Three Easy Pieces (Stravinsky) is similar to them in the sense that they were composed for his little children to play with him, Stravinsky decided to write pieces for four hands to teach them how to play the piano. The set was composed in Clarens, in 1914 and 1915 and was presented and first performed by José Iturbi, in April 22, 1918. It was eventually published in 1917. The "Three Easy Pieces" take approximately three minutes to perform. The movement list is as follows: Even though they are titled as "easy", only the left part is easy, the right hand sustaining the whole burden
Karen Black feature film career expanded in 1969, playing the role of an acid-tripping prostitute opposite Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda in the iconic counterculture movie "Easy Rider". In 1970, Black appeared as Rayette, the waitress girlfriend of Jack Nicholson, in the film "Five Easy Pieces", for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and earned her her first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress-Motion Picture. She also won a New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film. Black played an unfaithful wife, Myrtle Wilson, in the 1974