Piano Essay Examples

The reasons for high quality product is caused traditionally over a time with the basic principles. All Steinways were still assembled by craft methods with little use of assembly-line techniques. Volumes remained small. Skilled labor was employed throughout the process and many employees often continuing an association begun by their parents and grandparents and had […]

Review Michael Buble is often referred to as the ‘new face of jazz’; the thirty-eight year old jazz/pop sensation has won three Grammy awards as well as multiple Juno awards. Buble has had ten albums, which have all been great hits. Buble’s 2009 album Crazy Love debuted at number one after only three days of […]

Examining two recordings of Claude Bolling’s Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, specifically Baroque and Blue, will be the focus of this investigation. The first recording, made in 1975, features Bolling himself on piano and French flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal. The second recording, made in 2004, is performed by Laurel Zucker. The suite was created […]

According to philosopher Frank Moore Riley, personal demonstration is necessary to be considered an adult. In Ernest J. Gaines’ “The Sky is Gray” and Laurie Colwin’s “Mr. Parker,” two young children struggle to prove their maturity to society. The Sky is Gray tells the story of James, a young black boy, who tries to assure […]

It is a time of escalating power of the Nazi party, which attempted to gain control of most parts of the world starting with Europe and Northern Africa. As a result of the ascending power of the Nazis and anti-German sentiments, many Europeans were desperate to flee their homes. Because Casablanca was not yet taken […]

After reading the essay “The Day Language Came into My Life” about Helen Keller in the text, I got to know more about her. Helen Keller was born in 1880. She became blind and deaf when she was around two due to disease. Darkness and silence were surrounding her for a long time. She experienced […]

We wanted to come up with something original for our group and have contrast within our performance so it would make our piece different and much more interesting which I feel would help the audience pick up on our hidden message of ‘life’s too short to argue’. We immediately came up with the idea of […]

In both of the poems, ‘At Castle Boterel’ by Thomas Hardy and ‘Piano’ by D H Lawrence, the main idea is the thought of reminiscence for a lost loved one. The two poems show the tragic side of love, especially lost love. Also the two poets have used nostalgia, which means that you are happy […]

Since about 1450 keyboards have virtually remained the same, except for a little variation in the colour of the keys. The organ was the first keyboard instrument and the way of the keys has varied greatly and at times was so heavy that the players were called “Organ Beaters”, because they actually had to hit […]

The Huanghe Valley has developed one of the four earliest civilizations for 5000 years. China has gradually become a superpower since the 21st century. I, being Chinese, am proud of myself. There are several events that further strengthened my pride of being Chinese. First, it is a honor that the two Chinese astronauts accomplished their […]

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“Fences” and “The Piano Lesson” are two extraordinary works created by August Wilson. Throughout these two plays there is a constant struggle while at the same time these stories revolve around a similar theme or symbol. In “Fences”, the idea of building the “fence” is very similar to the “piano” in “The Piano Lesson”. A […]

1. What accounts for Steinway’s reputation as a manufacturer of high-quality pianos? What tactical differences do you see between Steinway and Yamaha in their pursuit of high quality? Evaluate each Steinway reputation was a result of the uniqueness and the differentiation in their products. Their long-standing history of perfection in making custom and hand made […]

The transition into the Romantic era of music saw the development of many new characteristics. For the most part, the music evolved from established forms, genres, and musical ideas, but there was more emphasis on expression. Harmonic language established by Mozart and Haydn was coloured with dissonances, and bolder chord changes. Emphasis shifted from the […]

On April 23rd, 2011, I went to Simon Sun’s concert at Presbyterian Church, Williamsburg. Simon Sun is a senior at the College of William and Mary majoring in Neuroscience and music. He has played piano for almost seventeen years and was a finalist in the Young Artists International Piano Competition. I was so impressed by […]

A child prodigy is a person who shows his/her extraordinary abilities in early age. These children usually are very good at different things; however, especially their amazing skills in a certain area make them be prodigies. For example, Abigail Sin, a Singaporean young pianist, is also very good at math. Nevertheless, she won in international […]

Steinway & Sons was founded in 1853 by German immigrant Henry Engelhard Steinway in a Manhattan loft on Varick Street. Henry was a master cabinet maker who built his first piano in the kitchen of his Seesen, Germany home. The first piano produced by the company, serial number 483, was sold to a New York […]

Through rich, sensory details with flowing, enjambed lines, “The Visitor” by Gibbons Ruark is an elegant prose poem which elaborates on the sensuality of music through the vivid experiences of the first person narrator instead of the visit of a piano tuner, the inferred visitor in the title. Utilizing the narrator’s impressions, Ruark portrays the […]

An uneasy feeling ran through my veins. Lying down upon the soft duvet, various thoughts took over my feet. The deadly silence pierced my ears. Suddenly I found myself at the front of the Victorian bay windows. Rays of light beamed thought the multicoloured leaf shaped windows, creating patterns in the deadly air. The moon […]

Every day of my life, I have written this statement not once but many times in my head. I have tried to find words that can be enough to express my feelings but no words can really bring out how I feel. It was my 17th birthday when I decided to go and celebrate from […]