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Twenty. Horns.
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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:
- Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, performed by the University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Barbara Schubert and available on IMSLP: tinyurl.com/y9vjftmu
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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Twenty. Horns.
This was a video request from YouTubers The Major, Logan Campbell, Ryan Leonard, Reece Rivalland, and Nkap Nkap. See all requests at youtube.com/classicalnerd.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:
- Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, performed by the University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Barbara Schubert and available on IMSLP: tinyurl.com/y9vjftmu
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![How to Run a Summer Festival [with Connecticut Summerfest co-founders Gala Flagello and Aaron Price]
Thanks again to Gala and Aaron for their time!
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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.
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![The Theremin Cello [with Dr. Jonathan Golove]
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0:00 Introduction
0:21 History
6:06 How it Works
Thanks again to Dr. Golove for both his time and for lending me the space-control theremin seen briefly here and (more thoroughly) in my previous video.
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Mental Radio by Jonathan Golove may be watched, in its entirety, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOTKMR0vN6Q
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, sight-read by Jonathan Golove, theremin cello
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![Keyboards of the Sigal Music Museum [with Dr. Tom Strange]
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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:
- Thomas Little: âCâest la Vieâ from the Sonata for Violin and Piano (2018), 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, arranged for harpsichord and performed on the fly by Thomas Little
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![Great Composers: LeoĆĄ JanĂĄÄek
A look at a unique Czech.
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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:
- LeoĆĄ JanĂĄÄek: MlĂĄdĂ, performed by the Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/y75h34uv
- Video of conductor Jakub HrĆŻĆĄa discussing LeoĆĄ JanĂĄÄek: uciNH5hCCvI
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Boris Blank and Dieter Meier: Oh Yeah [original upload: 6jJkdRaa04g]
- LeoĆĄ JanĂĄÄek: On an Overgrown Path, mvt. 1, performed by Chris Breemer
[free recording courtesy pianosociety.com]
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![Great Composers: Gustav Mahler
A look at the last (Austro-Germanic) symphonist.
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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 Mahler: Symphony No. 9, Mvts. 3 and 4, performed by the University of Chicago Orchestra conducted by Barbara Schubert and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/y7m8eyjk
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Why Do Composers Write Silent Pieces?
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âSeeing the Sound of Silence in the Great Warâ by Esteban Buch (Musik in Konfrontation und Vermittlung. BeitrĂ€ge zur Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fĂŒr Musikforschung 2018 in OsnabrĂŒck p.101â13, 2019): https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-02943670/document
ââUnsilencingâ the Silence: Unacknowledged Silent Piecesâ by Eder Wilker Borges Pena (Opus 26/3, p. 1â26): http://dx.doi.org/10.20504/opus2020c2617
0:00 Introduction
1:00 John Cageâs 433 (1952)
3:41 Erwin Schulhoffâs âIn Futurumâ from FĂŒnf Pittoresken (1919)
8:33 Alphonse Allaisâ Funeral March (1897)
9:54 âSamuelâsâ The Silence (1896)
11:09 Conclusion
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music and Footage:
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- John Cage: 4â33â, performed by William Marx [original upload: JTEFKFiXSx4]
- Erwin Schulhoff: âIn Futurumâ from 5 Pittoresken, performed in two different versions by Gerard Bouwhuis and âBarbaro Mr.â [original uploads: FBfOG0D39eo and 3c5lRRaW4Jw]
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![Arthur Honegger: The Humble Craftsman [Les Six, Pt. 4/7]
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âI am a Composerâ by Arthur Honegger, translated by Wilson Clough and Allan Willman (Faber and Faber, 1966)
âLes Six: The French Composers and Their Mentors Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie,â edited by Robert Shapiro (Peter Owen Publishers, 2011)
âArthur Honeggerâ by Paul Landormy and Fred Rothwell (The Musical Times, Vol. 70, No. 1039): https://www.jstor.org/stable/914732
âA Study of Arthur Honeggerâ by A. G. Browne (Music & Letters, Vol. 10, No. 4): https://www.jstor.org/stable/726129
âDarius Milhaud in the United States, 1940â71: Transatlantic Constructions of Musical Identityâ by Erin K. Maher (PhD dissertation, University of North Carolina, 2011)
âAn Analysis of Honeggerâs Cello Concerto (1929): A Return to Simplicity?â by Denika Lam Kleinmann (DMA dissertation, University of North Texas, 2014): https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500189/m2/1/high_res_d/dissertation.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:
- Arthur Honegger: Sept PiĂšces BrĂšves (1920), performed by John Robson [free recordings courtesy pianosociety.com]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Arthur Honegger: Concerto da Camera for Flute, English Horn and Strings (1948), performed by Fernand DufrÚne, Paul Taillefer, and Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française conducted by Georges Tzipine [original upload: 0iphzdVU9kE]
- Arthur Honegger: Sonata for Cello and Piano (1920), performed by Valérie Aimard and Cédric Tiberghien [original upload: aqSFBwBC0S0]
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![Spectralism: An Introduction
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0:00 I: What is Spectralism?
5:03 II: Historical Precedents
11:03 III: French Spectralism
25:23 IV: Romanian Spectralism
32:41 V: Georg Friedrich Haas
36:44 VI: Conclusion
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âA Provisional History of Spectral Musicâ by Julian Anderson (Contemporary Music Review [CMR], 2000, Vol. 19/2, P. 7â22)
âModern Music and After (3rd Edition)â by Paul Griffiths (Oxford University Press, 2010)
âTimbre Versus Spectralismâ by Livia Teodorescu-CiocÄnea (CMR, 2003, Vol. 22/1+2, P. 87â104): https://doi.org/10.1080/0749446032000134751
âClashing Harmonic Systems in Haasâs âBlumenstĂŒckâ and âin vainââ by Robert Hasegawa (Music Theory Spectrum, 2015, Vol. 37/2, P. 204â23)
âRomanian Spectral Music or Another Expression Freedâ by Horia Surianu, trans. Joshua Fineberg (CMR, 2000, Vol. 19/2, P. 23â32)
âSpectralism Today: A survey of the consequences for contemporary composition of the French Spectral School of the 1970s and 1980sâ by Philip Singleton (PhD thesis, University of Surrey, 2015)
âSpectralismâ by Jonathan Harvey (Contemporary Music Review, 2001, Vol. 19/3, P. 11â14): https://music.arts.uci.edu/abauer/spectral/readings/Harvey_Spectralism.pdf
âFrench Spectralism: From the Frequency to the Temporal Domain: Analysis, Models, Synthesis ⊠and Future Prospectsâ by Anne Sedes, trans. Wieland Hoban, from âFoundations of Contemporary Composition,â ed. Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf (Wolke Verlag, 2004, p. 118â29)
âMelody on the Threshold in Spectral Musicâ by James Donaldson (MTOSMT 2021, Vol. 27/2): https://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.21.27.2/mto.21.27.2.donaldson.html
âSpectralism. Spectral composition techniquesâ by Iuliana Porcos (Bulletin of the Transylvania University of BraĆov, 2017, Vol. 10/2)
âThe Spectral Legacyâ by John Croft (Journal of the Royal Musical Association, Vol. 135/1, P. 191â7): https://www.jstor.org/stable/43741611
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituaries-gerard-grisey-1186972.html
http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/~larry/published_articles/tenney_monograph_soundings/14_Spectral_CANON.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs7b4WSxF3w
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Tristan Murail: Désintégrations, performers unknown [original upload: 4basuUUatf8]
- Gérard Grisey: Partiels, performed by the Asko ensemble [original upload: 1v7onrjN6RE]
- Richard Wagner: Prelude to Das Rheingold, performers unknown [original upload: _1zsSaLiD7Q]
- Giacinto Scelsi: Four Pieces on a Single Note, performers unknown [original upload: 9I0QIRXcbZ4]
- Per NÞrgÄrd: Voyage into the Golden Screen, performed by the WDR Sinfonieorchester [original upload: Ty1fjlN2kuc]
- Karlheinz Stockhausen: Stimmung, performed by Collegium Vocale of Cologne conducted by Karlheinz Stockhausen [original upload: 3hPkJW95jsw]
- James Tenney: Spectral CANON for CONLON Nancarrow [original upload: hUrfKBnQ9a4]
- Jonathan Harvey: Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco [original upload: 0T-H-fVlHE0]
- Tristan Murail: Gondwana, performed by Orchestre National de France conducted by Yves Prin [original upload: 87-6mahJMgw]
- Clarence Barlow: Ăoǧlu OtobĂŒs İĆletmesi, performed by Herbert Henck [original upload: alrB_pgM9eM]
- Claude Vivier: Lonely Child, performed by Marie-Danielle Parent and the Orchéstre Métropolitain de Montréal conducted by Serge Garant [original upload: qrIA2KbJkaE]
- Corneliu Cezar: Aum [original upload: vy-w82ixW3U]
- HoraĆŁiu RÄdulescu: Credo, performed by Stephan Breith, Ulrich Heinen, and Othello Liesmann [original upload: etI06pyL7As]
- Georg Friedrich Haas: in vain, performed by Klangforum Wien conducted by Sylvain Cambreling [original upload: BdaX8yWBWtY]
- Georg Friedrich Haas: String Quartet No. 1, performed by the Kairos Quartett [original upload: 1jadUqWXYAw]
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![Great Composers: Iannis Xenakis
Architecture? In classical music? Its more likely than you think.
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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:
- Iannis Xenakis: Keqrops (1986), performed by Claudio Abbado and the Mahlerjugendorchester conducted by Roger Woodward [original upload: xFOUBHJp3Ms]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![How We (Donât) Talk About Music: Cross-Domain Mapping
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âConceptualizing Music: Cognitive Structure, Theory, and Analysisâ by Lawrence Zbikowski (Oxford University Press, 2002)
ââFlow like a Waterfallâ: The Metaphors of Kaluli Musical Theoryâ by Steven Feld (Yearbook for Traditional Music, 1981, Vol. 13, pp. 22â47)
Music:
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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