Music Performers & Composers Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (344) essays
Performers & Composers essays:
Alasir Fraser: Scottish Fiddler.
... culture, and even geography by his explanations of what each tune was about and where it was originated, than from when I had first arrived. The concert started when Alasir walked down one of the isles playing his first piece. It was a great start to the concert, left an impression, and set the tone ...
This is a biography on the famous fiddler Buddy Macmaster.
... John Allan Cameron" and the "Ceildih" television shows and eventually he toured and recorded with the Cape Breton symphony. A solo in 1983 performance at the Fiddle Tunes Festival in Port Townsend Washington made his name on the west coast of America. By 1989, when he recorded his first album, Buddy ...
Biography of Joseph Haydn
... Vienna, where he received his only formal education. Dismissed from the choir at the age of 17, he spent the next several years as a struggling freelance musician. He studied on his own the standard textbooks on counterpoint and took occasional lessons from the noted Italian singing master ...
The story of a man named Shirl - the life and times of Graeme "Shirley" Strachan (from Skyhooks)
... arrogance, my mouth . . . but a lot of the teachers who gave you a hard time look back now and say, oh, he's alright, but at the time they hated your guts. Still, I reckon they were good teachers," he admits. By fourth form, Graeme was finding it hard ...
Johann Sebastian Bach
... the youngest son of Johann Ambrosius Bach who was a town musician. J. Sebastian Bach probably learned his the basic knowledge of music theory and also to play the violin from his father. When J. Sebastian Bach was ten years old ...
Ac/Dc
... the band played some gigs around Sydney. Angus was only 15-years-old at the time and his sister suggested that he should wear his school uniform on-stage; the look became the band's visual trademark. While still in Sydney, the ...
Comparison of Rock VS Rap
... lesson the artist is trying to teach. These two songs targeted two different audiences, but had the same message, bringing a cultural problem to the mainstream. The approaches were very different but the results were the same. Though the ...
Attend a concert and write a review. "Duo" in B-flat major by Mozart and "Terzetto" in C by Dvorak.
... times, the viola part sounded like horses' gallop. It is beautifully colored waltz for its middle section and the whole Scherzo goes back to Allegro. The finale, a truly masterful movement, is a set of ten variations on a theme in minor. The climax of the whole piece sets in the ...
A Comparison of the Musical Styles of Vivaldi and Corelli
... the quality of his work. In summation, the two composers are wonderfully talented masters of music who really cannot be compared to each other. The pieces ...
The Short Story of Phish
... the first time I was hooked. The music just captures you and you never want to end the concert." Tim is a 20 year old student at Colorado State University who has traveled around the country touring with Phish. Tim says, "The funnest times ...