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- Louis Durey: Le bestiaire ou cortĂšge dâOrphĂ©e (1919), performed by Sophie De Tillesse and Ensemble Quartz conducted by Jean Thorel [original upload: R22qrxvwEj0]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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Music:
- Louis Durey: Le bestiaire ou cortĂšge dâOrphĂ©e (1919), performed by Sophie De Tillesse and Ensemble Quartz conducted by Jean Thorel [original upload: R22qrxvwEj0]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Schumannâs Diminished Ninth
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- âThe Songs of Robert Schumannâ by Eric Sams, third edition (Indiana University Press, 1993)
- âThe Genesis of Schumannâs âDichterliebe:â A Source Studyâ by Rufus E. Hallmark (UMI Research Press, 1976/9)
- âThe Inner Musical Workings of Robert Schumannâ by Geoffrey Narramore Moon (PhD dissertation, Adelaide University, Nov. 2001)
Music:
- Robert Schumann: âAm leuchtenden Sommermorgenâ from Dichterliebe (1840), performed by Anton Belov and Lydia Brown and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/diminishedninth
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![The Fractal Music of Charles Wuorinen
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0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:22 I: The Serial Question
0:08:34 II: Time Points and Fractals
0:16:35 III: The Group for Contemporary Music
0:23:35 IV: The Columbia Fiasco
0:40:05 V: Conservative, or Revolutionary?
0:53:01 VI: The End of the Group
0:59:35 VII: High Culture
1:06:12 VIII: The Legacy
đ Sources/further reading:
âCharles Wuorinen: A Bio-Bibliographyâ by Richard D. Burbank (Greenwood Press, 1994)
âSimple Compositionâ by Charles Wuorinen (C.F. Peters, 1979)
âSoundpieces: Interviews with American Composersâ by Cole Gagne and Tracy Caras (Scarecrow Press, 1982)
https://www.charleswuorinen.com/
âThe Piano Sonatas of Charles Wuorinen: An Evolution of Styleâ by Joseph C. Schiavo (PhD dissertation, Rutgers, 2006)
âNotes on the Performance of Contemporary Musicâ by Charles Wuorinen â Perspectives of New Music, Vol. 3, No. 1 (AutumnâWinter, 1964), pp. 10-21
âThe Group for Contemporary Music, 1962 to 1992â by Susan Elizabeth Deaver (DMA dissertation, MSM, 1993): https://www.stokar.com/site/assets/files/1048/deaver.pdf
âThe Recent Music of Charles Wuorinenâ by Jeffrey Kresky â Perspectives of New Music, Vol. 25, No. 1/2, 25th Anniversary Issue (WinterâSummer, 1987), pp. 410-417
âCharles Wuorinens Third Piano Sonata: A Performers Perspectiveâ by Alan Feinberg â Perspectives of New Music, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Summer 2018), pp. 55-66
A Conversation with Charles Wuorinen by James Romig: https://www.jamesromig.com/uploads/5/6/2/5/56250769/jr-cw-pnm.pdf
https://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/charles-wuorinen-art-and-entertainment/4/
https://www.drapersguild.com/my-life-in-music
https://www.nytimes.com/1971/08/08/archives/are-the-arts-doomed-on-campus.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1971/08/29/archives/music-at-columbia-will-endure-even-without-wuorinen.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1971/08/29/archives/on-tenure.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/charles-wuorinen-pulitzer-winning-modernist-composer-dies-at-81/2020/03/13/26170eb4-64d7-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html
https://newcriterion.com/2020/03/a-major-brain-and-his-music/
Music (all by Charles Wuorinen):
- New York Notes for Pierrot Ensemble, performed by Will Adams, Alex Dergal, Will Crock, an unknown cellist, Louis Pino, and Amanda Lubin
- Music for Orchestra, performers unknown (possibly the Columbia University Orchestra)
- Janissary Music, performed by Brandon Lim
- The Blue Bamboula, performed by Alan Feinberg
- String Trio, performers unknown (possibly Rolf Schulte, John Graham, and Fred Sherry)
- Percussion Symphony, performed by the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble conducted by Peter Jarvis
- Timeâs Encomium
- Iridule, performed by Andrew Blanke and Ensemble id conducted by Edo Frenkel
- Piano Sonata No. 3, performed by Alan Feinberg
- Brokeback Mountain, performed by the chorus and orchestra of the Teatro Real de Madrid
- Genesis, performed by the Minnesota Orchestra and the Minnesota Chorale conducted by Edo deWaart
- Microsymphony, performers unknown (possibly the Philadelphia Orchestra)
- Xenolith, performed by Lois Martin and Michael Truesdell
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![Karol Szymanowski: The Polish Pioneer
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âAnalytical Approaches to the Middle-Period Compositions of Karol Szymanowski,â by Alan Michael Reese (Ph.D Dissertation, Eastman School of Music, 2018)
âThe âSzymanowski Clashâ: Harmonic Conflict and Ambiguity in the Szymanowski Mazurkasâ by Matthew Bengtson (Intersections, the Canadian Journal of Music, 2016, Vol. 36 No. 1): https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/is/1900-v1-n1-is03495/1043866ar.pdf
âKarol Szymanowski and Richard Strauss: Of Diverging Epiphaniesâ by Paul Cadrin (Canadian University Music Review, 2004, Vol. 24 No. 2): https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/cumr/2004-v24-n2-cumr0480/1014581ar.pdf
âKarol Szymanowskiâs Musical Language in âMythsâ for Violin and Pianoâ by Hyojin Ahn (DMA Dissertation, Rice University, 2008): https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/22139/3309825.PDF?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
âKarol Szymanowskis First Violin Concerto, Op. 35â by Emily Chao (DMA Dissertation, Boston University, 2013)
âPiano Sonata No. 3, Op. 36 by Karol Szymanowski: Musical and Historical Influencesâ by Ji-Young Kim (DMA Dissertation, University of Arizona, 2010)
âImpact, Influence, and Performance of Szymanowskiâs Myths Op. 30â by Sophie Bird (DM Dissertation, Indiana University, 2019): https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/23009/Bird%2C%20Sophie%20%28DM%20Violin%29.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
âThe Violin Music of Karol Szymanowskiâ by Frank Kwantat Ho (MA Thesis, University of Alberta, 2000): https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/f5791da5-f6fa-4e62-a264-f6253bbe8002/view/2af4f0ff-6608-4e78-87cd-5f1206a27389/MQ59725.pdf
ââA New Mode of Expressionâ: Karol Szymanowskiâs First Violin Concerto Op. 35 Within a Dionysian Contextâ by Marianne Broadfoot (Ph.D Dissertation, Sydney Conservatory, 2014): https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/41241413.pdf
âKarol Szymanowski and his âStabat Materââ by Kuan-Fen Liu (DMA Treatise, University of Southern California, 2010)
âMusic of Karol Szymanowski in the Intertextual Dialogueâ by BogumiĆa Mika, University of Silesia (New Sound 51, 2018): http://www.newsound.org.rs/pdf/en/ns51/04_Mika.pdf
Program notes to Szymanowskiâs String Quartet No. 1 by Chris Darwin: http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/Chris_Darwin/WebProgNotes/pdfs/Szymanowski1.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:
- Karol Szymanowski: Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28 (1915), performed by Angelo Xiang Yu and Dina Vainshtein and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/rnofcre
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Karol Szymanowski: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 37 (1917), performed by the Camerata Quartet [original upload: uxdMSDLzNJ4]
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![Sir John Tavener: Englands Holy Minimalist
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https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/11984950.pdf
https://www.chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/CH241-42.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/12/john-tavener
https://www.beliefnet.com/faiths/christianity/orthodox/2002/02/sell-cleverness-buy-wonder-the-music-of-sir-john-tavener.aspx
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p01ljdjp
https://www.theguardian.com/music/tomserviceblog/2013/feb/19/contemporary-music-guide-john-tavener
http://www.stephenlayton.com/sites/default/files/server_files/user/vottbooklet.pdf
https://www.thebeatles.com/news/sir-john-tavener
https://archive.md/cOTgE#selection-1377.0-1384.0
http://www.stephenlayton.com/sir-john-tavener-1944-â-2013
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/tavener/guides/discovering-music-john-tavener/
https://blog.oup.com/2013/12/sir-john-tavener-religious-controversial-composer/
https://www.naxos.com/person/John_Tavener_23874/23874.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2013/11/12/244788638/remembering-holy-minimalist-composer-john-tavener
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/10444987/Sir-John-Tavener-obituary.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2506966/Sir-John-Tavener-genius-composer-befriended-The-Beatles-says-David-Mellor.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-528795/Prince-Charless-favourite-composer-John-Tavener-fight-life.html
http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/short-bio/John-Tavener
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- John Tavener: The Lamb (1982), performed by the Erebus Ensemble directed by Tom Williams [original upload: BCnYdL_co6Y]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- John Tavener: Hymn to the Mother of God (1985), performed by the Tenebrae Choir directed by Nigel Short [original upload: 7E_rKYkjSC4]
- John Tavener: Mother of God, Here I Stand (2003), performed by the Exultate Singers directed by David Ogden [original upload: EqsMBX9Kxm4]
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![Schenker (and his Analysis): An Introduction
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0:00 Introduction
1:46 I: What is Schenkerian Analysis?
7:58 II: Some Important Terms
17:16 III: Notation
21:57 IV: Limitations
28:25 V: The Elephant in the Room
34:21 VI: Schenker in America
37:49 VII: Schenker, Revisited
đ Sources/further reading:
âDer freie Satz (Free Composition)â by Heinrich Schenker, trans. & ed. by Ernst Oster (Longman, 1979)
âDer Tonwille: Pamphlets in Witness of the Immutable Laws of Musicâ by Heinrich Schenker, ed. William Drabkin, trans. Ian Bent, William Drabkin, Joseph Dubiel, Timothy Jackson, Joseph Lubben, William Renwick, and Robert Snarrenberg (Oxford, 2004/5)
âIntroduction to the Theory of Heinrich Schenkerâ by Oswald Jonas, trans. & ed. John Rothgeb (Longman, 1982)
âAnalysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach,â 3rd Ed., by Allen Cadwallader and David GagnĂ© (Oxford, 2011)
âA Guide to Schenkerian Analysisâ by David Neumeyer and Susan Tepping (Prentice Hall, 1992)
âAspects of Schenkerian Theory,â ed. David Beach (Yale, 1983)
âOn Milton Babbitt, Schenkerianâ from âThinking In and About Music: Analytical Reflections on Milton Babbitts Music and Thoughtâ by Zachary Bernstein (Oxford, 2021): https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190949235.003.0001
âSilence and Slow Timeâ by Martin Boykan (Scarecrow Press, 2004)
âQuestioning Schenkerismâ by Bengt Edlund (Peter Lang GmbH, 2015)
âExplorations in Schenkerian Analysis,â ed. David Beach and Su Yin Mak (University of Rochester, 2016)
âWho is Heinrich Schenker and Why Should you Care?â by Ethan Hein: https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2021/who-is-heinrich-schenker-and-why-should-you-care/
Music Theory and the White Racial Frame by Philip Ewell (Society for Music Theory, Vol 26, No. 2, Sep. 2020): https://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.20.26.2/mto.20.26.2.ewell.html
Correspondence between Schenker and von Cube via Schenker Documents Online: https://schenkerdocuments.org/documents/correspondence/OJ-5-7a_45.html
Music:
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in D minor, K.397, performed by Lev Kitkin and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/MozFantaIMSLP
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![Great Composers: Paul Hindemith
A look at a unique German.
This was a request from YouTubers feiten 11, Ezequiel Tomaselli ComposiciĂłn, Zack White, Alex Robson, RandoMoldova, and Marty Nickison. See all requests at http://www.lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html
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:
- Paul Hindemith: Viola Sonata, Op. 11 No. 4, performed by Beth Guberman and Matan Porat and available on IMSLP: https://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!
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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![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: Lisztâs Legacy
This was requested by Jair Antonio, Gabriel Gan, Yazerhoun, Karl Seminaro, rocconorth, Krzysztof Q, Dominic Storella, Ben Neal - Percussion, Jaja Bragais, Al Buch, Michael Slovin, Lucas Gust, ahmed yassine Zerhouni, Radu, archerycraft 18, Jeffrey, antĂŽnio bernardo, Sacha Arnaud, juche god, Cryseris, Christina Slotin, and Sneezy. See all requests at http://lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html
đ Sources/further reading:
âFranz Liszt: Musician, Celebrity, Superstarâ by Oliver Hilmes, trans. Stewart Spencer (Yale, 2016)
âThe Liszt Companion,â by Ben Arnold (ed.), James Deaville, KlĂĄra Hamburger, Marilyn Kielniarz, Jay Rosenblatt, Michael Saffle, Charles Suttoni, Kristin Wendland, and William Wright (Greenwood, 2002)
âAnalecta Lisztiana III: Liszt and the Birth of Modern Europe: Music as a Mirror of Religious, Political, Cultural, and Aesthetic Transformationsâ 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 SzabĂł-Knotik, Michael Saffle (ed.), and Michael Short (Pendragon, 1998)
âLiszt and Virtuosityâ 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)
âTwo-Dimensional Sonata Form: Form and Cycle in Single-Movements Instrumental Works by Liszt, Strauss, Schoenberg, and Zemlinskyâ by Steven Vande Moortele (Leuven University, 2009)
âRecitalâ by William Weber (Grove Music Online, 2001): https://tinyurl.com/weber-recital
âTransformation, thematicâ by Hugh Macdonald (Grove Music Online, 2001): https://tinyurl.com/thematic-trans
âA Study of Franz Lisztâs Concepts of Changing Tonality as Exemplified in Selected âMephistoâ Worksâ by Jung-Ah Kim (DMA diss., UNT, 1999): https://tinyurl.com/lisztdiss-1
âThe Key Characteristics of Franz Lisztâs Late Piano Worksâ by Mei Li (DMA diss., UK, 2018): https://tinyurl.com/lisztdiss-2
âFranz Liszt: The Sonata in B Minor as Spiritual Autobiographyâ by Jonathan David Keener (DMA diss., JMU, 2011): https://tinyurl.com/lisztdiss-3
Music (by Liszt/on IMSLP unless noted)
- La leggierezza from 3 Ătudes 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 âUnlimited Pianoâ [original upload: 77cIHOU9SjE]
- Ballade No.2, perf. Martina Filjak: https://tinyurl.com/lisztballade
- Grandes Ă©tudes, VIII, perf. YouTuber âNuagesâ [original upload: LKqXFz_NNAE]
- Ătudes dexĂ©cution transcendante, VIII âWilde Jagd,â 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
- âOh! quand je dors,â 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 Ătudes 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 pÚlerinage 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
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![Great Composers: Dimitrie Cuclin
A look at an ambitious Romanian polymath.
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- 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 Berioâs 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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đ Sources:
âTwo Interviewsâ by Luciano Berio, with Rossana Dalmonte & BĂĄlint Varga, ed. David Osmond-Smith (Marion Boyars, 1985)
âModern Music and Afterâ by Paul Griffiths (Oxford, 2010)
ââSequenza VIIâ by Luciano Berio: Background, Analysis and Performance Suggestionsâ by Carrie Vecchione (DMA diss., LSU, 1993): https://tinyurl.com/3vhr25cc
âVestiges of Twelve-Tone Practice as Compositional Process in Berioâs âSequenza Iâ for Solo Fluteâ by Irna Priore from âBerios Sequenzas: Essays on Performance, Composition and Analysisâ ed. Janet Halfyard & David Osmond-Smith (Ashgate, 2007): https://tinyurl.com/4dmefrdv
âLuciano Berioâs âSequenza Vâ Analyzed Along the Lines of Four Analytical Dimensions Proposed by the Composerâ by Niels Hansen (JMM: The Journal of Music and Meaning, vol. 9, Winter 2010): https://tinyurl.com/y72ydmpe
âBerioâs Early Use of Serial Techniques: An Analysis of âChamber Musicââ by Nicholas Jurkowski (MM thesis, Bowling Green, 2009): https://tinyurl.com/5n879x6m
âLuciano Berioâs âSequenza III:â The Use of Vocal Gesture and the Genre of the Mad Sceneâ by Patti Edwards (DMA dissertation, UNT, 2004): https://tinyurl.com/y5ww2vmv
âA Polyphonic Mode of Listening: Luciano Berioâs âSequenza XIâ for Guitarâ by Mark David Porcaro (MA thesis, UNC-CH, 2003): https://tinyurl.com/4a76kmzu
âLuciano Berioâs âNaturale:â A Story Combining Folk Music and Art Musicâ by Leonardo Piermartiri (DMA dissertation, UM College Park, 2013): https://tinyurl.com/2p9fhkt8
âReconstructive Postmodernism, Quotation, and Musical Analysis: A Methodology with Reference to the Third Movement of Luciano Berioâs âSinfoniaââ by John Flinn (PhD dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2011): https://tinyurl.com/2esvbbh2
âText, Music, and Meaning in the Third Movement of Luciano Berios âSinfoniaââ by Michael Hicks (Perspectives of New Music, Vol. 20, No. 1/2, P. 199â224): https://tinyurl.com/55x7tpm4
âTransforming the Past: Luciano Berios Appropriation of Folk Materials and Idioms in âFolk Songsâ (1964)â by Jamison Fritts (MM thesis, University of Louisville, 2010): https://tinyurl.com/cah2b8yb
âKeep Going: Narrative Continuity in Luciano Berioâs âSinfoniaââ 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: ThemaâOmaggio a Joyce (1958â9) [original upload: jV_76OZSsqo]
- Luciano Berio: Sinfonia, Mvt. III: âIn ruhig fliessender Bewegungâ (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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