MY MUSIC, MY MOMENT - MINHA MÚSICA, MEU MOMENTO

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My mother Antonietta at the piano in Musical Conservatory.





My mother studied piano since childwood. She was very talented and through her life she played piano very well. I felt a great pleasure when she sat at the piano and started playing. She loved classic music, principally the Russian composers. The first time I heard Alexander Scriabin's music I was delighted, extremely impressed. Thus, since that time, whenever I hear Scriabin's music, I remember her image at the piano and I missed my mother so much...



Minha mãe estudou piano desde criança. Ela era muito talentosa e durante toda a sua vida, tocou piano com muita sensibilidade. Ela preferia interpretar os clássicos, principalmenete os compositores russos. Eu sentia um prazer imenso quando ela se sentava ao piano e começava a tocar. A primeira vez que ouvi minha mãe interpretar Alexander Scriabin, fiquei deleitada, extremamente impressionada. Assim, desde aquele tempo, sempre que eu ouço as músicas de Scriabin, relembro da imagem da minha mãe ao piano e sinto muitas saudades....



I like to share with all of you a bit of the life and the music of Alexander Scriabin, this great Russian composer.



Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin, the noted Russian composer, was born in 7 January, 1872 in Moscow and died in 14 April, 1915, in Moscow. Mystic, visionary, virtuoso, and composer, Scriabin dedicated his life to creating musical works which would, as he believed, open the portals of the spiritual world. Scriabin took piano lessons as a child, joining, in 1884, Nikolay Zverov's class, where Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943) was a fellow student. From 1888 to 1892, Scriabin studied at the Moscow Conservatory, where his teachers included Arensky, Taneyev, and Safonov. Although Scriabin's hand could not easily stretch beyond an octave, he became a prodigious pianist, launching an international concert career in 1894. Scriabin started composing during his Conservatory years. Mostly inspired by Chopin, his early works include nocturnes, mazurkas, preludes, and etudes for piano. Typical examples of Romantic music for the piano, these works nevertheless reveal the composer's strong individuality. Toward the end of the century, Scriabin started writing orchestral works, earning a solid reputation as a composer, and obtaining a professorship at the Moscow Conservatory in 1898. The development of Scriabin's voice or style can be followed in his ten piano sonatas: the earliest are in a fairly conventional late-Romantic idiom and show the influence of Chopin and Franz Liszt, but the later ones move into new territory, the last five being written with no key signature. Many passages in them can be said to be atonal.

No one was more famous during his lifetime, and few were more quickly ignored after his death. Although he was never absent from the mainstream of Russian music, the outside world neglected him until recently. Today, there is worldwide resurgence of interest in his music and ideas.

Scriabin wrote only a small number of orchestral works, including a piano concerto (1896), The Poem of Ecstasy (1908) and Prometheus: The Poem of Fire (1910).

A hypochondriac his entire life, Scriabin died in Moscow from septicemia. For some time before his death he had planned a multi-media work, to be performed in the Himalayas. This piece, Mysterium, was never realized.

Immediately upon Scriabin's sudden death, Sergey Rachmaninov toured Russia in a series of all-Scriabin recitals. It was the first time he played music other than his own in public. (Information from 8 Notes.com, Classical Archives, Scriabin Society of America)



Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin, famoso compositor russo, nasceu em 7 janeiro de 1872, em Moscou e morreu em 14 de abril de 1915, também em Moscou. Místico, visionário, virtuoso e compositor, Scriabin dedicou sua vida à criação de obras musicais que, como ele acreditava, abririam as portas ao mundo espiritual. Scriabin estudou piano desde criança, ingressando em 1884 na classe do professor Nikolay Zverov, onde o compositor russo Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943) também estudou. De 1888 a 1892, Scriabin estudou no Conservatório de Moscou, com os professores Arensky, Taneyev e Safonov. Embora suas mãos não alcançassem com facilidade as oitavas, ele se tornou um prodigioso pianista, desenvolvendo uma carreira internacional em 1894. Scriabin começou a compor já nos primeiros anos do Conservatório. Suas primeiras composições, principalmente inspiradas por Chopin, incluíam noturnos, mazurcas, prelúdios e estudos para piano. Exemplos típicos da música romântica escrita para piano, suas composições revelam um compositor de forte individualidade. Já no final do século, Scriabin começou a escrever obras orquestrais, ganhando uma sólida reputação como compositor, obtendo uma cátedra no Conservatório de Moscou em 1898. O desenvolvimento do estilo pessoal de Scriabin pode ser acompanhado através de suas dez sonatas para piano. As primeiras são românticas e revelam a influência de Chopin e Franz Liszt, mas as suas últimas composições inauguram um novo território, sendo que as últimas cinco que ele escreveu podem ser chamadas de atonais. Scriabin escreveu apenas um pequeno número de obras orquestrais, incluindo um concerto piano (1896), O Poema do Êxtase (1908) e Prometeu: O Poema do Fogo (1910). Ninguém foi mais famoso durante a vida como Scriabin e poucos foram tão rapidamente ignorados depois da morte, como ele. Embora Scriabin nunca tenha ficado ausente da galeria dos músicos russos de sucesso, o mundo negligenciou-o até recentemente. Atualmente, ressurgiu no mundo todo um grande interesse por sua música e suas idéias.

Um hipocondríaco por sua vida inteira, Scriabin morreu em Moscou de uma septicemia. Antes de morrer ele havia planejado um trabalho multi-media, que seria realizado no Himalaia. Mas esta peça, Mysterium, nunca foi realizada.

Imediatamente após a morte súbita de Scriabin, Sergey Rachmaninov realizou uma turnê pela Rússia, numa série de recitais, interpretando as músicas de Scriabin. Esta foi a primeira vez que Rachmaninov tocou uma música em público que não fosse uma composição sua.







12 Etude Op. 8 nº 12, by Wladimir Horowitz.







Scriabin's Etude in C#m Op.2 No.1 Vladimir Horowitz, 1962.







Allegro piano by Anatol Ugorski Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez. Scriabin finished his piano concerto when 24 years old.

Alexander Scriabin

MY IDOLS: MY GRANDPARENTS

Every 15th of each month, the blog Expresso da Linha, from Portugal and Varal de Idéias, from Brazil, set a Collective Blogging with a theme or a question. This current theme is My Idol. Come to join us clicking on Mister Linky.

My grandmother Rita and my grandfather Felício were my role models, my idols. They were lovely and adorable person. We was very close and we loved each other so much. Ever since I can remember, both had always been there for me and they were my inspiration. They both were talented teachers, loved each other so much, had four childrens and also they were dedicated parents and grandparents. My grandmother died at the age of 88 and my grandfather at the age of 96. They were truly a remarkable human being. This post is my homage to them.

My grandfather Felício.

My grandmother Rita. Both were parents of my mother.

ANTIQUE FAMILY TREASURES

What is your favorite antiques?

I have some favorites antiques. I show up some of them on top of this antique dresser, made by Carrara marble rose. This beautiful old dresser and the most part of these crystals and porcelains was a gift of my maternal grandmother and my mother. I also have some antiques pieces from my mother-in-law and her sister. I feel very lucky to have such a lovely reminders of the dear women of my family.

My great-gradmother used this delicate jar to store face powder.

Believe me! Three of my ceramic tea set toy when I was five years old!

When I was a child I had been eating my cereal on this nice bowl

This was my great-grandmother butter dish

It is lovely to think that those beautiful antique pieces will always be represented at my family.


Photos taken by my husband and myself

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MY GRANDMOTHER

My grandmother Rita would have been 120 years old next May, 25. Photos of her wedding and teacher graduation.

My grandmother's wedding in October 1, 1913

MY MOTHER AS A CHILD

In Mother's Day I want to share with you all some photos of my mother Antonietta as a child.

With her grandmother Albertina and with her mother Rita (1914)

Dressing as a mariner

Dressing as an angel to follow religion procession

TAPESTRIES AND CROCHET

This is my submission for today's Photo Friday theme Textured

Crochet tablecloth made by my grandmother. My grandmother was a very talented artisan and her crochets were very beautiful.

These table runners and tapestries were woven in wool by my mother. My mother was a very creative, talented and an enthusiast wool weaver and teacher. She made many beautiful tapestries, rugs, blankets, ponchos, scarves, placemat set, cushion covers, table runners, bags, purses and so on.

Photos by myself

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CARNIVAL TIME IN BRAZIL

My mother (Antonietta) was 18 years old at this time

My mother is the first in the row. All these girls are her cousins and were dressed with cossacks fancy

My mother is sitting on the ground

Old photos taken in São Paulo (1932)

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"The carnival is a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the carnival season. It usually includes that people dress up / masquerade during the celebrations. An important part of the Brazilian Carnival takes place in Rio de Janeiro, with samba schools. These are large, social entities with thousands of members and a theme each year. Blocos are small informal groups also with a definite theme, usually satirical of the current political situation, and bandas are samba musical bands usually formed by enthusiasts in the same neighborhood.

From Salvador, Bahia another form of the Brazilian Carnival, the Trio Elétrico, has spread throughout the country. A trio elétrico is an adapted truck, with giant speakers and a platform where musicians play songs of local genres such as Axé music and Maracatu. The truck is driven around the city with the crowd following dancing and singing. It was originally staged by three Salvador musicians, Armandinho, Dodo & Osmar in the decade of 1950. Pernambuco has large Carnival celebrations, including the frevo, typical Pernambuco music."