Louis Armstrong And The Top Composers And Should Be Known

Some of you may ask, â€Å"Why? Why choose Louis Armstrong out of every composer out there?† Well there s a few reasons why I believe Louis Armstrong is one of the top composers and should be known. To understand where I am coming from, it is best to understand him and how he came to be what he is today and see how he achieved his greatness throughout his lifetime. Some are fast to judge him without even knowing a single piece of music he had created. Little do many of you know you have heard of his music’s before but did not know who compose it, basically paid little attention to it. One of his most famous song compose is â€Å"What A Wonderful World†. Many of you have heard it through classical movie, it was inserted in one of America s favorite†¦show more content†¦So rising up to become a well known composer in his time was no walk in the park. He was not like those mainstream composer like Beethoven or Mortaz, as they were white composer who has not restrictions to what they could do. â€Å"Armstrong had a difficult childhood. His father was a factory worker and abandoned the family soon after Louis s birth; his mother, who often turned to prostitution, frequently left him with his maternal grandmother.† (Armstrong, Para 2). This show that Armstrong had a hard life growing up as both of his parents left him when he was small. He had to leave school when he was in the fifth grade to get by life. As he worked for a Jewish family they would invite him over for dinner as he would sing for them. This is where he would get most of his confidence from as this family support him he started to enjoy singing, which was his first step to fame. Although Armstrong did not think much of music, until he was locked up for firing his stepdad gun in the air during New Year s Eve. â€Å"On New Year s Eve in 1912, Armstrong fired his stepfather s gun in the air during a New Year s Eve celebration and was arrested on the spot. He was then sent to the Colored Waif s Home for Boys. There, he received musical instruction on the cornet and fell in love with music.† (Armstrong, Para 2). When Armstrong got out