Schubertiade
... Vienna of Schubert’s day, and it was in such intimate venues that the composer’s music would be most thoroughly appreciated during his own lifetime. This afternoon’s “Schubertiade” recalls those private concerts presented by Schubert’s closest friends and admirers. Drei Klavierstücke. D. 946 The Dre ...
... Vienna of Schubert’s day, and it was in such intimate venues that the composer’s music would be most thoroughly appreciated during his own lifetime. This afternoon’s “Schubertiade” recalls those private concerts presented by Schubert’s closest friends and admirers. Drei Klavierstücke. D. 946 The Dre ...
- City Research Online
... compellingqualityof this music is not just derived from the virtuous consistencywith which the selfimposed rules are adheredto - and work - but also at least as much from the wisdom with which the music, even with the aid of such a system of rules and in dialecticalcontactwith it - constitutesa reac ...
... compellingqualityof this music is not just derived from the virtuous consistencywith which the selfimposed rules are adheredto - and work - but also at least as much from the wisdom with which the music, even with the aid of such a system of rules and in dialecticalcontactwith it - constitutesa reac ...
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... ensemble as a flexible, omnivorous entity, pushing its voice to the forefront of American musical culture. Praised by The New Yorker for their “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam,” Sō’s career now encompasses 19 albums, a dizzying array of collaborative projects, a steady ...
... ensemble as a flexible, omnivorous entity, pushing its voice to the forefront of American musical culture. Praised by The New Yorker for their “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam,” Sō’s career now encompasses 19 albums, a dizzying array of collaborative projects, a steady ...
Soloist aspects of the Snare Drum in Bolero by Maurice Ravel
... Maurice Ravel’s creation, despite the foresights of his contemporaries - Poulenc, Honegger, Milhaud who thought of it as obsolete, protruded and stood still in history, shining distinctly up to present times. Ravel is represented by the detailed concern for fixing pointedly highlighted images, in or ...
... Maurice Ravel’s creation, despite the foresights of his contemporaries - Poulenc, Honegger, Milhaud who thought of it as obsolete, protruded and stood still in history, shining distinctly up to present times. Ravel is represented by the detailed concern for fixing pointedly highlighted images, in or ...
Crossing Over in the 21st Century - Trace: Tennessee Research and
... this sacralization process, endowing the conductor of symphonic music with sacred qualities exemplified the highbrow tendencies that started to form in American symphonic music at the turn of the 20th century. These tendencies relied on a few factors: the sacralization of the conductors and the art ...
... this sacralization process, endowing the conductor of symphonic music with sacred qualities exemplified the highbrow tendencies that started to form in American symphonic music at the turn of the 20th century. These tendencies relied on a few factors: the sacralization of the conductors and the art ...
Franz. Schubert (1797 - 1828)
... orchestral compositions would remain unplayed until after his death at the age of 31. The final years of his short life were plagued by illness with his hopes for general recognition repeatedly dashed. Schubert died on November 19, 1828. The first performance of his “Great” Symphony No. 9 in C major ...
... orchestral compositions would remain unplayed until after his death at the age of 31. The final years of his short life were plagued by illness with his hopes for general recognition repeatedly dashed. Schubert died on November 19, 1828. The first performance of his “Great” Symphony No. 9 in C major ...
Jan Novák and the problem of a national identity in his works Mgr
... (E)migration to versus emigration from The problem of musician‘s or composer‘s national identity emerges when he - deliberately or not – changes the place of his stay. Such a problem for the music historiography represents a migration of the Czech musicians and composers. Whilst the migration of Cze ...
... (E)migration to versus emigration from The problem of musician‘s or composer‘s national identity emerges when he - deliberately or not – changes the place of his stay. Such a problem for the music historiography represents a migration of the Czech musicians and composers. Whilst the migration of Cze ...
Skyler Butenshon History and Literature of Music: Program Notes
... orchestral Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun." In May of 1893, at which point Debussy and Mallarmé were growing into good friends, they attended the play Pelleas et Melisande together. The exact time in which Debussy began writing The Faun is unknown, but it would not be far-fetched to presume tha ...
... orchestral Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun." In May of 1893, at which point Debussy and Mallarmé were growing into good friends, they attended the play Pelleas et Melisande together. The exact time in which Debussy began writing The Faun is unknown, but it would not be far-fetched to presume tha ...
Multi award winning bass player, singer, composer
... does not usually want to compete with other musicians let alone himself. However, the multi-talented bassist, vocalist and percussionist is not like most musicians. Music is an integrated part of the personality of this fifty-something year old bassist and the high pressure in his creative kettle ma ...
... does not usually want to compete with other musicians let alone himself. However, the multi-talented bassist, vocalist and percussionist is not like most musicians. Music is an integrated part of the personality of this fifty-something year old bassist and the high pressure in his creative kettle ma ...
Minimalism in Music: in search of a definition Tom Johnson
... flowers? What kind of piano? Is the action done emotionally? Quickly? With a musical tempo and phrasing? Who is placing the vase on the piano? Or could it be performed without a pianist? Does the vase just appear, perhaps lowered from above? Is Brecht’s piece more interesting to think about than to ...
... flowers? What kind of piano? Is the action done emotionally? Quickly? With a musical tempo and phrasing? Who is placing the vase on the piano? Or could it be performed without a pianist? Does the vase just appear, perhaps lowered from above? Is Brecht’s piece more interesting to think about than to ...
Gershwin: An American in Paris
... Despite the complexity of the harmony, there is a very clear sense of key. This is often created by strong perfect cadences: new sections are often preceded by the dominant of the new key. An example of this is at bars 106–110, where the new key of Bb major is prepared with a held chord of F major, ...
... Despite the complexity of the harmony, there is a very clear sense of key. This is often created by strong perfect cadences: new sections are often preceded by the dominant of the new key. An example of this is at bars 106–110, where the new key of Bb major is prepared with a held chord of F major, ...
THE EVOLUTION OF BRASS INSTRUMENTS AND ORCHESTRAL
... Orchestra, stated that “Mahler is certainly the greatest symphonist ever.”1 Most brass players would be inclined to agree with that statement; the composer’s parts for brass are some of the most difficult and rewarding in the repertoire, giving the entire brass section a very large role to play. The ...
... Orchestra, stated that “Mahler is certainly the greatest symphonist ever.”1 Most brass players would be inclined to agree with that statement; the composer’s parts for brass are some of the most difficult and rewarding in the repertoire, giving the entire brass section a very large role to play. The ...
Julia Wolfe (composer) Drawing inspiration from rock, folk, and
... The influence of pop culture can be heard in two of Wolfe’s works for the Bang on a Can AllStars: Lick and Believing. Lick, based on fragments of funk, has become a manifesto for the new generation of genre-crossing composers. The raucous my lips from speaking, for six pianos, was inspired by the op ...
... The influence of pop culture can be heard in two of Wolfe’s works for the Bang on a Can AllStars: Lick and Believing. Lick, based on fragments of funk, has become a manifesto for the new generation of genre-crossing composers. The raucous my lips from speaking, for six pianos, was inspired by the op ...
flarp 2005 - Sharlene Wallace
... Susan Piltch (flute & piano) and Sharlene Wallace (harp) are a duo that perform on three instruments! Playing flute, piano and harp, their repertoire spans Classical, Celtic and contemporary popular genres. Concert audiences will experience the music of Vivaldi, Donizetti, Faure, Miyagi, Vangelis, O ...
... Susan Piltch (flute & piano) and Sharlene Wallace (harp) are a duo that perform on three instruments! Playing flute, piano and harp, their repertoire spans Classical, Celtic and contemporary popular genres. Concert audiences will experience the music of Vivaldi, Donizetti, Faure, Miyagi, Vangelis, O ...
L`estro prog notes
... creation is unknown, so it remains unclear who may be imitating whom. Guido was employed in Paris at the household of the Duc D’Orléans (one of Tafelmusik’s “houses of dreams”!), but this piece may, in fact, be associated with a different Parisian house, that of the financier Pierre Crozat, who had ...
... creation is unknown, so it remains unclear who may be imitating whom. Guido was employed in Paris at the household of the Duc D’Orléans (one of Tafelmusik’s “houses of dreams”!), but this piece may, in fact, be associated with a different Parisian house, that of the financier Pierre Crozat, who had ...
HARLEM QuARTET - Rockport Music
... some days I have been greatly upset by what you said of my quartet….I felt that in the end it only resulted in your being attracted to certain aspects of my work to which I attach little importance.” And to what did Debussy “attach little importance”? Studying the eventual form of the String Quartet ...
... some days I have been greatly upset by what you said of my quartet….I felt that in the end it only resulted in your being attracted to certain aspects of my work to which I attach little importance.” And to what did Debussy “attach little importance”? Studying the eventual form of the String Quartet ...
An Early American Family of Flutists
... to the family’s homeland and headed the shop Henry Riley & Sons in Birmingham, England, 1851–90.14 Edward C. appears to have had the most active life as a musician. After his father’s death in 1829, he continued with his mother the 29 Chatham Street business from 1832 through 1842, when Frederick to ...
... to the family’s homeland and headed the shop Henry Riley & Sons in Birmingham, England, 1851–90.14 Edward C. appears to have had the most active life as a musician. After his father’s death in 1829, he continued with his mother the 29 Chatham Street business from 1832 through 1842, when Frederick to ...
saariaho-musical-language-3
... chamber music or orchestral works such as ...à la fumée (1990) or Oi Kuu (1993) for bass flute and cello. Over the years, she developed a very personal way of writing for this instrument, combining the flute sound with phoneme material, using breath as an active element of the writing, singing certa ...
... chamber music or orchestral works such as ...à la fumée (1990) or Oi Kuu (1993) for bass flute and cello. Over the years, she developed a very personal way of writing for this instrument, combining the flute sound with phoneme material, using breath as an active element of the writing, singing certa ...
J. S. Bach and the meaning of learned counterpoint
... ‘natural’ – that is flowing and moving melody – are not purely musical issues: also at stake is a code of conduct that emphasised being pleasing to others, considerate, entertaining, also informal, even amorous, not too serious or ...
... ‘natural’ – that is flowing and moving melody – are not purely musical issues: also at stake is a code of conduct that emphasised being pleasing to others, considerate, entertaining, also informal, even amorous, not too serious or ...
time and space - Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
... A premiere of Tod Machover The audience will get to hear the world premiere of the work De l’expérience for narrator, organ and electroacoustic by Tod Machover, an American composer renowned for his innovations in integrating technology into musical creation. De l’expérience will moreover involve t ...
... A premiere of Tod Machover The audience will get to hear the world premiere of the work De l’expérience for narrator, organ and electroacoustic by Tod Machover, an American composer renowned for his innovations in integrating technology into musical creation. De l’expérience will moreover involve t ...
Masterpieces of Western Music
... solo passage leads us into a central solo that introduces brand new material. It starts with the flute and violin in a quiet dialogue playing in a moody minor key. Bach gives us a new texture, sequences of detached notes in the cello, flute, and violin, and then long high notes to prepare us for the ...
... solo passage leads us into a central solo that introduces brand new material. It starts with the flute and violin in a quiet dialogue playing in a moody minor key. Bach gives us a new texture, sequences of detached notes in the cello, flute, and violin, and then long high notes to prepare us for the ...
the twentieth-century trombone sonata nathanael james sudduth
... Childs served as editor for a poetry journal and a journal called "Perspectives of New Music." As a Twentieth-Century composer, he explored diverse avenues of thought in music. His compositions were inspired by everything from traditional concert repertoire to the aleatoric works of John Cage to jaz ...
... Childs served as editor for a poetry journal and a journal called "Perspectives of New Music." As a Twentieth-Century composer, he explored diverse avenues of thought in music. His compositions were inspired by everything from traditional concert repertoire to the aleatoric works of John Cage to jaz ...
Slide 1
... must not be: dissonant, atonal, twelve-tone, “chaotic,” intellectual, Jewish, jazz-influenced, left-wing excluded most modernist music ...
... must not be: dissonant, atonal, twelve-tone, “chaotic,” intellectual, Jewish, jazz-influenced, left-wing excluded most modernist music ...
Continuo Realization at the Cello-1
... as part of an aesthetic that musicians of the German Baroque would have taken for granted? Pianists recorded in the late‐nineteenth century still, as a matter of inherited style that was later dispensed with, broke chords far more than we do today. Is this Bassbrechung a relic of much earlier p ...
... as part of an aesthetic that musicians of the German Baroque would have taken for granted? Pianists recorded in the late‐nineteenth century still, as a matter of inherited style that was later dispensed with, broke chords far more than we do today. Is this Bassbrechung a relic of much earlier p ...
The Origins of the Trombone
... incorporated with wind instruments in ensemble. These references clearly point to the embryonic alta band, and are found in Italy, France, the Low Countries and Germany. In French-language sources (for example, those relating to the Burgundian court) the players of this instrument were often designa ...
... incorporated with wind instruments in ensemble. These references clearly point to the embryonic alta band, and are found in Italy, France, the Low Countries and Germany. In French-language sources (for example, those relating to the Burgundian court) the players of this instrument were often designa ...