been growing and many Africans American music was being banned

As a music student who grew up in Asian culture, the piano was one of the most common instruments to start one's musical life. It is still hard to find the reason how this western instrument became so popular in Asian culture, but all my friends have experiences to learning piano when they were young. In contrast with the instruments such as alto saxophone or piccolo, there is no doubt that the sounds/music of piano is familiar for people and piano itself as well. There are numerous repertories for the pianist in the world, and the pianists have limitless references for their performance. Because of this reason, people tend to think that ‘Piano is not difficult to play well' or ‘Piano is simple. You can just play!'. I also thought in the same way when I was very young. However, I realized the potential complexity of the sounds that piano could make through the music at the first time when I heard this piece: Chopin's Ballade no.1 in G minor, op.23. This piece is the story of my musical life. For this assignment, I will focus on the first half part of this piece to explain how it becomes meaningful for me.

I imagined that the music would all sound relatively the same and I assumed it would only be appealing to someone with Irish heritage. Although I was anticipating to be skeptical of the unfamiliar type of music, I found myself humming along and dancing in my seat to the tunes. The music played was traditional Celtic music and made me think of old-fashioned bluegrass music. Despite the fact that the pieces were not officially named, the first piece that stuck out to me was played about ten minutes after we arrived. The song was mostly defined by a clear playing of the Banjo. The rhythm was upbeat and steady, while the harmony created a folk texture. The tones had an allegretto tempo and a smooth conjunct melody, but tended to become a bit repetitive. The timbre was very clear and the sound appeared structured. The overall interpretation of the musical sounds implied an optimistic mood. I think the main reason I found myself appreciating this musical piece was because it captured my interest and encouraged a vivacious atmosphere and reaction from the

It is a form that the Classical time period established. This piece is fast because it is movement I. It is also in duple meter. It uses a rocket theme and also contains a string orchestra. It has sudden dynamic changes and a homophonic texture.

President of the country, Michel Martelly, is scheduled to step down from office on February 7th, 4 days from now. The step down has been planned, and there were scheduled elections, but the initial election did not count due to fraud voting and the second was cancelled due to rioting. So, what is the country to do? The Organization of American States (OAS) met with the Haitian senators to discuss and the current proposed plan is, “The presidency would remain vacant for a short term, with a consensus prime minister running the country until a new president could be elected” (McFadden, 2016). There are considerations for this position, but many people within the country cannot agree and it seems that there are oppositions to anyone that could

There were a total of four music pieces performed. They were “Overture from the Singspiel”, “Concerto in e minor”, “Concerto on b minor,opus 104”, and “Symphony#2 in b minor, opus 5”. I think pieces were performed belong to classical style.

The beautiful sound of piano music has captured the hearts of people since the early eighteenth century. Since then, many musicians have dedicated their lives to this instrument. Some players even play piano so well that it may seem that this instrument is easy to play. However, to be able to play the piano well isn’t easy; it takes a lot of skill. To become a good piano player, one must love music very much, have good finger techniques, and body flexibility.