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Stéphane Meer
Stéphane Meer (born October 5, 1951 in Paris) is a French composer of film scores. He wrote music for TV series and feature films such as ''Pondichéry, dernier comptoir des Indes'', ''L'ami du jardin'', ''Too Pure'' and ''Tristan et Iseult''. Musical education and career Meer first studied guitar and piano, and later drums and violin. After studying classical, contemporary and jazz harmony, he began working in 1986 with Bruno Gaumetou. After several albums as a music producer (Indochine (band), Indochine's ''L'Aventurier'' and ''Sentiment Clou'' for EMI), he returned to composition for animation series such as ''Lupo Alberto, ''SOS bout du monde'', ''The Last Reservation'', ''Shtoing Circus'' and ''Four Eyes!''. Meer wrote an orchestral piece, ''"On a marché sous la mer"'', for the Cherbourg Sea City park and "The Battle of Normandie" for the Caen memorial museum before U.S. President George W. Bush's official visit. Meer worked on the Disney "Magic Music" project and, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piano Davout Stef Recadre
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings. It was invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700. Description The word "piano" is a shortened form of ''pianoforte'', the Italian term for the early 1700s versions of the instrument, which in turn derives from ''clavicembalo col piano e forte'' (key cimbalom with quiet and loud)Pollens (1995, 238) and ''fortepiano''. The Italian musical terms ''piano'' and ''forte'' indicate "soft" and "loud" respectively, in this context referring to the variations in volume (i.e., loudness) produced in response to a pianist's touch or pressure on the keys: the grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
