Piano

Beethoven and the Piano During the late 1700’s and early 1800’s, Beethoven was innovating the world of music through various compositions. In particular, Beethoven's works for piano revolutionized and innovated the piano and its performance practices. His compositional works have always been considered to be some of the best works published, but not everyone realizes just how pivotal his work was in this point in music history. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany on December 16th

Buying a piano for your family is a great way of creating a lifetime of intellectual stimulation and enjoyment. A little preparation is necessary before spending your money on either a new or used piano. It helps you choose a piano that is appropriate for your needs to fulfill your dreams while providing elegance, beauty and sophistication in your house. Pianos come in various types although most people like upright and grand pianos. The following is a close look at tips on buying a piano and the

August Wilson’s, The Piano Lesson, takes on a perspective of how a group of family members (and a couple close friends) deal with real family issues and life experiences due to their African American heritage. He focuses mainly on the two siblings, Berniece and Boy Willie, who are arguing over a sentimental piano that holds the family history by pieces that were carved in by the grandfather. In this piece of work the writer has accomplished his intention of telling the story of this family, the

would it be to play the piano? Have you ever fantasized about playing like Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart? But maybe you realized that it took a lot of work and probably it wouldn't be as fun as it sounds, so you never learned how to play it. Well, you are a little right and a little wrong. Playing piano is fun, it keeps your brain active (which means fewer chances of brain diseases), it brings a creative outlet for your emotions, it helps with your coordination, you can play piano at any age, it reduces

The concert that I went to was New York Piano Society hosted by Baruch College. It was a classical chamber music concert just with the Piano. There were a intermission of about 15 minutes. The sections played at the concert were; Piano Sonata in D Major, K.311 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata in b minor, Op,58, No.3 by Frederic Chopin, Consolation in D-flat Major, No. 3 by Franz Liszt, Etudes from Op.25 Frederic Chopin, Sonata in b-flat minor, Op.36, No.2 by Sergei Rachmaninov, Mazurka, Op. 15&

The Piano Recital You were born to be real, not to be perfect. -Anonymous. I was in 6th grade, my first year in middle school. Because my piano teacher was the music teacher at the elementary school I had to have a new piano teacher since I didn’t go to that school anymore. When I was with my old teacher, she said that I didn’t have to do any recitals. Well now I have a different teacher, so that will change. My mom had just picked me up from my piano lesson. My teacher talked about a piano recital

Composer/Pianist, and Youtube? You get Player Piano - a sensational duo made up of Tom Grey and Sonya Belousova. Together these two artists create music videos that put a classical spin on popular songs and soundtrack themes. Their YouTube channel has over 100,000 subscribers and well over 5,000,000 views. I had the chance to talk with them about their success, music, and the production of their music videos. Together Tom Grey and Sonya Belousova make up Player Piano, could you tell us how this all got started

Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra at the age of seventeen. As the first in the family to even play an instrument, playing piano was a challenge for me when I first started in my kindergarten days at six years old. Thought it was tough and not as enjoyable as I liked it to be, playing piano grew on me. It started to be fun and entertaining, so much that I ditched my favorite Lego Knights to play piano when I had the chance. One day I got to see world-class pianist Lang Lang perform. I saw him playing with the

his study of the piano at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland in his early age with pupils of Franz Liszt, who was a famous Hungarian composer and pianist during the 19 century. On September 23, 1939, a day he never forgot, Szpilman was in the middle of broadcasting when German fire was opened on the Polish Radio studio, where he worked as a house pianist and he was forced to stop playing. At that time, he did not realize that he would not have the opportunity to play piano again for almost

Analyzing the Hidden Meaning of the Piano Man Many artists write songs about what is going on in their lives. This can be seen in Billy Joel’s “Piano Man”. During the time when he wrote this song, Joel was in disagreements with his first record company and was performing at a local bar in Los Angeles, as Bill Martin. We find out when reading the lyrics to this song that, Bill, the piano man, is actually Billy Joel himself. It is known to many that Mr. Joel is a piano player. Throughout the song, there