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the sick doll tchaikovsky

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQeApR0uzd4 The sick doll. - key Gminor. Lento (slow) Binary form - 2 parts, A & B  sections marked by double bar lines G / A / Bb / C / D / Eb / F i / ii  / III / iv / V / VI / VII 4 bar pattern Starts G minor,  V7 back into i same chords, but varies the bottom/bass note of each chord. downwards progression is common is sad music. diminished chords have dreadful sound

more freaky lil guys // classical

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 https://www.reddit.com/r/classicalmusic/comments/pcvwwu/most_absurddarkexperimental_classical_music_you/ Williams Mix - John Cage 1952 sampling, channel surfing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ql4Ophbt7k barbara hannigan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QttUcKZ8NMU https://www.reddit.com/r/classicalmusic/comments/x9rdan/avantgardeexperimentalcontemporary_classic/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sVSJtkNtTc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpU-MhVRlXU https://www.reddit.com/r/classicalmusic/comments/p939eu/what_are_some_of_the_most_experimental_pieces/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJEQqcw-830 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_rH2a-rg6Y choirrr

modernism in music - 20thc classical

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfmbA7fPRsw rejects tonality, no key rejects rhymic meters, or alternates time signatures shoenberg buy stravinsky Polymeter - different instruments playing different meters. eg piano in 4/4 n violin in 5/4 Mahler 8th symphony. symphony of a thousand. wrote long symphonies 4th movement of 5th symphony. - float y neoclassicism stavinsky, poulec, satie Poulenc - concert champetre call back to baroque , harpsichord is featured instrument mixing old with the new.

Impressionism in music / history/techniques

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lof6AHvXCPw moods rather than distinct parts n melodies. wanted pieces to evoke feeling vague, blurred and impactful music instruments played in new ways flutes n clarinets - darker n lower muted horns rather than usual harshness Unusual chord combos... maj th, 9th 11ths 13ths etc BEefed up unresolved cadences were common too. floating, key-less dreamland Atonality.  Lack of tonal centre, not in a certain key Using different scales..  ancient medieval style modes, harmonies of 4ths n 5ths. whole tone scale pentatonic scale Rhythm lots lacks steady defined rhythm. more free form n fluid impressionst period 1872-1926 Romantic - fixated on telling story. explored deep intense emotions 1st person narrative, character is The POV Impressionism was more 3rd person, observer. outside perspectie. could consider motto of inpressionist music to be: "suggest and evoke but do not describe" Composers: debussy maurice ravel Joaquin Turina Erik Satie DEBU...

Orchestra Tuning

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Thinking its similar to drone-y stuff…. Maybe could compose smthn with very drone-y beginning with string instruments n then some sort of more musical dancey thing overlaying.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfSH1ezevjM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npEz3h0h8CA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcxfcAZ2tnY Varèse - Tuning Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLXhD3K1fvs

tchaikovsky

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2IIakSlwGY born 1840 russian romantic era composer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn7ektbPYqk slay

freaky lil guyss // classical music

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https://www.reddit.com/r/classicalmusic/comments/v7f6sh/looking_for_jarring_intense_or_unusual_modern/ Sofia Gubaidulina - De profundis (1978)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzdRTbjL89g Alberto Ginastera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT3XiVsH64g Messiaen - Dieu parmi nous (Organ @ Rouen,France) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wZnq7S3LPg Les corps glorieux: IV. Combat de la mort et de la vie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo-1eqZJYfQ https://www.reddit.com/r/classicalmusic/comments/127uof/looking_for_heavy_classical_music_any_help/ Olivier Latry at the organ at the Cathedral of Notre Dame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSxVO3EoCRM Louis Vierne - Third Symphony: 5. Final https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EK97MOOCBA Ton Koopman plays Bach (1/8) BWV 542, 578, 588, 544 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ_rpp8kv0k A. Guilmant, Finale from Sonata Op.42 nº1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOzV41iwe-E Chopin Etude Op 10 No.12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi5VTBdKbFM Chopin Etude Op ...

swan lake research

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The Secret meanings of Swan Lake - a short documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e8hjQeBC-8 The acts are broken up into the ethereal plane and the material plane - The colourful first act represents earthly plane, mixture of ppl n characters, setting up of story - act 2. change of mood opens up on lake and opens in monochrome. degree of detachment. stepping into world of fantasy Vairagya - yoga term meaning disinterestedness or detachment. to live ones life without getting caught up in ones thoughts or actions. literal translation is 'without colour' ACT 3 - back to earthly existence, back in the material plane again.  ACT 4 - return to monochrome of the lake. release self from her enchantment. the spell is BROKEN , she jumps into the lake.  act 1 - material plane act 2 - ethereal plane , white act act 3 - material plane - back in the court Act 4 - ethereal plane - back at the lake What is the meaning of the lake?? water, energy in motion. bodies of water made of tears ...

Gregorian chant lecture

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkY9nnuiXrs Medieval Music. Definition: the monophonic one line music of the roman catholic church. began shortly after the death of christ up til 1600s. Takes name from pope gregory the 1st/ gregory the great. the chants had nothing to do with gregory, a historical accident that hes associated with the chants. purpose of gregorian chant - communicated message of the church.  chant was used for direct reading , syllabic chant. in syllabic chant each syllable has one note. narrow musical range. simple for readings chants for reflection upon reading. reflected chant, contemplation. Melismatic - one in which there are many notes for one syllable of text. a lot broader range. For reflection n for moments of personal feeling.. vehicle for spiritual contemplation 28:48, 29:30 like song, esp bit starts at 29:40 Graduale: Viderunt omnes. Daller Consort, Collegium Aureum & Alfred Deller  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn_Qs-z-8_k    

classical theory research; basics, key modulation, symphony composition

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cksD_r8JvoU Modal music became Tonal music.  Modal - Palestrina (1525-94) System hadnt fully developoed yet.. By 120 yrs later we get 2 Js Back, 1685-1750. Back brought tonal system to full fruition.  KEYSSSSSS Major vs Minor. Early composers believed different keys had their own characters. Beethoven thought: Bminor - Black key Ab minor - barborous Eb major - Heroic So much of his music is written to reflect these characteristics. Todays pianos are evened out so we have less key characters. in C major C is home chord. And what we base our perspective off. See all the other keys from our home perspective. Dominant 7th chord provides certainty that we're approaching clear cadance/arriving home/at the tonic. Most pieces end in the key that they began in. KEY RELATIONSS<3  I - tonic ii - supertonic iii - mediant IV - subdomiant V - dominant vi - submediant Whatever key ur in, you can easily modulate to 5 other keys. call this direct ...

steve reich vids

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg7kKJsFpvc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXJWO2FQ16c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lpmk8tGiv4

minimalism classical music

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55PILa-QKTY talks a bit about philip glass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYlc9rgTtRI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf0iF656B8k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEc346n4SMM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dltdKYUvhhE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3VUeNyGcrQ