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Boy Willie Piano Lesson
415 wordsBerniece and Boy Willie's uncle is a railroad cook, trying to keep the peace while testifying to the past. A few short generations removed from the African who carved the piano, he comes to Pittsburgh from Mississippi on a mission to sell his piano in order to buy a piece of the land where his ancestors slaved. Boy WIllie's partner watermelons is anxious to finish the business and begin his new life in the north. Boy Willie's sister, Doaker and the action of the play reside in her house. She ref...
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1,101 wordsINTRODUCTION Piano, stringed keyboard musical instrument, derived from the harpsichord and the clavichord. Also called the pianoforte, it differs from its predecessors principally in the introduction of a hammer-and-lever action that allows the player to modify the intensity of sound by the stronger or weaker touch of the fingers. For this reason the earliest known model (1709) was called a gravicembalo col piano e forte (Italian for "harpsichord with soft and loud"). It was built by Bartolomeo ...
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Play The Piano Romantic Era
749 wordsLudwig Van Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He was the third child of Johann and Johanna Beethoven. Ludwig had a terrible childhood because his dad was an alcoholic. He woke him up in the middle of the night and made him play the piano until dawn. He would smack him every time he made a mistake. His father was a musician as was his grandfather. Ludwig loved spending time with his grandfather. His grandfather died when Beethoven was only three years old. At age four, he w...
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Piano Sonata In The Classical Era
1,746 wordsThe Piano Sonata in the Classical Period The piano sonata was an important part of music during the Classical period. It characterizes the Classical era's new trend of musical form. Originally, the sonata was made up of several dance movements, but then in the Classical era, it changed to a fast-slow movement style, each of the movements being composed in one of the forms popular during the Classical period. These consisted of sonata-allegro, ternary, rondo, and theme and variations. Down throug...
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Early Works Eight Years
1,441 wordsPortrait of Chopin by Engine Delacroix (1838) In this bibliography, I will discuss Chopin, his life span and nationality, and the historical period of his performance. I will address his types of major works and titles and discuss his major contributions to music. Additionally, I will touch upon his early works, his dedications and his teachings. Frdric Francois Chopin, (1810 - 1849), Polish composer and pianist of the romantic era, regarded by some as the greatest of all composers of music for ...
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Boy Willie White Man
1,564 words... s to worship the past and not to make use of it. She has no vision of the future like Boy Willie. She does not dream about the future. Her husband has been dead for three years and she is still mourning him though there is another man in her life. She has not gotten over the fact that her husband Crawley is dead. To gain identity for herself, Berniece has to decide what her past means to her. Otherwise she is going to become stagnated. She needs to get rid of her dead husbands ghost if she h...
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Rite Of Spring Neo Classicism
1,951 wordsStravinsky's relations with his various publishers would make a fitting subject for a long-running TV soap opera, complete with courtroom dramas, emotional farewells, some embarrassing contractual wrangles, and of course background music based on the Ronde des princesses in The Firebird. The association with Chester Music would certainly provide some of the best episodes. Stravinsky landed in Chester's lap after the First World War, a conflict which, among other things, played havoc with interna...
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Makes The Audience Open The Door
1,070 wordsMany plays have passed the audiences eyes with no recognition. There are some plays which most people do not remember. There are plays about cats, dogs and most anything one can think up. There are also plays which try to send a hidden meaning to the audience. There are plays which are covers for a real purpose of wasting an audiences time. More importantly, there are good plays. As the 1990 winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Piano Lesson, by August Wilson, stands out as one of the greatest plays...
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Boy Willie Piano Lesson
1,113 words... and requires good actors. It seems that Wilson put much effort into the meticulous characterization of each personality. The meticulous characterization of each personality sets this play apart from many other plays. The beauty of this play is the audience gets to learn the background of each character within the first scene. Therefore, the audience understands each character at the beginning of the play and can worry about other more important aspects of the plot. Characters who serve no pu...
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Leonard Bernstein Albert Einstein
1,384 wordsLeonard Bernstein was born in Lawrenceville, Massachusetts on August 25, 1918. He was the first born child of Samuel and Jennie Bernstein, who lived in Boston, but had gone to Lawrenceville to visit some relatives. Bernstein's parents had little knowledge of, or interest in classical music. The only records Leonard remembers hearing on his family phonograph when he was a child were the popular hit songs of the day, such as " Barney Google" and "Oh by Jingo. " For the most part, Leonard Bernstein...
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Piano Sonatas Classical Era
1,706 wordsThe Sonata Christian Core 10 / 6 / 96 In the late 1700 s and early 1800 s the Baroque period gave way to the classical era, introducing many revolutionary new scientific discoveries and theories. This drastically changed the peoples social views and brought on the age of enlightenment. With this change in social philosophy came changes in musical trends. One of the most important new trends of the time was a more common use of the sonata. During the Classical era, the sonata evolved into a more ...
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Piano Concertos Chamber Music
1,058 wordsWeber, Carl Maria von (1786 1826) Carl Maria von Weber, a cousin of Mozart's wife Constant, was trained as a musician from his childhood, the son of a versatile musician who had founded his own travelling theatre company. He made a favourable impression as a pianist and then as a music director, notably in the opera-houses of Prague and Dresden. Here he introduced various reforms and was a pioneer of the craft of conducting without the use of violin or keyboard instrument. As a composer he won a...
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Romantic Era Second Movement
1,050 wordsComparison Between Piano Concert By Barbara Wieman Comparison Between Piano Concert By Barbara Wieman And Sacramento Chamber Orchestra Comparison Between Piano Concert by Barbara Wieman and Sacramento Chamber Orchestra February 20, 1997 William Strang On Feb 20, 1997, I attended a piano concert that was performed by Barbara Wieman. The performance was held at the American River College Music Department choir room. The choir room holds about 100 people and every seat was taken and students were s...
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Martin Luther King Jr Boy Willie
1,531 words" But then I ask the question: How many men must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society? How long will it take? If we can catch the spirit, and the true meaning of this experience, I believe that this nation can be transformed into a society of love, of justice, peace, and brotherhood where all men can really be brothers. " -Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Since the beginning of early civilization, differences in races and cultures have been a part of s...
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19 Th Century Types Of Music
2,786 wordsJazz When it comes to music, most people dont say they like it. People say they like heavy metal, pop, rhythm and blues, or any other type of music, since they have their own preference to what type of music they like, not just enjoying the broad area of music. One of those types of music which many enjoy is jazz. Actually right now jazz is really big and popular in Europe, andis rising in its popularity in the USA through its many forms. Jazz does have many forms, so many that some people would...
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Stock Market Crash One Of The Most Important
1,314 wordsThe 1920 s was a huge decade for the phenomena known as " Jazz" . Due to the closing of the seaport in New Orleans, musicians were forced to travel up the Mississippi to find work. Two of the cities most affected by this move were Chicago and New York. Chicago was home primarily for New Orleans traditional music during the 1920 s. From this New Orleans style came four major types of jazz: Boogie-Woogie, Chicago Jazz, Urban Blues, and Society Dance Bands. Because of the ever-growing pop...
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Made Me Feel John Coltrane
759 wordsOn September 15, 1957, John Coltrane recorded Blue Train, an album he considered his favorite, and many critics considecontributes to the sound. Coltrane provides listeners with an impressive r his best work. The albums rhythm Chambers finishes up with a bass solo before the opening statement is repeated, bringing the song to a full circle by its end. The next song is Moments Notice which is also swung and in 4 / 4. This song played at a faster pace and has a catchy melody that becomes rather co...
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Age Of Seven Life And Times
2,381 wordsThe 1830 s have been called " the decade of the piano" because during that period the piano and the music written for it played a dominant role in European musical culture. The piano had, of course, already been popular for more than half a century, but by the third decade of the nineteenth century, changes in the instrument and its audience transformed the pianos role in musical life. As the Industrial Revolution hit its stride, piano manufacturers developed methods for building many ...
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1,113 wordsINTRODUCTION Piano, stringed keyboard musical instrument, derived from the harpsichord and the clavichord. Also called the pianoforte, it differs from its predecessors principally in the introduction of a hammer-and-lever action that allows the player to modify the intensity of sound by the stronger or weaker touch of the fingers. For this reason the earliest known model (1709) was called a gravicembalo col piano e forte (Italian for harpsichord with soft and loud). It was built by Bartolomeo Cr...
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Vice President Al Gore Op Cit P
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