His dad was a businessman, a bookstore owner and did not encourage Leonard’s music passion, but still he took Leonard to orchestra concerts when he was a teenager. Later Samuel fully supported his son by getting him formally trained in music. Leonard loved music ever since he was young, especially the piano, and started teaching himself on a hand me down piano from his cousin. At a young age for his sister, he “would often play entire operas or Beethoven symphonies” (Leonard Berstein, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). At age seventeen, he started studying music at Harvard University where he published his first known musical score for the play “The Birds” by Aristophanes (Leonard Berstein, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).
The most influential music of the early Romantic period His sonatas do not adhere to a strict formal scheme and they create a mood without text or programme Influential were Field's early piano concertos, which occupy a central place in the development of the genre in the 19th century Pioneered the Romantic large scale episodic structure. Partly as a result of his extravagant lifestyle, Field's health began deteriorating by mid-1820s By the late 1820's he was suffering from rectal cancer He gave his last concert in March 1836 and died in Moscow from pneumonia He was buried in the Vvedenskoye Cemetery Influenced many major composers, including Chopin, Brahms, Schumann, and Liszt Is best known today for originating the piano nocturne, a form later made famous by Chopin, as well as the development of the Russian piano school. The first historically important work was Piano Concerto No. 1 H 27 First official opus was a set of three piano sonatas published by (and dedicated to) Clementi in
Sixty of Rameau’s 65 harpsichord pieces were written by 1728, with a final group appearing in 1741. Published in 1706, 1724 and around the year 1728, these collections, with the final collection of 1741, consist of genre pieces and dances in the established tradition of French keyboard music. Rameau's music, so graceful and attractive, completely contradicts the man's public image and what we know of his character as described. Throughout his life, music was his consuming passion. It occupied his entire thinking; Philippe Beaussant calls him a monomaniac.
Speer was instantly enchanted by Hitler’s speech and voice, he described himself as being in awe. Speer later claimed that he had joined the Nazi Party as a follower of Hitler. Albert Speer’s luck became a key element as to how he rose to prominence, beginning with Karl Hanke offering Speer early redecoration work for the Nazi Party. Speer succeeded in this job, and impressed Hanke greatly hence giving Speer many more opportunities with the Nazi Party. It wasn’t long before he became a rather highly regarded member of the Nazi party, being asked to take on high-ranking jobs Nazi’s.
He started his career when he was hired by the Esterhazy family, giving him the chance to write and compose symphonies and conduct orchestras. Also known as the Father of the Symphony or String Quartet, he invented the idea of sonatas (History Reference Center 1). His best known piece, the Emperor Quartet, was so well written that it was the national anthem of Austria until the end of World War I. without the guidance of the Esterhazy family and the chance to write and compose, Haydn’s career would not have been as influencing. Haydn was an ideal man of the Enlightenment. He had a great sense of humor, and loved playing jokes on his friends.
finally we realized we went to the wrong place. However, when we reached there, the recital had already started, so we waited outside the door. This is a student recital, the performer is a handsome man named Evan Mitchell. He played 7 pieces in his recital. They were 《Sonatina》 by Edino Krieger, 《 Sonata in A Major, Op.101》 by Ludwig van Beethoven, 《 Rain Tree Sketch》 by Toru Takemitsu, 《Scherzo in C-Sharp Manoir, Op.39》 by Fryderyk Chopin, 《Piano Variations》 by Aaron Copland, 《From Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op.35》 by Johannes Brahms, and 《Etude in B Minor, Op.25 No.
Maestro “To what extent do you see Keller as responsible for Pauls disappointments as well as his success.” Maestro is a novel about disappointments and success. Paul Crabbe is a young man who moves from Adelaide to Darwin. Moving to Darwin, Paul hoped to pursue his music career in playing the piano. He is a very talented pianist. When Paul first moved to Darwin his parents arranged a piano tutor for him, a man by the name of Eduard Keller also known as “Maestro”.
Celebrating the Outstanding Work of our Students “Heroes and Role Models: Why Albert Einstein Did Not Become a Bar Mitzvah” by Irene Grosso March 19, 1999 Becoming a bat mitzvah is a time to think about who my role models and heroes are. To me, a role model is someone who influences you to do good. The person I chose as my role model is Albert Einstein who was born on March 14, 1879 and died on April 18, 1955. The first reason I chose Albert Einstein is because he is the most famous Jew of the 20th century. He became famous for being smart.
He was the second son of Russian immigrants. He discovered his natural talent for music when he was young. George dropped out of school at the age of 15, where he began he career playing in New York nightclubs. After three years of pounding out tunes on the piano for demanding customers, he was transformed into a highly skilled composer. To earn extra cash, he also worked as a rehearsal pianist for Broadway singers.
His tone is singularly effective—wild, plaintive, thoughtful, and in full accordance with his themes... We look upon him as one of the few men of indisputable genius to whom our country has as yet given birth". Nathanael was a well-respected man and even Author Herman Melville dedicated his great novel Moby Dick to Mr. Hawthorne. I learned many interesting facts about Mr. Nathanael Hawthorne, but the one thing I absolutely loved was he was intelligent, inspiring, exhilarating, and inspirational when he wrote. The one novel I love and happened to read was The Scarlet Letter, It was about a red letter “A “being sewn onto a woman’s dress for adultery and was considered sinful. Can you imagine if we had the scarlet letter now days?