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Clara Schumann Female composers and performers were not very common. If you look back on famous composers, you will find that there are mostly male composers. Out of the shadows of the males, came in very known composer. Her name was Clara Schumann. Not only was she a composer, but she was also a famous pianist. Clara started piano at a very young age. A big part of Clara’s life was her family. She was a very brilliant composer and pianist, and that is why we remember her today as one of the most

With strict guidelines and rules, one often finds a sense of order and proper balance. This is a common philosophy across many realms. Without order or balance, there is often chaos and calamity and many people find that uncomfortable, to say the least. However, there are a few that thrive by breaking the rules or simply ignoring them altogether. Claude Debussy once said that he did not write in a particular style because he knew the style (Lederer 15). This is to say that he knew the outcome of

The concert I decided to attend was a piano recital performed by Dr. Stephen Carlson, a member of the Bemidji State University Music Department since 2006. Dr. Carlson is an exceptional soloist who has performed at multiple venues and events across the United States, including Carnegie Hall and Minnesota Valley Sommarfest. He is also an exceptional teacher, providing workshops, master classes, and clinics to further advance his students knowledge of playing the piano. Schools such as the University

Melissa Morelli Lacroix’s first book, A Most Beautiful Deception, is compiled of three collections of multiple poems. Each collection represents a piece of music by a composer: Frederic Chopin, Clara and Robert Schumann, and Claude Debussy. It is written in a form that reflects the nature (intro, coda, movements, etc.) of each piece. She wrote in the notes of her book that, “the poems quote quite freely from the composers who have inspired them” (Lacroix 105). The touching personality of her poetry

Robert Schumann is one of the best composer of his time! Robert was born June 8, 1810 and died July 29, 1856. He was born in Zwickau, in the Kingdom of Saxony. He was the youngest of five kids. His parents were Johanna Schumann and August Schumann. His father was a bookseller, publisher, and a novelist. Robert’s siblings are Carl, Emilie, Julius, and Eduard. Robert married Clara Schumann and had 8 children. His children are Emil, Marie, Elise, Julie, Ludwig, Ferdinand, and Felix. Robert died in Endenich

Imagine being so good at playing piano that you often embarrassed the ones teaching you by playing better than they could, giving concerts, and even writing professional music, all before age 10. This was the life of Frédéric Chopin, a Polish French composer and professional pianist. Chopin was born in Warsaw, Poland on March 1, 1810. He grew up in an artistically talented family, with his father playing the flute and violin, and his mother playing the piano. After demonstrating a love for music

Chopin continued to travel to Poland, Germany, Austria and Paris where he ultimately settled in 1932. While in Paris, he found that the audience weren’t as enthralled in his style of piano playing. The audiences of Paris were used to the works of Franz Schubert and Ludwig van Beethoven.

“In an era when women, apart from singers, almost never performed in public or composed, Clara Schumann did both.” In the 19th Century, Clara Schumann, wife of Robert Schumann, was considered one of the best pianist and composers, even earning the nickname, “Eurpoes Queen . She is an inspiration to female composers fro they were often discouraged and often looked down upon.                         INTERESTING INTRO     Clara Josephine Wieck was born on September 13, 1819 into a middle-class family

Lair De Lune is the best song which is produced by Claude Debussy, which is one of the greatest artist of all the time. It is original song was not published until the years 1905 whose named was Promenade Sentimentale. This song is based on the poem which named Moon Light by Paul Verlaine.This song is a combination skills of ability to capture audience attention the delicacy and refined of this piece of art. It also evokes an very emotional sensation, and it is would be a necessity thing to keep

Edvard Grieg was one of several Scandinavian composers who were commissioned to write a commemorative piece for the bicentennial celebration of the birth of the “Molière of the North,” the Norwegian writer Ludvig Baron Holberg (1684-1754). Grieg called his set of short piano pieces From Holberg’s Time and gave his first performance of the piano work in Bergen, Norway in December 1884. The following year he transcribed the work for string orchestra, which is how it is known today. The work is based