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Taking inspiration from a joke from some time ago, I decided to try something out. I will try to be concise (given the subject matter ;-)). First of all, this is an attempt that I am proposi...
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AbateFaria
The lost music of ancient Greece http://www.treccani.it/magazine/piazza_enciclopedia_magazine/cultura/La_musica_perduta_dell_antica_Grecia.html#.VEeQE7oLzw8.facebook Very interesting article...
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LucaCavaliere
What exactly is meant by an orchestra with winds in twos? Strings plus 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl and 2 fg? Or would the winds, quite rightly, also include the brass?
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Piccinesco
Personally speaking, I am only very critical and harsh towards Sollima and how he carries himself with the music world. Today I discovered this truly beautiful piece that contradicts all tho...
Dear forum composers and musicians in general, in all humility, I would like to understand what a composition diploma is for. Is it only used to be qualified for teaching? I mean, I am self-...
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I hope this is the right section. Can someone explain to me why in Palestrina's scores the tenor voice is written in an ancient mezzo-soprano clef? I mean, why not in tenor clef?
Among the various things I am caught up with these days is the preparation for a concert I have to perform on Tuesday in a famous but normal Tuscan city for a festival, at the center of whic...
I would like to draw a metaphor regarding composition. Perhaps professional authors possess compositional dams, systems as formidable in technique, ability, and experience, capable of produc...
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Piccinesco
The Enriquez Prize to Silvia Colasanti http://www.amadeusonline.net/news/2014/il-premio-enriquez-a-silvia-colasanti Composer Silvia Colasanti is the winner of the X edition of the Premio Enr...
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Good morning to all of you. I am thinking of joining a copyright protection society but, browsing the internet, I haven't read many positive comments about our own SIAE. I had therefore opte...
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AbateFaria
Well, we forgive him his opinions on Mozart, because the rest is fantastic! Interview 2004/2007 with composer Paolo Castaldi
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danielescarpetti
Human life is an experiment of uncertain outcome. Carl Gustav Jung Dadaism and Marcel Duchamp: the origins of contemporary art
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Rotore
Hello guys, my presence on the forum is quite fleeting due to lack of time and I am sorry, given that it is so well organized. However, I have taken a look at the topics discussed in recent...
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AbateFaria
What is difficult for an artist is to free oneself from the "Spirit of the times."
Let's listen to a giant of music history, imagine if it were possible to hear an interview with Beethoven? Day at Night: Aaron Copland, composer
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Frank
Tchaikovsky, 5th Symphony, Finale: before the triumphant coda there is a pause on a dominant seventh chord, fortissimo, full orchestra, unmistakable, screaming at the top of its lungs "IT IS...
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Thesimon
I would propose that for the next twenty years, artificial harmonic tremolos, groups of more than 150 acciaccaturas, irregular groups above a septuplet, and the obligation of at least ONE ma...
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Thesimon
The article is indifferent, but the video is fantastic! http://lastella.blogautore.repubblica.it/2014/05/20/se-la-scala-fischia-i-compositori-viventi/
from www.pianoconcerto.it/forum/index.php?/topic/3414-armonizzare-un-basso-dato ok I understand, in fact it was just to explain myself to myself, certainly not to say things that you already...
Reflecting on the seven-line staff thread, I picked up an orchestral score (L'Ouverture Tragique) by Brahms, which I like very much. Several things related to reading the notes are not clear...
End-of-year memorandum of a "casual" composition teacher 1. I cannot teach anyone anything, I can only try to make them reflect. [Socrates] 2. You cannot teach a crab to walk straight. [Aris...
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AbateFaria
Has anyone already had the chance to listen to the soundtrack of the film, "Saving Mr. Banks"? It is by Thomas Newman I found this review and it piqued my curiosity. http://www.oggialcinema....
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The issue is simple: when in a vocal score it is no longer convenient to use the 'divisi' indication for a single voice, and it becomes more appropriate to separate the voices onto multiple...
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thallo
http://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/05/25/news/quindicenne_sparito_in_valle_d_ossola_il_figlio_del_compositore_vacchi-87179647/ The fifteen-year-old, son of the Bolognese musician Vacch...
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Frank
