I have discussed the relatively minor role of melody in music many times before, and listening to this illustrates the point as well. Here is “Happy Birthday” in the style of Chopin.
Please enjoy.
Incidentally, Edoardo Brotto, who is playing the piano, is a photographer born in 1990. He has also completed a master’s degree in piano performance and appears to be pursuing post-master’s studies. This recording is from 2014, and it seems that every year he sends her—his girlfriend, perhaps?—a birthday improvisation. How lovely.
As a nature photographer, he has been featured in the Daily Telegraph and National Geographic, and is reportedly one of the first photographers to capture the Milky Way in an arc.
His website is here. http://www.edoardobrotto.com
It is full of wonderful photographs. Please take a look.
Articles in the Music Category
- New Discovery: Mozart Works for Flute and Harp Premiered on 6/21 (6/23 Performance Recording Also Added)
- A Visit to the Mendelssohn House in Leipzig — The Difficulties Faced by the Mendelssohn Family and Women
- Year-End Greetings: Fauré’s “In Paradisum” from Requiem, Op. 48—In Memory of Andrew Nash
- The Background, Lyrics, and Recommended Performances of Giordani’s “Caro mio ben (My Beloved)”
- An Unusual Theme Song for the Annals of Anime History — The Secrets of the Latin Lyrics to “Lilium (White Lily)”
- VTuber Chima Machita’s “Lilium” and “Caro mio ben”
- Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565”: Originally a Violin Piece?
- Season’s Greetings—Bach: Siciliano (Flute and Spinet)
- “Michishirube” at the Setting of Violet Evergarden
- A Recommended Hidden Gem: Damase—Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano
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