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![George Crumb: The Method Behind the Magic
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0:00 I: The Family Orchestra
3:45 II: An Overnight Flowering
17:54 III: âExtendedâ Techniques
32:40 IV: The Lorca Connection
39:34 V: The Theater of Music
43:40 VI: A Little Eye-Music
47:42 VII: Crumb Within the Tradition
đ Sources/further reading:
âGeorge Crumb: Profile of a Composer,â ed. Don Gillespie (Peters, 1986)
âGeorge Crumb and the Alchemy of Sound: Essays on His Music,â ed. Steven Bruns and Ofer Ben-Amots (Colorado College Press, 2005)
âThe Influence of BartĂłk on Crumbâs âMusic For A Summer Eveningââ by Michael G. Kingan (Percussive Notes, August 2002): https://www.vapmedia.com/uploads/8/1/6/4/81640608/kinganbartokcrumb.pdf
ââIn Tempore Belli:â Reflections on the Sense of the Universal in George Crumbâs Music of the Vietnam Warâ by Victor J. Rodriguez and Ang-Cheng Kris Ho (Journal of Literature and Art Studies, July 2015, Vol. 5, No. 7): https://www.davidpublisher.com/Public/uploads/Contribute/559e1269e00fd.pdf
âDirect Quotation in the Music of George Crumbâ by Wut Tai Ming (MPhil thesis, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004): https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/48533493.pdf
âBetween Romanticism and Modernism and Postmodernism: George Crumbâs âBlack Angelsââ by Blair Johnston (Music Theory Online, Volume 18, Number 2, June 2012): https://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.12.18.2/mto.12.18.2.johnston.pdf
ââBlack Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land)ââThe New York String Quartet (1972)â by Victoria Adamenko: https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/Black-Angels.pdf
âOpus Focusâ by Carlton Wilkinson (Brunswick Review, Spring 2016): https://www.brunswickgroup.com/media/2172/composer-george-crumb-interview.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVWfa0P9CXU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6h-hpNyjxQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DuV8_LiDB0
https://www.cavanaghfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Elizabeth-May-Brown?obId=26163244
Music (all by Crumb unless noted):
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Ancient Voices of Children, performed by Sophia Burgos, Johannes Rempp, and the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Teodor Currentzis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8UVHeixOyE
- Variazioni, performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtB1WdiwTW4
- Five Pieces for Piano, performed by Hoi Kei Chen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDHu_Xptw5c
- Echoes of Time and the River (Echoes II), performed by the Louisville Orchestra conducted by Jorge Mester: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfv2A2TVTkc
- Night Music I, performed by Amirtha Kidambi, Vasudevan Panicker, Cory Bracken, and Frederick Trumpy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a93OV45NqNw
- Eleven Echoes of Autumn, 1965, performed by Helen Vidovich, Heather Roche, Patrick Dawkins, and Zubin Kanga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_jpi2vykM8
- Vox Balaenae, performed by Trio Kijura (Hanna Vigren, Simone Seales, and Emi See): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJU7LFbSczk
- Lux Aeterna, performed by Nelly Lee, Pavel Sedov and the USSR Bolshoi Theater Orchestra Soloists Ensemble conducted by Alexander Lazarev: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqDdDRpw9aY
- Night of the Four Moons, performed by Gliah Yaron and an unknown ensemble conducted by (I believe) Luis Gorelik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT8zU672ESY
- Black Angels, performed by Jeanne Marie Conquer, Hae Sun Kang, Christophe Desjardins, and Pierre Strauch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11o8nHk-l_o
- Zeitgeist, performed by some duo of Qing Jiang, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, Alice Xu, Abigail Sin, Anna Han, Chaeyoung Park, Sophiko Simsive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlmdMo1I0Mw
- Madrigals, Book 1, performed by Sharon Harms, Susan Cahill, and John Kinzie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRd_iyyfhYA
- Federicos Little Songs for Children, performed by the Damselfly Trio (Chelsea Czuchra, Lindsay Buffington, and Liz Pearse): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtTxPfCH0cU
- âCrucifixusâ from Makrokosmos, Vol. I, performed by Barıà BĂŒyĂŒkyıldırım: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4idZ3pG652A
- âDream Images (Love-Death Music)â from Makrokosmos, Vol. I, performed by Fabrizio Chiovetta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k5DsuNiwVg
- âKronos - Kryptos,â performed by Eli Geruschat, Jeff Sagurton, Michael Rogers, Danial Kukuk, and Ross Jarrell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuACpa_Zq7I
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![Great Composers: Jean Coulthard
A musical legend of Canadas west coast.
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Music:
- Jean Coulthard: Sonata Rhapsody for Viola and Piano, Mvt. 2, performed by Margaret Carey and Ashken Minasyan [original upload: Y5LsrMUliGg]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![BedĆich Smetana and the War for the Czech Spirit
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0:00 Introduction
0:30 I. Built Different
5:35 II. An Emerging Nationalism
17:07 III. Sweden
27:57 IV. Toward the Stage
48:19 V. The Shadow of the Bride
1:02:42 VI. The Czech Beethoven
1:19:34 VII. Smetana and the Czech Spirit
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đ Sources/further reading:
âSmetanaâ by Brian Large (Da Capo Press, 1970)
âBedĆich Smetana: Myth, Music, and Propagandaâ by Kelly St. Pierre (Boydell & Brewer, University of Rochester Press, 2017)
âThe Sound of Deafness: Smetana and Traumatic Tinnitusâ by Alexei Pesic and Peter Pesic (Music & Medicine, 2015, Vol. 7/2, pp 9â13): https://static1.squarespace.com/static/549e4558e4b07c07777e8a60/t/5bc39037a4222f13d0e5f0b9/1539543105187/The+Sound+of+Deafness+-+Smetana+and+Traumatic+Tinnitus.pdf
âPianistic Analysis of BedĆich Smetanaâs Piano Cycle âDreams, Six Characteristic Pieces for Pianoââ (DMA dissertation, Kristina Henckel, University of Oklahoma, 2016): https://core.ac.uk/reader/215248570
https://www.antonin-dvorak.cz/en/bedrich-smetana-1824-1884/
Music:
- BedĆich Smetana: âDance of the Comediansâ from The Bartered Bride, performed by the Young Cracow Philharmonic conducted by Tomasz Chmiel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY1b52b0Re4
- BedĆich Smetana: âV leseâ from Six Characteristic Pieces, Op. 1, performer unknown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkUTCkJLmmM
- BedĆich Smetana: Triumphal Symphony, Op. 6, performed by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lothar Zagrosek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrVWLkcBA9U
- BedĆich Smetana: 3 SalonnĂ polky, Op. 7, performed by Radoslav Kvapil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak_5hmfeBjM
- BedĆich Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15, performed by Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, Harriet Krijgh, and Magda Amara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXzMColEvwE
- Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, performed by the McGill Symphony Orchestra, the Schulich Singers, the McGill Concert Choir, and the University Chorus conducted by Jean-Sébastien Vallée: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EWdTMEMYO0
- BedĆich Smetana: Richard III, Op. 11, performed by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Petr Popelka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjFAv1xEFzs
- BedĆich Smetana: âWallensteinâs Camp,â Op. 14, performed by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Petr Popelka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACIL9Wtne7A
- BedĆich Smetana: Macbeth and the Witches, performed by Ashley Wass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_CMMjOZXBU
- BedĆich Smetana: Overture from The Bartered Bride, performed by the Czech Philharmonic conducted by JiĆĂ BÄlohlĂĄvek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eWXqxKX0KI
- BedĆich Smetana: BraniboĆi v ÄechĂĄch (The Brandenburgers in Bohemia), performed by the Prague National Theater conducted by ZdenÄk KoĆĄler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMa7gVQqEAg
- BedĆich Smetana: ProdanĂĄ nevÄsta (The Bartered Bride), performed by the Garsington Opera conducted by Jac van Steen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCrOSqpRnik
- BedĆich Smetana: âFuriantâ from ProdanĂĄ nevÄsta (The Bartered Bride), performed by the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by VladimĂr VĂĄlek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1M3NN89K3s
- BedĆich Smetana: Dalibor, performed by the Prague National Theater conducted by Jaroslav Kyzlink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vGUa3kTmH4
- BedĆich Smetana: LibuĆĄe, performed by the Prague National Theater conducted by Oliver von DohnĂĄnyi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvQa1hAv4Z0
- BedĆich Smetana: ÄeskĂ© tance II, performed by MatyĂĄĆĄ NovĂĄk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBqxj9wZBuI
- BedĆich Smetana: MĂĄ vlast, performed by the West German Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR8h5nRKAio
- BedĆich Smetana: âRĂȘvesâ (âSnyâ/âDreamsâ), performed by Vartan Agopian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN4SNxq0BLA
- BedĆich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 âFrom My Life,â performed by the Meccore String Quartet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCxHK_2lNmo
- BedĆich Smetana: Äertova StÄna (The Devils Wall), performed by VladimĂr JedenĂĄctĂk (unknown orchestra) conducted by Otakar JeremiĂĄĆĄ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Kk8vMuwyY
- Thomas Little Wingate: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Leonard Bernstein: Doomed to Success
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đ Sources/further reading:
âLeonard Bernsteinâ by Humphrey Burton (Doubleday, 1994)
âThe Joy of Musicâ by Leonard Bernstein (Doubleday, 1959)
âLeonard Bernsteins Piano Music: A Comparative Study of Selected Worksâ by Leann Osterkamp, 2018 (DMA Dissertation, City University of New York): https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3619&context=gc_etds
âModeling Compositional Grammars in Leonard Bernsteins West Side Story (1957)â by Thomas William Posen, 2016 (Masterâs Thesis, University of New Mexico): https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1000&context=mus_etds
âAn Analysis of the Effectiveness of Individual Dramatic and Musical Elements in the 1956, 1973 and 1988 Versions of Leonard Bernsteins Candideâ by Leanne Pettit, 2009 (DMA Dissertation, Louisiana State University): https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1910&context=gradschool_dissertations
âLeonard Bernsteinâs Jewish Boston: Cross-Disciplinary Research in the Classroomâ by Carol J. Oja and Kay Kaufman Shelemay, 2009 (Journal of the Society for American Music): https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/2623650/Oja-LeonardBernstein.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
âThe Contributions of Leonard Bernstein to Music Education: An Analysis of His 53 Young Peoples Concertsâ by Brian David Rozen, 1997 (PhD Dissertation, Eastman School of Music)
âConvergences Between Leonard Bernsteinâs On the Town (1944) and Wonderful Town (1953) and his Contemporary Concert Musicâ by Hsun Lin, 2013 (PhD Dissertation, University of Kansas)
âThe Power of Gaze in Music. Leonard Bernsteinâs Conducting Eyesâ by Isabella Poggi et al. (Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, May 2020)
âLeonard Bernstein Through His Daughterâs Eyesâ by David Denby (The New Yorker, 2018): https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/06/25/leonard-bernstein-through-his-daughters-eyes
https://www.brandeis.edu/bernstein-100/history/bernstein-congregation-mishkan-tefila.html
https://blogs.wdav.org/2018/10/tom-cothran-bernsteins-sexual-orientation-and-1970s-american-culture/
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from âWest Side Story,â arranged for two pianos and percussion, performed by Dubravka Vukalovic, Bruno Vlahek, Ami Rossier, Jan Beauge, and SĂ©bastien Aegerter [free recording courtesy pianosociety.com]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Leonard Bernstein: âI Hate Music!â from I Hate Music: A cycle of Five Kid Songs for Soprano and Piano (1943), performed by Bonnie Blackwell and Benjamin Blozan [original upload: BlhSqbMNHVA, used with permission of Bonnie Blackwell]
- Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9, Mvts. III and IV, performed by the University of Chicago Orchestra conducted by Barbara Schubert and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/y7m8eyjkâ
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![Great Performers: Franz von Vecsey
A look at Sibeliuss dedicatee.
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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:
- Pablo de Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25, arranged by JenĆ Hubay, performed by Franz von Vecsey and an unknown pianist [original upload: 9BhtkKe46Ac]
- 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 Performers: Josef Hassid
One of the saddest stories in the history of the violin.
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Music:
- Joseph Achron: Hebrew Melody Op. 33, performed by Josef Hassid and Gerald Moore [original upload: ImIwpDCMC10]
- 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 Pieces: Pavane pour une Infante Défunte
A look at Ravels Pavane.
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Music:
- Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une Infante Défunte, performed by Felipe Sarro
[free recording courtesy pianosociety.com]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Theremin: The Wild History of the Weirdest Instrument
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0:00 Introduction
1:09 I: The Eve of Revolution
6:32 II: Theremin in the Ether
14:00 III: Flirting with Capitalism
28:47 IV: Cowell and Grainger
31:00 V: Clara Rockmore
39:09 VI: Collapse
46:40 VII: Lucie Rosen
52:29 VIII: Theremin in the Gulag
1:03:40 IX: A Home in Novelty
1:08:59 X: Last Years
đ SOURCES/FURTHER READING:
General sources/comments:
âą âTheremin: Ether Music and Espionageâ by Albert Glinsky (University of Illinois Press, 2000)
âą Thanks to Jonathan Golove for lending me his spare theremin.
âą Detailed information on Theremin-built theremins: https://rcatheremin.com/
II: Theremin in the Ether
âą 6:32 Theremin playing the theremin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5qf9O6c20o
âą 9:52 âPhysics of the Thereminââ bây Kenneth Skeldon: https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.19004
III: Flirting with Capitalism
âą 14:45 Kovalsky and the Electro-Musical Orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ThFEzDUcc8
âą 16:33 Rostovskaya re-premieres Pashchenkoâs âA Symphonic Mystery:â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTMaqnvOdbA
V: Clara Rockmore
âą http://nadiareisenberg-clararockmore.org/clara-rockmore-biography/
âą 31:01 Rockmore plays Ravelâs âHabanera:â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuKBPEDU-W0
âą 33:10 Rockmoreâs âThe Art of the Theremin:â http://nadiareisenberg-clararockmore.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/theremin.pdf
âą 33:18 Rockmore plays Saint-SaĂ«nsâ âThe Swan:â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdFSU8sn3mo
âą 35:25 âClara Rockmore RCA Theremin Reportâ by Andrew Baron and Mike Buffington: https://rcatheremin.com/documents/Clara_RCA_Report.pdf
âą 37:25 Fuleihan score: https://etheremin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fuleihan.pdf
VII: Lucie Rosen
âą 51:07 JĂžrgensen and Bystrova perform Paulâs âPalestinian Song:â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxtW6nNBlIo
IX: A Home in Novelty
âą Additional information on the theremin in Hollywood was found in Kasey Mathewâs âStrange Vibrations: The Evolution of the Theremin:â https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1471&context=caps_thes_all
âą 1:03:40 Excerpt from âSpellbound:â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvK0NkrZXxM
âą 1:05:57 Odna (âAloneâ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QURLitdTjaM
âą 1:06:00 Excerpt from âThe Lost Weekend:â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iQpa9MNnVA
âą 1:07:24 Excerpt from âThe Delicate Delinquent:â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBZGcYBjQTM
X: Last Years
âą 1:â13:â56 Theremin at Stanford University, 1991: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUgNkROotp0
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music (in addition to that listed above):
- Joseph Schillinger: First Airphonic Suite, performed by Lydia Kavina and the Sinfonieorchester der Staatlichen Hochschule fĂŒr Musik Karlsruhe conducted by Zsolt Nagy [original upload: x2QcWKtRMk]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Ne poy, krasavitsa, Op.4 no. 4 (aka âSong of Grusiaâ), performed by Clara Rockmore [original upload: mmsx4oPy8nA]
- Anis Fuleihan: Theremin Concerto, performed by Clara Rockmore and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leopold Stokowski [original upload: cLLiikYaV1g]
- Bohuslav MartinĆŻ: Fantasia for Theremin, Oboe, Piano, and String Quartet, performed by Lydia Kavina, Stefania Tedesco, Mauro Cavalieri DâOro, and members of the Columbus Orchestra: https://www.thereminvox.com/library/lydia_kavina/fantasia-for-theremin-oboe-piano-and-string-quartet/
- Joseph Achron: Hebrew Melody, Op. 33, performed by Clara Rockmore [original upload: vCrZSM3F2Q]
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![The Uncompromising Elliott Carter
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âCarterâ by David Schiff (Oxford University Press, 2018)
âThe Music of Elliott Carterâ by David Schiff (Second edition, Cornell University Press, 1998)
âElliot Carter: Collected Essays and Lectures, 1937â1995,â edited by Jonathan W. Bernard (University of Rochester Press, 1997)
âLong-Range Polyrhythms in Elliott Carterâs Recent Musicâ by John F. Link (PhD Dissertation, City University of New York, 1994): http://www.johnlinkmusic.com/JohnLinkDiss.pdf
âThe Composition of Elliott Carters Night Fantasiesâ by John F. Link: http://johnlinkmusic.com/JohnLinkSonusPaper.pdf
âA Listener-Sensitive Analytic Approach to Elliott Carterâs Late Chamber Musicâ by Peter Christian Wyse Smucker (PhD Dissertation, University of Chicago, 2015)
âAspects of Motion in Elliott Carterâs Second String Quartetâ by Tiina Koivisto (IntĂ©gral: The Journal of Applied Musical Thought, 1996): https://www.esm.rochester.edu/integral/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/INTEGRAL_10_koivisto.pdf
âAn Analytical Study of Elliott Carterâs Piano Sonataâ by Jane E. Gormley Perkyns (DMA Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990)
âA Multifaceted Approach to Analyzing Form in Elliott Carterâs Boston Concertoâ by Alan Theisen (PhD Dissertation, Florida State University, 2010): https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:176104/datastream/PDF/view
âMulti-Layered Construction of Elliott Carterâs Violin Concerto, First Movementâ by Jonghee Kang (PhD Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, 2015): http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/24859/1/Kang_Diss_Final_w_Bookmarks_042015.pdf
âThe Later Music of Elliott Carterâ by David I. H. Harvey (PhD Thesis, Worcester College, Oxford, 1986): https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-later-music-of-Elliott-Carter-%3A-a-study-in-and-Harvey/66f27f055b6aaf23743e743c2676649861d02b62
âAt the Edge of Creation: Elliot Carterâs Sketches in the Library of Congressâ by Stephen Soderberg
âElliott Carterâs March: An Applicable Analysisâ by Troy W. Palmer (BA Thesis, Western Kentucky University, 2015): https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/43649341.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz3PTNOVLuM
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Elliott Carter: Concerto for Orchestra (1969), performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Pierre Boulez [original upload: c3JEGuUd6SI]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Elliott Carter: Piano Sonata (1947), performed by John Anderson [free recording courtesy pianosociety.com]
- Tyson Davis: String Quartet #1 (2017), performed by the Attacca Quartet [original upload: utBqGfuur9M]
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![George Enescu: Romanias Underrated Genius
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âGeorge Enescu: The Complete Musician: A Study of Violin Virtuosity in Enescuâs Third Sonata for Piano and Violin,â by Helen Katharine Ayres (DMA Dissertation, University of Melbourne, 2006)
âA Structural Analysis of George Enescuâs Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 24, No. 3,â by Jonas Erik Kvarnström (DMA thesis, University of British Columbia, 1992)
https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000008793
http://libcontent1.lib.ua.edu/content/u0015/0000001/0000610/u0015_0000001_0000610.pdf
https://www.atlantasymphony.org/-/media/Sites/ASO2011/Res/PDF/17-18/Program-Notes/ASO_w18_CS21_Program-Notes.pdf
https://www.chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/TR1100.pdf
http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1966&context=gs_rp
http://webbut.unitbv.ro/BU2014/Series%20VIII/BULETIN%20VIII/10_NAUNCEF-Alina.pdf
https://www.wrightmusic.net/pdfs/georges-enescu.pdf
https://watermark.silverchair.com/141.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/oct/25/classicalmusicandopera.artsfeatures
https://www.georgeenescu.ro/en/georgeenescu-ro-en_doc_20_george-enescu-biography-and-work_pg_0.htm
https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Enescu-George.htm
http://www.roh.org.uk/people/george-enescu
https://www.roh.org.uk/news/watch-the-tragedies-of-all-tragedies-johan-reuter-and-john-tomlinson-on-oedipe
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- George Enescu: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 26 (1898), performed by Andrei Csaba and Dan Grigore [original upload: qdGh5UqbbuA]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody, Op. 11 No. 1 (1901), performed by the Georges Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sergiu Celibidache [original upload: m8Y5x1N_aIg]
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![Composition Masterclass #11: Piano Concerto Edition
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- âPiano Concerto in A Major, Mvt. 1 by Marcel Simader
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