Posted by Cosmos’s Music Journal 2023
see Cosmos Music journals for 2016-2023 for reference
Listing music played, composed, and listened to/downloaded.
I have resumed playing the piano daily. I will work my way through the music that I have and later in the year might get some new music to play.
I will download music writing software in March and resume writing music. I will teach myself the fundamentals of writing music via youtube videos.
Goals
Play every day one to five pieces of music
strategy
Review every piece before playing – marking down higher notes and lower notes so won’t have to stumble as much, note signature, note changes throughout figure out repetition patterns, etc write cheat sheets. For more challenging pieces play each hand separately and then put it together, particularly for Bach pieces.
I started highlighting significant things to pay attention to during previewing of music, which should lead to much smoother playing.
Playing the following music books
Easy classics Done
Bela Microcosmos – teaching Angela how to play piano Done
Clementi piano sonatinas first two done
Bach Little Notebook
Piano Classics Korean music book Done
Bach’s two and three-part inventions
60 progressive piano pieces Done
Schuman Album one
Blues Standards
100 Greatest Artists
Another Korean classic book Done
Ellington standards
Bach WTC
Mozart Sonatas
Beethoven Sonatas
Note out twills turns mordants etc on the cheat sheet including counting how many use Bach’s book as a guide
After Schuman’s book Bach’s two and three-part inventions
After summer do 100 best songs, then Blues and Ellington songs
Two or three per day
After that Bach then ready to conquer Beethoven’s and Mozart’s Sonatas starting with Mozart
May buy some more music this summer at Barnes and Nobel
including Gershwin songbook
Jazz piano book
Other classic piano books
Korean classic songbook as well (buy here)
September order music writing software
Learn how to write music
Self-teaching off of YouTube Tutorials
The goal is to write one piece per month
Music Played
Before playing look at the music and determine the key, major/minor, repetition pattern, rhythmic patterns, cleft changes, etc For Bach play each hand separately and then play together, for all music listen to it on YouTube before playing
1/5
Ballade Pour Adeline Richard Clayderman
A comme Amour Richard Clayderman
Wild Mountain Flower Richard Clayderman
Isadora Paul Mauret
Concerto pour Une Voix Sint Preux
Memories of You Eubie Blake
Side by Side Harry Woods
Music Listened to
Diana Krall loves Songs during dinner
Music to download
Starting soon will re-activate my music download program via the library
1/6/2023
Broken Promises John Schachter
La Playa Ja Van Wetter
L’ amor C’est Pour Ríen Enrico Macias
Sans Toi Mamie Alamo
Estrellita Manuel M Pance
January 7
Lippen Schengen Franz Lehar
Song of the Pearl Fishermen H Gaze
January 8
Fly Me to the Moon Henry Mancini
This is my song, Charlie Chaplain
Hawaian Wedding Song Charles E King
Theme from Love Story Francis Lai
Love John Lennon
Parles Moi D’Amour John Lenair
Love Is Blue Andre Popp
To Love Again N Washington
1/11
Lebensraum Franz Liszt
Hymn Lamour M Mannat
Love Me All Your Heart Carlos Riguel
El Bimbo Claude Morgan
Home Sweet Home John Payne
1/12/2022
September Song Kurt Weil
Hey Jude John Lenon
I Really Don’t Want to Know Don Robertson
Janc played by Udo Jurgens
January 15
la Novia Jay Prieto
EL Condor Pasa DA Robles
Eternally Charles Chaplin
started easy classics to modern
Minuet Henry Purcell
1/16/2023
Air Henry Purcell
Trumpet tune Henry Purcell
A farewell Henry Purcell
Bourree Philips Telemann
Minuet Teleman
Saraband Angelillo Corelli
Musette Johann Sebastian Bach
1/18/2023
Minuet Anna Magadlena Bach
Minuet Anna Magadlena Bach
Polonaise Anna Magadlena Bach
Musette Anna Magadlena Bach
March Anna Magdalena Bach
Minuet Anna Magadlena Bach
1/19/2022
Gavotte George Frederick Handel
Little Prelude in F JS Bach
Minuet Leopold Mozart
Burleske Leopold Mozart
Minuet Mozart
Little Prelude in C JS Bach
Allegro Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
La Caroline Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Music Listened
Buddha Bar Music
Diana Krall
1/20/2022
Music Played
Little Scherzo Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Allegro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Andante Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Presto Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Minuet Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Gavotte in Rondo Form Jean Francis Dandrew
Rondino Jean Philippe Rameau
1/23/2023
Andantino Joesph Haydn
Scherzo Joseph Haydn
Rondo Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bagatelle Beethoven
Ecossaise in G Beethoven
1/24/2023
Seven German Dances Haydn
Coda Haydn
1/25/2023
Ecossaie Carl Maria Von Weber
Sonatina Jacób Schmitt
Bagatelle Johan Nepomuk Hummel
Gavotte Daniel Gottlob Turk
A Regal Dance Daniel Gottlob Turk
Serenade Daniel Gottlob Turk
Miniature Rondo Daniel Gottlob Turk
Evening Song Daniel Gottlob Turk
The Hunters Daniel Gottlob Turk
Carefree Daniel Gottlob Turk
1/26/2023
Adagio Mozart
Lullaby Johan Philip Kirneberger
Sonatina Anton Andre
Sonatina Jakob Schweig
Three country dances Beethoven
1/27/2023
Waltz Franz Schubert
Russian Folk song Ludwig Beethoven
German Dances Ludwig Beethoven
1/28/2023
Four Landlers Franz Schubert
1/29
Allegro minuet one Franz Schubert
Andantino Waltz in C op 19 Franz Schubert
Two Australian Fold Themes Carl Czerny
Peasant Song Felix Mendelssohn
On Tiptoes Henri Bertini
Dance Intermezzo Henri Bertini
1/30
The clock Theodore Kulak
Cradle Song Theodore Kulak
1/31/2023
Melody Robert Schuman
The Wild Horseman Robert Schuman
February
2/1/2023
Bagatelle Robert Schuman
Soldier’s March Robert Schuman
Hunting Song Robert Schuman
The Reaper’s Song Robert Schuman
Arabesque Frederick Burgmuller
Pastorale Frederick Burgmuller G Major
An Old Romance A minor
Little Suite Cornelius Gunter D Minor
March Cornelius Gunter C Major
Scherzo F Cornelius Gunter F Major
February 2
Song of the Hussars Louis Koehler C major
Village Waltz Louis Kohler G major
Chromatic Polka Louis Kohler G major
Short Cannon Konrad M Kunz F Major
Short Cannon Konrad M Kunz E major
Short Cannon Konrad M Kunz G major
Short Cannon Konrad M Kunz B flat Major
Feb 3
Morning Prayer Peter Tschaikowsky
Old French Song Peter Tschaikowsky
German Song Peter Tschaikowsky
Italian Song Peter Tschaikowsky
Reverie Peter Tschaikowsky
The Sick Doll Peter Tschaikowsky
2/5
Song from the Creuse Cezar Frank D minor
Pauper’s Complaint Cezar Frank 6
Once Upon a Time Robert Volkmann G
The Enchanted Garden Robert Volkmann A minor
Dance with Me Robert Volkmann F
Over Hill and Dale Robert Volkmann c
Playing Soldiers Vladimir Rebioff C
Evening in the Meadow Vladimir Rebioff D minor
Oriental Dance Vladmir Rebioff D Minor
2/6/2022
Tender Moments Alexander Gretchaninoff F
Promenade Alexander Gretchaninoff A minor
Fugue in a Classic Style Nicolas Miaskowvsky g
Three Easy Pieces on Five Notes Igor Stravinsky
Tarantella Serge Prokoffieff F
Humming Dmitri Kabalevsky D minor
First Dance Dmitri Kabalevsky F
Little March Dmitri Kabalevsky C
Chit Chat Dmitri Kabalevsky C
Waltz Dmitri Kabalevsky D minor
Tosatina Dmitri Kabalevsky A minor
2/7
Finish easy classics
Prelude Dmitri Kabalevsky G minor
Ride Dmitri Kabalevsky
Fairy Tale Dmitri Kabalevsky E Flat
Scherzo Dimitri Kabalevsky G Minor
Constante Héctor Villa Lobos C
Circle Dance Héctor Villa Lobos D Minor
Melody Aram Khatcaturrian C Minor
Microcosmos Bella Bartok pieces vol one
2/8/2023
Six unison melodies
Dotted notes
Repetition
Syncopation
With alternate hands
Parallel motion
Reflection
Change of position
Question and answer
Village song
Parallel motion and change of position
Contrary Motionn
Four unison melodies
Imitation and counterpoint
Imitation and inversion
Pastorale
Imitation and inversion
Repetition
Synocaption
Canon at the octave
Imitation reflected
Canon at the lowest fifth
Little Dance in Canon Form
In Dorian Mode
Slow Dance
In Phrygian Mode
Chorale
Free Canon
Appendix
Easy Piano Vol two
Chopan
2/9
Disco for Elise Beethoven
Started Vol 2 of Classics a bit more challenging but within my comfort zone
Shifting to another easier book 60 pieces of more popular music then back to the second volume
Music Listened to:
Mahler first symphony
Tchaikovsky 6th Symphony
Jim Davidson Videos
2/10/2023
In May Franz Behr C
The Clock Ada Richer G
Woodland Walz Franz Gwyn c
Copy Cat Audelle Thompson C
The Snake Charmer William Gunn A minor
Minuet JS Bach
Soldier’s March Robert Schumann
Minuet 1 Mozart
Parade of the Midget Elizabeth L Hopson
Feb 11
Beethoven Sonatina No 1 C
Indian Drum Kathrin K Davis E Minor
Feb 12
The Merry Farmer Robert Schumann F
Waltz M Louisa Wright B flat
Dreamland Katherine Allan Lively D Minor
The Wild Horseman Robert Schumann C
The Swimming Pool Myrla Adler F
L’ Avalance Stephen Heller A minor
Around the Hills Mabel Lewis Cane F
Prelude 1 C WS Bach C
Spooks Maxxwell Eksten A minor
Spinning Song Albert Ellmemrhier F
2/13/2023
A Melody after Mendelssohn Louisa Wright
Sonatina 1 Clemetini C
2/14/2023
Beethoven Sonatini One F
2/15/2023
Veil Dance Louisa Wright F Minor
Under the Rose Arbor Theodora Dutton F
Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss C
2/16/2023
Elfin Dance Edward Grieg E minor
Menuetto Iosco Joseph Haydn C
2/17/2023
In the Gypsy Camp Franz Behr A minor
Pipes of Pan B Flat
2/18
Toccata Pietro Domenico Paradies A minor
Note: this one was a challenge for me
Fur Elise C edited the version
This was better
2/19
Serenade Franz Schubert D Minor
Rustic Dance C.R. Howard G minor
Music Listened to
Carmina Burana Carl Orff
Gustav Mahler Symphonies
Beethoven Symphonies
Tchaikovsky Symphonies
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
2/20/2023
From a Birch Canoe Richard Bender E Flat
Tarantella Paul Beaumont A minor
Two Butterflies Myra Adler C
Loose Blatter Flying Leaves Car Killing D
Music listened to
2/23
Chopin Prelude No 6
Chopin Prelude NO 7
Venetian Boat Song nu 2 Mendelssohn
Listened to
Beethoven 7th Symphony
Beatles
Favorite Korean Pop Songs
2/24/2023
None but the Lonely Heart Tchaikovsky A Minor
2/25/26
Christmas Tchaikovsky A Flat
Le Tambourine Jean Philippe Rameau D minor
Berceuse Lullaby A Ilhinksy b flat minor
2/26/2023
Cradle Song Wiegenlied Brahms A Flat
Waltz Brahms A Flat
Simple Aveu /simple confession Francis Thome D major
3/1
GPS Rondo Haydn G
Pizzicatos Leo Delius A flat
Bridal Chorus Lohengrin Wagner B Flat
Barcarolle Offenbach F
3/2/2023
Au Matin Benjamin Godard E flat
3/3/2023
Dark Eyes Russian Folk Song Richard Benda D minor
Started classical album misc. vol one
Fur Elise A minor Beethoven
Wagner Brautchor A minor
3/11
The Maiden’s Prayer T Badarzerwski
Humoresque A Dvorak
Petin Chien Chopan
3/12/2023
Turkish March Beethoven
Cuckoo Waltz JE Johansson
Blumenlied G Lange
The Battle of Waterloo G Anderson
3/13/2023
Chausson De l-Adieu E major -very challenging piece
3/13/2023
Ciskos Post H necke E Minor
3/14/2023
Marche Military F Schubert
3/16/2023
Hochzeitsmarsch Mendelssohn
3/17/2022
Crisco Post H Necke
Alpeenabendroite T oresten Challenging
3/23/2024
Woodland Echoes Ap Wyman Challenging
Traumerei Richard Schuman easier
3/24/2023
Die Schmid im Walden Th Michelle
3/29
Silvery Waves AP Wykes
Waves of the Danube J Ivanovic
4/1
Brahms Hungarian Dance number 5
4/2
Invitation to the Dance CM Weber
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4/3
Dance of the Clocks A Porcellio challenging
4/4
Piano Concerto theme Gregg is not as complicated as I thought
Bagatelle Beethoven – nailed it
4/5
Norwegian Dance E Grieg
4/6
Solberg’s Song E Grieg
Mazurka Chopin
Nocturne Chopin
4/7
LA Cinquinaine G Marie A
4/9
Valeste F. Borowski G
Music listened to; Debussy piano music
theme to Casablanca
4/10
Placer D’amour Marital Tedesco
Gavotte Bach G
Music listened to
Slow blues
Schubert piano pieces
4/11/2023
Sigmund’s Love Song G Wagner
Polka Tchaikovsky
Finished book
Listened to Bach WTC and Parties
Finished six Clementine sonatas
Start Schuman book Wednesday goal is 3 per day as they are pretty short and is my comfort zone before they were a bit beyond but after playing now for months almost every day my skill level has gotten much better I am playing better than ever before. Must be the turmeric or something.
4/18 Schumann
Kinderszenen G Major
A curious story D major
Catch Me, D major
Entreating Child D major
4/19 Schumann
Perfect Happiness D Major
An important event A major
Dreaming f major
Listened
Café De Mare
Buddha Bar
4/22/2023
Robert Schumann
By the fireplace
Knight of the Rocking Chair
Almost too Serious
Frightening
Child Falling asleep
The Poet speaks
4/23/2023
Schumann Album for the Young
Melody
Humming Song
Ein Choral
A little Piece
The Poor Orphan Child
Schumann
Merry Peasant returning to his work
Sicilian
Old Bogie
May Month of May
A little Study G
Spring Song E
First Sorrow G
The Little Morning Wanderer A
The Reaper’s song C
4/275
Little Romance c
Rustic Song A
Ronde A
The Horseman f
4/27
Harvest Song A min
Reminiscences of the Theater A min
Canon A Min
Remembrance A Min
4/1
The stranger D minor
War Song D minor
Sherardize
Gathering of the Grapes
4/3
Thema
Mignon
Italian Mariner’s Song Lied Italian Mariana
Sailor’s Song
4/4
Winter time one
Winter time two
A little Fugue
4/5
Fingered Choral
New Year’s Eve
4/7
Northern Song
Sonata for the young G
Theme and Variation G
Doll’s Cradle C
Rondoletto D minor
4/14
Friendly Landscape
4/15
The way side inn
4/16
Prophetic bird
4/18
Hunting song
4/20
The departure
4/22
Slummer Song
4/23
Little Cracle Song
4/24
Papillons 1 to 3
4/29
Papillons 3 to 6
Music listened to
buddha bar
blues
Mendelsohn Symphony
Robert Schuman is one of my favorite piano composers. He and his wife were both composers and piano players.
see wiki article below
Robert Schumann[a] (German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈʃuːman]; 8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. His teacher, Friedrich Wieck, a German pianist, had assured him that he could become the finest pianist in Europe, but a hand injury ended this dream. Schumann then focused his musical energies on composing.
In 1840, Schumann married Friedrich Wieck‘s daughter Clara Wieck, after a long and acrimonious legal battle with Friedrich, who opposed the marriage. A lifelong partnership in music began, as Clara herself was an established pianist and music prodigy. Clara and Robert also maintained a close relationship with German composer Johannes Brahms.
Until 1840, Schumann wrote exclusively for the piano. Later, he composed piano and orchestral works, and many Lieder (songs for voice and piano). He composed four symphonies, one opera, and other orchestral, choral, and chamber works. His best-known works include Carnaval, Symphonic Studies, Kinderszenen, Kreisleriana, and the Fantasie in C. Schumann was known for infusing his music with characters through motifs, as well as references to works of literature. These characters bled into his editorial writing in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (New Journal for Music), a Leipzig-based publication that he co-founded.
Schumann suffered from a mental disorder that first manifested in 1833 as a severe melancholic depressive episode—which recurred several times alternating with phases of “exaltation” and increasingly also delusional ideas of being poisoned or threatened with metallic items. What is now thought to have been a combination of bipolar disorder and perhaps mercury poisoning led to “manic” and “depressive” periods in Schumann’s compositional productivity. After a suicide attempt in 1854, Schumann was admitted at his own request to a mental asylum in Endenich (now in Bonn). Diagnosed with psychotic melancholia, he died of pneumonia two years later at the age of 46, without recovering from his mental illness.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schumann
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