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A look at an important Slovakian.
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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.
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Music:
- Eugen Suchoň: Ked Sa Vlci Zisli, performed by the Charleston Virtuosi String Quartet [original upload: hTWUVRggvTA]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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A look at an important Slovakian.
Link to article on the censorship of "The Whirlpool": https://www.sav.sk/journals/uploads/02181833SD0X2014-015.pdf
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Music:
- Eugen Suchoň: Ked Sa Vlci Zisli, performed by the Charleston Virtuosi String Quartet [original upload: hTWUVRggvTA]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Amédée Méreaux and his Infamous Études
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📚 Sources/further reading:
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/59f6/9c32ae1fd0588e4984e9e72f13e35b29edbe.pdf
https://mereaux.pagesperso-orange.fr/Amedee_Mereaux.htm
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.612.2179&rep=rep1&type=pdf
http://darwin-online.org.uk/converted/pdf/1866_cut_A167.pdf
https://ethaniverson.com/interviews/interview-with-marc-andre-hamelin/
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Amédée Méreaux: String Quartet Op. 121 (pub. 1877), performed by Steve’s Bedroom Band and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/mereaux
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Amédée Méreaux: Étude Op. 63 #45, “Scherzo” [MIDI render, original upload: bSHjm1Uafd0]
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![Great Composers: Anton Webern
A look at the grandfather of serialism.
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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:
- Anton Webern: Variations, Op. 27, performed by Chiara Bertoglio
[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: Aaron Copland
A look at the Dean of American Composers.
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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:
- Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, performed by the Sydney Camerata Chamber Orchestra conducted by Luke Gilmour [original upload: CJYVH_kZkOk]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![A Death at the Organ: The Life and Works of Louis Vierne
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📚 Sources/further reading:
“Louis Vierne: Organist of Notre Dame Cathedral” by Rollin Smith
https://curate.nd.edu/downloads/pk02c82416n=
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849666/m2/1/high_res_d/LEE-DISSERTATION-2016.pdf
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/21344/Kang%2C%20Woosug%20%28DM%20Organ%29.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/17986/3021144.PDF?sequence=1
https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/41829
http://philosopherswheel.com/vierne.htm
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/louis-vierne-concert-organist-tribute_b_1559222
Special thanks to Raymond (https://www.raymondhawkinsmusic.com/) for starring as his favorite composer for this video!
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Louis Vierne: Symphony No. 6, Mvt. 5, performed by Raymond Hawkins
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, arranged à la Louis Vierne and performed by Raymond Hawkins
- Louis Vierne: Nocturne, Op. 34 No. 3, performed by Jean Dubé and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/y2ctujrz
- Louis Vierne: Piano Quintet, Op. 42, performed by Anne Robert, Marcelle Mallette, Neal Gripp, Elizabeth Dolin, and Jamie Parker [original upload: T9rCTrkIKnM]
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![Great Performers: György Cziffra
The last of the Lisztians.
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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:
- György Cziffra: Improvisation [original upload: GF-Ix0k60ts]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Darius Milhaud: Where France Meets Brazil [Les Six, Pt. 5/7]
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📚 Sources/further reading:
“My Happy Life” by Darius Milhaud, translated by Donald Evans, George Hall, and Christopher Palmer (Marion Boyars, 1995)
“Les Six: The French Composers and Their Mentors Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie,” edited by Robert Shapiro (Peter Owen Publishers, 2011)
“The German Connection: Darius Milhaud’s Unusual Path to Official Recognition in France” by Louis Epstein (The Journal of Musicology, Vol. 37, Issue 1)
“Darius Milhaud in the United States, 1940–71: Transatlantic Constructions of Musical Identity” by Erin K. Maher (PhD dissertation, University of North Carolina, 2011)
“What Brubeck Got From Milhaud” by John Salmon (American Music Teacher, February/March 1992): https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/J_Salmon_What_1992.pdf
“The Early Chamber Music of Darius Milhaud: Style and Structure” by Deborah Hazel Roberts (PhD dissertation, University of London, 1991): https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/files/2935237/DX191827_1.pdf
“A Wind Ensemble Adaptation and Conductor’s Analysis of Selected Movements of Darius Milhaud’s Saudades do Brazil, with an Examination of the Influences of Ernesto Nazareth” by Monty Roy Musgrave (DMA monograph, Louisiana State University, 2005): https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1031&context=gradschool_majorpapers
“Darius Milhaud’s La Création du Monde: The Conductor’s Guide to Performance” by Robert Ward Miller, Jr. (DMA thesis, University of Iowa, 2011): https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2726&context=etd
“A Performer’s Guide for Two Solo Song Cycles by Darius Milhaud (1892–1974): Catalogue de fleurs, Opus 60 & Six Chansons de Théâtre, Opus 151b” by Jolene Elizabeth Flory (DMA dissertation, University of South Carolina, 2014): https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3633&context=etd
“Darius Milhaud’s Sacred Service: A Historical, Textual, and Theoretical Analysis” by Robert Harold Matthews (DMA dissertation, UNC Greensboro, 2011): https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/Matthews_uncg_0154D_10828.pdf
“Latin American Influences on Selected Piano Pieces by Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Darius Milhaud” by Hyejeong Seong (DMA research project, West Virginia University, 2019): https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8466&context=etd
“The Influence of Jazz on French Solo Trombone Repertory” by Michael L. Samball (DMA dissertation, University of North Texas, 1987): https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331843/m2/1/high_res_d/1002715484-Samball.pdf
“The Violin Works of Darius Milhaud” by Eric Fried (DMA dissertation, University of Arizona, 1981)
I’d also like to thank the researchers at Universal Edition for their time.
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Darius Milhaud: Symphony No. 2, Op. 247 (1944), performed by the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Basel conducted by Alun Francis [original upload: RDHaIPzzYxA]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Darius Milhaud: Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 33 (1916), performed by Billy Eidi [original upload: 6raEGCyxLQI]
- Darius Milhaud: Pastorale for Wind Trio, Op. 147 (1935), performed by the Heliand Consort [original upload: TMctPXaihD8]
The full Janice Giteck interview may be found at TseufqRM88Y
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![What is the Tonality Diamond? (Harry Partchs Theories, Explained) [Harry Partch, Pt. 2/2]
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![How Arvo Pärt Tintinnabulates
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Music:
- Arvo Pärt: Für Alina (1976), performed by Andrey Surotdinov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckVK3Gxy w
- Arvo Pärt: Credo (1968), performed by Erik Cortés and the Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM conducted by Ludwig Carrasco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH20-J4O0MY
- Arvo Pärt: “O Morgenstern” from Seven Magnificat Antiphons (1988, 1991), performed by the Byrd Ensemble directed by Markdavin Obenza: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p241DwwO48c
- Arvo Pärt: Da pacem Domine for string quartet (2004/6), performed by the Feguš Quartet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h83kyT8AC1I
- Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten (1977), performed by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France conducted by Kent Nagano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMF2C2-zcWM
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![Marian Anderson: “Once in a Hundred Years”
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0:00 Credits & Introduction
0:20 I: South Philadelphia
4:03 II: An Emerging Artist
7:42 III: Conquering Europe
12:12 IV: Hurok
15:20 V: The Battle of Constitution Hall
22:05 VI: Orpheus
25:57 VII: Opera
28:18 VIII: A National Treasure
📚 Sources/further reading:
The main source for this book is Allan Keilers definitive biography, Marian Anderson: A Singers Journey. Additional information courtesy my visit in summer 2023 to the Marian Anderson Studio in Danbury, CT.
Music:
- Ave Maria by Franz Schubert, performed by Marian Anderson
- Every Time I Feel the Spirit, traditional, performed by Marian Anderson
- Hes Got the Whole World in His Hands, traditional, performed by Marian Anderson
- Oh! What a Beautiful City, traditional, performed by Marian Anderson
- My Country, ’Tis of Thee, written by Samuel Francis Smith, performed by Marian Anderson
- Hills by Frank La Forge, performed by Marian Anderson
- Un Ballo in Maschera by Giuseppe Verdi, performed by the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig conducted by Riccardo Chailly
- Songs my Mother Taught Me by Antonín Dvořák, performed by Marian Anderson
- He Shall Feed His Flock from Messiah by Georg Frideric Handel, performed by Marian Anderson
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![Fractions in Time Signatures
Fractions within fractions. Its like Inception.
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:
- Charles Ives: Piano Sonata #2 Concord, Mass., 1840-1860 Mvt. 3: The Alcotts (1919, rev. 1947), performed by Thomas Little
- 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 #7: Orchestrating Flutes
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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.
Todays pieces:
- “Pieza V” by Paulo Muena [w/ MIDI render]: 0:00
- “To & Fro” by Uncle Phil [w/ MIDI render]: 13:34
- “A Walk in the Park” by Uncle Phil [w/ MIDI render]: 19:11
- “Lesion” by Hunter Wentz [w/ MIDI render]: 24:55
- “Moderato” by Hunter Wentz [w/ MIDI render]: 40:17
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