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Category: Analysis

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Koti Jaddu – Untitled

Author DanLisMusic Posted on Posted on October 16, 2017
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Koti Jaddu’s submission to the Young Composer Score call reads right out of a book of preludes

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Categories AnalysisHarmonyListen to thisMelodyOrchestrationPedagogyReviewsRhythmTeachingtexturetimbre

Zekai Liu – Enigma

Author DanLisMusic Posted on Posted on October 13, 2017
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Zekai Liu’s work Enigma is a racing whirlwind of rhythm and the A blues scale.

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Categories AnalysisconceptFormHarmonyIssuesListen to thisMelodyOpinionPsychology of MusicReviewsRhythmTheorytimbreTools for Composers

Timothy Lee Miller – “Divinitus”

Author DanLisMusic Posted on Posted on October 6, 2017
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Firmly rooted in the American Mavericks tradition, this work fuses hymns with polytonality and misalignment, a la Charles Ives.

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Categories AnalysisEngravingFormHarmonyInstrumentationListen to thisNotation/EngravingOpinionReviewsRhythmtextureTools for Composers

Scott Blasco – “Queen of Heaven”

Author DanLisMusic Posted on Posted on October 2, 2017
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Scott Blasco’s work “Queen of Heaven” is a devotional-type meditation for piano and electronics.

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Categories AnalysisconceptFormInstrumentationListen to thisMelodyNotation/EngravingOpinionOrchestrationReviewsRhythmtextureTools for Composers

Reilly Spitzfaden – Resonances

Author DanLisMusic Posted on Posted on September 23, 2017
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Reilly Spitzfaden’s work Resonances is an interesting exploration of instrumental tone and gesture, a cat-and-mouse game of imitation.

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Categories AnalysisconceptHarmonyInstrumentationReviewsRhythmtextureTheorytimbreTools for Composers

Mitch Weakley – Keys, Strings, Clothespins

Author DanLisMusic Posted on Posted on September 5, 2017
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Mitch Weakley’s piece “Keys, Strings, Clothespins” investigates a C pentatonic scale with a flattened sixth step (Ab) through the lens of a prepared piano, and its consequent timbres.

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Matthew Kennedy – “Until I Say ‘When'”

Author DanLisMusic Posted on Posted on August 30, 2017
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Matthew Kennedy’s “Until I Say ‘When'” is a breathtaking exposure of space, timbre, and mood, that is both playful and hypnotic.

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