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A perfectly composed piece of music

Hello Colleagues. I do a lot of poking around the interwebs looking for good music and possibly inspiration. Came across this beautiful choral piece that not only is great sounding but seems like it would be great fun to sing. Just thought I'd share

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Mendelssohn, Bach. Chopin and others in 3D

Hi,

 

I found this very interesting website that creates 3D images of famous musicians, including some classical composers.

I found it to be very interesting. Several composers are featured there.

Composers Images in 3D

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Heavy Metal Bach

Once again J.S. Bach has proven to be be adaptable, enjoyable and relevant to the ages.

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David Hirschfelder

When I first saw the film, The Children of Huang Shi, the music drew me in most of all, and I was introduced to David Hirschfelder - a genius in my view.

He never released the soundtrack, but I want everyone to hear it. So took it out of the film. En

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David Bruce

David Bruce is an British composer of contemporary classical music.  He is an alumnus of the Royal College of Music and he has had many commissions and public performances of his contemporary classical pieces. He is probably best known for his You Tu

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Joseph Hydan Farewell Symphony

Hydan is an underrated composer unfortunately yet he has composed works that in my opinion surpass many of Mozart, Beethoven, Bach and Brahms, Even Mendelssohn works.

This Symphony is a perfect example, its an absolute Masterpiece, and perhaps one o

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Is anyone else a Zakaria Paliashvili fan?

I'm a big fan of his. I find his music has this curious quality where it all seems as if it were based on the wingbeats of a moth. Zigzaggy, erratic, and yet beautiful and poetic. I always wonder if Paliashvili liked moths. 

Does anyone else not thin

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Great YouTube Analyses

Hi colleagues,
I notice a lot of conversation on this board lately about atonal music and I thought I would share with you something I have found interesting on the subject. There's this Canadian composer named Samuel Andreyev on YouTube who is doing

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Modern composer Michael Canales

Really love his work The Tyrants, it's an opera set in ancient Rome, based on the life of the emperor Nero and the empress Agrippina. 

The thing that really fascinates me about his work is that he works in these two elements; on one hand, the music

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Haydn Piano Sonata in Bb Hob. xvi.2 first movement

My colleague Alvaro Sisti has released this very interesting analysis of Haydn Piano Sonata in Bb.

This is the very popular sonata that lots of piano students have played during conservative years.

Take a look and feel free to leave your comments.

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Two brazilian composers

Hey everyone

I'd like to share two amazing brazilian composers.

Arthur Kampela is composer and guitar virtuoso, he holds a Doctorate in music composition from Columbia University where he studied with Mario Davidowsky and Fred Lerdahl. Previously, he

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Hans Zimmer

I was doing some reading recently about Jewish composers from Germany. While I did know most of these composers to have been Jewish, the link included Hans Zimmer.

I said what? Hans Zimmer is Jewish? I couldn't believe it.

Then I checked on Wikipedi

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Vagn Holmboe (1909-1996)

I've mentioned him as a major influence on my personal style, so I thought I'd throw his name out there to see whether other people here are familiar with his work and what they think of it.

He is from Denmark but spent time in the early 1930s travel

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Women in Music: Composers

My student Iris Kreiman from Spain, has written a beautiful article about women in music. 

It basically lists 10 of the most famous female composers in history.

I would like to share this article with you.

If you think there are more than this, pl

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10 Scores Found on Youtube

Hello Colleagues,

I spent the last several months searching for new music on YouTube and found some very interesting ones, thought I'd share with you in case you have interest. These are all composers I had never heard of before and are all, except f

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John Williams

I find the music of John Williams to be top notch in every way, and his film scores not only support and highlight what is going on onscreen, but they also stand up excellently as concert music alone in their own right.

I have tried to present as mu

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Aaron Copland's Piano Variations

"The Piano Variations of American composer Aaron Copland were written for piano solo from January to October 1930. They were dedicated to American writer and literary critic Gerald Sykes (c. 1904–1984)"

I consider this work a masterpiece--a most i

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Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)

12 Sonate da Chiesa a tre (part I 1-4)

Why Corelli?

It is only a matter of opinion in the end of the day, but my first answer would be: Why not Corelli? And probably I would leave it at that.

I chose the 12 Trio Sonatas da Chiesa of op. 3 (first

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Tonal Piece by Schoenberg

Hello Colleagues,

In my stumblings-around on the internet, I came across this. I'd never heard a tonal piece by Schoenberg before so it got my curiosity. It's lovely, thought to just share it with you >

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yiruma's style

Anyone wants to discuss the Yiruma's composition. How do you think of his songs and how to compose music like his.

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