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Doppio Borgato
{{Short description, Pedal piano made by joining a regular concert grand with a second piano Doppio Borgato is a Pedal piano made by joining a regular concert grand (Model L 282) with a second piano, activated by a pedal board with 37 pedals (A0 to A3), similar to that of the organ (P 398). Designed and manufactured by Luigi Borgato, it was patented in 2000. Compositions for Doppio Borgato Specifically for Doppio Borgato are composed: *Cristian Carrara **"Magnificat, Meditation" for piano with pedalboard and orchestra (2011) * Giuseppe Lupis **Gounod-Lupis "Marche funèbre d'une marionnette" (2011) *Nimrod Borenstein **"Fireworks" Op. 57 (2011) **Grieg-Borenstein "In the hall of the mountain-king" arranged for piano with pedalboard (2011) *Michael Glenn Williams **"Tip Tap" (2011) *Ennio Morricone (1928–2020) **"Quarto Studio Bis" (2011) *Andrea Morricone (born 1964) **"Omaggio a J.S.B." (2011) *Franco Oppo (1935–2016) **"Freu dich sehr o meine Seele" (2000) *Fabrizio Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doppio Borgato Bis
Doppio espresso () is a double shot which is extracted using double the amount of ground coffee in a larger-sized portafilter basket. This results in of drink, double the amount of a single shot espresso. ''Doppio'' is Italian multiplier, meaning 'double'. It is commonly called a standard double, due to its standard in judging the espresso quality in barista competitions, where four single espresso are made using two double portafilters. A single shot of espresso, by contrast, is called a ''solo'' ('single') and was developed because it was the maximum amount of ground coffee that could practically be extracted by lever espresso machines. At most cafés outside of Italy, a doppio is the standard shot. Because solos require a smaller portafilter basket, solo shots are often produced by making ("pulling") a doppio in a two-spout portafilter and only serving one of the streams; the other stream may be discarded or used in another drink. The caffeine content of a doppio can vary, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Glenn Williams
Michael Glenn Williams (born October 23, 1957, in Lancaster, California) is an American composer, pianist and technologist. Musical Biography Williams' earliest years were spent in New York City, beginning trumpet studies and composing at 8 years old. At age 12 he was programming DEC PDP 8 minicomputers. He attended CSU Northridge as a dual major in composition and piano performance where he studied with Aurelio de la Vega, Daniel Kessner, Frank Campo, and Francoise Regnat. He pioneered composing for FM synthesis combined with music concrete and acoustic instruments. He did graduate studies at the Eastman School of Music as a composition major, where he taught undergraduate electronic music, and worked with Samuel Adler, Robert Morris, Warren Benson, pianist Rebecca Penneys, and briefly with Joseph Schwantner and David Burge. Performance career Williams is performing as pianist in The Chopin Project, with the jazz group 1 40 4 20, and as a studio pianist for film and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Composite Chordophones
Composite or compositing may refer to: Materials * Composite material, a material that is made from several different substances ** Metal matrix composite, composed of metal and other parts ** Cermet, a composite of ceramic and metallic materials ** Dental composite, a substance used to fill cavities in teeth ** Composite armor, a type of tank armor * Alloy, a mixture of a metal and another element * Mixture, the combination of several different substances without chemical reaction Mathematics * Composite number, a positive integer that has at least one factor other than one or itself Science * Composite particle, a particle which is made up of smaller particles * ''Compositae'' or "composite family" of flowering plants * Composite volcano, a layered conical volcano * Compositing, another name for superposed epoch analysis, a statistical method used to analyze time series involving multiple events Technology * Compositing, combining of visual elements from separate sources int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piano
A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a chromatic scale in equal temperament. A musician who specializes in piano is called a pianist. There are two main types of piano: the #Grand, grand piano and the #Upupright piano. The grand piano offers better sound and more precise key control, making it the preferred choice when space and budget allow. The grand piano is also considered a necessity in venues hosting skilled pianists. The upright piano is more commonly used because of its smaller size and lower cost. When a key is depressed, the strings inside are struck by felt-coated wooden hammers. The vibrations are transmitted through a Bridge (instrument), bridge to a Soundboard (music), soundboard that amplifies the sound by Coupling (physics), coupling the Sound, acoustic energy t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Guillou
Jean Victor Arthur Guillou (18 April 1930 – 26 January 2019) was a French composer, organist, pianist, and pedagogue. Principal Organist at Saint Eustache in Paris, from 1963 to 2015, he was widely known as a composer of instrumental and vocal music focused on the organ, as an improviser, and as an adviser to organ builders. For several decades he held regular master classes in Zurich and in Paris. Career Guillou was born in Angers. Following his first studies in piano and organ, he became the organist at the church St. Serge in Angers at the age of 12. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Marcel Dupré, Maurice Duruflé and Olivier Messiaen. In 1952, while still studying, Guillou played the premiere of his organ transcription of The Musical Offering by Johann Sebastian Bach at Erskine and American United Church in Montreal, Canada. In 1955, he accepted a position as professor of organ and composition at the Institute of Sacred Music in Lisbon. During this time, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlemagne Palestine
Chaim Moshe Tzadik Palestine (born August 15, 1947), known professionally as Charlemagne Palestine, is an American visual artist and musician. He has been described as being one of the founders of New York school of minimalist music, first initiated by La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, and Phil Niblock, although he prefers to call himself a maximalist. Formational years Born in Brooklyn, New York, Palestine began by singing sacred Jewish music and studying accordion and piano. At the age of 12 he started playing backup conga and bongo drum for Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Kenneth Anger, and Tiny Tim (musician), Tiny Tim. From 1962 to 1969, Palestine was carillonneur for the Saint Thomas Church (Manhattan), Saint Thomas Episcopal Church in Manhattan, eventually creating a piece that consisted of 1,500 15-minute performances. From 1968 to 1972, Palestine studied vocal interpretation with Pran Nath (musician), Pandit Pran Nath, experimented on kinetic light s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Oppo
Franco Oppo (2 October 1935 – 14 January 2016) was an Italian composer and scholar. Born in Nuoro, Oppo studied at the Conservatory of Cagliari, graduating in piano (1958), choral music and choral conducting (1960), and composition (1961). Since 1965 he won several international composition competitions. He was professor of composition and experimental composition at the Conservatory of Cagliari and professor of music theory at the Cagliari University. Oppo published various studies and essays, particularly about music semiology and ethnic music. His studies mainly focused on aleatoric music and on testing new types of notation In linguistics and semiotics, a notation system is a system of graphics or symbols, Character_(symbol), characters and abbreviated Expression (language), expressions, used (for example) in Artistic disciplines, artistic and scientific disciplines .... References External links * 1935 births 2016 deaths People from Nuoro Italian compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Morricone
Andrea Morricone (born 10 October 1964) is an Italian composer and conductor, known for his film scores. He is the third child, and second son, of late composer and Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone. He composed the film scores for the American films '' Capturing the Friedmans'' and '' Liberty Heights''. He collaborated with his father on the score for ''Cinema Paradiso'', for which they won a ''BAFTA'' Award for For Best Original Film Music. The Love Theme from ''Cinema Paradiso ''Cinema Paradiso'' (, , ) is a 1988 Coming-of-age film, coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. Set in a small Sicilian town, the film centres on the friendship between a young boy and an aging projectionist ...'' is a work by Andrea Morricone. He has also composed music for many other Italian films, including '' The Inquiry'' and '' The Entrepreneur''. References External links * * 1964 births Living people Ennio Morricone Best Original Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone ( , ; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, Orchestration, orchestrator, conductor, trumpeter, and pianist who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 film score, scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classical works, Morricone is widely considered one of the most prolific and greatest List of film score composers, film composers of all time. He received List of awards and nominations received by Ennio Morricone, numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, three Grammy Awards, three Golden Globes, six BAFTAs, ten David di Donatello, eleven , two European Film Awards, the Golden Lion, Golden Lion Honorary Award, and the Polar Music Prize in 2010. His filmography includes more than 70 award-winning films, all of Sergio Leone's films since ''A Fistful of Dollars'', all of Giuseppe Tornatore's films since ''Cinema Paradiso'', Dario Argento's ''Animal Trilogy'', as well as ''The Battle of Algiers'' (1966), ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimrod Borenstein
Nimrod Borenstein (; born 1969) is a British-French-Israeli composer and conductor whose music is widely performed throughout Europe, the US, Canada, Australia, and Japan. His works are becoming part of the repertoire of many ensembles and orchestras. Education Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, Borenstein grew up in Paris, France, where he started his musical education at the age of 3. In 1984, he became a Laureat of the Cziffra Foundation and moved to London, England, in 1986 to pursue his studies as a violinist with Itzhak Rashkovsky at the Royal College of Music. He was then awarded the highest scholarship from the Leverhulme Trust to study composition with Paul Patterson (composer), Paul Patterson at the Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Academy. As of 2014, he is an Associate of the Academy and listed amongst the alumni. Composer Vladimir Ashkenazy has been a supporter of Borenstein's music for many years. In 2013 Ashkenazy conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra for a performance of ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doppio Borgato
{{Short description, Pedal piano made by joining a regular concert grand with a second piano Doppio Borgato is a Pedal piano made by joining a regular concert grand (Model L 282) with a second piano, activated by a pedal board with 37 pedals (A0 to A3), similar to that of the organ (P 398). Designed and manufactured by Luigi Borgato, it was patented in 2000. Compositions for Doppio Borgato Specifically for Doppio Borgato are composed: *Cristian Carrara **"Magnificat, Meditation" for piano with pedalboard and orchestra (2011) * Giuseppe Lupis **Gounod-Lupis "Marche funèbre d'une marionnette" (2011) *Nimrod Borenstein **"Fireworks" Op. 57 (2011) **Grieg-Borenstein "In the hall of the mountain-king" arranged for piano with pedalboard (2011) *Michael Glenn Williams **"Tip Tap" (2011) *Ennio Morricone (1928–2020) **"Quarto Studio Bis" (2011) *Andrea Morricone (born 1964) **"Omaggio a J.S.B." (2011) *Franco Oppo (1935–2016) **"Freu dich sehr o meine Seele" (2000) *Fabrizio Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Lupis
Giuseppe Lupis (1896 – 1979) was an Italian journalist and socialist politician, a member of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party. He settled in the United States when Italy was under Fascist rule. Then he returned to Italy and held numerous cabinet posts. Early life and education Lupis was born in Ragusa on 28 March 1896. His family were part of the Sicilian branch of the Lupis, a local nobility, the barons of the Carrozziero in Ragusa. Career and activities During the Fascist rule in Italy Lupis went into exile in New York City together with Giuseppe Saragat. There Lupis edited a bilingual magazine entitled ''Il Mondo'' which was a biweekly publication established by him in 1939. In New York Lupis also worked in the Office of War Information at the Federal Communications Commission. Following his return to Italy Lupis became a member of the National Council. Then he served as a deputy seven times (from the first to seventh legislatures) and held various cabinet posts. Lup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
