Ständchen (Serenade) – Schubert (1828)
Franz Schubert was born in Lichtenthal, near Vienna on January 31, 1797. He was the 12th of the 14 children of his parents.
His musical formation began when he was 5 years old. His father teach him alto while his brother Ignaz teach him piano.
In 1812, he became the student of Antonio Salieri, he will stay grateful to him his whole life. In 1813, greatly influenced by Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and mostly Ludwig van Beethoven, he composed his first symphony.
Schubert spent the main part of his short life in Vienna. He was a forever unsatisfied person. It’s probably what led him in his research of great quality in musical composition.
In 1822-23, Schubert got the syphilis, and his health never stopped getting worse. From his despair, he composed a music which never stopped getting deeper and full of great feelings.
He died from typhus on november 19, 1828, when he was only 31 years old. Only one year and a half after Ludwig van Beethoven for who he felt respect and a huge admiration.
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Cymbal Rush – Thom Yorke (2006)
Thomas « Thom » Edward Yorke is a british musician. He was born October 7th, 1968 at Wellingborough in the Northamptonshire. At birth, the eyelid of his left eye is paralysed. During his five first years, he spend a lot of time at the hospital.
He met the other members of Radiohead in his private school at Abingdon, when he was 11 years old.
Thom Yorke took part in several artistic or musical projects. For example, he worked with PJ Harvey, Björk, U.N.K.L.E. and Beck.
On July 11th 2006, when he released this solo album: The Eraser, fans were disapointed and feared the end of the mythical band. But thom Yorke was very clear: it was only a trial of personnally written and produced album. It was produced and arranged by Nigel Godrich, historical producer of Radiohead.
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Ridiculously Deep – Arto Lindsay (1998)
He was born on the May 28th 1953 in the USA. When he was 3 years old, his parents went to live in the North-East of Brazil as missionaries. He lived in Brazil for 15 years but always felt like a stranger. For him it was more an advantage which allowed him to go buy marihuana in the slums as well as going surfing with the stranger’s children.
His first musical discoveries happened in Brazil with artists like Gal Costa, Os Mutantes, Caetano Veloso or even Gilberto Gil. Moreover, he stated that he discovered Beatles song in protuguese before the original ones.
When he came back in New York, he was a singer in a Rock band, but he was more interested by writing than music. But when he discovers the beginnings of Punk-rock, his choice is made. At that time, he listen at bands like Ramones or even Television.
His first important group: DNA, became famous, particularly thanks to a compilation made by Brian Eno at the end of 70s.
In the 90s, Arto Lindsay start a solo carrier. His music is widely influenced by his brazilian roots. The quality of his productions and his capacity to work with other artists made him work with a large number of groups like: Animal Collective, Laurie Anderson, They Might Be Giants, David Byrne, Cibo Matto, Bill Frisell or even Ryuichi Sakamoto.
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