... by the rock scene and punk subculture that was in the United States and United Kingdom. July 12, 1979, there was an anti-disco demonstration, known as "Disco Demonstration Night", in where a crate of disco records was blown up during a baseball game in Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois. When the event was being organized, at least 50,000 people showed ... songs for the piano, Für Elise being one of them.Not much is known about the background of the song due to the only thing left behind was the transcribed notes, with no obvious background information other than that the song title heav...

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A Senior Recital featuring Jennifer Mulhern I attended an instrumental performance the other night of a violoncello accompanied by the piano. The instrumental performance I attended was an ensemble performed by Jennifer Mulhern on violoncello and Faith DeBow playing the piano. This performance can be described ... , No. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Suite in C major for Solo Violoncello, BMV 10 by Johann Sebastian Bach, and Sonata in D Minor for Violoncello and Piano (1915) by Claude Debussy. The notes of each performer seemed to lean on each other and were rhythmically in sync. I also thought t...

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... and rushed conditions. It is noted that if you looked back at Beethoven's composition notebooks that " he would return time and time again to some simple little melodies, change the notes, modify rhythms, and eventually produce on of the striking themes that are part of his famous symphonies (Samachson 109)." Beethoven's symphonies are known for following the patterns of many famous ... , and Lugi Cherubini. Beethoven would continue to compose for many years while suffering through a number of illnesses and grew worse by each passing month. Beethoven died in 1827. On that night it is doc...

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... plucked with quills and not struck by hammers like today, the harpsichord was not capable of sustained tones or many dynamic varieties. To make up for the lack of sustained notes, composers added ornaments to their works. One of the most important composers of this time were J.S. Bach. Bach (1685-1750) was a great composer of the keyboard. He was born in ... in 1770 in Bonn, Germany was Beethoven. Beethoven grew up into a very unhappy family. His father was a drunkard and often oppressed his son by making him practice late into the night. Beethoven acquired several odd jobs during his y...

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... and rushed conditions. It is noted that if you looked back at Beethoven's composition notebooks that " he would return time and time again to some simple little melodies, change the notes, modify rhythms, and eventually produce on of the striking themes that are part of his famous symphonies (Samachson 109)." Beethoven's symphonies are known for following the patterns of many famous ... , and Lugi Cherubini. Beethoven would continue to compose for many years while suffering through a number of illnesses and grew worse by each passing month. Beethoven died in 1827. On that night it is doc...

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