Chapter-3 Stringed Instruments Violin - Historical Facts
... Types of Zither In modern usage the term Zither most commonly refers to one of three specific instruments: the concert zither and the Alpine zither and the fretless or "guitar" zither. Like many other stringed instruments, acoustic and electric forms exist; in the acoustic version, the strings are s ...
... Types of Zither In modern usage the term Zither most commonly refers to one of three specific instruments: the concert zither and the Alpine zither and the fretless or "guitar" zither. Like many other stringed instruments, acoustic and electric forms exist; in the acoustic version, the strings are s ...
Lindsey Steinbrunner
... Time organization completely changes. Meters can by symmetric or asymmetric, may change frequently, and can be juxtaposed to create polymeters. The metric stress shifts to beats other than the strong beat (beat one). In Minimalism, tonality, vocabulary, and sonorities all basically stay the same. Th ...
... Time organization completely changes. Meters can by symmetric or asymmetric, may change frequently, and can be juxtaposed to create polymeters. The metric stress shifts to beats other than the strong beat (beat one). In Minimalism, tonality, vocabulary, and sonorities all basically stay the same. Th ...
Mark Baigent - Intermusica
... provided, not quite a model, but certainly an inspiring example. If Britten’s interest in Purcell was not life-long, it took many forms. Most famous is his use of Purcell as the basis for one of his most popular works, The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Yet the musical empathy went much deep ...
... provided, not quite a model, but certainly an inspiring example. If Britten’s interest in Purcell was not life-long, it took many forms. Most famous is his use of Purcell as the basis for one of his most popular works, The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Yet the musical empathy went much deep ...
A Visual Musician: Musical Elements Within the Paintings of Vassily
... shades would get consistently brighter as the notes moved up. Kandinsky expressed notes in the bass range in the same manner except with the color blue. The lower the note was, the darker the shade of blue. The connection Kandinsky attributes between these two art forms gives many of his paintings a ...
... shades would get consistently brighter as the notes moved up. Kandinsky expressed notes in the bass range in the same manner except with the color blue. The lower the note was, the darker the shade of blue. The connection Kandinsky attributes between these two art forms gives many of his paintings a ...
Review of Maureen Carr, After the Rite
... [1] After the Rite: Stravinsky’s Path to Neoclassicism (1914–25) is Maureen Carr’s second book tracing the evolution of Stravinsky’s compositional process through lengthy and extensive study and analysis of his musical sketches. (1) Moving chronologically from “Jeu du rossignol mécanique” (1913) in ...
... [1] After the Rite: Stravinsky’s Path to Neoclassicism (1914–25) is Maureen Carr’s second book tracing the evolution of Stravinsky’s compositional process through lengthy and extensive study and analysis of his musical sketches. (1) Moving chronologically from “Jeu du rossignol mécanique” (1913) in ...
Wunderkind? - DSCH Journal
... Mozart’s first symphonies are a case in point—but every now and again we encounter a surprising level of artistic refinement in a future master’s earliest essays. Such is the case with Dmitri Shostakovich. Unlike history’s most impressive Wunderkinder, Shostakovich did not exhibit supreme musical ta ...
... Mozart’s first symphonies are a case in point—but every now and again we encounter a surprising level of artistic refinement in a future master’s earliest essays. Such is the case with Dmitri Shostakovich. Unlike history’s most impressive Wunderkinder, Shostakovich did not exhibit supreme musical ta ...
the NYCEMF 2013 program here
... Bays Mountain Park is a nature preserve in the mountains of Eastern Tennessee. During the 1990s, I made several trips to the park to record the wolves who were living there. In the piece, the wolves are heard much as I heard them myself, sometimes only footsteps away, and also transformed, such as o ...
... Bays Mountain Park is a nature preserve in the mountains of Eastern Tennessee. During the 1990s, I made several trips to the park to record the wolves who were living there. In the piece, the wolves are heard much as I heard them myself, sometimes only footsteps away, and also transformed, such as o ...
Adobe Acrobat - Mandrágora Tango
... Mandrágora Tango is a vibrant collective of tango musicians based in Minneapolis. Mandrágora Tango is dedicated to preserving the nearly-lost musical forms of tango and translating them for today’s listeners and dancers. Mandrágora Tango was founded by Bob Barnes in 2001 as a chamber music ensemble ...
... Mandrágora Tango is a vibrant collective of tango musicians based in Minneapolis. Mandrágora Tango is dedicated to preserving the nearly-lost musical forms of tango and translating them for today’s listeners and dancers. Mandrágora Tango was founded by Bob Barnes in 2001 as a chamber music ensemble ...
1 Leigh Raskauskas Music 89S Paper Beethoven`s
... would change his life forever. Dvořák began to revere Beethoven, especially influenced by his German teachers and their respect for the great composer as well. His father finally did give in to Dvořák’s insistence of following his musical dreams, insisting though that Dvořák would “take up a soli ...
... would change his life forever. Dvořák began to revere Beethoven, especially influenced by his German teachers and their respect for the great composer as well. His father finally did give in to Dvořák’s insistence of following his musical dreams, insisting though that Dvořák would “take up a soli ...
Haydn was the second son of humble parents. His father
... The late Esterházy and Viennese period While in London in 1791, Haydn had been deeply moved by the performance of George Frideric Handel’s masterly oratorios. Deciding to compose further works in this genre, he obtained a suitable libretto, and, after settling in Vienna and resuming his duties for P ...
... The late Esterházy and Viennese period While in London in 1791, Haydn had been deeply moved by the performance of George Frideric Handel’s masterly oratorios. Deciding to compose further works in this genre, he obtained a suitable libretto, and, after settling in Vienna and resuming his duties for P ...
print - terz
... Richard Toop's article Four Facets of the New Complexity seems an anomaly; Finnissy's work has little to do with what is now labelled ‘new complexity’ except in surface appearance. Of course, such labels are often employed to misunderstand music whose complexity can be found more its multifacetedne ...
... Richard Toop's article Four Facets of the New Complexity seems an anomaly; Finnissy's work has little to do with what is now labelled ‘new complexity’ except in surface appearance. Of course, such labels are often employed to misunderstand music whose complexity can be found more its multifacetedne ...
The Anne Landa Preludes of Carl Vine: musical
... Bagatelles, which I wrote in a rapid burst of energy twelve years ago. By contrast the new pieces emerged slowly, and sometimes with inexplicable difficulty. My musings on the writing process are provided in the Performance Notes below, and there is little else to say about the music except that eac ...
... Bagatelles, which I wrote in a rapid burst of energy twelve years ago. By contrast the new pieces emerged slowly, and sometimes with inexplicable difficulty. My musings on the writing process are provided in the Performance Notes below, and there is little else to say about the music except that eac ...
Musical Style and Performance in California Mission Life
... all of the functions by themselves, and it is necessary to facilitate things for them so that they will sing well, and for this reason it occurred to me that putting everything in only one mode is easier for them. So the Introits are in Mode 1, conforming to or in imitation of the Gaudeamus (which i ...
... all of the functions by themselves, and it is necessary to facilitate things for them so that they will sing well, and for this reason it occurred to me that putting everything in only one mode is easier for them. So the Introits are in Mode 1, conforming to or in imitation of the Gaudeamus (which i ...
Andreas Skouras - Goldsmiths, University of London
... choosing another solution the work does not lose anything of its shape. The piece culminates in furious chords repetitions which seem to blow up the instrument. Khoai requires huge stamina from the performer and the instrument itself. Five years later Xenakis wrote his piece Komboi for Elisabeth Cho ...
... choosing another solution the work does not lose anything of its shape. The piece culminates in furious chords repetitions which seem to blow up the instrument. Khoai requires huge stamina from the performer and the instrument itself. Five years later Xenakis wrote his piece Komboi for Elisabeth Cho ...
An Excursion to Changing Romantic Aesthetics
... imagine what the listeners or composers of the 19th century wanted to experience? We have to agree that viola was often played badly before the advent of Lionel Tertis. But there is also question about the aesthetics which changed radically during these early years of the 20th century. About the Fut ...
... imagine what the listeners or composers of the 19th century wanted to experience? We have to agree that viola was often played badly before the advent of Lionel Tertis. But there is also question about the aesthetics which changed radically during these early years of the 20th century. About the Fut ...
41 by Joel V . Hunt Henry Brant rejected notions of indeterminacy in
... the final section. However, for the premiere Brant was compelled to omit particular section breaks, allowing modular units to accumulate beyond their indicated boundaries. Brant’s willingness to make structural modifications suggested to guitarist/conductor David Tanenbaum the possibility of spontan ...
... the final section. However, for the premiere Brant was compelled to omit particular section breaks, allowing modular units to accumulate beyond their indicated boundaries. Brant’s willingness to make structural modifications suggested to guitarist/conductor David Tanenbaum the possibility of spontan ...
Aaron Copland - Dr David Wright
... Billy the Kid appeared in 1939. Here was a ballet about the Old West and cowboys and, in the performance, I saw the choreography was by Eugene Loring. Rodeo followed in 1942 with more cowboys dancing and the version I saw was with choreography by Agnes de Mile. Copland was drawn to cowboys dancing ...
... Billy the Kid appeared in 1939. Here was a ballet about the Old West and cowboys and, in the performance, I saw the choreography was by Eugene Loring. Rodeo followed in 1942 with more cowboys dancing and the version I saw was with choreography by Agnes de Mile. Copland was drawn to cowboys dancing ...
booklet - Brilliant Classics
... music lessons, initially including violin and singing, and subsequently composition. He was not, however, destined for a career in music, because social convention in the early modern age dictated that firstborn sons such as Tomaso would take over their father’s business. Thus, Tomaso Albinoni was i ...
... music lessons, initially including violin and singing, and subsequently composition. He was not, however, destined for a career in music, because social convention in the early modern age dictated that firstborn sons such as Tomaso would take over their father’s business. Thus, Tomaso Albinoni was i ...
Lauren Lazzari Sophomore Portfolio
... Mozart’s dainty sonata When one encounters a new piece of music, he must observe all that is on the page. These observations, along with taking time to consider the composer’s artistic intentions are imperative steps for musical success. In 1756, virtuoso Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus ...
... Mozart’s dainty sonata When one encounters a new piece of music, he must observe all that is on the page. These observations, along with taking time to consider the composer’s artistic intentions are imperative steps for musical success. In 1756, virtuoso Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus ...
B. The Traditional Music of Karawitan
... classic) are often used with very wide and overlapping connotations and denotations. The sense of “classic”, which is also meant as traditional, here is understood as related to the principles or standards that are followed, appreciated, and respected continuously and inhereted from generation to ge ...
... classic) are often used with very wide and overlapping connotations and denotations. The sense of “classic”, which is also meant as traditional, here is understood as related to the principles or standards that are followed, appreciated, and respected continuously and inhereted from generation to ge ...
John Charlton Crawford - UC Riverside Academic Senate
... was an incredible mentor and teacher. His talents and interests were far ranging-in addition to acoustic composition he had an interest in electronic music, and it was in his class that I started on a path that led from UCR to UC Berkeley to France, and now to teaching computer music and multimedia. ...
... was an incredible mentor and teacher. His talents and interests were far ranging-in addition to acoustic composition he had an interest in electronic music, and it was in his class that I started on a path that led from UCR to UC Berkeley to France, and now to teaching computer music and multimedia. ...
PDF - PRISM Quartet
... People’s Emergency Center is a chance for PRISM to finally focus on Levy’s own music, which draws freely—and often surprisingly—from classical, jazz, world, and rock traditions. The album begins with a particularly instructive example. Under The Sun is a three-part suite scored for a saxophone choir ...
... People’s Emergency Center is a chance for PRISM to finally focus on Levy’s own music, which draws freely—and often surprisingly—from classical, jazz, world, and rock traditions. The album begins with a particularly instructive example. Under The Sun is a three-part suite scored for a saxophone choir ...
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... and his ASCAP royalties as well – is [sic] based, only ‘Solitude’ appears to have been entirely his work (Collier 1993: 302). [txt] Evaluating Ellington’s status as a composer he writes: [ext] By ‘composer’ we usually mean somebody who makes up more or less complete works of music that are written d ...
... and his ASCAP royalties as well – is [sic] based, only ‘Solitude’ appears to have been entirely his work (Collier 1993: 302). [txt] Evaluating Ellington’s status as a composer he writes: [ext] By ‘composer’ we usually mean somebody who makes up more or less complete works of music that are written d ...
Recondite Harmony: the operas of Puccini Introduction
... tonal organization? These questions heighten awareness of the challenges of understanding opera ...
... tonal organization? These questions heighten awareness of the challenges of understanding opera ...