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practically every work composed after 1951. Although Cage had used chance operations on a few earlier occasions, the first pieces fully written in this new approach were: “Imaginary Landscape No. 4” for 12 radio receivers and “Music of Changes” for piano, written in 1951. Earlier that year, Cage was presented with a copy of the I Ching- a Chinese classic text which describes a symbol system used to identify order in chance events. The process of composition involved

became a piano teacher. My determination to become an effective piano teacher motivated me to keep learning and take the progressive piano exams. I managed to achieve an LRSM (Licentiate of The Royal School of Music) diploma in Piano Performing from the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music (London, UK) in 2004. When I left Indonesia in January 2008, I was the only person in my country who held the LRSM diploma in Piano Performing. As I was studying for my piano exam, I realized

his mind (since the music has to be played from memory), and took a deep breath. His fingers were ready to pounce upon the piano, a baby grand, in front of him. He cleared his brain of all other thoughts, and struck the first chord. Piano has meant so much to me during my lifetime. Ever since I started to play, I couldn 't stop. When I was a third grader, my sister took piano lessons. I was mesmerized every time I gazed at her fingers dancing on the keys. I found this instrument so extraordinary

Piano was difficult. Growing up with an older sister meant the fewer decisions I had to make on my own. Whatever she chose, I tagged along as well. Even though as a family, we were low funded, my parents had a deep belief that music can heal the mind, as well as shape it. When I was five, she enrolled us into piano classes. The beginning was rough; my fingers weren’t able to move as seamlessly as my teacher or my sister. As a child, I took shortcuts. I rushed through the practice time, hoping the

by breathing in the vowel. The Salt Lake Vocal Artists for the majority of the piece allowed their voices to be open and free. The only exception to this was when the sopranos would reach a high note, and you could tell that their space wasn’t as prepared as it could have been. They also had nice facial and vocal emotions which helped to create the overall feeling of amazement that resonated throughout the entire piece. The next piece I watched was performed by the USC Chamber Singers under the

He was frusterated that he couldn’t contribute to the war but his wife Isobel could. Holst continued to teach and compose, he worked on The Planets and prepared his chamber opera Savitiri for Performance. In 1917 he wrote The Hymn of Jesus which was seen as an very amazing piece. Holst later composed Ode to Death, a setting of a poem by Whitman, which according to Vaughan Williams, is considered by many

Schönberg wrote in a letter to his publisher about Berg’s talent: “One (Alban Berg) is an extraordinarily gifted composer. But the state he was in when he came to me was such that his imagination apparently could not work on anything but Lieder. Even the piano accompaniments to them were song-like in style.” As the correspondence between them shows, Berg was committed to Schönberg’s ideas: “Advocacy for Schoenberg’s doctrines and beliefs is the single most important leitmotif in the correspondence. Almost

Symphony N.1 in C major which is composed around the same dates. It is probable that Beethoven did not drafted the piano sonata in such large dimensions, but re-worked and expanded it later before its publication. It is the largest work of the so-called "first-style" of Beethoven. Also interesting is to note that this form of a large sonata in four movements will reappear in only two more piano sonatas later: the Sonata opus 28 and the "Hammerklavier" Sonata opus 106.

ANALYSIS of JOHANNES BRAHMS: SYMPHONY NO.3 IN F MAJOR, OP.90, ALLEGRO CON BRIO General Information: • DATE OF COMPOSITION: J.Brahms composed his 3d Symphony in the summer of 1883 at Wiesbaden, nearly six years after he completed his Second Symphony. • MUSICAL ELEMENTS: In this symphony we come across the F-A(Flat)-F Motif, which was used by Brahms to abbreviate his personal-motto “Frei aber froh”. (‘Free but Happy’) This is was what Brahms had declared himself to be, since at the time he was a

A review of a recording of the finale (4th movement) of Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 33 No. 2 The recording of the finale (4th movement) of Haydn’s String Quartet Op.33 No.2 that I have decided to review for you today is performed by the ‘Ariel Quartet’. This performance has a strong sense of togetherness and the performers give a sense of enjoyment through the performance. From research I have learned a lot about the background of this piece and about Haydn himself. Joseph Haydn wrote music for

compositions are very fast, which matches the dynamics. Mozart and Beethoven wrote their symphonies in forte, which gives them a dramatic, intense mood. Even though string instruments are used in both symphonies, Beethoven 's symphony also uses the piano in his composition and Mozart also uses percussion. Beethoven 's ninth symphony written in a major key which makes it seem happy and joyful. The symphony 's name "Ode the Joy" already gives the listener a hint. Mozart 's fortieth symphony is written

J.S Bach was a German composer, he is one of the most important composer of the Baroque period because he established the German style in the counterpoint,harmonic and motivic organization.He had great contribution on the rhythm Bach was born in a music family, his father is also a great musician who taught him to play violin and harpsichord. The six unaccompanied cello suites was written by J.S Bach during 1717-1723. This work is one of the most famous works by J.S Bach.This suites was written

Piano concerto K.488 was written during 1785-1786, it was one of the three piano concertos wrote by Mozart. The first movement is set in a sonata form. It used 2 flutes, 2 clarinets in A, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in A, 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 double bass and piano. The structure of classical concerto The opening movement of the classical concerto No.23 is the most musically substantial. It is the longest movement and a fast-paced variation of sonata principle; sonata-allegro. Begins in home key;

Evocative of much of the work he composed during his younger years Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 29 is a testament to his genius and mastery of classical musical forms. Written when he was just eighteen years old the composition is a concise and peculiar example of classical Sonata form. Instead of having an introduction before the exposition Mozart ops to present the primary theme of the piece’s Allegro movement at the start of the first downbeat. Exceptionally melodic the primary theme

According to the short story “Two Kinds,” by Amy Tan, Mrs. Woo (Jing Mei’s mother) said that “you can be anything you wanted to be in America.” Mrs. Woo believes that her daughter Jing Mei can be best anything in the United States as long as she puts her mind to do it, so she tries to help her daughter to discover her talent. The ideas of Mrs. Woo are to rule and control her little girl 's life, and her Chinese culture’s view tends to make her children become obedient children rather than to let

this paper is to investigate the innovations in Sarcasms by examining compositional components such as harmony, figuration, and texture in Sarcasms in comparison to Prokofiev’s piano works composed before and during the production of Sarcasms. Works that will serve as the basis of comparison include Four Etudes for Piano, Op.

You being born into this world would be considered a once in a lifetime event, but socialization doesn’t work that way. Socialization isn’t a short-term event, nor something that happens once in our lives, it’s something that continues to occur as we go on throughout life. As society changes, we change as people and this alters socialization all throughout life, making it a lifelong process. Current laws, rules, and other age norms have a lot to do with socialization and how it changes throughout

composed symphonies, chamber music, piano works, choral compositions and so on. He used sonata style in the second half of the 19th century, and inspired other major idol of classical music such as Mozart and Beethoven. Brahms was very into his romantic era in the 19th century and was the leading musician. He began to learn music at a young age as his father was a double bassist in the German philharmonic society, and at the age of seven Brahms took up playing the piano. Once he was a teenager he began

Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg, Germany on the 3rd February 1809. Like Mozart, Mendelssohn was regarded as a child prodigy. His mother began teaching him to play the piano when he was six and after the family moved to Berlin in 1811, he and his three siblings took piano lesson with Ludwig Berger; he also later studied counterpoint and composition. By 9 years old, he had already performed in his first public concert and by 13, he was a prolific composer. One of the best known of

Grand Duo Concertante for Clarinet and Piano op. 48 J204 1st Movement in Allegro con fuoco German composer Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) was an influential icon in the Romantic Era, a period between the 18th and 19th century in which personal expression, literary ideas and emotions reached its apogee. Weber was a composer, conductor and an expert pianist and was renowned for his works in opera, compositions for piano and compositions for woodwind instruments. His clarinet compositions which include