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Now I understand many things, I am reporting the incredible musical instrument used by Walt Disney in his early cinematic beginnings. VERY Unusual instrument!
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CromaDiBrera
Riz Ortolani, master of film music, has died http://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/14_gennaio_23/morto-riz-ortolani-maestro-musica-cinema-3f3c0b0a-8465-11e3-a32e-831830ba1aa5.shtml Lately it fee...
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ScalaQuaranta
What is considered the last interview with Stockhausen (2007) Not to be missed
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Frank
Interesting article Another world out there: on the notes of Tranströmer and Sibelius http://www.hounlibrointesta.it/2013/12/30/la-magia-di-tomas-transtromer-e-sibelius/
Was Stockhausen a student of Messiaen? I have found conflicting opinions, it wouldn't be bad to have sources available to delve deeper into the matter
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Frank
I'm having a bit of trouble analyzing this variation of BWV 768... I mean, the harmony is almost clear to me... but on a formal level? That is, it seems like a continuous development except...
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RedScharlach
Farewell to composer Roman Vlad http://www.lastampa.it/2013/09/21/cultura/addio-al-compositore-roman-vlad-DkFu4afGE1KKiId7Pd5ldP/pagina.html
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Valchiria
Hello everyone, what do you think about: Fiant aures tuae intendentes in vocem deprecationis meae. Fi-ant a-u-res tu-ae in-ten-den-tes in vo-cem de-pre-ca-tio-nis me-ae.
I stumbled upon this article http://www.spaziosac...piante-soffrono Plants and music Regarding the emission of sounds, plants have demonstrated the ability to emit certain chords that form a...
I heard it mentioned by a friend; initially I thought it was just his way of speaking, then he tried to explain to me what it was... but I didn't understand. Any ideas?
Penderecki's 80 years, the great Polish composer between avant-garde and classicism Exclusive interview with Maestro Krzysztof Penderecki on the occasion of his 80th birthday. A life dedicat...
I am taking inspiration from this request by Cristian83 to open an ad hoc discussion; it seems like a topic too interesting to lose the spark among the comments of the fugue workshop. Furthe...
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Did Giuseppe Verdi compose romances without words? Yes, it seems to be a case more unique than rare...
I hope I wrote it correctly: "shape rotation". What is it and what applications can it have? Thank you
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Hi, I was trying to analyze MacDowell's piece, An old Garden (Op.62 n.1). I find the formal analysis difficult... I would like to discuss it with you. Thank you
Paul Hindemith: Symphony "Die Harmonie der Welt" (1951) - III. Musica Mundana: Sehr breit - Passacaglia. Ruhig bewegt - Etwas breiter "Paul Hindemith, born in 1895, very early on felt the fa...
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Bianca
Hello everyone, I am opening this topic to find out how you behave when faced with a given 4-bar theme to be used as a theme for a romance without words. Do you follow a formal scheme? In te...
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I was wondering how to sell one's own track. I stumbled upon this site that I am reporting to you: http://www.zimbalam.it/ Other ideas?
It's been a while that I've been wondering what the differences are between a minuet and a rondo? It seems to me that they deal with the same scope...
I am opening this topic to understand if there are treatises on "Experimental Orchestration"...
Regarding orchestral music, did Giuseppe Verdi compose at the piano? If not, for which he wrote the orchestral part first... did he write the piano reductions himself?
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"So-called 'classical music' is one of the highest, most specific, coherent, and refined expressions through which the West has reflected itself, giving meaning and a lexicon to its own cult...
What do you think of this extraordinary composer? Posting something: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3u7g4FzFbI he was one of the first Italian composers to focus on the perceptive, expressi...
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Franco Donatoni - Hot Why do you think it doesn't appeal to the public? I have doubts that it is truly his best work; aside from a certain harmonic grayness, it seems to me that it lapses in...
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RedScharlach
Do you know if there are collections of the exam topics given in the Traditional Diploma exams in past years? Just to understand a bit how Dubois does for fugue subjects. It would be useful...
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Frank
