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📚 Sources mentioned in the video:
- “The Songs of Robert Schumann” by Eric Sams, third edition (Indiana University Press, 1993)
- “The Genesis of Schumann’s ‘Dichterliebe:’ A Source Study” by Rufus E. Hallmark (UMI Research Press, 1976/9)
- “The Inner Musical Workings of Robert Schumann” by Geoffrey Narramore Moon (PhD dissertation, Adelaide University, Nov. 2001)
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Music:
- Robert Schumann: “Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen” from Dichterliebe (1840), performed by Anton Belov and Lydia Brown and available on IMSLP: tinyurl.com/diminishedninth
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- “The Genesis of Schumann’s ‘Dichterliebe:’ A Source Study” by Rufus E. Hallmark (UMI Research Press, 1976/9)
- “The Inner Musical Workings of Robert Schumann” by Geoffrey Narramore Moon (PhD dissertation, Adelaide University, Nov. 2001)
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Music:
- Robert Schumann: “Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen” from Dichterliebe (1840), performed by Anton Belov and Lydia Brown and available on IMSLP: 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
📚 Sources/further reading:
“Charles Wuorinen: A Bio-Bibliography” by Richard D. Burbank (Greenwood Press, 1994)
“Simple Composition” by Charles Wuorinen (C.F. Peters, 1979)
“Soundpieces: Interviews with American Composers” by Cole Gagne and Tracy Caras (Scarecrow Press, 1982)
https://www.charleswuorinen.com/
“The Piano Sonatas of Charles Wuorinen: An Evolution of Style” by Joseph C. Schiavo (PhD dissertation, Rutgers, 2006)
“Notes on the Performance of Contemporary Music” by Charles Wuorinen — Perspectives of New Music, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Autumn–Winter, 1964), pp. 10-21
“The Group for Contemporary Music, 1962 to 1992” by Susan Elizabeth Deaver (DMA dissertation, MSM, 1993): https://www.stokar.com/site/assets/files/1048/deaver.pdf
“The Recent Music of Charles Wuorinen” by Jeffrey Kresky — Perspectives of New Music, Vol. 25, No. 1/2, 25th Anniversary Issue (Winter–Summer, 1987), pp. 410-417
“Charles Wuorinens Third Piano Sonata: A Performers Perspective” by Alan Feinberg — 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
- Time’s 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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📚 Sources/further reading:
“Analytical Approaches to the Middle-Period Compositions of Karol Szymanowski,” by Alan Michael Reese (Ph.D Dissertation, Eastman School of Music, 2018)
“The ‘Szymanowski Clash’: Harmonic Conflict and Ambiguity in the Szymanowski Mazurkas” 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
“Karol Szymanowski and Richard Strauss: Of Diverging Epiphanies” 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
“Karol Szymanowski’s Musical Language in ‘Myths’ for Violin and Piano” by Hyojin Ahn (DMA Dissertation, Rice University, 2008): https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/22139/3309825.PDF?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
“Karol Szymanowskis First Violin Concerto, Op. 35” by Emily Chao (DMA Dissertation, Boston University, 2013)
“Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 36 by Karol Szymanowski: Musical and Historical Influences” by Ji-Young Kim (DMA Dissertation, University of Arizona, 2010)
“Impact, Influence, and Performance of Szymanowski’s Myths Op. 30” 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
“The Violin Music of Karol Szymanowski” 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
“‘A New Mode of Expression”: Karol Szymanowski’s First Violin Concerto Op. 35 Within a Dionysian Context” by Marianne Broadfoot (Ph.D Dissertation, Sydney Conservatory, 2014): https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/41241413.pdf
“Karol Szymanowski and his ‘Stabat Mater’” by Kuan-Fen Liu (DMA Treatise, University of Southern California, 2010)
“Music of Karol Szymanowski in the Intertextual Dialogue” by Bogumiła Mika, University of Silesia (New Sound 51, 2018): http://www.newsound.org.rs/pdf/en/ns51/04_Mika.pdf
Program notes to Szymanowski’s 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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📚 Sources/further reading:
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-–-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
📚 Sources/further reading:
“Der freie Satz (Free Composition)” by Heinrich Schenker, trans. & ed. by Ernst Oster (Longman, 1979)
“Der Tonwille: Pamphlets in Witness of the Immutable Laws of Music” 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)
“Introduction to the Theory of Heinrich Schenker” by Oswald Jonas, trans. & ed. John Rothgeb (Longman, 1982)
“Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach,” 3rd Ed., by Allen Cadwallader and David Gagné (Oxford, 2011)
“A Guide to Schenkerian Analysis” by David Neumeyer and Susan Tepping (Prentice Hall, 1992)
“Aspects of Schenkerian Theory,” ed. David Beach (Yale, 1983)
“On Milton Babbitt, Schenkerian” from “Thinking In and About Music: Analytical Reflections on Milton Babbitts Music and Thought” by Zachary Bernstein (Oxford, 2021): https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190949235.003.0001
“Silence and Slow Time” by Martin Boykan (Scarecrow Press, 2004)
“Questioning Schenkerism” by Bengt Edlund (Peter Lang GmbH, 2015)
“Explorations in Schenkerian Analysis,” ed. David Beach and Su Yin Mak (University of Rochester, 2016)
“Who is Heinrich Schenker and Why Should you Care?” 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.
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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:
- 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:
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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
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, antônio bernardo, Sacha Arnaud, juche god, Cryseris, Christina Slotin, and Sneezy. See all requests at http://lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html
📚 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
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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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