Charles Tomlinson Griffes: An Amepican Opiginal
... to the mechanics of piano playing, she guided and nurtured his taste in books and art. In the summer of 1903, after he graduated from the Elmira Free Academy, Charles Griffes boarded an ocean liner for a journey that would carry him to Berlin, where he would study until 1907. Berlin in 1903 was one ...
... to the mechanics of piano playing, she guided and nurtured his taste in books and art. In the summer of 1903, after he graduated from the Elmira Free Academy, Charles Griffes boarded an ocean liner for a journey that would carry him to Berlin, where he would study until 1907. Berlin in 1903 was one ...
The Case for Alea: Boulez on Indeterminacy
... reasons for this new creation- first, a deep look at form, particularly the lack of formal evolution in the second Viennese school, allowed him to reach to new heights in creating and establishing a modern sense of musical form. Second, his tumultuous relationship with Cage caused him to reject many ...
... reasons for this new creation- first, a deep look at form, particularly the lack of formal evolution in the second Viennese school, allowed him to reach to new heights in creating and establishing a modern sense of musical form. Second, his tumultuous relationship with Cage caused him to reject many ...
RCO Journal 2012_Whitehead - Royal College of Organists
... This tendency of the small-scale slur to be subsumed into larger imaginative units is described by a number of nineteenth-century composers and performers. There are several well-known examples of composers advising students that slurs need not mean separation of sound or the lifting of the hand in ...
... This tendency of the small-scale slur to be subsumed into larger imaginative units is described by a number of nineteenth-century composers and performers. There are several well-known examples of composers advising students that slurs need not mean separation of sound or the lifting of the hand in ...
CONSTANTIN SILVESTRI`S COMPOSITIONAL ACTIVITY
... Silvestri belongs to the post-Enescian generation of composers. His creative activity unfolded only until 1953 and his musical output includes a relatively small number of works: piano pieces, lieder, chamber music and symphonic music. Silvestri's compositional output is in tune with the main Europe ...
... Silvestri belongs to the post-Enescian generation of composers. His creative activity unfolded only until 1953 and his musical output includes a relatively small number of works: piano pieces, lieder, chamber music and symphonic music. Silvestri's compositional output is in tune with the main Europe ...
Inaugural lecture 26/02/03 Medtner and the Muse My first cursory
... and gifted musicians gave up any notion of composing for fear that the language that was natural to them would invite ridicule, even accusations of moral infirmity; a time too when even a major radical of the 1920’s Bela Bartók, was consciously trying to simplify his language to make it more accessi ...
... and gifted musicians gave up any notion of composing for fear that the language that was natural to them would invite ridicule, even accusations of moral infirmity; a time too when even a major radical of the 1920’s Bela Bartók, was consciously trying to simplify his language to make it more accessi ...
Redescovering Soler`s Sonatas for Keyboard Instruments
... European Baroque, Bach and Scarlatti, their compositions are always present in concert halls around the world, both performers and audience continuing to listen to them and cherish them, seemingly more than ever. Contemporary with Domenico Scarlatti, whose influence on Iberian clavecinismis huge, An ...
... European Baroque, Bach and Scarlatti, their compositions are always present in concert halls around the world, both performers and audience continuing to listen to them and cherish them, seemingly more than ever. Contemporary with Domenico Scarlatti, whose influence on Iberian clavecinismis huge, An ...
Mozartian Touches in Michael Haydn`s Dramatic Works
... is no doubt that the symphony, from the Allegro on, was written at an earlier time by Michael Haydn. Neal Zaslaw presents a reconstruction of the events that may have led to Mozart’s partial copying of Haydn’s symphony. He assumes that it was intended to be played at Mozart’s subscription concerts ...
... is no doubt that the symphony, from the Allegro on, was written at an earlier time by Michael Haydn. Neal Zaslaw presents a reconstruction of the events that may have led to Mozart’s partial copying of Haydn’s symphony. He assumes that it was intended to be played at Mozart’s subscription concerts ...
Rudepoema
... underlying harmonic system, but rather by means of locally maximized differentiation”. Villa-Lobos uses this principle to articulate sections that require a stronger sense of closure, like the ending of the exposition’s closing section before starting the development (Example 8). ...
... underlying harmonic system, but rather by means of locally maximized differentiation”. Villa-Lobos uses this principle to articulate sections that require a stronger sense of closure, like the ending of the exposition’s closing section before starting the development (Example 8). ...
Unit 3 - Powerpoint
... • Eccentric personality and dysfunctional family throughout lifetime • Complete works include 9 symphonies 1 opera 2 masses piano concertos 1 violin concerto 16 string quartets Various chamber pieces including piano sonatas • Composed in every major form of the Classical era ...
... • Eccentric personality and dysfunctional family throughout lifetime • Complete works include 9 symphonies 1 opera 2 masses piano concertos 1 violin concerto 16 string quartets Various chamber pieces including piano sonatas • Composed in every major form of the Classical era ...
“Say it ain`t so, Joe”: Haydn, Pleyel and the Two Piano
... (Crompton J.) "An apprentice is, however, not the less an apprentice because he is called by some other name. Inasmuch as the term 'apprentice' is generally applied to persons bound to learn a trade, I can quite understand that gentlemen practising a liberal profession might wish for a somewhat high ...
... (Crompton J.) "An apprentice is, however, not the less an apprentice because he is called by some other name. Inasmuch as the term 'apprentice' is generally applied to persons bound to learn a trade, I can quite understand that gentlemen practising a liberal profession might wish for a somewhat high ...
Franz Joseph Haydn, Gr. 1 - Kasson
... At an early age, Haydn’s parents recognized their son's musical talent (He was a good singer and learned songs very easily,) but since they were poor they couldn’t afford to send him to school. At age 6, Haydn went to live with his uncle, who ran a boys’ school in a neighboring town. At age 8, Haydn ...
... At an early age, Haydn’s parents recognized their son's musical talent (He was a good singer and learned songs very easily,) but since they were poor they couldn’t afford to send him to school. At age 6, Haydn went to live with his uncle, who ran a boys’ school in a neighboring town. At age 8, Haydn ...
Franz Joseph Haydn - Classics for Kids
... including Gluck and Wagensiel and also came under the influence of CPE Bach whose composition book he purchased. Around this time a new era was dawning in Vienna. The city had had a rich Baroque tradition for years, most recently under Charles VI and composers like Fux and Caldara. But with the deat ...
... including Gluck and Wagensiel and also came under the influence of CPE Bach whose composition book he purchased. Around this time a new era was dawning in Vienna. The city had had a rich Baroque tradition for years, most recently under Charles VI and composers like Fux and Caldara. But with the deat ...
jon Nakamatsu - Harmonia Mundi
... Melodically this is pure Brahms, with a theme of exceptionally expressive warmth that, characteristically, falls in thirds. In the development, there is an extended episode in D flat major, and notably, this section shares an elegiac sentiment with other sections in the piece that inhabit the same t ...
... Melodically this is pure Brahms, with a theme of exceptionally expressive warmth that, characteristically, falls in thirds. In the development, there is an extended episode in D flat major, and notably, this section shares an elegiac sentiment with other sections in the piece that inhabit the same t ...
Read the Article
... as someone interested in this music, I might already have them. So I wound up with several copies of each record, and in turn gave them to my friends. People began to believe that Schnittke was my favourite composer. And even though that isn’t exactly true, I do still have a particular connexion to ...
... as someone interested in this music, I might already have them. So I wound up with several copies of each record, and in turn gave them to my friends. People began to believe that Schnittke was my favourite composer. And even though that isn’t exactly true, I do still have a particular connexion to ...
Chapter A History of Western Music
... • highly individual; pleases patrons, players, and public • conventions mixed with the unexpected • main style source: galant style § songful melodies, short phrases, balanced periods, light accompaniment ...
... • highly individual; pleases patrons, players, and public • conventions mixed with the unexpected • main style source: galant style § songful melodies, short phrases, balanced periods, light accompaniment ...
BEETHOVEN`S 32 PIANO SONATAS ROBERT SILVERMAN
... reminds us that peaceful moments are transitory, and that darker forces are always present even if they do not show their faces at every moment. The finale is one of Beethoven’s most ominous creations. Cast in sonata-allegro form, it is one of only two movements marked Prestissimo in the entire set ...
... reminds us that peaceful moments are transitory, and that darker forces are always present even if they do not show their faces at every moment. The finale is one of Beethoven’s most ominous creations. Cast in sonata-allegro form, it is one of only two movements marked Prestissimo in the entire set ...
PDF text - Music Theory Online
... could any listener who understands the nature of classical introductions, main themes, and transitions possibly even consider hearing an introduction at the beginning of the Tempest? Hepokoski notes that Beethoven built “startling instabilities” into his opening, but he regards Dahlhaus’s “new-path” ...
... could any listener who understands the nature of classical introductions, main themes, and transitions possibly even consider hearing an introduction at the beginning of the Tempest? Hepokoski notes that Beethoven built “startling instabilities” into his opening, but he regards Dahlhaus’s “new-path” ...
A meeting with Horowitz - Geoffrey Douglas Madge
... make them so "electric." Horowitz, of course, was not the only pianist to achieve this feeling, I have sensed the same in live performances by masters such as Moiesewitsch, Horszowski and Richter. But the way in which it occurred with Horowitz made time appear to stand still. I have noticed that the ...
... make them so "electric." Horowitz, of course, was not the only pianist to achieve this feeling, I have sensed the same in live performances by masters such as Moiesewitsch, Horszowski and Richter. But the way in which it occurred with Horowitz made time appear to stand still. I have noticed that the ...
File - MIchael Bruschi
... Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)1 was an Italian composer born in Naples who spent much of his later life in various posts in Spain and Portugal. During his formative period in Italy, which included stays in Naples, Venice, and Rome, he perfected his skill on the harpsichord, first learning music from ...
... Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)1 was an Italian composer born in Naples who spent much of his later life in various posts in Spain and Portugal. During his formative period in Italy, which included stays in Naples, Venice, and Rome, he perfected his skill on the harpsichord, first learning music from ...
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... Brahms’s Compositions • Brahms also wrote a great deal of work for small forces. His many works of chamber music form part of the core of this repertoire, as does his solo piano music. Brahms is also considered to be among the greatest of composers of lieder, of which he wrote about 200. • Brahms n ...
... Brahms’s Compositions • Brahms also wrote a great deal of work for small forces. His many works of chamber music form part of the core of this repertoire, as does his solo piano music. Brahms is also considered to be among the greatest of composers of lieder, of which he wrote about 200. • Brahms n ...
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... the Baroque era. Henry Purcell wrote complex and chromatic Chaconnes for violin, and Bach’s Chaconne, from his Partita No. 2, may represent the culmination of this genre. 250 years later, this work returns to Los Angeles, one of those cities in the “New World,” in the capable hands of another great ...
... the Baroque era. Henry Purcell wrote complex and chromatic Chaconnes for violin, and Bach’s Chaconne, from his Partita No. 2, may represent the culmination of this genre. 250 years later, this work returns to Los Angeles, one of those cities in the “New World,” in the capable hands of another great ...
Haydn in London: Papa Haydn or genial revolutionary? Transcript
... nationalism was no longer a popular idea, and neoclassicism in music, and in other art forms, was to become hugely popular. In fact, one of the interesting things about Stravinsky's own music, if you listen to the Rite of Spring, Petrushka or Firebird, they are essentially an extension of the Romant ...
... nationalism was no longer a popular idea, and neoclassicism in music, and in other art forms, was to become hugely popular. In fact, one of the interesting things about Stravinsky's own music, if you listen to the Rite of Spring, Petrushka or Firebird, they are essentially an extension of the Romant ...
- MusicTeachers.co.uk
... development and maturing of Haydn's art. In addition to composing operas for the court, Haydn composed symphonies, string quartets, and other chamber music. The prince was a passionate performer on the baryton, and Haydn provided for his patron more than 150 compositions featuring this now-obsolete ...
... development and maturing of Haydn's art. In addition to composing operas for the court, Haydn composed symphonies, string quartets, and other chamber music. The prince was a passionate performer on the baryton, and Haydn provided for his patron more than 150 compositions featuring this now-obsolete ...
Franz Joseph Haydn
... Haydn returned to Vienna in 1795, moved into a large house in the country. He began working on two religious works for chorus and orchestra entitled The Creation and The Seasons. In 1802, an illness from which Haydn had been suffering for some time had increased in severity to the point that he bec ...
... Haydn returned to Vienna in 1795, moved into a large house in the country. He began working on two religious works for chorus and orchestra entitled The Creation and The Seasons. In 1802, an illness from which Haydn had been suffering for some time had increased in severity to the point that he bec ...
Ornamentation in the Piano Music of Beethoven
... No.2 should be played before the beat and with a marked accent on the main note (see Ex.13).8 Czerny had studied this sonata with Beethoven and seems also to have heard Beethoven perform it several times. William Newman, obviously disagreeing, describes Czerny’s prescription for this ornament as “a ...
... No.2 should be played before the beat and with a marked accent on the main note (see Ex.13).8 Czerny had studied this sonata with Beethoven and seems also to have heard Beethoven perform it several times. William Newman, obviously disagreeing, describes Czerny’s prescription for this ornament as “a ...