university英语口语考试演讲Piano.ppt

* How many of you love piano ? Some About The Piano The piano is a musical instrument which is played by means of a keyboard. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal. Although not portable and often expensive, the pianos versatility and ubiquity have made it one of the most familiar musical instruments. Instruction Invention Of Piano The invention of the modern piano is credited to Bartolomeo Cristofori(克利斯托弗利）, Italy, who was employed by Prince Medici as the Keeper of the Instruments. He was an expert harpsichord maker and was well acquainted with the previous body of knowledge on stringed keyboard instruments. It is not known exactly when Cristofori first built a piano. An inventory made by his employers, the Medici family, indicates the existence of a piano by the year 1700; another document of doubtful authenticity indicates a date of 1698. The three Cristofori pianos that survive today date from the 1720s. Some piano composer Beethoven 1770-1827 German Moonlight J.S.Bach 1685-1750 German Father of the western music Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847 German Song of the spring Chopin 1810-1849 Poland Night birds Mozart 1756-1791 Austria Requiem mass Debussy 1862-1918 France White black Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840-1893 Russia Swan lake Franz Liszt 1811-1886Hungary Waldesrauschen Schubert 1797-1828 Austria A cradlesong Pianist TOP 10 No.1 Artur Rubinstein（阿图尔·鲁宾斯坦） U.S. citizen Polack No.2 Vladimir Horowitz （弗拉基米尔·霍洛维茨） U.S. citizen Russia No.3 Sviatoslav Teorisovich Richter （斯维亚托斯拉夫·杰奥里索维奇·里赫特） Soviets No.4 Alfred Brendel （阿尔弗雷德·布伦德尔） Austria No.5 Vladimir Ashkenazy （弗拉基米尔·阿什肯纳齐） U.K. citizen Soviets No.6 Martha ArgerichF （马尔塔·阿格里希） Argentina No.7 Rudolf Serkin （鲁道夫·塞尔金） Austria No.8 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli （阿尔图劳·贝内得蒂·米凯兰杰利） Italy No.9 Friendr