Initially Steve Lopez saw Nathaniel as a story that would interest his writers. Upon Steve’s investigation he learns Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Jr. was a child prodigy that attended Julliard a prestigious school for the Arts in NYC and dropped out after his second year. He also learned that Nathaniel was obsessed with learning to play his Cello at a young age and focused on becoming like Beethoven with his compulsion over music. Steve also learns that Nathaniel dropped out of Julliard because he began hearing voices that controlled his thinking and led him to believe that people were reading his mind and planned on hurting him which disturbed his focus when playing his Cello. After Steve wrote this article, His readers began writing to him and donating instruments/opportunities to Steve that
Mozart’s father, “a violinist at the court of the prince of Salzburg,” taught him how to play the clavier and encouraged him in his art (“Wolfgang” World History). His parents had seven children, although only two of them, Mozart and his sister Maria Anna Mozart, survived to adulthood. Mozart first showed off his innate abilities in music at age four, when “he began playing his pieces from his elder sister’s clavier lessons” and astonished his entire family (“Wolfgang” World History). After his father heard him play such arduous pieces, he started giving him lessons. Mozart’s sister was also a talented musician.
The movie titled “The Soloist “ was a portrayal of a man called Nathanial Ayers and this film is based on his life. The events that took place once a man called Steve Lopez forever discovered him changed his world. The story told is a true story and the portrayal of Nathanial is from a clinical standpoint is very accurate in its depiction of a person who suffers from schizophrenia. Steve Lopez is a writer for the L.A. Times and saw Nathanial playing a violin with only two strings and making beautiful music with a broken down instrument and it impressed him as well as gave him some well-needed fodder for his next story, at the time Steve needed a good story. Steve spoke with Nathanial and it was immediately apparent there was some mental health concerns.
Billie hated his stepfather and dedicated a song to him called "Why do you want him?". It was his first song, he wrote it his self, when he was 14 years old I think, that it is a amazing fact, because not every 14 year old can write good music. Billie Joe Armstrong`s love for music started at a young age. When he was five, he visited hospitals and sung for the patients. It was really awesome!
Alen Menken Alen Menken was born on June 22, 1949 in New Rochelle, New York. He was the son of Judith and Norman Menken. At an early age Alen showed a talent in music. He began taking piano and violin lessons and would get so bored he would make up his own versions of the song after his parents left the room. You could say that was the start of his career as a composer.
America’s Greatest Composer A wise musician once said, “The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.” This musician was a man who “said it, without sayin’ it,” who defined the world of jazz to today’s premise, and who touched a nation during a time of crisis with one song. Edward Ellington was his name, but he is known to many as the Duke. Duke Ellington was born Edward Kennedy Ellington on April 29, 1889 in Washington, D.C. Born to James Edward Ellington and Daisy Kennedy Ellington (middle names of both parents used to create Dukes name), two middle class people who were never rich, yet never poor. As a boy, Duke loved to draw, so much so that he and his family had predicted he would go to college specializing in art. Duke especially loved working with the color blue.
One of the major factors of success was Paul’s ability to be technically perfect as a pianist. He grew up as an only child with two parents whom had an immense passion for music. This allowed him to devote a lot of time mastering the piano. As a 15 year old he was already technically perfect whilst playing the intricately famous Beethoven, but it wasn’t always enough. Although Paul wanted to become a great musician like Keller, he failed.
Mertz, Pujol and Downland History and Music Johann Kaspar Mertz, perhaps more than any other Central European musician of his time, was associated with the guitar, both as a composer and performer. He was a virtuoso player of the first rank, regularly touring Europe to great acclaim, and an esteemed composer whose guitar works are still highly regarded today. Johann Kaspar Mertz was born in Pozsony, Hungary, on August 17, 1806. He exhibited remarkable talent as a child on both the guitar and flute, but the family's dismal financial circumstances inhibited his development. By 12 he was contributing to the family income by giving music lessons.
During his stay with his first master, Master Ford played by Benedict Cumberbatch, was given a violin that he kept close to him through his journey. The gift in use of the violin symbolized the unspoken truth that Soloman was an educated man capable of talent. When Soloman is transferred to Master Epps, played by Michael Fassbender, he is ordered to play every night when his neurotic slave owner forces them to dance at night. During a time when he was sent to a temporary plantation Soloman was offered the opportunity to perform at an event. The performance symbolized a freedom and independence to earn money, and a moment not to live as a slave.
If I had to identify with a particular form of oppression it would be ableism. Ableism is “a set of practices and beliefs that assign inferior value (worth) to people who have developmental, emotional, physical or psychiatric disabilities” (Maggie, 2014). As I had mentioned earlier, I suffer from bouts of debilitating depression that render me unable to function for a period of time. Unfortunately, my boyfriend is just one of many who have dismissed my depression as laziness because they just don’t understand depression. They assume that I should be just as able-bodied as them since they can’t “see” my disability and use oppressive words like lazy and ‘no good for nothing’ which only leads to further denigration of an already awful feeling.