Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
How one Venetian redefined a genre.
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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:
- Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon in double echo, Canzon duodecimitoni a 10, and Canzon a 12, performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra [original upload: Wos-OBxOsyE]
- 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 one Venetian redefined a genre.
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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:
- Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon in double echo, Canzon duodecimitoni a 10, and Canzon a 12, performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra [original upload: Wos-OBxOsyE]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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Questions and comments can be directed to:
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![Augmented Sixths: The Chords that Broke Theory
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0:00 Introduction
0:42 What is an Augmented Sixth?
2:28 International Chords
6:30 Musica Ficta and the Phrygian Cadence
12:00 In Search of a Root
16:12 The Diminished Gambit
19:44 A Cog in the Sonata Machine
26:37 Towards Tristan, and Beyond
29:52 DIY Chords
31:51 The Tritone Substitution
33:39 Conclusion
đ Sources/further reading:
âA Chord in Time: The Evolution of the Augmented Sixth from Monteverdi to Mahlerâ by Mark Ellis (Ashgate, 2010)
âTheory of Harmonyâ by Arnold Schoenberg, trans. Roy Carter (University of California Press, 1978)
âHarmony and Voice Leadingâ by Edward Aldwell, Carl Schachter, and Allen Cadwallader (4th Edition, Cengage, 2011)
âHarmonic Practice in Tonal Musicâ by Robert Gauldin (1st Edition, Norton, 1997)
âHarmonic Materials and Treatment of Dissonance in the Pianoforte Music of Frederic Chopinâ by Betty Jean Thomas (PhD dissertation, Eastman School of Music, 1963): http://hdl.handle.net/1802/5429
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Richard Wagner: Prelude to Tristan und Isolde, performed by the Fulda Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Simon Schindler and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/k7dk35af
- William Byrd: Ne Irascaris Domine and Civitas Sancti Tui (double motet), performed by Ensemble Plus Ultra [original upload: 3vBCSPHZnnA]
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier: âO sors! sors infelix et acerbâ from Mors SaĂŒlis et Jonathae, H. 403, performed by Il Seminario Musicale conducted by GĂ©rard Lesne [original upload: p_kYMqWbOYM]
- Johann Sebastian Bach: âEt Incarnatus Estâ from the Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, performed by the English Concert conducted by Harry Bicket [original upload: QNGzJnqdCnY]
- Robert Schumann: Novelletten, Op. 21 No. 4, performed by Dino Ciani [original upload: Zfe-UbT6G58]
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 39, K. 543, Mvt. 1, performers unknown [original upload: H0x_dCrKd4w]
- Joseph Haydn: String Quartet Op. 54 No. 2, Mvt. 2, performed by the Danish String Quartet [original upload: dGgmFFMFICc]
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 âĂ ThĂ©rĂšse,â Op. 78, Mvt. 2, performed by Peter Bradley-Fulgoni and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/uddakysj
- Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 131, Mvt. 1, performed by the Orion String Quartet and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/3pjmnw3y
- Robert Schumann: âAm Leuchtenden Sommermorgenâ from Dichterliebe, Op. 48, performed by Anton Belov and Lydia Brown and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/45r9dm3w
- Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka in B Major, Op. 63 No. 1, performed by Christoph Zbinden and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/yxujsp95
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
The other background music consists of procedurally generated chains of augmented sixth chords, representing each of the 12 transpositions of the three major varieties of augmented sixth equally.
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![Great Composers: Jean Sibelius
A look at a legendary Finn.
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Music:
- Jean Sibelius: Symphony No 2, Op. 43, performed by the Buenos Aires Philharmonic conducted by Jeff Manookian and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/y844ta75
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Milton Babbittâs Musical Tetris
0:00 Introduction
0:30 I: From Jackson to Princeton
8:27 II: Babbitt, Cold Warrior?
15:47 III: âWho Cares if You Listen?â
28:11 IV: Integral Serialism & Combinatoriality
35:05 V: Babbitt & Synthesis
47:19 VI: Lynes, Partitions, Arrays, & Superarrays
55:32 VII: The Time-Point Technique
1:02:52 VIII: Dean of American Serialism
đ SOURCES/FURTHER READING:
đ (note that citations fall only under the chapter to which they most strongly pertain)
0:30 I: From Jackson to Princeton
On Milton Babbitt: Progressive Artistic Research, Decorous Pranks, and Pig-Stand Jazz by Joshua Banks Mailman: https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2021.2031066 (Contemporary Music Review [CMR], Volume 40, Issue 2-3)
https://www.jamesromig.com/uploads/5/6/2/5/56250769/babbittdiscussions.pdf
http://preparedguitar.blogspot.com/2016/05/an-interview-with-milton-babbitt-by_6.html
http://preparedguitar.blogspot.com/2016/05/an-interview-with-milton-babbitt-by.html
8:27 II: Babbitt, Cold Warrior?
ââMusic for the Massesâ: Milton Babbittâs Cold War Music Theoryâ by Martin Brody (The Musical Quarterly, Summer 1993, Vol. 77, No. 2): https://music.arts.uci.edu/abauer/4.3/readings/Brody_Babbitt_Cold_War.pdf
âModern Music and After (3rd Edition)â by Paul Griffiths (Oxford, 2010)
15:47 III: âWho Cares if You Listen?â
âThe Collected Essays of Milton Babbitt,â ed. Stephen Peles (Princeton, 2003)
âWords About Musicâ by Milton Babbitt (ed. Stephen Dembski and Joseph N. Straus, UW Press, 1987)
28:11 IV: Integral Serialism & Combinatoriality
âListening to Babbitt: Perception and Analysis of Milton Babbittâs Du for Soprano and Pianoâ by Erin Sullivan (MA thesis, UGA, 2005): https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/sullivan_erin_l_200508_ma.pdf
35:05 V: Babbitt & Synthesis
The Private and Public Lives of a Lost Concerto: Milton Babbittâs Concerti for Violin, Orchestra, and Synthesized Sound by Julia Glenn: https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2021.2018177 (CMR, 40, 2-3)
Concerti e Concerti: Babbittâs Mysterious Bedfellows by Jonathan Dawe: https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2021.2017199 (CMR, 40, 2-3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHNG9rexCsg
47:19 VI: Lynes, Partitions, Arrays, & Superarrays
âAn Introduction to the Music of Milton Babbittâ by Andrew Mead (Princeton, 1994)
âThe Phenomena of âPhonemenaâ: Structure and Realization in Milton Babbittâs Work for Soprano and Synthesized Tapeâ by Mikel Kuehn (PhD dissertation, Eastman, 1995)
âMilton Babbittâs Composition for Guitar: An Analytic Overviewâ by Todd Seelye (DMA diss., U. Ariz., 1988)
55:32 VII: The Time-Point Technique
Pulling a Fast More-Than-One: Milton Babbittâs Time-point Practice by Joseph Dubiel: https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2021.1989231 (CMR, 40, 2-3)
1:02:52 VIII: Dean of American Serialism
âForce of Natureâ by James Ricci: https://deconstructing-jim.blogspot.com/2011/03/force-of-nature.html
Rethinking Babbittâs âSeriousâ Music as Play by Alison Maggart: https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2021.2017232 (CMR, 40, 2-3)
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Music:
- Milton Babbitt: Partitions (1957), performed by Augustus Arnone [original: jk8Z8Wo2tcM]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Arnold Schoenberg: âMĂ€ssige Viertelâ from Three Pieces, Op. 11 (1909, rev. 1924), performed by Peter Bradley-Fulgoni and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/yckzb88f
- Babbitt: Composition for Twelve Instruments (1948), conducted by Ralph Shapey [original: W_ErRFJRL7g]
- Babbitt: String Quartet No. 3 (1970), performed by (probably) the Fine Arts Quartet [original: mkvR6grAgOA]
- J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048, performed by A Far Cry and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/yykz5yum
- Babbitt: Piano Concerto No. 2 (1998), performed by Conor Hanick and the Juilliard Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Milarsky [original: XUdgKl7ZMN4]
- Babbitt: Composition for Synthesizer (1960) [original: bRzFhY7hygY]
- Babbitt: Philomel (1964) [original: 3SMR5WIgSUg]
- Babbitt: All Set (1957), performed by the NEC Wind Ensemble conducted by Charles Peltz [original: TYsDztD9iv4]
- Babbitt: Composition for Four Instruments (1948), performed by Timeâs Arrow [original: _fkx5IYfiPs]
- Babbitt: Semi-Simple Variations (1956), MIDI render
- Babbitt: Post-Partitions (1966), MIDI render [original: rBvgd0LYUyw]
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![Francis Poulenc: Whimsy and Sarcasm [Les Six, Pt. 6/7]
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đ Sources/further reading:
âPoulenc: A Biographyâ by Roger Nichols (Yale University Press, 2020)
âPoulenc: The Life in the Songsâ by Graham Johnson (Norton, 2020)
âLes Six: The French Composers and Their Mentors Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie,â edited by Robert Shapiro (Peter Owen Publishers, 2011)
âPoulencâs Development as a Piano Composer: A Comparison of the Solo Piano Works and the MĂ©lodiesâ by Kirk A. Severtson (DMA thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2005): https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=ucin1117195467&disposition=inlin
âUnifying Devices in Poulenc: A Study of the Cycles BanalitĂ©s and Tel Jour Telle Nuitâ by Terence Evan Dawson (DMA thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991)
âRhythmic, Phrasing, and Dramatic Concerns in Poulencâs Tel Jour Telle Nuitâ by Wesley B. Morgan (DMA monograph, Temple University, 2019): https://scholarshare.temple.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.12613/3305/TETDEDXMorgan-temple-0225E-13634.pdf?sequence=1
âA Stylistic Analysis of BanalitĂ©s by Francis Poulencâ by Joy Ann Allen (MM thesis, University of North Texas, 1968): https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc699446/m2/1/high_res_d/1002774320-Allen.pdf
âA Comparative Study of Selected Clarinet Works by Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulencâ by Thomas D. Stirzaker (PhD dissertation, Texas Tech University, 1988): https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/bitstream/handle/2346/61651/31295019375103.pdf?seq
âA Historical, Literary, and Musical Analysis of Francis Poulencâs Dialogues des CarmĂ©litesâ by Gail Elizabeth Lowther (MM thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2010): https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a96c9ee0dbda34913bde7f6/t/5b1838576d2a73e172170a74/1528313946253/bgsu1273832192.pdf
âCohesion of Composer and Singer: The Female Singers of Poulencâ by Susan Joanne Musselman (DMA document, The Ohio State University, 2007): https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=osu1196185791&disposition=inline
âFrancis Poulencâs Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone: A Structural Analysis Identifying Historical Significance, Form and Implications for Performanceâ by John T. Cord, (DMA dissertation, University of North Texas, 2009): https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc12104/m2/1/high_res_d/dissertation.pdf
âA Pedagogical and Performance Analysis of Francis Poulencâs Works for Two Pianos and Four Handsâ by Mai Li (DMA dissertation, University of Kansas, 2019): https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/30189/Li_ku_0099D_16967_DATA_1.pdf?sequence=1
âAn Analysis of Francis Poulencâs Sextour, First Movementâ by Malorie Danielle Jessup (MM research paper, Ball State University, 2009): https://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/bitstream/handle/123456789/193566/Mjessup_2009-2_BODY.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Francis Poulenc: Selections from Nocturnes (1930â8), performed by John Robson (#1, #3) and Monica Hart (#7, #8) [free recordings courtesy pianosociety.com]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Francis Poulenc: Selections from Improvisations (1932â59), performed by Monica Hart (#5, #7, #10, #13, #15) [free recordings courtesy pianosociety.com]
- Francis Poulenc: Mélancolie (1940), performed by Dr. David April [free recording courtesy pianosociety.com]
- Francis Poulenc: Selections from Suite Française (1935), performed by Chris Breemer (#1, #3, #6, #7) [free recordings courtesy pianosociety.com]
- Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1962), performed by Michael Schönfelder and Andreas Pfaul [free recording courtesy pianosociety.com]
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![Scott Joplin: Champion of Ragtime
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đ Sources/further reading:
âScott Joplin: The Man Who Made Ragtimeâ by James Haskins and Kathleen Benson (1978)
âJulius Weiss: Scott Joplinâs First Piano Teacherâ by Theodore Albrecht (College Music Symposium, Vol. 19 No. 2 (Fall 1979)
https://www.crj-online.org/v4/CRJ-Treemonisha.php
http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/joplin.php
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwe40
https://historicmissourians.shsmo.org/historicmissourians/name/j/joplin/index.html
https://www.sdjewishworld.com/2014/09/28/play-scott-joplin-electrifying/
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Scott Joplin: The Chrysanthemum, performed by GerlĂŒz and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/yxtzyjnm
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Scott Joplin: Combination March, performed by GerlĂŒz and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/y3vd47uo
- Scott Joplin: Gladiolus Rag, performed by Peter Bradley-Fulgoni and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/y4w8oety
- Scott Joplin: Harmony Club Waltz, performed by GerlĂŒz and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/y69bgvep
- Scott Joplin/Scott Hayden: Kismet Rag, performed by Tony Wilkenson and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/yxq2wk7p
- Scott Joplin: The Nonpareil, performed by GerlĂŒz and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/y5m262gr
- Scott Joplin: Paragon Rag, performed by GerlĂŒz and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/y2atde57
- Scott Joplin: Peacherine Rag, performed by GerlĂŒz and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/yy3gyozh
- Scott Joplin: Pleasant Moments, performed by GerlĂŒz and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/y3eeef2z
- Scott Joplin: Magnetic Rag, performed by Constantin Stephan and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/y4hxl2aq
- Scott Joplin: Wall Street Rag, performed by Constantin Stephan and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/yyynmwgh
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![Louis Durey: The Composer Who Set Mao to Music [Les Six, Pt. 3/7]
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âLes Six: The French Composers and Their Mentors Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie,â edited by Robert Shapiro (Peter Owen Publishers, 2011)
âLouis Durey: Homme de tĂȘte,â by Marc Wood (The Musical Times, Vol. 141, No. 1873): https://www.jstor.org/stable/1004733
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
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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đ Sources mentioned in the video:
- 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
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- 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
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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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