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- “Piano Concerto in A Major, Mvt. 1" by Marcel Simader
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![Gustav Holst: Beyond the Planets
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📚 Sources/further reading:
“Gustav Holst: The Man and his Music” by Michael Short (Circaidy Gregory Press, 2014)
“Sacred Sound at the Symphony: A Conductor’s Guide to Faith Traditions in Choral-Orchestral Repertoire” by Robert Bott (PhD dissertation, University of North Texas, 2020): https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703425/m2/1/high_res_d/BOTT-DISSERTATION-2020.pdf
“An Analysis of Gustav Holst’s ‘The Planets’” by Kanokrut Leelasiri (MA thesis, Cal State Northridge, 2001): http://scholarworks.csun.edu/bitstream/handle/10211.2/2158/leelasirikanokrut2001.pdf?sequence=1
“A Study of Orchestration Techniques for the Wind Ensemble/Wind Band as Demonstrated in Seminal Works” by Chris Sharp (PhD dissertation, University of Florida, 2011): http://etd.fcla.edu/UF/UFE0042544/sharp_c.pdf
“Violin and Voice as Partners in Three Early Twentieth-Century English Works for Voice and Violin” by John Paul Rutland (PhD dissertation, University of North Texas, 2005): https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4935/m2/1/high_res_d/dissertation.pdf
“Modal Prolongational Structure in Selected Sacred Choral Compositions by Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams” by Timothy Paul Francis (PhD dissertation, University of Oregon, 2012): https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/12383/Francis_oregon_0171A_10372.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
ttp://www.gustavholst.info/journal/article-001.php?chapter=1
https://doublebassing.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/think-youre-a-failure-we-call-that-pulling-a-holst/
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Gustav Holst: First Suite for Military Band, performed by the United States Marine Band conducted by Frederick Fennell and available on IMSLP: tinyurl.com/6cuphbyb
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Gustav Holst: “Hymn to the Waters” from Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Group 3, performed by the North Central College Women’s Chorale and the DuPage Symphony Orchestra conducted by Barbara Schubert and available on IMSLP: tinyurl.com/ybtjde5d
- Giovanni Palestrina: Sicut Cervus, performed by Cantores Carmeli Linz conducted by Michael Stenov and available on IMSLP: tinyurl.com/ub5hhbss
- Gustav Holst: The Planets, performed by the National Youth Orchestra of Canada conducted by (probably) Alain Trudel and available on IMSLP: tinyurl.com/d7jy48we
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![Music as Narrative: Looking at my First Symphony
A presentation on narrative structure.
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- Thomas Little: Teton Pass (from Symphony No. 1 “The Grand Tetons”), performed by the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christopher James Lees [original upload: GIZQog6ElR4]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Great Composers: Hubert Parry
A look at a figurehead of the English Musical Renaissance.
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- Hubert Parry: Partita in D minor, mvts. 1-4, performed by Steve Jones and a synthesized piano and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/yc99v5xl
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Great Composers: Isao Tomita
A look at an electronic wizard.
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Classical Nerd is a weekly video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Gustav Holst: Mars, The Bringer of War, from The Planets, arranged by Isao Tomita [original upload: hsZqXdPZb8s]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Hertz vs. Cents: A Tuning Discrepancy?
Short answer? Not really. But theres some cool math ...
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![The Tradition and Revolution of Max Reger
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0:00 I: A Young Alcoholic
5:34 II: At the Intersection
12:42 III: Prolific Conundrum
18:07 IV: Leipzig & Meiningen
25:36 V: How Reger Wrote
33:22 VI: King of Modulation
36:05 VII: Nothing in Moderation
41:51 VIII: The Organ and Posterity
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📚 Sources/further reading:
“Max Reger: Am Wendepunkt zur Moderne: Ein Bildband mit Dokumenten aus den Beständen des Max-Reger-Institute” by Susanne Popp and Susanne Shigihara (Bouvier Verlag Herbert Grundmann, 1987)
“Developing Variation and Melodic Contour Analysis: A New Look at the Music of Max Reger” by Sarah McConnell (PhD dissertation, UNT, 2018): https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248493/m2/1/high_res_d/MCCONNELL-DISSERTATION-2018.pdf
“Max Reger’s ‘Telemann Variations,’ Op. 134: Analysis and Critical Evaluation of Editions, Including an Examination of Reger’s Performance Style Based on Concert Reviews” by Christian P. Bohnenstengel (DMA dissertation, University of Nebraska, 2007): https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=musicstudent
“The Relationship of Max Reger’s ‘Beiträge zur Modulationslehre’ to his Establishment of Tonality in Representative Organ Works” by Jane Ann Smith (DMA dissertation, University of Arizona, 2002): https://repository.arizona.edu/bitstream/handle/10150/289855/azu_td_3073258_sip1_m.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
“Elaboration of the ‘Grundgestalt’ through an Analysis of Max Reger’s Orchestral Works” by Miona Dimitrijevic (Indiana Theory Review, Volume 34, Numbers 1 & 2, Fall 2017, pp. 50-72 (Article)): https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/684257/pdf
Music:
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, arranged for solo organ and performed by Raymond Hawkins
- Max Reger: “Toccata” from 12 Stücke, Op. 59 (1901), performed by Michael Schopen and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/5yh4kdmd
- Max Reger: “Tantum ergo Sacramentum,” performed by Cantores Carmeli Linz directed by Michael Stenov and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/bdf3s9kt
- Max Reger: Fantasy and Fugue in C minor, Op. 29, performed by Bernhard Schneider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZks67wNJyw
- Max Reger: Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 64, Performed by Peter Schmalfus and the Pfeifer String Quartett: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtkmJGimyUs
- Max Reger: Serenade in G Major, Op. 95, performed by the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Eugen Jochum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m68wau-j4x0
- Max Reger: Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 101, performed by Yuuko Shiokawa and the Nuremberg Symphony conducted by Erich Kloss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7oDBrcBUvY
- Max Reger: Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 114, performed by Peter Serkin and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Herber Blomstedt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2lM21hM_4c
- Max Reger: Fantasy and Fugue on the name BACH, Op. 46, performed by Bernhard Schneider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHw5ala_Uh8
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![Ellington: The Life and Music of the Duke and His Orchestra
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📚 Sources/further reading:
Beyond Category: The Life And Genius Of Duke Ellington, by John Edward Hasse
https://www.basshall.com/globalassets/childrens-education-program/study-guides/jazz-ambassadors-literature-for-students-3-apr-2017 updated.pdf
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c82529e4b09ce5b334798a/t/53d285f7e4b0da367438ba1d/1406305783695/Ellington+article+-+final+version.pdf
http://depanorama.net/dems/1999-1.pdf
https://jazzstudiesonline.org/files/jso/resources/pdf/JREVTwo3.pdf
http://jazzday.com/media/VCFA-Ellington-Lecture-Andy-Jaffe-Feb-2017.pdf
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/74389550.pdf
https://www.academia.edu/4326037/The_Aesthetics_of_Duke_Ellingtons_Suites_the_Case_of_Togo_Brava_
https://www.academia.edu/2903318/_It_Dont_Mean_A_Thing_If_It_Aint_Got_That_Grundgestalt Ellington_from_a_Motivic_Perspective
https://www.academia.edu/1338555/Ellingtons_Lens_as_Motive_Mediating_Improvising_Voices_in_the_Far_East_Suite_
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Music:
- Duke Ellington: It Dont Mean a Thing (If it Aint Got that Swing), electronically realized by Thomas Little
- Duke Ellington: A Concert of Sacred Music, performed by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra [original upload: r8T5-AxBUwI]
- Duke Ellington: It Dont Mean a Thing (If it Aint Got that Swing), performed by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra [original upload: qDQpZT3GhDg]
- Duke Ellington: Mood Indigo, performed by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra [original upload: GohBkHaHap8]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Great Composers: Peter Warlock
A look at a critic-turned-composer.
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Music:
- Philip “Peter Warlock” Heseltine: Capriol Suite, arranged for solo piano by Maurice Jacobson and performed by Chris Breemer
[free recording courtesy pianosociety.com]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Great Composers: Nikolai Obukhov
A look at a blood-soaked legacy.
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- Nikolai Obukhov: The Third and Last Testament, performed by Monique Kruse, Martina Ruping, Annelies Lam, Marcel Beekman, Dmitri Ivachenko, Lidia Kavina, and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw [original upload: DOTRsrk5rH8]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Composition Masterclass #2: Seven Sharps and Score Order
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Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Aidan Lamb: Caprice in E-flat Major for Piano [MIDI render]
- Midnight_Rose_616 : The Virgin Succubus for Violin, Piano, Electric Bass, and Vibraphone [MIDI render]
- Glen Sheppard: Symphony of the Damned for Orchestra [MIDI render]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Great Composers: Johann Pachelbel
Nuremberg, Germany: Local composer discovers one weird trick for creating a classic canon!
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Classical Nerd is a weekly video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Johann Pachelbel: Ach Gott vom Himmel, sieh darein; Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder; and Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, performed by Chris Breemer
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- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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