McCarter Theater Presents Christian Tetzlaff, Violin Lars Vogt, Piano
... measures. The instruments then trade places, as the melody is repeated by the violin. A short, energetic transition passage now leads to the song-derived second subject. Out of its final phrase emerges a third idea, surprisingly heroic in character and marked by pairs of repeated notes and brief tri ...
... measures. The instruments then trade places, as the melody is repeated by the violin. A short, energetic transition passage now leads to the song-derived second subject. Out of its final phrase emerges a third idea, surprisingly heroic in character and marked by pairs of repeated notes and brief tri ...
About Diapason
... how precisely these pitches are tuned, and since most of the partials in the harmonic series do not coincide with pitches of the standard 12-tone equaltempered scale, some unusual procedures are required to perform the piece. These include the following: (1) all of the string instruments are retuned ...
... how precisely these pitches are tuned, and since most of the partials in the harmonic series do not coincide with pitches of the standard 12-tone equaltempered scale, some unusual procedures are required to perform the piece. These include the following: (1) all of the string instruments are retuned ...
CMR quartet article
... Quartet, written between 2007 and 2009, actually preceded that of the Second Quartet (2006-7): ‘I had intended to write the 3rd quartet a little earlier than I did—and, because of time constraints and knowing that it was going to be a much more extended piece, I wrote the 2nd quartet instead.’ (Fin ...
... Quartet, written between 2007 and 2009, actually preceded that of the Second Quartet (2006-7): ‘I had intended to write the 3rd quartet a little earlier than I did—and, because of time constraints and knowing that it was going to be a much more extended piece, I wrote the 2nd quartet instead.’ (Fin ...
The physics of musics: Standing waves in string
... Guitars use strings with high tension. The length, tension and mass of the strings aect the pitches you hear. High tension and short strings make high frequencies; low tension and long strings make low frequencies. When a string is rst plucked, it vibrates at many frequencies. All of these except ...
... Guitars use strings with high tension. The length, tension and mass of the strings aect the pitches you hear. High tension and short strings make high frequencies; low tension and long strings make low frequencies. When a string is rst plucked, it vibrates at many frequencies. All of these except ...
English Notes - Chandos Records
... Op. 76 turned out to be the last full set of six string quartets that Haydn would compose. While they were written over the period 1796 – 97, they were not published until 1799. This was because they had been commissioned by Count Joseph Erdödy, and such arrangements often entailed, as in this case, ...
... Op. 76 turned out to be the last full set of six string quartets that Haydn would compose. While they were written over the period 1796 – 97, they were not published until 1799. This was because they had been commissioned by Count Joseph Erdödy, and such arrangements often entailed, as in this case, ...
HARLEM QuARTET - Rockport Music
... After Chausson had heard the quartet in a trial run, he wrote to Debussy with criticisms and reservations. Debussy replied, “I must tell you that for 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 ...
... After Chausson had heard the quartet in a trial run, he wrote to Debussy with criticisms and reservations. Debussy replied, “I must tell you that for 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 ...
Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9, No. 5 “Äußerst langsam
... Webern was always attracted to miniatures. His entire compositional output can be contained on three compact discs. However, even in the tiny Bagatelle No. 5, he incorporates quite a few twentieth-century concepts. For instance, this bagatelle is a good illustration of Schoenberg’s notion of “panton ...
... Webern was always attracted to miniatures. His entire compositional output can be contained on three compact discs. However, even in the tiny Bagatelle No. 5, he incorporates quite a few twentieth-century concepts. For instance, this bagatelle is a good illustration of Schoenberg’s notion of “panton ...
Categories of expressivity in Guillaume Lekeu`s musical language
... Issues examined in this dissertation's analytical part clarify rules of functioning in multidimensional sound reality in Lekeu's works. Conclusions constitute a summary of detailed description of sound matter. They also define textural context as a decisive component in managing scale of emotions in ...
... Issues examined in this dissertation's analytical part clarify rules of functioning in multidimensional sound reality in Lekeu's works. Conclusions constitute a summary of detailed description of sound matter. They also define textural context as a decisive component in managing scale of emotions in ...
Aspects of contemporary technique
... disregarded anything in their preparatory studies that might make this music less of a physical cipher to them. Indeed, the training material and thought processes behind today’s teaching have generally continued as if the compositional milestones and solutions of this century had never happened. Th ...
... disregarded anything in their preparatory studies that might make this music less of a physical cipher to them. Indeed, the training material and thought processes behind today’s teaching have generally continued as if the compositional milestones and solutions of this century had never happened. Th ...
Music
... Ludwig van Beethoven crossed over from Classical and Romantic went deaf wrote 9 symphonies ...
... Ludwig van Beethoven crossed over from Classical and Romantic went deaf wrote 9 symphonies ...
Brahms: String Sextet in B flat Major, Opus 18
... The A Major sextet is a fine example of Dvořák’s virtues. Rich in Slavonic blood, the work also reveals a masterful compositional style. The first movement takes a sonata form with its quiet and delicate main theme, a development with agogic or “off-beat” rhythmic patterns, and a tender return which ...
... The A Major sextet is a fine example of Dvořák’s virtues. Rich in Slavonic blood, the work also reveals a masterful compositional style. The first movement takes a sonata form with its quiet and delicate main theme, a development with agogic or “off-beat” rhythmic patterns, and a tender return which ...
Reviews - Sitkovetsky Piano Trio Sitkovetsky Trio, Smetana`s G
... work of huge scope and vision. It opens with a surging long melodic line announced by the piano then the cello and finally the violin, to create a rich warm texture and it takes enormous energy and drive to keep the tension up in a long and romantic exploration of his ideas about chamber music – thi ...
... work of huge scope and vision. It opens with a surging long melodic line announced by the piano then the cello and finally the violin, to create a rich warm texture and it takes enormous energy and drive to keep the tension up in a long and romantic exploration of his ideas about chamber music – thi ...
ARRANGING FOR STRINGS Part 2
... and blend. Unless, of course, you are writing for a string quartet, where each part is of equal value and the four string players balance within themselves. Pizzicato is more resonant when played on the lower strings. For violins, it is best to keep pizzicato notes within the treble staff. ...
... and blend. Unless, of course, you are writing for a string quartet, where each part is of equal value and the four string players balance within themselves. Pizzicato is more resonant when played on the lower strings. For violins, it is best to keep pizzicato notes within the treble staff. ...
The Opera Industry
... called Therese Malfatti, and we know little about her, apart from the fact that she was half the composer’s age and that her family evidently (and probably wisely) rejected Beethoven’s offer. It was in the aftermath of this event, in the summer of 1810, that Beethoven—on travels away from Vienna, p ...
... called Therese Malfatti, and we know little about her, apart from the fact that she was half the composer’s age and that her family evidently (and probably wisely) rejected Beethoven’s offer. It was in the aftermath of this event, in the summer of 1810, that Beethoven—on travels away from Vienna, p ...
Inside Story
... “Well, this doesn’t happen very often – at least not in the middle of a busy reviewing time-table. No sooner had I got to the end of Piers Hellawell’s Quadruple Elegy than I was reaching for the repeat button. As expected, this intensely lyrical, subtly original music revealed even more the second t ...
... “Well, this doesn’t happen very often – at least not in the middle of a busy reviewing time-table. No sooner had I got to the end of Piers Hellawell’s Quadruple Elegy than I was reaching for the repeat button. As expected, this intensely lyrical, subtly original music revealed even more the second t ...
Britten and the String Quartet
... Whatever the case, the composer announced to its dedicatee that this new Quartet was “the greatest advance that I have yet made, & altho’ it is far from perfect, it has given me encouragement to continue on new lines”. Let’s see if we can locate some of the aspects of the work that might betray tha ...
... Whatever the case, the composer announced to its dedicatee that this new Quartet was “the greatest advance that I have yet made, & altho’ it is far from perfect, it has given me encouragement to continue on new lines”. Let’s see if we can locate some of the aspects of the work that might betray tha ...
Transitions - Music@Menlo
... which outline his compositional trajectory. The first group of piano works—composed throughout the 1850s and early 1860s—includes three large-scale sonatas (opp. 1, 2, and 5), the Scherzo in e-flat minor, op. 4, and two sets of variations on themes by Handel (op. 24) and Paganini (op. 35). Though sk ...
... which outline his compositional trajectory. The first group of piano works—composed throughout the 1850s and early 1860s—includes three large-scale sonatas (opp. 1, 2, and 5), the Scherzo in e-flat minor, op. 4, and two sets of variations on themes by Handel (op. 24) and Paganini (op. 35). Though sk ...
Phy123 PianoDesign-sol
... tones. Each string produces a different tone, so the average piano has 88 strings. We will design for a minimum of 85 tones and therefore, 85 strings. The frame of the piano must fit into the living room of a typical family home. The total tension (the sum of all the string tensions) that a grand pi ...
... tones. Each string produces a different tone, so the average piano has 88 strings. We will design for a minimum of 85 tones and therefore, 85 strings. The frame of the piano must fit into the living room of a typical family home. The total tension (the sum of all the string tensions) that a grand pi ...
String Instrument Extended Techniques
... tunings allows the playing of otherwise impossible note sequences, double stops, chords or other note combinations, or can be used to create unusual timbres. Mahler’s 4th Symphony involves a violin solo in the 2nd movement in scordatura tuning. In Danse Macabre by SaintSaëns, a solo violin is used w ...
... tunings allows the playing of otherwise impossible note sequences, double stops, chords or other note combinations, or can be used to create unusual timbres. Mahler’s 4th Symphony involves a violin solo in the 2nd movement in scordatura tuning. In Danse Macabre by SaintSaëns, a solo violin is used w ...
program notes
... blossomed early as a gifted pianist, and was blessed with the friendship with Brahms, and that of Brahms’ best friend, the violinist Joseph Joachim. Dohnanyi played in chamber music continually during his student years at the Budapest Music Academy. So it is no coincidence that his first published w ...
... blossomed early as a gifted pianist, and was blessed with the friendship with Brahms, and that of Brahms’ best friend, the violinist Joseph Joachim. Dohnanyi played in chamber music continually during his student years at the Budapest Music Academy. So it is no coincidence that his first published w ...
UCP program notes Oct 4 - University of Chicago Presents
... this music. This quartet is remarkable for the sound-world Britten creates, for the structure of its movements, for the way themes reappear in different guises, and for its unexpected key relationships. The unusual sound-world is evident from the first instant of the Andante sostenuto, where the two ...
... this music. This quartet is remarkable for the sound-world Britten creates, for the structure of its movements, for the way themes reappear in different guises, and for its unexpected key relationships. The unusual sound-world is evident from the first instant of the Andante sostenuto, where the two ...
Secular Vocal Music - Fulford School : VLE
... We are in the world of the English drawing room in the late 18th century when well-bred young ladies occupied themselves and entertained their guests with music. The repertoire consisted of piano pieces and songs, well crafted and sometimes quite intricate, but melodious, easy on the ear and not too ...
... We are in the world of the English drawing room in the late 18th century when well-bred young ladies occupied themselves and entertained their guests with music. The repertoire consisted of piano pieces and songs, well crafted and sometimes quite intricate, but melodious, easy on the ear and not too ...
Preview Only - Allans Billy Hyde
... be present in both the melody lines and the accompaniment, as often times the underlying voices are what provide harmonic interest and color. The stylistic shift in the second section at measure 13 merits a bow style change to an almost baroque-like sprightliness. Each voice should be brought out at ...
... be present in both the melody lines and the accompaniment, as often times the underlying voices are what provide harmonic interest and color. The stylistic shift in the second section at measure 13 merits a bow style change to an almost baroque-like sprightliness. Each voice should be brought out at ...
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or any small chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers, with one performer to a part. However, by definition it usually does not include solo instrument performances.Because of its intimate nature, chamber music has been described as ""the music of friends"". For more than 100 years, chamber music was played primarily by amateur musicians in their homes, and even today, when most chamber music performance has migrated from the home to the concert hall, many musicians, amateur and professional, still play chamber music for their own pleasure. Playing chamber music requires special skills, both musical and social, that differ from the skills required for playing solo or symphonic works.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe described chamber music (specifically, string quartet music) as ""four rational people conversing"". This conversational paradigm has been a thread woven through the history of chamber music composition from the end of the 18th century to the present. The analogy to conversation recurs in descriptions and analyses of chamber music compositions.