The poet of the piano, Frederic Chopin, (March, 1810 – October, 1849), of Zelazowawola, Poland once stated, “As long as I have health and strength, I will gladly work all my days.” These words stated by Chopin truly had more literalness to them than Chopin likely expected when originally stating them. From the age of seven till his death at the age of 38, Chopin’s love for music thrived. He possessed the ability to produce numerous beautiful musical pieces, even after his health scare which was caused by Tuberculosis. In addition to becoming ill, Chopin struggled in most of his short lived relationships, especially in his relationship with George Sand. Although Chopin had relationship and health issues, his musical talents allowed him to develop numerous renowned musical compositions that led to his fame. …show more content…
Chopin love for music began to develop and thrive, at the age of seven, when he published his first musical composition while growing up in the city of Warsaw in Poland.
Chopin’s mother played a key role in developing his love for music by introducing him to music at an early age. In addition to his mother introducing him to music, his father’s career which involved him tutoring Warsaw’s aristocratic families helped to spark Chopin’s love for music. Music was an integral part of most aristocratic families’ lives. So, it is not surprising that music had a great influence on Chopin, who was exposed to aristocratic families. The influence of Music on Chopin’s life had a lasting impact on himself and eventually the rest of
Europe. After moving to the city of Paris, Chopin’ musical career reached a new level which would later allow him to afford to produce more musical masterpieces. However before Chopin musical career began to look bright in Paris he had a rough start. This was due to the fact that his style of Music was not as dramatic as larger concert audiences in Paris had grown accustomed to. In 1832, Chopin’s career began to look bright once he started working at Paris’ parlors as an instructor and recitalist. As a result, Chopin experienced an influx of wealth. His influx of wealth allowed him to afford to compose musical pieces such as the Scherzo, Sonata, and the Op. 31, all in B-flat minor, and the Nocturnes of Opp. 9 and 15. These musical compositions quickly spread throughout Europe. Chopin’s musical career began to skyrocket towards higher heights, just as his love life was beginning to look upward. Starting around the year of 1838, Chopin began to develop what would be the longest relationship he had ever endured. Chopin began a relationship with a French novelist by the name of George Sand. The freshly joined couple decided to experience a long, brutal winter on the French Island of Majorca. Chopin developed tuberculosis, during his stay on the Island, leading George Sand to a skilled physician in Marseille. This act seemed to have increased the love that George and Chopin had for one another. During the following years, up until his death, Chopin’s musical career began to flourish like never before. He produced several renowned musical compositions, including the Opus 56 Mazurkas, the Opus 55 Nocturnes, and the Sonata (B Minor). As Chopin’s musical career continued to flourish, the decline of his relationship and health, eventually ended his musical career. Chopin’s Musial success reached great heights, but his relationship problems and health eventually ended his career. Just a year prior to his death in 1849, Chopin ended the complicated relationship that he had developed with George Sand in 1838. This relationship had complications from the beginning to the end. It was a miracle that Chopin had the drive to produce so many musical masterpieces, being that he was in a troubling relationship. In addition to a troubling relationship he had to attempt to battle Tuberculosis, which led to his demise in 1849. Although Tuberculosis eventually led to his demise, his music found a way to survive without its maker. Chopin’s music is still alive and well today in 2015, and can be heard all over the world.
On November 6th, 1854, John Philip Sousa was born in Washington D.C. His Father, John Antonio Sousa was Portuguese, while His Mother Maria Elisabeth Trinkhaus Was Bavarian. The first instrument John ever played was the violin. He also sang, and played instruments such as the piano, flute, trombone, and baritone. When John was 13, his father enlisted him in the Marine Corps Band so he wouldn’t join the circus, however he did play drums for Pt Barnum, the Circus King. John remained with the Marines until he was twenty years old.
Chopin was a piano instructor and composer of the Romantic Period. His body of work consists primarily of piano music. Born and classically trained in Poland, he left his homeland due to declining political conditions and moved to Paris, where he moved through the ranks and gained the respect of many other composers of the day. He had a famous relationship with the novelist George Sand, although the exact nature of the relationship is a bit unclear. He suffered from Tuberculosis and died at the young age of 39, not unlike so many other composers of this period.
Clara Schumann like most women of her day, faced a myriad of obstacles to becoming recognized composers in the 18th and early 19th century.
For almost half a century, the musical world was defined by order and esteemed the form of music more highly than the emotion that lay behind it. However, at the turn of the 19th century, romantic music began to rise in popularity. Lasting nearly a century, romantic music rejected the ideas of the classical era and instead encouraged composers to embrace the idea of emotionally driven music. Music was centered around extreme emotions and fantastical stories that rejected the idea of reason. This was the world that Clara Wieck (who would later marry the famous composer, Robert Schumann) was born into. Most well known for being a famous concert pianist, and secondly for being a romantic composer, Clara intimately knew the workings of romantic music which would not only influence Clara but would later become influenced by her progressive compositions and performances, as asserted by Bertita Harding, author of Concerto: The Glowing Story of Clara Schumann (Harding, 14). Clara’s musical career is an excellent example of how romantic music changed from virtuosic pieces composed to inspire awe at a performer’s talent, to more serious and nuanced pieces of music that valued the emotion of the listener above all else.
Kate Chopin was born on February 8, 1851, into a wealthy Catholic family in St. Louis Missouri. As a little girl, her father died a few years later in 1855 and was raised at home with her other sisters and mother, strong willed and prominent women who believed in self sufficiency. Soon, on June 9, 1870, Chopin married a man named Oscar. She graduated from St. Louis convent school. In the meanwhile, Kate was soon busy by the occupations of a being a mother and wife to the prestigious business man, Oscar whom she married. Throughout this escapade of life, Kate was forced to relocate often due to her husband’s change of business. Although, it was difficult to build upon these circumstances, Kate managed a small farm and plantation farm to keep things running. Even through these circumstances, Kate pulled through only to discover that all these locals would soon be her inspirations and se...
... of race, class, gender and culture were very important in that time and Chopin makes sure to address those issues. Whenever someone reads a book, they can look further into the story and find a great deal of the ideas and beliefs of people of that time.
Chopin, fatherless at four, was certainly a product of her Creole heritage, and was strongly influenced by her mother and her maternal grandmother. Perhaps it is because she grew up in a female dominated environment that she was not a stereotypical product of her times and so could not conform to socially acceptable themes in her writing. Chopin even went so far as to assume the managerial role of her husband's business after he died in 1883. This behavior, in addition to her fascination with scientific principles, her upbringing, and her penchant for feminist characters would seem to indicate that individuality, freedom, and joy were as important to Chopin as they are to the characters in her stories. Yet it appears to be as difficult for critics to agree on Chopin's view of her own life as it is for them to accept the heroines of her stories. Per Seyersted believes that Chopin enjoyed living alone as an independent writer, but other critics have argued that Chopin was happily married and bore little resemblance to the characters in her stories (150-164).
This site, based on a television presentation by the PBS, gives further information on Chopin. In contains a transcript of the television presentation, a chronology of major events in Chopin’s life, interviews with Chopin’s grandson, David Chopin and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese of Emory University, and shares links on the author.
Chopin’s decision to focus on and emphasize the imbalances between the sexes is heavily influenced by her upbringing, her feelings towards society, and the era she subsisted in. How Chopin was raised and educated not only inspired her, but it also assisted her with her writing capabilities.... ... middle of paper ... ...
Bibliography Huneker, James. A. Chopin: The Man and His Music. New York: Dover Publications, 1966. Print. The.
Frederic later attended the Warsaw Lyceum where his father was one of the professors. He spent his summer holidays in estates belonging to the parents of his school friends in various parts of the country. The young composer listened to and noted down the texts of folk songs, took part in peasant weddings and harvest festivities, danced, and played a folk instrument resembling a double bass with the village musicians; all of which he described in his letters. Chopin became well acquainted with the fol...
With exquisite mingling in sound of quiet and agitation, fluidity and interruption, with a gorgeous melody of cautious, tightly contracting circles and sudden leaps into space, Chopin, the subtle-souled psychologist, opens his waltz. How does Chopin speak through his waltz? How does the music play the listener? Minds think through forms. Form follows content. Music’s structure matters. In Chopin’s Opus 69 No.1, the AA’BA’BA’CCDCDA’ structure of reoccurring themes uncomfortably prolongs the inevitable return of the tragic first theme which the audience does not want to hear but expects to hear anyway.
The short story, "Regret," by Kate Chopin is about a childless spinster who accepts the responsibility of caring for a neighbor's four young children while their mother is away. The main idea of the story is that even though independent people like Mamzelle Aur'elie become used to living alone, they still need affection and human intimacy.
Claude Debussy is one of my favorite composers of all time. Claude Debussy’s music has had the ability to alter how I perceive music and, has made me gain a greater appreciation for all types of music. Growing up playing piano my entire life it was always hard for me as a child to follow all of the “rules” of what traditional classic music was interpreted as. Sheet music seemed so dull and boring to me, because I would be playing the piece but certain parts just did not sound appealing to my ear. My instructor always frowned upon me for this because it was different from what every other person was doing at the time. I recognized that Debussy’s style of music was also criticized much in the same way as mine was one day while I was listening to my favorite piece Clair De Lune. The song in my mind is simply perfection, the harmonies all flow beautifully but, according to others it is not what they want to hear because it is considered to be vague and lacks image. My struggle at being restricted to these so called rules of piano made me like Debussy more and more.
This report will discuss the career of prominent Italian architect, Renzo Piano. Topics discussed include: design approach, influences, building typology and the materials used, as well as a biography of Renzo.