Essays on Piano

John Dowland - Go, Crystal Tears from Book of Songs, Book 1 for solo voice and lute

1) In the beginning, it was strange and even a little bit uncomfortable to listen to it because it is so different from the music that I usually listen to. I never listen to such old music, so it took a few moments for me to open up my heart and mind to the music. I knew that the sound was beautiful, but because it was so unusual compared to what I usually listen to, it did not immediately attract my attention. When this initial shock wore off, I let myself sink into the song even more deeply. I ...

For the news reporters, it’s important to note the two sides of President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural concert. The event took place in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the eve of the inauguration ceremony held on 20th January 2017. The event can be noted for its difference from the Obama celebration for those who came to compare the two. However, one notable thing at the event was the absence of famous celebrities. Given that this was an event meant for marking the start of the reign of the 45th president, one would expect “big name” celebrities to ...

Drug addiction and brotherly love. Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin. Drug addiction and brotherly love. Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin. African American literature frequently reveals the suffering of people who live in the world full of racism. The Western society used to put African American people in unfavorable conditions throughout the whole history and life in this condition may lead to tragic circumstances. The following essay concerns the story named “Sonny’s Blues” which was written by James Baldwin. It will discuss the main themes of the story which are struggling of people who live in the ...

Rock and Roll concerts are always my favorite. They tend to be enjoyable and that’s why, possibly I was among the first people to buy tickets for the summer fest performance by the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band. It is always a tradition between my friends and me to attend such events due to the excitement and energy brought about by such concerts. Furthermore, the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band is among my favorite bands. The concert began with a rock and roll overture such that it aligned with the mood set by the Summerfest. The performance began at top ...

Harmony in music is like an eloquence in speech: it grants pithiness and smoothness in a music flow. Harmony should guarantee that all the tones, notes, and chords are relevant and match each other in a musical piece. None of the sounds should be the odd one out, otherwise, it would not be appealing to the ear of the audience. Harmony refers to the melodic line as it determines the vertical or horizontal aspect of music. Upon this definition, harmony is tightly connected with melody. The simultaneous combination of tones and sounds can be well organized in rhythm, however ...

The basis of faith in the Lutheran tradition is sustained and spread through rituals and ceremonies of worshiping the word of God in the daily life and in church. There are vast manifestations of faith performed through various rituals, and one such ritual is the confirmation ceremony. The confirmation reaffirms individuals’ faith in God and in the Lutheran tradition, from an early age, usually during the adolescence period. The confirmation ritual in the Lutheran tradition gathers the youngsters who will go through the confirmation ceremony, along with regular parishioners, for witnessing their entrance into the community. The young Lutheran ...

Thelonious Monk is known as one of the most gifted jazz musicians. He was the pioneer of bebop and his influence as a pianist and composer had significant effects on different kinds of music (Monkinstitute). Music of Thelonious Monk is based on Ingrid Monson’s and Paul Berliner’s work (Solis 3). Nevertheless, Monk is famous for his improvisations, which are so outstanding that a jazz critic Whitney Balliett once pointed out “His improvisations were molten Monk compositions, and his compositions were frozen Monk improvisations.” (Deveaux 169) Thelonious was born in North Carolina on October 10, 1917, but his ...

The novel Emma was written by Jane Austen in 1815 and the film directed by Douglas McGrath was released in 1996 starring Gwyneth Paltrow. The film depicts British aristocracy of the 19th century in a great way through scenography and costumes of the era. There are not many differences between the film and the novel and the main points are conveyed in detail. The impact and significance of the film differs than the impact and significance of the novel because the film has more possibilities of conveying the atmosphere through acting, music, costumes, mise-en-scene and the overall scenography as ...

Romanticism is an artistic movement which evolved at the end of the nineteenth century in different fields of art such literature, painting, and music. The artists of the Romantic era were influenced by the reaction to the Industrial Revolution, the revolt against the notions of the Enlightenment, and doubt against the rationalization of nature by science. The major characteristics of Romanticism were the emphasis of emotion and nature, a tendency towards the mystic and supernatural, attention to national identity. More specifically in music the important elements are the emphasis on the expressions of emotions, use of folk songs and ...

Among all kinds of art, maybe only music is able to put the listener into the world of certain period and make him or her not just aware the processes in the piece of music, but feel it and live in its atmosphere. Music is the strongest emotional impulse of life. Every man listens to the most favourite genre or genres. The classical music has the reputation as the highest point in the world of sounds. Though, this attitude puts classical music in a dramatically ignorant place (Sandow 2). In any case, this music is supposed to have not ...

Rock and roll began to emerge shortly after the Second World War somewhere in the mashup of cultures and peoples that comprise the American South. It is a hybrid form whose mixed heritage is marked by poor blacks singing Delta blues, hillbilly descendants of Scots-Irish immigrants, working-class factory heroes, Christian country folk, and urban teens crooning a cappella on street corners. Its journey of 70 or so years has taken it from the margins of society to the center of today’s multi-billion dollar global music industry. Its course can be charted by examining a select handful of the ...

Fryderyk Chopin, also known as the poet of piano, was an amazing composer and virtuoso pianist. He played in various genres and his compositions were music to the ears in both meanings. Even the shortest compositions have people listening to them over and over again. Fryderyk Chopin was born on the 1st of March in 1810 in Warsaw. He mostly wrote for the solo piano and gained popularity throughout the whole world as a leading musician of the Romantic era. Chopin was born and raised in a family of four children, his mother was Polish and his father was ...

My experience visiting different churches was a tough task because I never been in any church other than my religion. Being Muslims, we are not encouraged to do it, but I asked permission to our Imam (priest in Islam) about the assignment in school. However, in my heart, I am willing to perform the task in order for me to learn more about other religions. Even though I felt uncomfortable, I managed to visit four churches in the city; Soka Gakkai International (Buddism), Cape Bible Chapel, Seventh-day Adventist Church, and First Baptist Church, respectively.

Soka Gakkai International

First, I visited the Soka ...

E-cigarette use is a concept that is gaining fame as a method that can facilitate an individual to quit smoking. Their adoption in programs for smoking cessation especially among young adults and adolescents is viewed in some quarters as a revolutionary process that will significantly help in managing this health issue (Johnson & Pennington, 2015). The importance of e-cigarette in such programs is that it provides the patient with an alternative to the cigarette which is deemed less harmful and easier to let go at the point when the patient feels ready to quit. One of the major challenges for ...

On March 10, 2016, at 6:00 PM I attended the All-University Jazz Ensemble at the Northern Illinois University’s Arboretum. This was the first jazz concert of the year with a special guest being a well-renowned jazz maestro, Jason Pitt. The directors of the concert were Chris Leach and Michael Mixtacki. The concert collectively performed a total of ten pieces. However, the most prominent pieces for the night were “St. Thomas” written by Sonny Rollins and “Palo Pa’ Rumba” written by Eddie Palmieri. These particular pieces used different styles that allowed the whole audience to experiences the different sides ...

1 - Steve Eckels This music makes me feel relaxed and calm, as the melody is the embodiment of patience. It is very monotonous and tranquil, but there is not a feeling of being bored while listening to the music. The man uses rapid musical transitions changing the tempo, which makes the music colorful and bright. 2 - New Big Sky Singers It is so dynamic that I cannot sit in one place. The rhythm is mixed, so the sounding is very unusual. The music makes me feel so vital, as if I am full of unquenchable energy. 3 ...

Tim Harford, an English economist and journalist, shared his views on how frustration can make us more creative, on Ted Talk. The talk was based on some examples from daily life with regards to situations that may not be to our liking, but adjusting to those situations can help uncover the inner creative side by unfolding creative solutions to problems (Harford). The premise of Ted Talk is to provide a platform to leaders from different sectors, with the main topic of discussion on the ‘TED’, i.e. technology, entertainment and design, and ongoing discussion on global issues, science and business ...

In the op-ed “In ‘The Piano Lesson,’ a Family Fight Over an Heirloom Rooted in Slavery” by Ken Jaworowski posted in The New York Times last 26 Jan 2016, the author describes the method of acting by the performers. There are several words and ways that can be used to describe the different aspects of a play, but to be able to do it in an objective manner is not easy. Theatrical performances generally involve emotions, and in writing a review about on, it is difficult to move away from capitalizing on the emotions implied while staying objective about ...

"Sonny’s Blues" is a classic short story by James Baldwin. The story is centered on Sonny, story's protagonist, a young man searching for meaning in life by questions about his own identity. In his search for his identity, Sonny finds purpose in music while living in Harlem, NYC. Sonny is black, loves jazz and plays piano. Throughout, Sonny experiences many conflicts. In so doing, music underlies not only his life but also story's main events. Music, or blues, is a means by which Sonny ultimately resolves his own conflicts and finds redemption. Sonny is a young man struggling ...

Many people suffering from this disability do have unusual styles of studying, listening to people and a different interpretation when communicating (CDC 3). Scientist studies show that it is a disease that is common in boys than in girls and can be examined in an ethnic or racial group. It is characterized by behaviors such as hand flapping, résistance to environmental change and aggression (ASF 4). Autistic people have been shown to succeed in life with plenty of significant people being named to help give guidance to the young ones that are autistic. The main reasons as to ...

Aerosmith is one of the most popular and long-lasting American rock acts still around today. Some contend that it is the all-time best-selling rock band from America. The first true conformation of the band was established in 1971 in Boston, Massachusetts, and they were signed by Columbia records the year after. In 1973 they released their first studio album titled Aerosmith, and this was followed by Get Your Wings the year after. Nevertheless, it was only in 1975 when they became truly popular with the album Toys in the Attic. The year after, they released Rocks, which was also ...

Music could be one of the greatest inventions that happened in our history. It is a form of art and a form of cultural activity which is created out of various elements such as pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and even the audible qualities of texture and timbre. There are many types of music that were created that may have started in the early days. One of which is the Jazz music. This type of music represents a perfect combination of music components and elements in order to create an audible sound that many people have been enjoying since the early ...

Arturo Sandoval is an outstanding musician who had to overcome a lot of difficulties in order to be able to do the job he was born to – playing the jazz music. Life of Sandoval recalls a musical history book that describes two disparate worlds. For the people who were raised up in the States, it may be hard to imagine what obstacles Arturo Sandoval was faced with to become a jazz musician. He is a great son of Cuba, and this country should be proud of him, but when Sandoval was at the beginning of his career, the government ...

This myth is very popular. It is not surprised that I used to believe in the myth about left and right brains. It seems to me that almost all my friends, relatives, acquaintances believe in the idea that people who have more developed right hemisphere are more talented, creative and even genius. I do not remember when I learned this myth the first time, but I know that even some of my school teachers hold this myth. I used to believe that left-handers are very special or that to be left-hander is better than to be a right-hander. One ...

Appreciating culture is one of the most difficult yet rewarding experiences. There are so many pieces of art across so many decades that one does not know where to start unless given some kind of guidance. I chose J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury and Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs in order to evaluate culture and its values. One of the greatest composers of all time was Johann Sebastian Bach. His music is greatly revered as some of the best even to this day. I listened to his ...

The university of South Alabama provides students with an opportunity to visit Symphony Orchestra and enjoy well-performed classical music concert. This month, on April 7, the University of South Alabama Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Robert Seebacher, presented its Spring concert. The series of concerts included works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Weber and Hindemith. This concert featured the University Concert Choir under the direction of Dr. Laura Moore, Dr. Jasmin Arakawa on piano, and six vocal soloists as well: Dr. Thomas Rowell, tenor, Dr. Patrick Jacobs, baritone, and four student soloists: Elizabeth Bemis, soprano, Kate Frazier, soprano, Brianna Smith, alto, ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It is common knowledge that every well-educated person should know, understand and appreciate music. However, no matter how well aware of various composers and genres people might be, many of us find it difficult to feel it. There are numerous examples of musicians who can technically perform a piece, but when you listen to them playing, you realize that you might as well listen to a robot. Only the emotion behind the melody gives music a truly human feel and makes it a universal human language that will be understood all over the world. Thus, it is extremely important ...

Album Review of ‘Here’s Little Richard’

One of the most revolutionary albums that was released during the 1950s and was the most liked rock n roll albums, ‘ Here’s Little Richard’ is the debut album that was released in the year 1957. Having been directed and sung in a raspy voice by Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman) himself, the album holds the place in the top 50 of the greatest albums ever, even today. Despite having made five decades ago, this album is possibly the greatest rock n roll hits, which people love to listen and remember even today. This particular album of Richard was ...

Jon Kimura Parker and Piano

Jon Kimura Parker was born in 1959 in Vancouver, Canada. He came from a musical family with his brother, James Parker and cousin Ian Parker successful pianists. At the tender age of five years, Parker had made an appearance at Vancouver Youth Orchestra. It was there that he started his musical education journey before graduating to other schools. Parker’s musical journey and prowess can be traced back to his scholarship at Vancouver Academy of Music and University of British Columbia. At Banff Center, he studied with Marek Jablonski and schooled with Robin Wood at Victoria Conservatory. The expertise ...

Brand Personality

Brands exhibit some form of value to buyers in a multi-dimensional manner. They enhance the personality of those who utilize them. Therefore, the goods’ non-functional traits can influence the purchasing decisions of consumers. This essay conceptualizes on different marketing concepts. The ideology of self-concept determines how the users choose the brands they desire. The phenomenon is hypothesized in four ways: ideal social, social, ideal actual, and actual. Actual self-concept entails how the persons perceive themselves while the ideal social aspect represents how they want others to view them (Challagalla, Murtha & Jaworski, 2014). Based on the age bracket that Tiffany ...

On the evening of December 4, 2015 I attended the live concert performance hosted by Master Showman, Composer and world-renowned violinist, Andre Rieu. The concert even was held at the “3 Arena” (23,000 capacity) in Dublin, Ireland. Andre Rieu has been recognized on many occasions as one of classical music’s greatest performer, conductors, and popularisers. During the entire duration of the classical performance, Rieu was immensely successful in retaining (especially the young generation or non-classical enthusiasts), the attention of the audience by intermissive humour, storytelling, host-to-audience conversation, and a whole lot of promotive dancing/singing along. The concert ...

Psychologists and researchers alike have embarked on different studies and compiled various theories that seek to explain the growth and development of a child from their initial stages into adulthood. This analysis takes into consideration physical, cognitive, emotional, and intellectual aspects that are involved in different stages (Crisp, 2001). For this reason, different theories that primarily focus on one or more considerations mentioned above are advanced by varntious theorists such as Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson, and Sigmund Freud. In order to understand the concept of child development throughout different growth stages and in consideration of relevant study theories associated ...

Film Studies

“Early in the 21st Century, robots known as Replicants, were created as off-world slave labor. Identical to humans, Replicants were superior in strength and agility, and, at least, equal in intelligence, to the genetic engineers who created them” (Blade Runner). Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, exhibited in 1982, portrays an idea about the truth of human nature. What is to be a human? How do we differ from a machine, and, after all, what makes us human? Before the love scene, which we are going to analyze, the blade runner Deckard has been attacked by Leon (one of the replicants) ...

1. What is the name of the song?

The name of the song - «Before He Cheats».

2. Who is / are the performer (s)? It was performed by Carrie Underwood, a famous American country-style singer, who began to gain her popularity after winning at American Idol in 2005. 3. In what year was this performance recorded or filmed?

This song was released August 19, 2006 as part of the singer's first studio album.

4. What is the genre or style of music called? The genre of this song is country or country-rock, since in addition to country motifs, there is a strong and clear bass rhythm, which is typical in rock. 5. How did this genre start and who were the ...

The series of photos are used to describe the relationship between diverse cultures and photography. The events recorded in the picture series are all set in bicultural settings, and their moods and activities are at this moment discussed below. For instance, the first picture from the movie ‘the American dream’ describes a couple in a kitchen. The kitchen furnishing is modern. The kitchen sink depicts the modernity of the kitchen. However, the utensils are antiques, showing that they were not sourced from the modern era. The lady standing is probably western, judging from her jawlines and height. The hair ...

Sonny’s Blues is a short story written by James Baldwin and the story deals with the life of a young man who is trying to find his true identity in life. Sonny finds his purpose in music while living in Harlem. He is black and he loves jazz and playing the piano. There are many conflicts in the story, but music is the motif that resolves all of them and makes lives of people fulfilled. Sonny is the young man who is struggling to find his path in life and he has full support from his six years ...

INTRODUCTION

In order for new businesses or ventures to be successful amidst the dense competition, it is necessary that they should have loyal customers. This is not exclusively applicable for small businesses, but is also for old businesses. Businesses, old or new, need their share of clients anytime of the day. The clienteles' trust and the familiarity of the non-clients invite more people and thus, help propagate the business. This is the mechanism by which word of mouth operates. Word of mouth (WOM) is basically an unpaid promotion of a product or service that are fueled by satisfied customers (Entrepreneur). ...

James Baldwin wrote the short story Sonny’s Blues in 1957 and one of the main themes in it is music. The story is about the relationship between two brothers who lost their parents and the older one takes care about the younger one, Sonny. Music is about expressing feelings and Sonny is a person who is very emotional and prone to the feeling of sadness, which is why he finds comfort in music that takes away all the pain. The narrator is the older brother and he is a serious man who teaches algebra in school. Sonny is ...

A Double Reed Day is an annual event that brings together oboists and bassoonists of all ages and musical capabilities with the sole purpose of entertainment, learning and even inspiring each other. At the University of South Alabama, this year’s celebrations of the annual Double Reeds Day went down at the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center. There were two guests, James Brody, and Darell Hale. It is no wonder that this year’s Double Reeds Day happens to be one of the best in recent times considering the visitors are celebrated experts. All participants have been offered the opportunity ...

Attending a music show is always a great journey. It provides you with a great opportunity to be a part of a spectacular story, while being involved in the same mood and emotions that the performers. Music concerts always enrich your soul with new energy, brighten your life and make you fill with happiness. I got the whole range of positive emotions when I saw the world-famous band’s Coldplay Live in Boston 2012 show. Coldplay is British rock band that was formed in 1998 by the students of University College London. They became popular in 2000 after the ...

Abstract.

The concert was held on Monday, February 1st, 2016 at 7:30 in Lai Law Performing Art Center. We were listening to the piano concert of the popular compositors of Classical, Romanticism and Jazz eras. The whole concert was emotionally surprising the audience, due to chose of the compositions. Among them Chopin’s etude in E major, Maurice Ravel’s composition about ocean, Jazz song which is called Rhapsody in blue and others. After listening and watching musician’s playing on the instrument the audience was lightly surprised by technical part and also emotional consistence. The concert was held on ...

Franz Schubert wrote over 600 songs until his death in 1828 and possibly his greatest muse was the celebrated German poet and dramatist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Although the two artists never shared a collaboration or even met they are linked forever by the masterworks that Schubert created which are still in overwhelming demand in performance around the world. Although the later song cycles, Die schöne Müllerin and Die Winterreise, are some of his best known works that show the composer at his peak creativity, I have chosen to analyze one of his earliest songs using a ...

On February 4, 2016, I got a chance to attend the concert at the Recital Hall of Laidlaw Performing Arts Centre. The instruments included piano and flute. This was a Flute Recital. Each piece was performed by a different musician. At 7.30 p.m. the audience indulged itself in the world of a wonderful music. The first composition that was performed was the “Summerland”, composed by William Grant Still, also known as “The Dean of African-American Composers”. This charming melody is very light and truly reveals the summer as everyone imagines it: the warm breeze, the sunshine. It was clear ...

Introduction

Music is often termed as the “window” into the souls of the individuals and the cultures that make the many musical pieces people enjoy around the world today. There are many genres or kinds of music. The kinds of music can vary from the simple chants and beats of many ancient cultures to the electronic hip-hop music enjoyed by the younger people of today. It is said that the composers of the various forms of music are inspired to compose their pieces. This short essay will look at the life and music of one of the most popular composers ...

Introduction

Bloom’s Taxonomy offers a hierarchal model used for categorizing learning objectives according to complexity and knowledge and application of content(Clark, 2014). The hierarchy describes different kinds of learning and different levels of mastery (Simpson, 1972). . Blooms looks at it from 3 domains: affective, cognitive and psychomotor(Bloom, Engelhart, Furst, Hill, & Krathwohl, 1956).). Each of these domain levels detail skills and other performance indicators starting with the most basic to complex application of knowledge. Simpson offers a revised version of Bloom’s taxonomy that has 3 domains grouped into seven categories according to the simplest to the most ...

The topic regarding the destiny of a genius occupies a certain niche in cinema, simultaneously appearing neither exclusively rare nor especially popular. This topic, unfortunately, is most likely to be marked with a known moral estimation, including both the cases of positive genii, such as writers, composers, musicians, and the cases of negative genii represented by criminals. In a manner, this topic reminds other thriller movies, with the exception that in the first case the hero has the real life prototype. David Helfgott, the piano virtuoso, is a well known musician whose popularity has spread far beyond his homeland. ...

The paper entails a movie critic regarding thematic concerns and the musical aspect of the filmmaking. As a film critic, this current paper takes a particular movie in the film genre of Rock and Roll. Thus, the specifics in the paper will be drawn from the movie, Rock and Roll High School. Rock and Roll High school is a comedy film based on music. The film was produced on 4th August 1979 in New York. The movie's setting is in Vince Lombardi School in which students are more concerned about rock n roll culture than getting knowledge; with another ...

Introduction

Domenico Scarlatti is one of the most well known Italian Baroque composers. He is best known for his work on the keyboard sonatas. It is known that most of his life he worked for the royal families in Spain and France. While working for the royal family in Spain, he was able to compose over 500 sonatas. Dominico Scarlatti’s history and time spent in Spain has influenced his famous sonatas compositions that use the Spanish guitar style.

History of Domenico Scarlatti

Domenico Scarlatti was born on October 26, 1685 in Naples and died on July 23, 1757 in Madrid. It is known ...

Artist: Ella FitzgeraldTitle: “Smooth Sailing”Recorded: New York, June 26, 1951Performed by: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals), Hank Jones (piano), Everett Barksdale (guitar), Arnold Fishkin (bass), Bill Doggett (organ), Johnny Blowers (drums), and the Ray Charles Singers. Composed by Arnett Cobb.

Ella Fitzgerald, the celebrated jazz singer, is known for many things. One of the most important vocalists to emerge from the big band era, her command over her voice and sunny, lighthearted style characterize many of her pieces. From soulful ballads to the fast-paced bebop, Fitzgerald’s voice is renowned as one of the most virtuoso instruments of jazz. ...

An Examination of Style and Performance

Introduction Joseph Haydn may be the most underrated of all the great composers, especially when it comes to his piano music. Music students in every field, remain taught that Haydn is the “father of the Symphony.” It is this fact that keeps the student from seeking out, discovering, and delighting in his brilliant, often difficult, but worth the challenge of playing Haydn’s late keyboard compositions. Haydn’s major keyboard works are sonatas, generally representing his growth from his early years until 1794 with completion of his final three sonatas. According to Gordon (1996), Haydn often set the ...

1. The rival of Mozart in the movie is Antonio Salieri, a court composer for Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II.

2. Like many of the "enlightened despots" of his time, Joseph was a lover and patron of the arts and is remembered as such. He was known as the "Musical King" and steered Austrian high culture towards a more Germanic orientation. He commissioned the German-language opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail from Mozart.

3. Mozart’s wife was Constanze, a third daughter of Webers family, whom Mozart moved in with in Vienna.

4. Leopold Mozart, a native of Augsburg, was a ...

Almost all classic songs are about love. Since ancient times, artists have endeavored to write songs of love to stir the heart. Their works have ranged from the saccharine and sappy to the truly moving. In spite of the artists’ varied levels of accomplishment and artistic merits, each of these songs relies on certain tropes and exhibits certain qualities that are endemic to the “love song” genre. In all quintessential love songs, three tenets (common qualities) have stood out; simple lyrics delivered with sincerity, use of a saxophone and they are sung in moderately slow tempos.

Quintessential love songs ...

Introduction

The duty herein is to assess and evaluate the speech presentations given. The paper covers those speeches given at the Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research, for the year 2014. Professor Bill Cunliffe is the key speaker, representing the Music Department at California State University at Fullerton (CSUF) and has delivered the longest speech presentation (taking up approximately half of the video) brief comments on the other three speakers shall be included. As a key academic field, speech communications empowers people to prepare for careers in many areas. For example, ...

In this essay, I will compare and critique three different renditions of the same piece by Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in C major from the Well- Tempered Clavier BWV 864. For making the interpretation, I have pick three different pianists; Glenn Gould is the first one, Samuel Feinberg is the second one and Daniel Ben Pienaar is the third and also the last one. After I will listen to all three interpretations, I will discuss the different performing style of this three pianist approaching music components such as dynamics, tempo, colour and articulation. Furthermore, I will comment ...

Just a few decades ago, the scientific community considered that the brain is fixed and programmed by nature. There was a consensus that the human brain can only deteriorate with age, but not improve. Today, the discovery of the fact that thoughts can change the individual’s well-being and psychological feelings is the most important achievement in the field of neuroscience over the past four centuries. Scholarly findings on the self-improvement potential of the human brain can now be used in everyday life, by ordinary people. The theory of thoughts’ influence can be transferred into its active phase by the integration ...

“Greetings old friends, this speech is written in honor of all the lovers of music from classical, RnB, jazz and other genres. I also dedicate this speech to my chosen composer who not only took time to compose a song for this occasion, but also willed to perform it himself. I have so many composers in mind and naming them would take forever.

Firstly, let me explain the purpose of my speech. I happen to be a niece of a proud uncle and well, he is a great lover of music. As a gift, I sought to seek assistance, specifically from you. I ...

Billy Joel’s 1973 song “Piano Man” is one of the most popular pop songs of its era, and an endlessly catchy and fascinating song to listen to. A piano and harmonica-driven ballad about a piano lounge singer and the characters that inhabit that lounge, Joel provides wonderfully clear, tenor singing to back up sprightly instrumentation

The song begins with a piano solo that has its roots in jazz improvisation; syncopated piano playing starts out the song, uneven rhythms providing an explosion of music right at the beginning before the song settles into its harmonica-and-piano melody. A steady 3/4 tempo ...

When people think of China, I think they often think of places like Beijing and Shanghai, these sprawling metropolitan places packed tight with millions and millions of people. Or maybe they think of the cold, gray country that exists to the west. My birth city, Guilin, is nothing like these places. I come from the southern part of China, from the Guangxi province, where everything is warm, green, and beautiful. I was lucky to be born in Guilin. My family was lucky also, and were quite prosperous in the years before I was born. Still, I was the first ...

James Baldwin is best known for his novels, short stories and essays. Most of his work revolves around the themes of discrimination towards blacks and homosexuals. Most of his work is considered to be at least somewhat autobiographical because a reader can often detect the traces of his own past torture and dilemmas. The loneliness and the suffering from all the taunts which he faced all his life are reflected in his writings.

Baldwin was born in Harlem in August 1924. His mother was Emma Berdis Jones, who happened to be single and poor at the time. No one never ...

Chick Corea, Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White Return to Forever “full live”

The concert of “Return to Forever” has impressed with the variety of themes and layers. Avant-garde style performed by the most successful line up of the group in its history: pianist Chick Corea, guitarist Al Di Meola, bassist Stanley Clarke, and drummer Lenny White in this album, called “Romantic Warriors” also brings mature sound of traditional jazz approach in their sound. This jazz/musical classic concert sometimes drive to medieval, I would even say baroque style, as in “The Magician" by Clarke. The “Romantic Warrior” includes compositions from all of the players, making it really collective work. Each of these ...