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A look at a unique German.
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Music:
- Paul Hindemith: Viola Sonata, Op. 11 No. 4, performed by Beth Guberman and Matan Porat and available on IMSLP: tinyurl.com/ydb5zexu
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Tuba and Piano, performed by Joe Goralczyk and Avguste Antonov
[free recording courtesy pianosociety.com]
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A look at a unique German.
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Music:
- Paul Hindemith: Viola Sonata, Op. 11 No. 4, performed by Beth Guberman and Matan Porat and available on IMSLP: tinyurl.com/ydb5zexu
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Tuba and Piano, performed by Joe Goralczyk and Avguste Antonov
[free recording courtesy pianosociety.com]
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![The Mighty Handful: An Introduction [The Mighty Handful, Pt. 1/6]
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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:
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 (1888), performed by the University of Chicago Orchestra conducted by Barbara Schubert and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/ScheherazadeRK
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Writing for Eighth Blackbird: Episode 2
New title! A peek into the composition of a single atonal chord! Less rambling! The longest Classical Nerd episode to date!
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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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![Franz Liszt: Titan of the Piano
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0:00 Introduction
0:33 I: A Hungarian Wunderkind
4:54 II: Paganini of the Piano
11:43 III: Duel of the Virtuosi
19:43 IV: Lisztomania
26:41 V: Change of Course
32:26 VI: Music of the Future
51:52 VII: The Wittgenstein Affair
57:09 VIII: The Abbé
1:05:08 IX: The Late Music
1:14:50 X: The Last Years
1:18:22 XI: Liszt’s Legacy
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📚 Sources/further reading:
“Franz Liszt: Musician, Celebrity, Superstar” by Oliver Hilmes, trans. Stewart Spencer (Yale, 2016)
“The Liszt Companion,” by Ben Arnold (ed.), James Deaville, Klára Hamburger, Marilyn Kielniarz, Jay Rosenblatt, Michael Saffle, Charles Suttoni, Kristin Wendland, and William Wright (Greenwood, 2002)
“Analecta Lisztiana III: Liszt and the Birth of Modern Europe: Music as a Mirror of Religious, Political, Cultural, and Aesthetic Transformations” by Ben Arnold, Jean-Pierre Bartoli, Marco Beghelli, Paul Bertagnolli, Paulo Bidoli, Rossana Dalmonte (ed.), James Deaville, Zsuzsanna Dominos, William Drabkin, Maurizio Giani, Mary Sue Morrow, Pauline Pocknell, Egidio Pozzi, Cornelia Szabó-Knotik, Michael Saffle (ed.), and Michael Short (Pendragon, 1998)
“Liszt and Virtuosity” by Robert Doran (ed.), Nicolas Dufetel, Jonathan Dunsby, Kenneth Hamilton, David Keep, Jonathan Kregor, Ralph P. Locke, Shay Loya, Dolores Pesce, Jim Samson, and Olivia Sham (University of Rochester, 2020)
“Two-Dimensional Sonata Form: Form and Cycle in Single-Movements Instrumental Works by Liszt, Strauss, Schoenberg, and Zemlinsky” by Steven Vande Moortele (Leuven University, 2009)
“Recital” by William Weber (Grove Music Online, 2001): https://tinyurl.com/weber-recital
“Transformation, thematic” by Hugh Macdonald (Grove Music Online, 2001): https://tinyurl.com/thematic-trans
“A Study of Franz Liszt’s Concepts of Changing Tonality as Exemplified in Selected “Mephisto” Works” by Jung-Ah Kim (DMA diss., UNT, 1999): https://tinyurl.com/lisztdiss-1
“The Key Characteristics of Franz Liszt’s Late Piano Works” by Mei Li (DMA diss., UK, 2018): https://tinyurl.com/lisztdiss-2
“Franz Liszt: The Sonata in B Minor as Spiritual Autobiography” by Jonathan David Keener (DMA diss., JMU, 2011): https://tinyurl.com/lisztdiss-3
Music (by Liszt/on IMSLP unless noted)
- La leggierezza from 3 Études de concert, perf. Peter Bradley-Fulgoni: https://tinyurl.com/leggierezza
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, perf. Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- La Chasse and Quasi presto from Grandes études de Paganini, perf. Gabriel Antonio Hernandez Romero & Ivan Kiveldi, respectively: https://tinyurl.com/Grandesetudes
- John Williams: Duel of the Fates, perf. YouTuber “Unlimited Piano” [original upload: 77cIHOU9SjE]
- Ballade No.2, perf. Martina Filjak: https://tinyurl.com/lisztballade
- Grandes études, VIII, perf. YouTuber “Nuages” [original upload: LKqXFz_NNAE]
- Études dexécution transcendante, VIII “Wilde Jagd,” perf. Linzi Pan [original upload: S-cnSKsTjdY]
- Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, perf. Simone Renzi: https://tinyurl.com/liszthung2
- Hungarian Rhapsody No.8, perf. Shuwen Zhang: https://tinyurl.com/liszthung8
- Hungarian Rhapsody No.12, perf. Russell Wilson (not the quarterback): https://tinyurl.com/liszthung12
- Piano Concerto No.1, perf. Debbie Hu and the University of Washington Symphony: https://tinyurl.com/lisztpc-1
- “Oh! quand je dors,” perf. Jennifer Johnson Cano & Christopher Cano: https://tinyurl.com/lisztsong
- Piano Sonata in B minor, perf. Gleb Ivanov: https://tinyurl.com/bestsonata
- Bagatelle sans tonalité, perf. Olivier Gardon [original upload: Gh6Q3YYXGNM]
- Faust Symphony, perf. the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Sir Thomas Beecham [original upload: kj9CW-3eMCQ]
- Un Sospiro from 3 Études de concert, perf. Peter Bradley-Fulgoni: https://tinyurl.com/liszt-unsospiro
- Prometheus, cond. Yannick Nézet Séguin (orchestra unknown) [original upload: pKes7f7xVlY]
- Ave verum corpus, perf. Papalin: https://tinyurl.com/liszt-avc
- Les jeux deaux à la Villa dEste from Années de pèlerinage III, perf. Jeff Manookian: https://tinyurl.com/lisztfountains
- Nuages gris, perf. Peter Bradley-Fulgoni: https://tinyurl.com/lisztclouds
- Mephisto Waltz No.4, perf. Gabriel Antonio Hernandez Romero: https://tinyurl.com/mephistoliszt
Footage:
Tom Scott vaping [L-x8DYTOv7w]
Michael Jordan’s first retirement [IATBa_K0mgE]
“Rhapsody Rabbit” excerpt [WqGEeymMzQM]
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![Great Composers: Dimitrie Cuclin
A look at an ambitious Romanian polymath.
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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:
- Dimitrie Cuclin: Symphony No. 9, Mvt. 1: Allegro moderato, unknown performers [original upload: 9rezcviww1A]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Luciano Berio’s Postmodern Paths
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0:00 Introduction
0:13 I: Maturing Under Mussolini
3:52 II: Welcome to America
12:23 III: Berio, Postmodernist
24:43 IV: The Sequenzas
33:46 V: The Height of Fame
40:24 VI: The Art of Transcription
43:22 VII: Later Years
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📚 Sources:
“Two Interviews” by Luciano Berio, with Rossana Dalmonte & Bálint Varga, ed. David Osmond-Smith (Marion Boyars, 1985)
“Modern Music and After” by Paul Griffiths (Oxford, 2010)
“‘Sequenza VII’ by Luciano Berio: Background, Analysis and Performance Suggestions” by Carrie Vecchione (DMA diss., LSU, 1993): https://tinyurl.com/3vhr25cc
“Vestiges of Twelve-Tone Practice as Compositional Process in Berio’s ‘Sequenza I’ for Solo Flute” by Irna Priore from “Berios Sequenzas: Essays on Performance, Composition and Analysis” ed. Janet Halfyard & David Osmond-Smith (Ashgate, 2007): https://tinyurl.com/4dmefrdv
“Luciano Berio’s ‘Sequenza V’ Analyzed Along the Lines of Four Analytical Dimensions Proposed by the Composer” by Niels Hansen (JMM: The Journal of Music and Meaning, vol. 9, Winter 2010): https://tinyurl.com/y72ydmpe
“Berio’s Early Use of Serial Techniques: An Analysis of ‘Chamber Music’” by Nicholas Jurkowski (MM thesis, Bowling Green, 2009): https://tinyurl.com/5n879x6m
“Luciano Berio’s ‘Sequenza III:’ The Use of Vocal Gesture and the Genre of the Mad Scene” by Patti Edwards (DMA dissertation, UNT, 2004): https://tinyurl.com/y5ww2vmv
“A Polyphonic Mode of Listening: Luciano Berio’s ‘Sequenza XI’ for Guitar” by Mark David Porcaro (MA thesis, UNC-CH, 2003): https://tinyurl.com/4a76kmzu
“Luciano Berio’s ‘Naturale:’ A Story Combining Folk Music and Art Music” by Leonardo Piermartiri (DMA dissertation, UM College Park, 2013): https://tinyurl.com/2p9fhkt8
“Reconstructive Postmodernism, Quotation, and Musical Analysis: A Methodology with Reference to the Third Movement of Luciano Berio’s ‘Sinfonia’” by John Flinn (PhD dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2011): https://tinyurl.com/2esvbbh2
“Text, Music, and Meaning in the Third Movement of Luciano Berios ‘Sinfonia’” by Michael Hicks (Perspectives of New Music, Vol. 20, No. 1/2, P. 199–224): https://tinyurl.com/55x7tpm4
“Transforming the Past: Luciano Berios Appropriation of Folk Materials and Idioms in ‘Folk Songs’ (1964)” by Jamison Fritts (MM thesis, University of Louisville, 2010): https://tinyurl.com/cah2b8yb
“Keep Going: Narrative Continuity in Luciano Berio’s ‘Sinfonia’” by Matthew Heap (PhD dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, 2012): https://tinyurl.com/2p8c8fuv
Bruce Duffie interview: https://tinyurl.com/ec4z5emj
Berio biography by Daniele Vergni: https://tinyurl.com/58pb8b7m
http://www.lucianoberio.org/en/biography
TRAILS info: https://tinyurl.com/33ecs35p
NYT article: https://tinyurl.com/4rtk6e3d
Music:
- Luciano Berio: Epifanie (1961), performed by Cathy Berberian and the RAI Orchestra of Rome conducted by Luciano Berio [original upload: NsgbqmXL-8s]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Vladimir Ussachevsky: Sonic Contours (1952) [original upload: l0ygrFPCUfw]
- Luciano Berio: Thema—Omaggio a Joyce (1958–9) [original upload: jV_76OZSsqo]
- Luciano Berio: Sinfonia, Mvt. III: “In ruhig fliessender Bewegung” (1968), performed by the Swingle Singers and the Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia conducted by Antonio Pappano [original upload: 9YU-V2C4ryU]
- Luciano Berio: Visage (1960) [original upload: yYofPZlfVuc]
- Luciano Berio: Circles (1960), performed by Wonjung Kim, Rachel Brandwein, Piero Guimaraes, and Josh Perry [original upload: xCRBy-hi8n0]
- Luciano Berio: Sequenza XIV (2002), performed by Darrett Adkins [original upload: nyTAZ4qqXpg]
- Luciano Berio: Sequenza VII (1969), performed by Heinz Holliger [original upload: npLqXW-Qlg0]
- Luciano Berio: Sequenza III (1965), performed by Cathy Berberian [original upload: 1hxjCIANddU]
- Luciano Berio: Rendering (1989), performed by the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Christoph Eschenbach [original upload: NQB5bFTwHfI]
Pictures of the Studio di Fonologia Musicale courtesy:
- Mikhail Shcherbakov - Flickr: Museum of musical instruments in Milano Castle, 40-50s sound studio, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://tinyurl.com/27s9zn2k
- Stefano Stabile - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://tinyurl.com/ybfy695z
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![Nat Murphy interviews the Classical Nerd
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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:
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Domenico Scarlatti and his 555 Sonatas
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📚 Sources/further reading:
“Domenico Scarlatti” by Ralph Kirkpatrick (Princeton University Press, 1953)
“The Keyboard Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and Eighteenth-Century Musical Style” by W. Dean Sutcliffe (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
“A Comparison of the Keyboard Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and Antonio Soler” by Ji-Eun Lee (MM dissertation, University of Cape Town, 2000)
“Somaesthetic Approaches to the Keyboard Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti: Integration of Bodily Perception and Performance” by Emily Wallace (MA thesis, University of Oregon, 2019)
“Music of Domenico Scarlatti: Innovation and Style of His Keyboard Sonatas” by MingChih Hsieh (Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, Volume 554)
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K.9, performed by Martha Goldstein and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/2uk8u5ps
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, arranged for harpsichord and performed on the fly by Thomas Little
- Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in E major, K.20, performed by Martha Goldstein and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/xy58jhsz
- Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in A major, K.24, performed by Gianluca Luisi and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/ba8k5ke5
- Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in B minor, K.27, performed by Raymond Smullyan and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/k3yrrr7p
- Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K.30, performed by Peter Bradley-Fulgoni and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/j8ywwys4
- Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in E minor, K.394, synthesized MIDI performance
- Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in B minor, K.87, performed by Gianluca Luisi and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/4ww7h5jt
- Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in E major, K.206, synthesized MIDI performance
- Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in D major, K.119, synthesized MIDI performance
- Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in A minor, K.175, synthesized MIDI performance
- Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C major, K.159, performed by Gianluca Luisi and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/2m7yafxb
- Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in F minor, K.184, performed by Stefano Ligoratti and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/e67a7jp4
- Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in G major, K.305, synthesized MIDI performance
- Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in B minor, K.409, synthesized MIDI performance
- Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in A major, K.208, performed by Peter Bradley-Fulgoni and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/5f4fu65m
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![Samuel Barber: “Hounded by Success” (with Howard Pollack)
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0:00 Introduction
0:34 I: West Chester
3:09 II: Curtis
8:45 III: Gian Carlo
12:39 IV: Emergence
23:21 V: Europhilia
32:05 VI: The War
44:22 VII: The Barber Sound
55:48 VIII: Antony and Cleopatra
1:10:29 IX: The Barber Legacy
📚 Sources/further reading:
“Samuel Barber: His Life and Legacy” by Howard Pollack (University of Illinois Press, 2023)
“Samuel Barber: The Composer and His Music” by Barbara B. Heyman (Oxford, 1992)
“Who’s Afraid of the American Middlebrow? Samuel Barber, Modernist Discourse, and the Great Divide” by Alison Sall (MA thesis, Michigan State, 2021)
“The Solo Piano Music of Samuel Barber” by Lauri L. Young (DMA thesis, University of Cincinnati, 1989)
“A Comparative Analysis of Samuel Barber’s Third Essay for Orchestra, Op. 47” by David Abrams Gordon (DMA dissertation, University of South Carolina, 2023)
“Aspects of Form in the Solo Keyboard Works of Samuel Barber” by James Parkinson Fairleigh (MM thesis, University of Southern California, 1965)
“Dissonance Treatment in the Instrumental Music of Samuel Barber” by Lawrence Samuel Wathen (PhD dissertation, Northwestern, 1960)
“SAMUEL BARBER, COMPOSER, DEAD; TWICE WINNER OF PULITZER PRIZE” by Donal Henahan (The New York Times, Jan. 24, 1981, Sec. 1 P. 1): https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/24/obituaries/samuel-barber-composer-dead-twice-winner-of-pulitzer-prize.html
“Samuel Barber: Serendipitous Discoveries,” lecture by Barbara B. Heyman: https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688960/
“John Barrows: Biography” https://www.windsongpress.com/brass%20players/horn/Barrows.pdf
Billy Joel - Q&A: Could You Write A Piece Of Music Now? (CW Post 1996): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfULvG2nAu0
Music (all by Samuel Barber):
- First Essay for Orchestra, Op.12, performed by the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra conducted by Alan Gilbert [sIRTPAv-LTw]
- Overture to “The School for Scandal,” Op. 5, performed by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada [v48hRxjvWmM]
- Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Minor, Op. 6, performed by Guy Johnston and Chiao-Wen Cheng [6Uk7wXS7GrI]
- Symphony No. 1 (In One Movement), Op. 9, performed by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop [vHGMM3C4SJc]
- Prayers of Kierkegaard, Op. 30, premiere performance by Leontyne Price, Jean Kraft, Edward Munro, the Boston Cecilia Society Chorus, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch [AcFYTQHKtB4]
- String Quartet, Op. 11, Mvt. II “Molto adagio,” performed by the Dover Quartet [lKrxPTePXEQ]
- Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17, performed by the Orchestre National de Lyon conducted by Leonard Slatkin [34NThn0cZE8]
- Piano Sonata, Op. 26, performed by John Browning [0ym2yftkooM]
- Commando March, performed by “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band conducted by Capt. Ryan Nowlin [MB0sNKJdXa0]
- Symphony No. 2 “Flight Symphony,” Op. 19, performed by the Stanford Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Phillips [tysSEQt1q-A]
- Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21, performed by Boris Bizjak, Sorin Crudu, Franci Kosem, and Ensemble Dissonance conducted by Dmitry Sitkovetsky [KwkUfXuYsIw]
- Medea, Op. 23, performed by the Atlantic Sinfonietta conducted by Andrew Schenck [XgtZCKQRDBM]
- Summer Music, Op. 31, performed by Amy Porter, Nancy Ambrose King, Chad Burrow, Jeffrey Lyman, and Adam Unsworth [oSuvxBCUDOw]
- Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24, performed by Golda Schultz and the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Tarmo Petokoski [OZqQNFOv0Ag]
- Hermit Songs, Op. 29, performed by Emily Edmonds and Jack Symonds [u3hW49Xl5eE]
- Antony and Cleopatra, Op. 40, performed by the Westminster Choir and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra conducted by Gian Carlo Menotti [bDblTQrOtx8 & T9cB344i7Sw]
- The Lovers, Op. 43, performed by Gregorio González and the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus conducted by David Chase [NGlZy2l-9hI]
- Fadograph of a Yestern Scene, Op. 44, performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Schenck [hbQoSLx4XbU]
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![Great Composers: Johannes Brahms
A look at a conservative revolutionary.
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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:
- Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 38, performed by Wendy Warner and Eileen Buck and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/y7zvkeo5
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Boulez: The Ultra-Serialist
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📚 Sources/further reading:
http://www.ubu.com/papers/Boulez-Schoenberg+Is+Dead.pdf
http://zachlaytonindustries.com/boulez.pdf
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/6116590.pdf
http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/2331/1/362530.pdf
https://escholarship.org/content/qt63z2k4z9/qt63z2k4z9.pdf
https://monoskop.org/images/6/6d/Foucault_Michel_Boulez_Pierre_1983_1985_Contemporary_Music_and_the_Public.pdf
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4654&context=etd
http://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.19.25.1/mto.19.25.1.losada.pdf
https://www.paul-sacher-stiftung.ch/dam/jcr:c9b341f4-ed8c-4fc9-b990-f390fb061632/mitteilungen_der_paul_pacher_sacher_stiftung_11_peter_o_hagan.pdf
https://currentmusicology.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/03/current.musicology.76.parsons.53-79.pdf
https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/11257/9401433.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
https://archive.is/IgTIq
https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/mar/26/boulez-in-his-own-words
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327494765_What_does_quantum_music_sound_like_and_what_would_Pierre_Boulez_think_of_it_Super_position_many_worlds_by_Kim_Helweg_2017
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226675713_Structures_Ia_Pour_Deux_Pianos_by_Boulez_Towards_Creative_Analysis_Using_OpenMusic_and_Rubato
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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:
- Pierre Boulez: Structures I and II for two pianos, performed by Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky [original upload: EmErwN02fX0]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Pierre Boulez: Piano Sonata #2, unknown performer [original upload: zW2YkmeeBaI]
- Pierre Boulez: Le Marteau sans Maître, performed by Franziska Weber and the Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik conducted by Brian Liao [original upload: 7QYKBKoEYyQ]
- Pierre Boulez: Répons, performed by the Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by Matthais Pintscher [original upload: OQE5TYnD58k]
- Pierre Boulez: sur Incises, performed by the Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by Matthais Pintscher [original upload: HCQI6Wu3QxE]
Footage:
- Supa Hot Fire [original upload: fn9oXl9tyG0]
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![Lou Harrison: An American Original
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📚 Sources/further reading:
Lou Harrison: American Musical Maverick, by Bill Alves and Brett Campbell (2017, Indiana University Press)
http://music.ucsc.edu/sites/default/files/method:madness%20Rapunzel.pdf
http://music.ucsc.edu/sites/default/files/Harrison%20gamelan.pdf
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/72f1/630cb1e30c75c374950fca264596c4d3057d.pdf
https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/87698/ANGKASA-DOCUMENT-2015.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
http://www.gamelan.org/jodydiamond/writing/diamond_harrison_melody.pdf
http://www.umich.edu/~musausa/Miller-HarrisonIntro.pdf
https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=ucin1427980536&disposition=inline
http://www.bruceduffie.com/harrison6.html
https://www.classical-scene.com/2013/07/31/old-granddad/
http://www.newworldrecords.org/uploads/filevuTtY.pdf
http://data.instantencore.com/pdf/1039885/HarrisonPacifikaRondo.pdf
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Lou Harrison: Symphony on G (1947, rev. 1960s), performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gerhard Samuel [original upload: V5UHtcMO4I8]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, arranged for Gamelan Gong Kebyar and performed by Thomas Little on Gamelan Giri Murti
- Lou Harrison: Simfony #13 (1941), performed by Percussion Art Ensemble Bern [original upload: Amgy8DQhOi4]
- Lou Harrison: Gending Pak Cokro (1976), performed by the Berkeley Gamelan [original upload: xMTvK9lUnnY]
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