Nina Simone (Birth name: Eunice Kathleen Waymon) was an African-American singer born in the southern state of North Carolina on February 21st, 1933. She died on April 21, 2003, in Carry–le–Rouet, France. She was a famous singer and pianist and liked to blend blues, jazz, elements of classical style and more within her works. In the 1960’s she began to sing, write and protest about the Civil rights movements and also began to influence her audiences too. At age three she had started to play piano by ear, and then went on to play piano for her mother’s church a few years later, showing her incredible talent at such a young age.
Peter Alexeyevich Romanov was a Russian Emperor who ruled the Russian Tsardom from 1682 to his death in 1725. During his rule, he lead successful wars that expanded Russia, ultimately forming Russia into a major European power. He also sought to modernize Russia, replacing the traditional medieval style social and political systems with ideas based on science and modernism through cultural revolution. This change in idealism was inspired by Westernization and Enlightenment, and his efforts have made a lasting legacy which can be seen in some of Russia’s governmental institutions today. Peter was born on June 9th, 1672 to the Tsar Alexis and his second wife, Natalya Naryshkina.
They both believed that it was a form of music that connects the youth to their past and identifies who they are. August Wilson’s play “The Piano Lesson” influenced by the blues and so was Romare Bearden’s painting “The Piano Lesson”. These both showed a piano and portrayed how the piano is important to African culture and
In the future city of Seattle Washington lived a fifteen year old boy named Ponky. Ponky was a Spanish boy always had a dirty look even though everybody in the town liked him. He always wore cargo shorts and a tank top with his gang’s bandana on his head. Ponky lived with his brother and gang in a house that they bought together with money that they stole from the city or that they earned at work, which was robbing or theft. Ponky lived in the poor side of the city or basically in a town with small brick buildings and trash all over the streets it was basically home of the criminals or the no good people, as said by the mayor that started the whole poor criminals on one side and the rich people on the other.
“Music is present and an integral part of every life celebration: birthdays, holidays, funerals, Quinceañeras, you name it.” Having music around throughout her childhood got her interested in becoming a performer herself.
“He was not only a gifted musician, but also an educated man,”(Collier). “He grew to be
Born in Moscow, Russia on June 9, 1672, Peter the Great was a Russian czar in the late 17th century who took over the Russian throne from his half sister,and is best known for his extensive reforms in an attempt to establish Russia as a great nation. He created a strong navy, reorganized his army according to Western standards, secularized schools, administered greater control over the reactionary Orthodox Church, and introduced new administrative and territorial divisions of the country. Peter the Great is considered one of the most effective transformational leaders in Russian history. His leadership style was strongly influenced by events in his early life, which produced the violent themes of his thoughts, the fear for his own safety and
His father, Leopold, noticed his son’s extraordinary musical gifts when Mozart was only five, because he could not only play but also compose music. Leopold took his son to the Bavarian Court, the first place Mozart performed
Beautiful music plays in their head and inspires them. The first patient introduced in the book, Tony Cicoria, described his case of musicophilia as a life-changing event. He had never found music a significant part of his life, but after he was suddenly struck by lightning, he experienced a strong desire to listen to classical music. Soon, he found a way to teach himself to play the piano at the age of forty-two, and a new stage of his life began. He began to compose and perform his pieces, stating that “whenever he sat down at the piano to work on his Chopin, his own music ‘would come and take him over’”.
• He was born on 22 January 1904 in St. Petersburg, Russia. • The son of a composer, Balanchine studied piano from the age of five and had a robust understanding of music. • In 1914 he was accepted by the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg at the age of 9.
Frédéric François Chopin was a brilliant musician who made an incredible impact not only on the Romantic Era (19th century), which is when he composed his works but also on countless musicians to come. He was a beloved Polish composer and pianist who, during his short 39-year life, was able to rise to become a cultural icon in music history. His main focuses in music were the melody, harmony, and specific piano techniques that were prominent during the Romantic period. His skill on the piano and his heart-felt pieces forever revolutionized the use of the piano for solo, musical pieces. Chopin was born in a small town near Warsaw, Poland named Zelazowa Wola on March 1, 1810.
“I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results” (Bach). Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most influential composers of all time ("Top 10 Most Famous Classical Composers of All Time.") He lived during the Baroque period of music in the 17th century. Baroque music is a category of European Classical music and is recognized for ornamentation added to long melodic lines, the addition and use of harpsichord and basso continuos.
The speaker as a child would see his father as a harsh man but as an adult, when he looked back he saw that his father had a love for his family. His father's love could be considered as a hidden love. However in the poem “Piano” the speaker's life seemed great until he looked back at his past to see his mother playing the piano and
Igor Stravinsky was born in Russia on the 17th of June 1882. In Oranienbaum, a suburb of St Petersburg. He lives in a family of to his father was a musician. His father Fyodor Stravinsky was a bass singer at the Mariinsky Theater in St Petersburg. So at a very young age Igor Stravinsky was exposed to music.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria, and died on December 5, 1791, in Vienna. He had composed numerous piano concertos, however, this essay would be discussing the social and historical factors that has influenced Mozart to compose one of his famous piano concertos in C Major, K.467. Mozart had arrived in Vienna in 1781 in search of a better musical platform. The musical life in Vienna during the 1780s was one of the world’s greatest then.
