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Expert: Pat G - 10/20/2009


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so sorry! than, what kind of questions do you answer?
Programme notes is not a homework, it is for my ABRSM diploma examination where I hand it up to the examiner as part of my grades.
Thus, I would like to know more about the composers and their music!
The composers are:
Peter Sculthorpe who composed Night pieces
and
Mozart who composed Sonata in C major k309.

Thank you very much!!!


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Hello "forgot" :)

I answer questions from people who simply want to know more about classical music in some way. But when you have to hand something to the examiner as part of your grade, you are expected to come up with the answer yourself. If I were to give you the answer, and you used it, that would be cheating.

By definition, any question that is part of your grade is "homework", regardless of what else it is also called. We are not supposed to answer "homework" questions, or at least we are free to reject them.

There will be someone in your school who is designated to help students who are having trouble with their studies. That is the person you should approach. If you don't know who that person is, ask your instructor. Good luck with this.  

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I am no longer answering questions asking me to identify music. Most music is either on YouTube, which crashes my browser, or on another site that crashes my browser. I am available for other questions.

Experience

I have been playing piano since I was 3, and I am now 66 years old. I took formal lessons for about 11 years, and took some piano and organ performance courses in college. I also sang in the Masterworks Chorale for a number of years, and can sing anything from baritone to first soprano. We performed twice a year, usually a major choral work, ranging from requiem masses to Carmina Burana. I also attended recorder society meetings once a month. We would read compositions and perform them together. I took several children to their music lessons and rehearsals and usually stayed and watched intensely. Our children studied violin, viola, flute, guitar, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, and trombone.

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I studied piano and organ in college, and took courses in music theory. I have also taken seminars in pre-Columbian folk music with Xochimoki, as well as played a short while in a gamelan, and a balalaika orchestra, where I played autoharp.

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