Essay on Pablo Casals: Internationally Renowned Cellist

Born in 1899 to a modest, but comfortable household in Mexico City, Carlos Chávez was exposed to music through the primary instruction of his older brother Manuel, who gave him piano lessons. From a very young age, Carlos taught himself and analyzed works of great composers in order to get a grasp on composition. He started out composing for piano in a traditional romantic style. The compositions from before 1921, mostly for piano, are essentially Romantic, with Schumann as a detectable influence. These juvenilia also include piano arrangements of Mexican songs, and so prefigure two main musical interests of Chávez’s maturity: traditional genres (sonata, quartet, symphony,

Celia Cruz born Ursula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso, a female Cuban singer born October 21, 1925 in Havana Cuba was one of the most influential figures in Latin music. She started her musical career in her native country in the late 1940’s early 1950’s performing for various Cuban radio shows and traveling with the orchestra accompanying the dancing group “Las Mulatas del Fuego.” Her big break came in 1950 when she joined “La Sonora Matancera” the most famous orchestra in Cuba at the time. Celia traveled all over Latin America in the 1950’s with “La Sonora” gaining great success in countries like Venezuela and Mexico. She recorded various albums with the orchestra and gained great popularity during that time with songs like “Caramelo”, “Burundanga”, and

The theme of the cellist of Sarajevo is the psyche. Every character goes through a

Giovanni Gabrieli was a legendary composer of the 16th century. As the fundamental structure and ideas of the Catholic Church were being challenged by the Protestant Reformation and the Counter-Reformation, Gabrieli’s compositions were given the opportunity to be successful and influential to music in the coming centuries. His works helped to transform not only church music of the Catholic Church, but also secular music as well. Giovanni Gabrieli wrote significant works that ultimately shaped the rise of the symphony, including the development of purely instrumental works, the art of orchestration, and the concerto style. Without his innovations in composition, it is arguable that instrumental music would not have developed as quickly, or developed

Juan Gabriel's real name was Alberto Aguilera Valadez. He was born on January 7, 1950 in Mexico. At age 5, his mother placed him in an orphanage. There he met a music teacher who inspired and motivated Alberto to enter into the world of music. In honor of his music teacher, Juan Contreras, Alberto decided to change his artistic name to Juan Gabriel honoring both his teacher and his father. As a teenager he suffered from

* Arrow goes to visit Nermin to update him on what’s happened. She explains to him about the sniper not shooting. Nermin says “No you didn’t. But this has nothing to do with the cellist. The time has come for you to disappear. “(Pg. 189) Nermind cold no longer look after her so he let her go.

War is a difficult time for everyone part of it, as a result of people losing hope. The hopelessness causes individuals to face challenges producing loss of hope, in the novel, The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway, Kenan loses all hope because of the horrific war in Sarajevo. Dragan also loses all hope as a result of the war. Kenan and Dragan are characters who feel as though life in Sarajevo has become very dull and are deprived of hope due to the atrocities of war.

Courage and self sacrifice is not what everyone thinks of when in a war and their life and there loved ones are in danger. This is when courage and self sacrifice is challenged the most. There are only a few people in this world how can preserve this courage and self-sacrifice, this also shows the kindness in one being. This skill is strengthened and refined when one risks their life for the survival of others. In the book The Cellist of Sarajevo, author Steven Galloway demonstrates the internal battle between a humans self sacrifice and protect not only himself but also a neighbor and show a sense of kindness. The author also explores the idea of how difficult it is to self-sacrifice in a time of war and also be kind to other people. This is shown through the character of Kenan, a man that is trying to provide for his family. He must go retrieve water for his family and a neighbor he

Copland also composed Mexican Melodies and rhythms like “El Salon Mexico” and in the 1930’s everyone was familiar with his popularity. He slowly changed music and harmonies in his own creative way. He created operas, chamber music, film scores and volcanos works. Aaron was one of the most important American music during the second quarter. Aaron Copland started composing pieces for young audiences in 1935.Copland started doing commissions, recitals, and gave lectures.Copland himself did not consider himself as a professional

Only a few composers in the history of time have ever successfully left their mark throughout our musical world we live in today. It’s been over two hundred years since the birth of Beethoven and his music still speaks to us today as he originally expressed and composed it. Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in the city of Bonn Germany on December 16th 1770 and has since been one of the most influential composers known to man. A common theme of early age learning and mastering seems to emerge in Beethoven’s life because while living in a musical family as a child, his father taught him how to play the piano, violin and in addition how to compose musical pieces since he was four years of age. A few short years later, he gave his first public piano performance at the age of seven. While Beethoven certainly gained a lot of knowledge from his peers, he also supported his family by giving music lessons and also by playing in the court orchestra. In the year 1792, Beethoven worked under an Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn and by the year 1800, his compositions established him as a strong Mozart successor.

Igor Stravinsky was third of a family of four boys. He grew up hearing his father practicing his opera and attending local ballets. He also started taking piano lessons when he was 9 years old and continued on with musical notation and composition instruction. All throughout his early life he studied music. However, although he had been brought

Some of the most well known composers came to be in the in the classical music period. Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the composers, along with other greats of the time like Haydn and Mozart, which helped to create a new type of music. This new music had full rich sounds created by the new construction of the symphony orchestra.

     Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) is regarded as the greatest composer who ever lived. He began writing minuets at the age of 5,and by the time he died in 1791 at the age of 35, he had produced 626 cataloged works. “ Mozart has enriched the concerto form with a larger number of masterpieces than any other composer.”1

Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer during the 19 century. He was born in 1803 at La Côte-Sainte-André. He studied medicine, but abandoned his undesired career and instead attended the Paris Conservatoire in which there he studied opera and composition. His most famous work is Symphonie Fantastique and Grande messe des morts.

Federico Garcia Lorca was born in 1898 and died in 1936, he lived through one of the most troubling times of Spain's history. He grew up in Granada, Spain, and enjoyed the lifestyle and countryside of Spain. His father was a wealthy farmer and his mother was a school teacher and encouraged his love of literature, art, and music. He was an extremely talented man. A respectable painter, a fine pianist, and an accomplished writer. He was close friends with some of Spain's most talented people, including musician Manuel de Falla, and painter Salvador Dali. Lorca was a very liberal man who lived un dictatorship for most of his life. However, in 1931 Spain turned into more of a democracy, and was called "The