"I almost forgot this thread was about Haendel. Had these pesky Bach and Saul figures not entered the historical stage and raised the bar, he and Telemann would enjoy greater prominence today.
It is said that there is an immutable law that…"
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Pierre Menard, author of the Little Fugue in G minor
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Accidentals in Finale
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Pacem Relinquo Vobis
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Ich fuelte jene Krise wie eine dunkle Gewitterwolke am Horizont heraufsteigen
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- What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
- Other
- What is your favorite genre or style of music?
- fugal-contrapuntal psychodelia and gangster rap
- Is music your main income source?
- No - Not at all.
- Where do you live?
- Virgo Supercluster. Love the view!
- About Me (MUST be more than 10 words to be approved):
- Perplexed embryonic intellect. I eat far too much peanut butter and I've grown increasingly suspicious that spontaneous symmetry breaking might be a metalogical fallacy.
I'm not Baroque; I've got $27.15 in change.
congregans hominem, et pecus, congregans volatilia cæli, et pisces maris: et ruinæ impiorum erunt: et disperdam homines a facie terræ, dicit Dominus.
.........................................Zephaniah 1:3
" I like opera ... except for the vocals..."
.................................................................... - my brother
"..one thing my wit is not, is dry. I still consider the three stooges to be almost as funny as congress, but not as dangerous."
.....................................................................-F Zinos
.............................................................you is not deep. Muzic is not about melody. Melody, melody, melody, jiggy, dancy, pooh pooh!
.................................................................................................................-Danilo Chompor
"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."
......................................................................Mark Twain
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague".
.....................................................................Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Kristofer Emerig replied to Spiros Makris's discussion The public media and it's contribution to culture and the arts"I was being flippant. I really don't feel their content is that poor. But their radio is atrocious.
I'm an avid radio listener, and Chicago has a tremendous legacy of local talent in that venue, the names of many of whom…"
Kristofer Emerig replied to Lawrence Aurich's discussion "Amen," Handel got it wrong!"I think several composers in history equalled Bach's musical genius. I regard Mozart among them, and Byrd too.
Yet Bach always seems to stand out, somehow. For me, it is because in Bach we find that superlative genius…"
Kristofer Emerig replied to Lawrence Aurich's discussion "Amen," Handel got it wrong!"Alfred Mann lends some insight into the LVB - Haydn connexion in his book Study of Fugue, revealing that LVB was less than satisfied with the tutelage from Haydn in that he felt the mechanical details of composition were lacking…"
Kristofer Emerig replied to Spiros Makris's discussion The public media and it's contribution to culture and the arts"Nationalist Proletariat Radio? A political bent? Dumbed down? Sterilized? Pseudo-intellectual? Patronizing? Impotent?
Enough sarcastic barbs thinly veiled as rhetorical questions?
Having just engaged in nice conversation concerning…"
Kristofer Emerig replied to Bob Porter's discussion What's wrong with us?"Regular commuting on the Dan Ryan might challenge your theory Fredrick. Plenty of crazed irate drivers are more than happy to assault you in person, and if they are attempting to conceal their frequent nose picking, I can't detect their…"
Kristofer Emerig replied to Bob Porter's discussion What's wrong with us?"I think you hit that nail on its head. Most forgot they have a profile here at all, so participation's a vacuous question.
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Kristofer Emerig replied to Bob Porter's discussion What's wrong with us?"Yes and that's why free speech is so critically important. You could easily rebut the statement, arguing that it isn't truly a mistake unless both you and the critic agree that it is a mistake, otherwise it's merely a choice over…"
Kristofer Emerig replied to Bob Porter's discussion What's wrong with us?"Consider that your suspicions might be wrong too, or at least partially so. My participation has flagged since I sensed the policing effort here grew too stringent for any but the most sanitized, mundane (read boring,…"
Kristofer Emerig replied to Bob Porter's discussion What's wrong with us?"Really, you think this forum is anything less than docile?
Theoretical physicists debating the existence of the Higgs boson, now that's animalistic behavior.. like a rabid pack of wolves on one scrap of meat.
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Kristofer Emerig's Blog
Fractal Subject Tranformation - Ode to Earth
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 10:00pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
Alright here goes. Recently the question of "fractal" music arose on the forum here, and it incited me to revisit the topic.
Applying fractal concepts to music could be interpreted many ways, and with no precedent by which to proceed (my favorite conditions by which to work incidentally), I decided to work out this first piece, Ode to Earth, in accordance with my own musical interpretation of fractal structure.
Keep in mind, the "fractalization" was only carried…
Continue Please Direct Clever Banter Here: Sidebar, or, Vomitus ex Cerebrum: Viewpoint and Counterpoint: A Blog with Far Too Many Semicolons and Subtitles
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 10:30pm 27 Comments 0 Likes
I've seen in the past urban municipalities provide an interim "space" for taggers and perpetrators of graffiti in an effort to divert, provide a safety valve if you will, such from targeting more valuable private and public property with their nefarious activities. This blog is my equivalent device, a reservoir for the frivolous, irrational, flippant,comedic, and all manner of asshattery. Enjoy.
Bach, Bagels, and Bilateralism
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 4:30pm 12 Comments 0 Likes
The other day, while chewing my morning bagel and listening to some JS Bach, the Crab Canon, no less, my thoughts drifted from my toroidal breakfast morsel to the lemniscate of Bernoulli specifically and the concept of symmetries nested within symmetric isometries in general, and its ramifications within the discipline of counterpoint.
This was not a novel chain of association for me, as the thought has been crowding my mind with ever growing urgency and frequency for the last…
Continue Iccanobif's Rorrim - Kcirderf aedi doog!
Posted on November 18, 2009 at 1:30pm 9 Comments 0 Likes
http://www.box.net/shared/dbpth22djx
I've long used Fibonacci numbers to transform subjects, get more mileage out of them, or generate "cycles" from a single source idea. I've had some time to observe and reflect upon how these values behave when projected on the diatonic system.
Unfortunately rigorous proof of the assertions I'm about to make would require an explicit mathematical description of good part writing, eg, a… Continue
I've long used Fibonacci numbers to transform subjects, get more mileage out of them, or generate "cycles" from a single source idea. I've had some time to observe and reflect upon how these values behave when projected on the diatonic system.
Unfortunately rigorous proof of the assertions I'm about to make would require an explicit mathematical description of good part writing, eg, a… Continue
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Comment Wall (200 comments)
- At 6:20pm on June 17, 2013,
Danny Lee Ramsey said… Thank you so much! You were my first comment!
- At 5:23pm on June 9, 2013,
michael diemer said… By the way, I meant to tell you this but forgot: My middle name is Peter (Pierre), and my grandmother's maiden name was Menard. Odd little coincidence.
- At 12:16am on June 8, 2013, michael diemer said…
Hi Kristofer, I just wanted to let you know that I checked out Borges on Wiki. He looks very interesting. my first impression of him was very favorable. I will look for his books. I'm just finishing a bio of Einstein, so I need to find a new read.
- At 8:21am on June 4, 2013,
Christopher Sahar said… Kristofer - Glad you like it. I will post a few more recent works too. I'd say that after writing Crossing The Straits and later a Quintet for piano and strings, my activity composing has been less.
As for Metamorphosis, I wrote this a few months after two deaths of close relatives in my family and I was quite familiar with a Marcel Dupre version of the chorale Prelude In Dulci Jubilio. I also studied one of the Bach versions and then was listening to some Reich. Through the belnder of Dupre, Bach, and Reich I came up with this. The forces available were two pianos and percussion battery. It was fun and I find many people like the piece. TO me it is a little out of character of what I usually write but not too much.
- At 8:59am on May 16, 2013,
Raymond Kemp said… Kinda' like coppersmithing, the positioning and shape of every hammer mark is crucial or rather critical to the trained eye. I used to spend hours polishing the face of my hammer.
- At 3:14am on May 15, 2013, Raymond Kemp said…
'Enjoyed the new ones :)
- At 1:26pm on June 29, 2012, Raymond Kemp said…
- That'll take a lot of wax and a thick wick :)
I'm glad you're still around.
- At 6:38pm on April 27, 2012, Christopher Sahar said…
Sorry to have dropped out of site and glad to hear I had some positive input.
What happened to the piece?
I'll post some new music here as well as a work in progress to share
- At 11:07am on February 9, 2012, Raymond Kemp said…
bring it on!
- At 11:03am on February 9, 2012, Raymond Kemp said…
Hi Kris,
Sorry for the delay on getting back to you but the fact is, I'm seldom looking at my own page :D I couldn't stay away from the forum seeing as it's so active with scintillating conversation and comment. Yes! I'm the same liar that left.
'turned any nice candlesticks lately?
- At 3:28am on September 15, 2011,
Spiros Makris said… - and here I was, believing that traditional fugal and counterpoint works were not written anymore! how terribly wrong I was, and I'm glad for it. due to lack of time I can't listen through everything now, but those preludes and fugues (C major and F major) are and excellent sample of what's to come. Wish you the best, keep writting good music.
- At 8:57pm on August 24, 2011,
Paulo cesar Maia de Aguiar (Br) said… - Amazing works
- At 5:06pm on June 6, 2011,
Chris Dargay said… - Sounds like things are comming along goodly for you. Glad to hear that there is no excessive radiation to deal with. I hope you can christen your new space with linear melodic prolongations soon. Cheers!
- At 12:07am on May 6, 2011, Chris Dargay said…
- Would Love to hear a new piece. Bout' to post some...
- At 3:27am on December 24, 2010, Chris Dargay said…
- Lolz.... or Tpffffptch.
- At 6:19pm on December 22, 2010, Chris Dargay said…
- Very good observation Kris ! Thanx for listening. Uh-oh, the Christmas tree fell over _->>>
- At 10:21pm on December 21, 2010, Chris Dargay said…
- Ok. New track is up. Give a listen.
- At 9:46pm on December 8, 2010, Chris Dargay said…
- All is well here, been super busy with school, work etc. I am however working on something cool right now and will let you know when I post it. Finals are next week already so a bit of R+R is at hand ! Whew... thank goodness. Peace and Joy ! Be Merry Kris----
- At 9:14am on November 29, 2010,
Fredrick zinos said…
- well congratulations on Gwendolyn! I know that finding time to write is a tricky deal what with the demands of "real life" throttling most creative impulses. But I also think that those few who are actually skilled in non verbal communication have a talent that needs cultivation. My writing too is on hold pretty much until after the holidays what with the Mac not working and a major work project looming that seems to eat hours. All I can say is keep writing.
- At 11:13pm on November 24, 2010,
- My MAC died. Thats the gizmo I had used primarily to create the atmospheric disturbances that pass for my "music". I think Im done with MAC.. too quirky Saving up for an HP with 8GB memory 1 tb or hard drvie a cleverly designed beer brewing option. At that point Sibelius 6 is on the want list and so is DAW.. I might as well take the plunge. ..possibly Steinberg. Ive got a peice just asbout done but with out the computer working properly it remains balck dot on white paper. What are you working on these days?
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