The Piano

The piano.  In my opinion, the best instrument to ever be created.  The range and sound of it can't be mimicked be anything else.  It can be soft and sweet, but also loud and powerful.  I'm dedicating my life to this instrument, as did many great pianists before me.  Though I am not great yet, I plan to achieve greatness and mastery on the piano.  I plan to focus on mainly classical/romantic music just because of the depth and talent it takes to play or even create a piece.  This music doesn't need words.  It can tell you everything just through sound, and that's why I love it so much, it is the purest form of emotion.  I have many idols, including pianists such as William Kapell, Frederic Chopin, Beethoven, Arthur Rubinstein, but most importantly Franz Liszt.  Liszt was, in my opinion, the greatest pianist to ever live.  He performed monstrous feats on the piano, changing the instrument and the capabilities of music making forever.  He was the first to create the concert pianist, the solo pianist on stage in front of a large audience.  He was also the one who came up with the idea of having the piano face horizontally so the audience could see the pianists hands.  He could play any piece of music masterfully on sight, and his own pieces are some of the most difficult and fascinating pieces of music ever created. Though I cannot play any of them yet, I plan to in the future.  Liszt, and the violinist, Paganini, were both believed to be in league with the devil because of their almost supernatural skills with their instrument.   Here is one of the pieces by Liszt that I think is one of his most genius pieces, Totentanz (Dance of the Dead).