Music
A world without music is hard to imagine for me. Music can be
both recreation and inspiration for me. That's true both for listening
to the music or actively playing the piano, keyboard or sometimes the
guitar.
Talking about making music myself. I learned to play the piano in my early youth and in the course of time I
other instruments in the course of time. Now I prefer to play my grand piano
piano or I make music with my looper: electric piano, keyboard, flute and saxophone.
and saxophone, oh yes, and a little bit of guitar.
You can hear what it sounds like on YouTube:
Bernd Klein-Videos.
There you will also find - in my opinion - an interesting composition for solo cello
and string orchestra with the title
Out of the Mud. Also a
composition for piano, cello and two flutes entitled
Light Waves or a
composition for piano, alto saxophone, oboe and drums entitled
Winding Paths.
Also a piece
Days like this for string orchestra, trumpets
and cornets.
The newest work is a symphonic work for string orchestra Le roi et ces trois chateux / The King and his Three Castles
There are three new videos with my piano pieces of mine:
You can also listen to my (Bernd Klein) music on all the streaming services like
So, let me introduce my favorite musicians.
The 'torchum' never stops, Evil prince
aria, 5:31 till 5:51. Transcr. KS.,
taken from FRANK ZAPPA'S
MUSICAL LANGUAGE
Frank Zappa (1940-1993) is an exceptional musician, who can't be
categorized in an easy way. His works, which comprise pop, rock, jazz
and what is sometimes referred to as "serious music", are proving his
outstanding creativity.
The Times wrote about Frank Zappa in their obituary on the 7th of
December 1993: "An obstreperous and delightfully barking mad spirit, Frank Zappa
was one of rock music's innovatory forces. But, though a talented musician,
his penchant for bizarre humour and his gift of waspish satire were a combined
insurance policy against his taking either himself or the rock ethos too
seriously"
Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
Igor Stravisnky is a composer who showed extreme vitality and
versatility in his works. Glass said that Stravinsky is the most
influential composer of the 20th century and a "theater composer par
excellence."
Now I want to introduce my favorite jazz musician: Miles Davis
He was one of those musicians who stayed young with their musical
ideas and concepts. He never got stuck into a fixed style: His works
show a continuous development. His Human Nature is a marvelous
example of the innovative style of his last years. If you listen
carefully to this recording, you might even hear me clap my hands, as
I was attending this great open air concert of Miles Davis. It was
the hightlight of the Hohentwiel festival in Singen in 1990.
Musicians missing here: Philip Glass, Tori Amos, Nils Petter
Molvaer, Eric Satie and many others :-)
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Written by Bernd Klein; Last Modified: July 16, 2023