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- Claude Debussy: La Cathédrale engloutie from Préludes, Book 1, performed by Stefano Ligoratti and available on IMSLP: tinyurl.com/debussyfifths
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette [original upload: zps7sQZecQY]
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- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette [original upload: zps7sQZecQY]
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![César Cui: Critic & General [The Mighty Handful, Pt. 4/6]
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“Russian Elements in Selected Piano Compositions of Cesar Cui (1835–1918)” by Raymond Teele Ryder (DMA Dissertation, University of Arizona, 2001): https://repository.arizona.edu/bitstream/handle/10150/280753/azu_td_3016468_sip1_m.pdf?sequence=1
http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/russmus/cui/cuibio.html
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Name/C%C3%A9sar-Cui/Composer/2603-1
http://guides.lib.fsu.edu/c.php?g=353115&p=2383522
https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/c/co-cz/cesar-cui/
http://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/C%C3%A9sar_Cui
https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA706&lpg=PA706&source=bl&ots=KWcMrPO2P1&sig=ACfU3U2FTnoCGCBeT1_AWUaVLZYETsrMUw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiY qlq5joAhUon-AKHazKDooQ6AEwAXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage
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- César Cui: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 68, performed by Steve’s Bedroom Band and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/CesarCuiSQ2
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Great Composers: Siegfried Wagner
A look at Richards son.
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- Richard Wagner: Prelude to Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, performed by the Fulda Symphonic Orchestra as conducted by Simon Schindler and available on IMSLP: http://tinyurl.com/l6rwybt- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Alexander Borodin: Composer & Chemist [The Mighty Handful, Pt. 3/6]
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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:
- Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No. 2, performed by members of the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and available on IMSLP: https://tinyurl.com/BorodinSQ
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![The Second Viennese School: An Introduction
A look at the pivotal school at the heart of modern music.
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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:
- Arnold Schoenberg: Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 11, mvts. 1 and 2, performed by Hector Sanchez
[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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![Why Composers Like Mushrooms
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https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2018/november/chasalow-mushrooms.html
https://www.theguardian.com/arts/fridayreview/story/0,,1271606,00.html
https://knowledgenuts.com/2014/10/21/the-musician-inspired-by-mushrooms/
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Thomas Little: “C’est la Vie” from the Sonata for Violin and Piano (2018), performed by Michele Zimmerman and George Mobley and available for purchase on Bandcamp: https://lentovivace.bandcamp.com/album/sonata-for-violin-and-piano
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![Setting Twitter to Music
A tradition older than you might assume ...
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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- Gabriel Kahane: “Opera Scene” from Craigslistlieder, sung by Amy Broadbent, soprano, and accompanied by Christopher Koelzer [original upload: ntvcNda5D-M]
- 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 Composers: Carl Nielsen
A look at Denmarks greatest symphonist.
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Classical Nerd is a weekly video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
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- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![An Interview with Robin Meiksins
Thanks to Robin for choosing my piece as part of her 52 Weeks of Flute project and for taking the time to talk to me! I was battling technical difficulties the entire time (leading to what I feel is some occasional spaciness on my end), but we made it through. Go subscribe to her: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGVHd5juCshz-0eAK97qcTQ
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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- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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![Musical Americana: Stephen Foster, Minstrelsy, and the Birth of Popular Music
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0:00 Introduction
0:54 I: Born on the Fourth of July
3:54 II: Early Copyright
6:11 III: Stephen Starts Writing
8:43 IV: Minstrelsy
20:56 V: Cincinnati
24:39 VI: Jeanie
30:03 VII: Elevating a Genre
42:24 VIII: Antebellum Politics
47:39 IX: President-in-Law
52:22 X: Return to the Parlor
58:46 XI: The Song Factory
1:03:41 XII: A Complicated Legacy
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![Great Composers: Astor Piazzolla
It takes two to tango, but only one to completely reinvent it.
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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:
- Astor Piazzolla: Meditango, arranged for piano trio, performed by François Micol and unknown string players
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- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Astor Piazzolla/Kurt Cobain: Smells like Libertango, arranged and performed by Theresa Rose and Drake Duffer [original upload: vkqYdj8BGZw]
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![Great Composers: George Rochberg
How one man broke from serialism ... but at a high cost.
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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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- George Rochberg: Three Elegiac Pieces, Mvt. 3, performed by Marc-André Hamelin [original upload: 78X7ziC_78A]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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