The composition and seating of an orchestra in the 17th and 18th century is essentially different from what we are accustomed to today. Most notably, the orchestra was not conducted in the modern sense of the word. The conductor sat at the harpsichord and together with the first violinist directed the whole orchestra with his [...]
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Some of the musical terms used in the original orchestra score for Brigadoon.
Mosso - Rapid. Meno mosso, less rapid. Piu mosso, more rapid.
Morendo - gradually dying away
Colla Voce - Follow the voice. A directive to the musican (normally accompanist) to perform the indicated passage in a free manner following the tempo and style of the [...]
A list of contrasting conducting styles from YouTube.com - Compare the conductors pre-1950 with modern conductors. I’ve also included some college and student conductors so you can compare styles against veteran approaches.
Compare the left hand (non-baton) hand of each orchestra conductor and compare vocabularies.
Derek Gleeson - Dvorak New World Symphony
Dorian Wilson - Strauss
Hector Aguero - [...]
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Dorian Wilson, Conductor R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
Two things I had always heard about was the Buddy Rich vs. Gene Kruppa drum battle and the Buddy Rich “Bus Tape”.
You can find both of them easily on YouTube.com - The Rich Vs. Kruppa drum battle is to the song Sing Sing Sing. Rich is an obvious winner in that battle but I’ve heard [...]
Karajan - Beethoven Symphony No. 5 - Part 1
Here’s answers to a reader post. This is very self indulgent - but that’s the kind of thing that belongs only on a blog. Just be thankful it’s not a post about my cat.
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Really enjoyed this young person’s “Report On a Music Producer“!
How would you feel about answering 20 random questions from a (lol) [...]
