TheNokiaringtoneisprobablytheworld'smostheardandrecognizedtune.Ever. Anditwillprobablycontinuetobesoforalongtime.The melody used as a ringtone (jingle) in
Nokia mobile phones, called as “Nokia
Tune”. This tune, which you have heard nineteen times this week, goes
something like: “yada da da, yada da da,
yada da da daah.” Derived from bars 13-16 of Gran Vals by Francisco
Tárrega (from 1902).
On September 4, 2007, Nokia received U.S.
Trademark Registration No. 3,288,274 for "a sound comprising a C eighth note, E flat eight note, B flat
eighth note, G quarter note, C eighth note and C quarter note."The
last note is different from the original. Nokiachangedthelastnoteofthephrasetogiveitasenseofcompleteness,sothephraseissaidto'resolve'itself.Thisallowsittostand aloneasamusicalstatementoridea.
Listen to the real Tarrega "Grand Waltz" in guitar:
Known as "The
Sarasate of
the Guitar," Tárrega is considered to have laid the foundations for
20th century classical guitar and for increasing interest in the guitar as a
recital instrument. Andrés Segovia used much of Tárrega's work when
he took classical guitar into concert halls of Europe.
"Black as the devil, hot as
hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love."
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand (1754-1838)
speaking of the perfect cup of
coffee.
"Without my morning coffee I'm
just like a dried up piece of roast goat."
"Ah!
How sweet coffee tastes! Lovelier
than a thousand kisses, sweeter than muscatel wine!
I must
have my coffee..."
(1732, an aria from Lieschen in Bach's "Kaffee-Kantate")
How Bach managed to
write such beautiful (and intense) music with shaky, caffeine-addled hands is a
mystery, but it's a good thing he did: Nicknamed "The Coffee Cantata," is a comedic love note to the one
of the German composer's favorite beverages, penned (one assumes during
sleepless nights) between 1732 and 1734.
Bach owned a few coffee makers and was a big coffee lover himself. The consumption of this beverage was apparently illegal during Bach's time, since the profits for its sales went to foreign hands, as opposed to the profits for beer sales, which would stay in Germany, so the King was rightfully upset about people drinking coffee.
"Die Katze
läßt das Mausen nicht" by Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
"The Coffee
Cantata", is actually more a mini comic opera, but is classified as a
secular cantata. It tells the story of Schlendrian,
whose daughter Lieschen is addicted
to coffee. He eventually forbids her to marry unless she gives up coffee, but
as he is out searching for a husband for her, she tells her suitors that she
will only marry them if they allow her to drink coffee!
In an effort to rid his
daughter of the evil drink, he progressively forbids her her luxuries. Lieschen
refuses to give it up, saying that coffee is “more delicious than a thousand kisses, and sweeter than muscatel
wine”. It is only when Schlendrian refuses to allow her to marry that
she relents. But even then, as the father goes off to find a husband, Lieschen
reveals that she will make it a part of the marriage contract that she be
allowed her three cups a day.
Anda pernah membaca buku Battle Hymn of the Tiger
Mother? Karya Amy Chua ini merupakan best seller tengah yang menjadi
perbincangan warga dunia. Dalam memoarnya, ibu dari Sophia (18 tahun) dan
Louisa (14 tahun) itu menceritakan kesuksesan serta kesalahan yang dibuatnya
dalam mengasuh anak dengan gaya tradisional Cina. Orang tua Cina memang terkenal otoriter. Kedisiplinan
dan kerja keras demi menggapai sukses mereka pertahankan di manapun berada.
“Ini menjadi nilai yang diakui bersama oleh warga Cina,” jelas sosiolog Erna
Karim.
Excerpt from the book
"Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother"
Sophie Chua at Carnegie Hall
Di satu sisi, Amy mendapat acungan jempol atas hasil
pengasuhannya. Di usia 14 tahun, jemari si sulung, Sophia, lincah menari-nari
di atas tuts piano di Carnegie Hall. Sedangkan, adiknya, Louisa memainkan biola
tanpa sedikitpun nada sumbang. Seolah memenuhi tuntutan sang bunda, keduanya
juga tampil sebagai jagoan akademik.
Despite our squeamishness about cultural stereotypes,
there are tons of studies out there showing marked and quantifiable differences
between Chinese and Westerners when it comes to parenting.
In one study of 50
Western American mothers and 48 Chinese immigrant mothers, almost 70% of the
Western mothers said either that "stressing academic success is not good
for children" or that "parents need to foster the idea that learning
is fun." By contrast, roughly 0% of the Chinese mothers felt the same way.
Instead, the vast majority of the Chinese mothers said that they believe their
children can be "the best" students, that "academic achievement
reflects successful parenting," and that if children did not excel at
school then there was "a problem" and parents "were not doing
their job." Other studies indicate that compared to Western parents,
Chinese parents spend approximately 10 times as long every day drilling
academic activities with their children. By contrast, Western kids are more
likely to participate in sports teams.
CHINESE & WESTERN PARENTAL MIND-SETS
There are three big differences between the Chinese
and Western parental mind-sets:
First, Western parents are extremely
anxious about their children's self-esteem.
They worry about how their children
will feel if they fail at something, and they constantly try to reassure their
children about how good they are notwithstanding a mediocre performance on a
test or at a recital. In other words, Western parents are concerned about their
children's psyches. Chinese parents aren't. They assume strength, not
fragility, and as a result they behave very differently.
Anya started her first ever piano lesson in November 2012. And, she had her very first piano concert on May 19th 2013, some six months later. Together with her coach whom she calls ‘Ms Jelia’, Anya performed:
Beauty and the Beast, Mickey Mouse March and the Chicken Dance.
Everyone was so quiet in between her three performances, and so I had
to seriously restrain myself from clapping and going, ‘Wootttt!” each
time she finished a piece!
This piano concert was a HUGE milestone for her. And for us. She’s very excited about it. She practiced everyday, and although she told me afterwards how she’s
so scared about pressing the wrong key during the actual performance, I
thought she did very well for a first-timer! (Plus, there were more than 350 people in the audience, so THAT alone must’ve been nerve-wrecking for her)
Pusat Kebudayaan Amerika @america,
yang terletak di Pacific Place lantai 3, Minggu 19 Mei 2013. Menjelang senja
sekitar jam dua siang, mendadak penuh sesak dan dipadati baik tua, muda hingga anak-anak.
Petugas keamanan @america sampai kewalahan dan keringetan. Sementara site
managernya nampak panik dan kebingungan menyaksikan begitu banyak kerumunan
massa yang mencapai jumlah lebih dari 400 orang.
Hari itu adalah pelaksanaan
konser DISNEY PIANOLICIOUS dengan
direksi Jelia Megawati Heru, M.Mus.Edu.Media
koran mencatat bahwa konser ini termasuk yang luar biasa mengundang minat
pengunjung dalam sejarah konser musik seni di tanah air. Disney Pianolicious
adalah konser dari para siswa Jelia dan juga kolega Jelia, yakni para pemusik
profesional. Musik yang disajikan adalah musik yang mengusung tema dari soundtrack
film karya Walt Disney dan juga film Amerika - dalam bentuk solo piano, ensemble
perkusi, vocal, ensemble vocal, gitar dan duo piano (piano four hands dan two
pianos)
Dalam sambutannya, Jelia Megawati
Heru mengatakan bahwa Walt Disney adalah pelopor musik seni dalam dunia perfilman.
Dan Walt Disney adalah ikon yang menjadikan musik sebagai bagian tak
terpisahkan dalam film. Dan film Disney bukan semata film anak-anak. Film
Disney adalah sebuah cerita tentang kehidupan dalam ranah yang sangat dekat
dengan kehidupan kesehariaan kita. Ranah itulah yang diapresiasi oleh para
siswa Jelia dan koleganya. Para siswa tidak hanya warga negara Indonesia, melainkan
banyak juga warga negara asing yang belajar pada Jelia. Konser dilengkapi juga
dengan dekorasi video screen berukuran raksasa dan terang, sehingga pengunjung
makin terpukau.
Sudah
bukan merupakan hal yang asing lagi, bahwa musik mempunyai segudang manfaat
yang positif bagi tumbuh kembang sang buah hati, terutama pada masa golden
age. Banyak cara kreatif dan menyenangkan yang dapat dilakukan dalam
mengajarkan musik bagi balita. Salah satunya adalah dengan memperkenalkan
instrumen musik. Hal apa saja yang harus diperhatikan dalam pemilihan instrumen
bagi balita? Instrumen musik apa saja yang sesuai bagi balita untuk merangsang
minat, bakat, imajinasi, dan kreativitasnya? Check this out!
CHOOSE
THE MUSIC INSTRUMENTS WISELY!
Instrumen
musik yang mahal bukanlah indikasi mutlak sebuah instrumen yang baik. Beberapa
hal harus dipertimbangkan sehubungan dengan pemilihan instrumen, terutama dalam
hal keamanan bagi si kecil. Selain itu pemilihan instrumen juga diprioritaskan
pada aktivitas dalam menghasilkan musik (making
music). Jadi disini ada korelasi antara tindakan menghasilkan musik (action) dan produksi bunyi (sound) maupun nada tertentu (pitch) merupakan hal yang sangat penting
untuk melatih otot motorik besar anak (gross
motoric), seperti: memetik senar, memukul drum/xylophone. Anak bukan hanya
sekedar menekan tombol pada instrumen yang menggunakan baterai, banyak lampu,
dan berbunyi, seperti gitar plastik dengan baterai dan tanpa senar (strings). Instrument yang termasuk dalam kategori ini
merupakan musical toys, dan bukan
termasuk music instruments. Berikut
hal-hal lain yang patut dipertimbangkan sehubungan dengan pemilihan instrumen
musik bagi balita.
TIPS
MEMILIH INSTRUMEN MUSIK YANG COCOK BAGI BALITA:
1. Eco-friendly & non
toxic (recycled/daur ulang yang tidak beracun)
Balita
suka memasukkan segala sesuatu ke dalam mulutnya, oleh karena itu faktor
keamanan seperti bahan ramah lingkungan dan tidak mengandung bahan kimia yang
beracun merupakan hal yang tidak bisa ditawar.
A great teacher turns the light bulb of insight on.
A great teacher
inspires you to be who you actually are.
The shame is that teacher and his students are falsely measured by those
standardized tests, not by what he has inspired them to do and become.
A great teacher imparts his or
her subject matter in a way that makes you want to learn more, helps you
understand what’s important and why, and helps you see connections
between all subjects.
A great teacher helps you when you need help, but also knows when to
leave you alone.
A great teacher knows when you need a shoulder to cry
on and when you need a kick in the pants. Often you think a great
teacher hates you — only to realize, later, that he or she was pushing
you to be and do your best.
The lessons a great teacher gives you stay with you your whole life.
Ever
heard the name Amy Chua? She is the
author of a book titled "The
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother". The book is quite astonishing
the world of parenting. In this book, she tells how to discipline her own
daughters in a very extreme way. Yelled at them with the word
"garbage" because they weren't polite in front of the guests, threw
birthday greeting cards handmade by her own daughters because it wasn't good
enough for her, forbade her children to stay at a friend's house, and couldn't
accept if their score wasn't an "A". She applies very strict rules
and regulates all things in children's lives. Other stories what she did with
his two daughters were pretty scary and made her earn the title as "tiger
mom".
"The
kids really want to make their parents proud of them.
They
always worried about the parental approval.
So,
when the regulations against child are getting too hard,
the
result is going to make the children so frightened
and
make them difficult to decide on something.
They
realize that they will never be able to meet the wishes of the mother,
so
they never even want to try. "
Elizabeth J. Short, PhD,
professor
of psychology at Case Western Reserve University
Here are 16 signs of a
harsh parenting on children:
