Uploaded April 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
A look at a significant Georgian.
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Music:
- Otar Taktakishvili: Poem, performed by Luka Okrostsvaridze [original upload: bclgYBvtPI4]
- 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 a significant Georgian.
This was a viewer request from YouTuber classicalmusic26. See the current request queue at lentovivace.com/requestqueue.html.
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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:
- Otar Taktakishvili: Poem, performed by Luka Okrostsvaridze [original upload: bclgYBvtPI4]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Silvestre Revueltas and his Revolutionary Music
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📚 Sources/further reading:
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8194/f31fbbd739ff0ad85126a0fe664e8feb681d.pdf
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4440/987ea25d7113294b676502f87c6b82815e4f.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284189469_Negotiating_History_Nation_and_the_Canon_The_String_Quartets_of_Silvestre_Revueltas
https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=5011&context=gradschool_dissertations
https://www.ethnomusicologyreview.ucla.edu/printpdf/journal/volume/19/piece/800
https://www.associazionerevueltas.it/en/revueltas.html
https://www.puertovallarta.net/fast_facts/silvestre-revueltas
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Silvestre Revueltas: Redes, performed by the RTVE Symphony Orchestra conducted by Manuel Hernández Silva [original upload: 6bgjoc3ETEs]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Silvestre Revueltas: Sensemayá, performed by the New Philarmonia Orchestra conducted by Eduardo Mata [original upload: WjfE2pUPKrU]
- Silvestre Revueltas: Homenaje a Federico García Lorca, performed by the Nationaal Jeugd Orkest conducted by Etienne Siebens [original upload: DsnJF2gpBgM]
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![Advice for Beginning Composers
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Answering a pertinent question.
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Music:
- Thomas Little: “C’est la Vie” from the Sonata for Violin and Piano, performed by Michele Zimmerman and George Mobley and available for purchase on Bandcamp: https://lentovivace.bandcamp.com/album/sonata-for-violin-and-piano
- 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: Hermann Necke
A look at a super-obscure fellow.
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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:
- Hermann Necke and YouTuber hosnm4536: Transcendental “Csikós Post,” synthesized performance [original upload: nphL9KOUPsc]
- 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 Visit to the National Music Museum
Road trip!
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:
- 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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![Composition Masterclass #8: A 13-Piece Marathon
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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:
- “Chaconne” by Joshua Ryan [w/ MIDI render]: 0:00
- “Woodwind Quintet” by Joshua Ryan [w/ MIDI render]: 11:55
- Six Pieces for Soprano Saxophone and Piano by Sean Gleason: 24:03
- “Presto Giocoso” by Agis Vlachos [w/ MIDI render]: 38:30
- “Toccata” by Agis Vlachos: 43:09
- “Concert Fantasy” by Brian E. Young: 46:28
- Cello Concerto No. 1, Mvt. 1, by Mason Guy: 54:56
- “Elegy for Winds” by Logan Campbell: 1:01:12
- “Lied Ohne Worte” by Logan Campbell: 1:11:04
- “Heavy Air” by Matt Barnett [w/ MIDI render]: 1:14:35
- “Tempest” by Thomas Shorthouse: 1:21:29
- “Rêverie” by Luke Marrable (performed by Luke Marrable): 1:29:07
- Sonatina in F Major by Jorge Luiz F. Campos [w/ MIDI render]: 1:36:26
Additional Music:
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Great Composers: Frank Zappa
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Zappa music analysis: http://www.zappa-analysis.com/Zappastudy%202012.pdf
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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:
- Edgard Varèse: Amériques, performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Chailly [original upload: 8zXaEwWFbnA]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![David Schiff on Carter and More
Thanks again to Dr. Schiff for taking the time to chat about his life, music, and studies with Elliott Carter!
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![Les Six: An Introduction [Les Six, Pt. 1/7]
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📚 Sources/further reading:
“Les Six: The French Composers and Their Mentors Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie” edited by Robert Shapiro (Peter Owen Publishers, 2011)
“Georges Auric: A Life in Music and Politics” by Colin Roust (Oxford University Press, 2020)
“I am a Composer” by Arthur Honegger, translated by Wilson Clough and Allan Willman (Faber and Faber, 1966)
“My Happy Life” by Darius Milhaud, translated by Donald Evans, George Hall, and Christopher Palmer (Marion Boyars, 1995)
“Poulenc: A Biography” by Roger Nichols (Yale University Press, 2020)
“Poulenc: The Life in the Songs” by Graham Johnson (Norton, 2020)
“Germaine Tailleferre: A Bio-Bibliography” by Robert Shapiro (Greenwood Press, 1994)
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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:
- Erik Satie: Nocturne #1 (1919), performed by Thomas Little
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Arthur Honegger: Sept Pièces Brèves (1920), performed by John Robson [free recordings courtesy pianosociety.com]
- Francis Poulenc: Selections from Nocturnes (1930–8), performed by John Robson (#1, #3) and Monica Hart (#7, #8) [free recordings courtesy pianosociety.com]
- Francis Poulenc: Selections from Improvisations (1932–59), performed by Monica Hart (#5, #7) [free recordings courtesy pianosociety.com]
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![What is a Concerto?
↓ ↓ LINKS TO INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS ↓ ↓
1 - The Early Days: 0:23
2 - The Mid-Baroque: 6:21
2.5 - Terminology: 10:55
3 - Vivaldi and Ritornello Form: 11:19
4 - The Classical Ideal: 16:46
5 - Beethoven Blows it Up: 35:44
6 - The Heroic Soloist: 37:18
7 - What Happened?: 49:04
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:
- Thomas Little: Snowfall [original upload: QTuMYQH0pWo]
- Giovanni Gabrieli: In Ecclesiis, performed by the Arp Schnitger Ensemble, Oltremontano, and the Gesualdo Consort [original upload: u3U47JuKxnw]
- Heinrich Schütz: Saul, Saul, Was Verfolgst du Mich, SWV 415, performed by the Bach-Kantorei Appenzeller Mittelland conducted by Wilfried Schnetzler [original upload: lZvrVPVhG9w]
- Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Flutes in C major, RV 533, performed by Paula Robison and the Gardner Chamber Orchestra and available on IMSLP: http://tinyurl.com/yxwpexj7
- Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto No.8 in G minor, “Fatto per la notte di Natale,” performed by Archi di Roma and available on IMSLP: http://tinyurl.com/yy7ytzpg
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048, performed by A Far Cry and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/yykz5yum
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K.453, performed by Chiara Bergoglio and the Italian Philharmonic Orchestra and available in IMSLP: http://tinyurl.com/y3nz989r
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, Mvt. 1 “Allegro non troppo,” performed by Debbie Hu and the University of Washington Symphony and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/yyl9mwcx
- Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1, Mvt. 1 “Allegro maestoso,” performed by Debbie Hu and the University of Washington Symphony and available on IMSLP: http://tinyurl.com/y6gxtjxr
- John Cage: Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra, performed by John Tilbury and the BBC Scottish Orchestra [original upload: wGsGPF1QPP8]
Footage:
- Ferruccio Busoni: Piano Concerto in C Major, performed by Marc-André Hamelin and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mark Elder [original upload: ohPzurDZzZ4]
- Francis Schwartz: Concerto for Solo Conductor, performed by Vicky Shin [original upload: LtgbrLfN1Qc]
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![Saties Nostalgic Masterpiece
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Filmed on location in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, University at Buffalo.
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- Erik Satie: Gymnopédie #1, performed in fits and starts by Thomas Little
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