Word: pianos
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That new sophistication is the result of increased experience, full days spent on piano practice, a summer spent writing dozens of songs from which he formed his musical, "Leaders of Tomorrow," (performed at K-House this fall), and a great deal of study under music arranger and Pudding musical director Peter L. Mansfield '76. "I am greatly indebted to Peter. He has taught me a tremendous amount about harmonics and voicing...
...arranged two, written and directed one, and done miscellaneous work on several others. He is president of the K-House Drama society and has been since before he entered the House--"But you have to remember that there's not much competition for that slot here." He also plays piano for parties. "That's something I really enjoy. The other night, I was doing a party, and all of a sudden I started playing all these things that I don't know how to play. I mean, jazz--I don't know how to play jazz! But there...
...Cage observes. "When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we find it fascinating." Cage's elimination of harmony in his compositions, as well as his use of silence, gives his music an unusual twist. One of his most famous compositions, "4'33," is a piano piece during which the pianist merely sits in front of the piano, raising and lowering the keyboard cover three times to distinguish the three "movements...
DIED. Samuel Barber, 70, American composer whose lyrical music won him international popularity; of cancer; in New York City. Celebrated in his 20s for works like the Overture for the School for Scandal, he later won Pulitzer prizes for his opera Vanessa and for Piano Concerto No. 1. His grand effort, Antony and Cleopatra, was a rare failure for a composer who loved and understood the human voice and stood apart from avant-garde trends...
...Diamond put aside what was expected of him in favor of what he hoped for. He dropped out of pre-med at New York University, spent some time as a staff writer for an assortment of Tin Pan Alley companies, then finally rented himself a storage room with a piano and a pay phone and set out to write on his own. He had three hit singles in 1966, one of which, Cherry, Cherry is echoed in The Jazz Singer's own insidiously catchy You Baby. Diamond says, "It wasn't until I began to sing...