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Category: Orchestration

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Composing for the Organ: the Basics

Author Frederick Frahm Posted on Posted on January 17, 2018
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Piano music depends on how you hit the keys;
Organ music depends on how you let go of them.

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Categories AnalysisListen to thisOrchestrationReviewsTools for Composers

Aidan Caron – Norwegian Portraits

Author DanLisMusic Posted on Posted on November 19, 2017
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Aidan Caron’s wind ensemble work “Norwegian Portraits” is a raucous battle cry of a fanfare that elicits images of vikings and natural horn calls.

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Categories AnalysisconceptFormHarmonyInstrumentationListen to thisMelodyNotation/EngravingOrchestrationPedagogyScore CallsTheorytimbreTools for Composers

P.M. Joyce – FairyTale

Author DanLisMusic Posted on Posted on October 19, 2017
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P.M. Joyce’s work “Fairytale” is a well-polished work that would work well in a film score.

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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 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 AnalysisFormHarmonyInstrumentationMelodyOrchestrationReviewsRhythmtextureTools for Composers

Lydia Jane Pugh – “Voul-ous enne p’tite goute?”

Author DanLisMusic Posted on Posted on August 23, 2017
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We will be taking a brief detour from edgy music by exploring the world of modality, jazz, and levity.

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Categories AnalysisFormHarmonyInstrumentationMelodyNotation/EngravingOrchestrationPsychology of MusicReviewsRhythmScore CallsTheoryTools for Composers

Dale Osterman – Ouroboros

Author DanLisMusic Posted on Posted on August 19, 2017
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Dale Osterman’s piece Ouroboros depicts the serpent that devours its own tail.
#analysis
#contemporaryclassical

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