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Cv, Oscar E. Macchioni May 2019

Cv, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Last update June 2019

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Realization Of Beethoven's Heroic Style In Performance.Docx, Nathaniel Lawson Apr 2019

Realization Of Beethoven's Heroic Style In Performance.Docx, Nathaniel Lawson

Nathaniel Lawson

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Commentary On "Timbre As An Elusive Component Of Imagery For Music" By Freya Bailes, Andrea Halpern Jan 2019

Commentary On "Timbre As An Elusive Component Of Imagery For Music" By Freya Bailes, Andrea Halpern

Andrea Halpern

The study of musical timbre by Bailes (2007) raises important questions concerning the relative ease of imaging complex perceptual attributes such as timbre, compared to more unidimensional attributes. I also raise the issue of individual differences in auditory imagery ability, especially for timbre.

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Catalog Of Current Compositions, Dan Rager Dec 2018

Catalog Of Current Compositions, Dan Rager

Dan Rager

Catalog of instrumental and choral works ranging from solo ensembles, duets, quartets, quintets, sextets, brass choir, percussion ensembles, woodwind and brass ensembles, concert / symphonic band, symphony orchestra and choral music. Works include Symphonies 1 & 2 & 3, Concertos 1 & 2 and other large symphonic contemporary works.

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Orchestra Machines, Old And New, Jonathan De Souza Jul 2018

Orchestra Machines, Old And New, Jonathan De Souza

Jonathan De Souza

What is ‘orchestral’ about a networked laptop orchestra? And what is network-like about a classical orchestra? This article juxtaposes orchestras, nineteenth-century music machines, and twenty-first-century network music projects. Drawing on organology and cybernetics, it asks how these systems connect people and instruments. It considers interaction and coordination in particular networks, from the panharmonicon to PLork, but also their abstract informational topologies. Ultimately, orchestra machines, old and new, involve both technical and social organization—and, as such, they can be used to problematize the ontological separation of technology and society.

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The Effects Of Diegetic And Nondiegetic Music On Viewers’ Interpretations Of A Film Scene, Elizabeth M. Wakefield, Siu-Lan Tan, Matthew P. Spackman Jan 2018

The Effects Of Diegetic And Nondiegetic Music On Viewers’ Interpretations Of A Film Scene, Elizabeth M. Wakefield, Siu-Lan Tan, Matthew P. Spackman

Elizabeth Wakefield

Previous studies have shown that pairing a film excerpt with different musical soundtracks can change the audience’s interpretation of the scene. This study examined the effects of mixing the same piece of music at different levels of loudness in a film soundtrack to suggest diegetic music (“source music,” presented as if arising from within the fictional world of the film characters) or to suggest nondiegetic music (a “dramatic score” accompanying the scene but not originating from within the fictional world). Adjusting the level of loudness significantly altered viewers’ perceptions of many elements that are fundamental to the storyline, including inferences …

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Timbral Thievery: Synthesizers And Sonic Materiality, Jonathan De Souza Dec 2017

Timbral Thievery: Synthesizers And Sonic Materiality, Jonathan De Souza

Jonathan De Souza

Timbre often indexes an instrument’s materiality, and timbral variation often correlates with a player’s actions. Yet synthesizers complicate phenomenological links between sound and source. This chapter juxtaposes three instruments: an electromagnetic tuning-fork apparatus, developed by the nineteenth-century scientist Hermann von Helmholtz; the RCA Mark II, used by Milton Babbitt and other mid-twentieth-century composers; and the Yamaha GX-1, a large polyphonic synthesizer from the 1970s, played by Stevie Wonder and Keith Emerson. These synthesizers create new timbres and also imitate acoustic instruments, in a process that Robert Moog calls “timbral thievery.” Such imitations can provoke exaggerated or anxious discussions of synthetic …

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Review Of Michael Kater, The Twisted Muse: Musicians And Their Music In The Third Reich (New York And Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997), David B. Dennis Oct 2017

Review Of Michael Kater, The Twisted Muse: Musicians And Their Music In The Third Reich (New York And Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997), David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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Review Of Pamela M. Potter, Most German Of The Arts: Musicology And Society From The Weimar Republic To The End Of Hitler’S Reich (New Haven And London: Yale University Press, 1998), David B. Dennis Oct 2017

Review Of Pamela M. Potter, Most German Of The Arts: Musicology And Society From The Weimar Republic To The End Of Hitler’S Reich (New Haven And London: Yale University Press, 1998), David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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Review Of Erik Levi, Music In The Third Reich (New York: St. Martins Press, 1994), David B. Dennis Oct 2017

Review Of Erik Levi, Music In The Third Reich (New York: St. Martins Press, 1994), David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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Johannes Brahms's Requiem Eines Unpolitischen, David B. Dennis Oct 2017

Johannes Brahms's Requiem Eines Unpolitischen, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.

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"The Most German Of All German Operas": Die Meistersinger Through The Lens Of The Third Reich, David B. Dennis Sep 2017

"The Most German Of All German Operas": Die Meistersinger Through The Lens Of The Third Reich, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

A detailed analysis of the reception of Wagner's, Meistersinger, in the Third Reich.

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Michael H. Kater, "Carl Orff Im Dritten Reich," Vierteljahrshefte Für Zeitgeschichte 43, 1 (January 1995): 1-35., David B. Dennis Sep 2017

Michael H. Kater, "Carl Orff Im Dritten Reich," Vierteljahrshefte Für Zeitgeschichte 43, 1 (January 1995): 1-35., David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

A review of Michael H. Kater's article, "Carl Orff im Dritten Reich." Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte 43, 1 (January 1995): 1-35.

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Edward Elgar's "The Apostles" - A Major Oratorio Standing Outside Tradition, Thomas Lloyd Aug 2017

Edward Elgar's "The Apostles" - A Major Oratorio Standing Outside Tradition, Thomas Lloyd

Thomas Lloyd

Classical composer Edward Elgar’s oratorio The Apostles (1903) presents the mission of Christ viewed primarily through the eyes of Mary Magdalene and Judas Iscariot is discussed. The title of the work itself is belied by featuring a woman who was not one of "The Twelve" and a man who was the one apostle to defect from the rest. Elgar's distinctive use of Wagnerian "leitmotif" technique permeates the expansive form of the work, resulting in an exceptional example of the late Romantic juxtaposition of the cosmic and the personal in a multi-layered texture. When Elgar began composing The Apostles in 1990 …

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Arnold Dolmetsch's "Green Harpsichord" And The Musical Arts And Crafts, Edmond Johnson Dec 2016

Arnold Dolmetsch's "Green Harpsichord" And The Musical Arts And Crafts, Edmond Johnson

Edmond Johnson

This study uses Arnold Dolmetsch’s “Green Harpsichord” as a starting point for a larger discussion of the relationship between Arnold Dolmetsch, William Morris, and other members of the Arts and Crafts movement who were active in London in the 1890s. Built in 1896 and displayed that same year by the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, the Green Harpsichord was the harpsichord built in England in nearly a century, and its design and decoration reflect its position as an object that had to negotiate the aesthetics of the past and the practical needs of the present. The article concludes by looking …

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Dynamic And Attack Associations In Boulez’S Le Marteau Sans Maître, Wayne C. Wentzel Jul 2016

Dynamic And Attack Associations In Boulez’S Le Marteau Sans Maître, Wayne C. Wentzel

Wayne Wentzel

This paper explores dynamic and attack associations in the Bourreux de Solitude movement of Pierre Boulez's pivotal piece, Le Marteau sans maître.

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Igor Stravinsky (Primitivism & Cubism), Dan Rager Jun 2016

Igor Stravinsky (Primitivism & Cubism), Dan Rager

Dan Rager

Igor Stravinsky (June 17, 1882/April 6, 1971) 

His works defined and incorporated the elements of Primitivism & Cubism. This short lecture discusses these principles through the following works and much more.
The Rite of Spring and The Firebird. Video example/performances bring to life this 20th century period of extremism . You are free to use and incorporate this information into your classroom courses.

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The English Musical Renaissance, 1860-1940: Construction And Deconstruction, By Robert Stradling And Meirion Hughes (Review), Julian Onderdonk Jun 2016

The English Musical Renaissance, 1860-1940: Construction And Deconstruction, By Robert Stradling And Meirion Hughes (Review), Julian Onderdonk

Julian Onderdonk

No abstract provided.

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Vaughan Williams On Music By David Manning (Review), Julian Onderdonk Jun 2016

Vaughan Williams On Music By David Manning (Review), Julian Onderdonk

Julian Onderdonk

No abstract provided.

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Rutland Boughton And The Glastonbury Festivals, By Michael Hurd (Review), Julian Onderdonk Jun 2016

Rutland Boughton And The Glastonbury Festivals, By Michael Hurd (Review), Julian Onderdonk

Julian Onderdonk

No abstract provided.

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The Music Of Herbert Howells, Edited By Phillip A. Cooke And David Maw (Review), Julian Onderdonk Jun 2016

The Music Of Herbert Howells, Edited By Phillip A. Cooke And David Maw (Review), Julian Onderdonk

Julian Onderdonk

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Studies In English Church Music, 1550-1900. (Variorum Collected Studies Series, Cs926) By Nicholas Temperley (Review), Julian Onderdonk Jun 2016

Studies In English Church Music, 1550-1900. (Variorum Collected Studies Series, Cs926) By Nicholas Temperley (Review), Julian Onderdonk

Julian Onderdonk

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Music And Theology In Nineteenth-Century Britain, Edited By Martin V. Clarke (Review), Julian Onderdonk Jun 2016

Music And Theology In Nineteenth-Century Britain, Edited By Martin V. Clarke (Review), Julian Onderdonk

Julian Onderdonk

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The Cambridge Companion To Debussy, By Simon Trezise (Review), Julian Onderdonk Jun 2016

The Cambridge Companion To Debussy, By Simon Trezise (Review), Julian Onderdonk

Julian Onderdonk

No abstract provided.

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Elgar's Oratorios: The Creation Of An Epic Narrative, By Charles Edward Mcguire (Review), Julian Onderdonk Jun 2016

Elgar's Oratorios: The Creation Of An Epic Narrative, By Charles Edward Mcguire (Review), Julian Onderdonk

Julian Onderdonk

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Hamilton Harty: Musical Polymath, By Jeremy Dibble (Review), Julian Onderdonk Jun 2016

Hamilton Harty: Musical Polymath, By Jeremy Dibble (Review), Julian Onderdonk

Julian Onderdonk

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Letters Of Ralph Vaughan Williams 1895-1958, Edited By Hugh Cobbe (Review), Julian Onderdonk Jun 2016

Letters Of Ralph Vaughan Williams 1895-1958, Edited By Hugh Cobbe (Review), Julian Onderdonk

Julian Onderdonk

No abstract provided.

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Charles Villiers Stanford, By Paul Rodmell (Review), Julian Onderdonk Jun 2016

Charles Villiers Stanford, By Paul Rodmell (Review), Julian Onderdonk

Julian Onderdonk

No abstract provided.

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In Search Of Song: The Life And Times Of Lucy Broadwood, By Dorothy De Val (Review), Julian Onderdonk Jun 2016

In Search Of Song: The Life And Times Of Lucy Broadwood, By Dorothy De Val (Review), Julian Onderdonk

Julian Onderdonk

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Farewell, My Youth And Other Writings By Arnold Bax, Edited By Lewis Foreman (Review), Julian Onderdonk Jun 2016

Farewell, My Youth And Other Writings By Arnold Bax, Edited By Lewis Foreman (Review), Julian Onderdonk

Julian Onderdonk

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