The Music of Elliott Goldkind » modern classical

God’s Grandeur (for Tenor & Orchestra)

elliott — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:27:27 +0000

http://ornette.com/God%20s%20Grandeur-ORCH-9-5-10.pdf Here’s a pdf of my score of the setting of G.M. Hopkins’ “God’s Grandeur” for Tenor & Orchestra.

Counterpoint, The Inscrutible Arnold Schoenberg, and His Mystifying Pierrot Lunaire

elliott — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:34:22 +0000

Counterpoint, The Inscrutible Arnold Schoenberg, and His Mystifying Pierrot Lunaire (or Why I’m Not Smart Enough to be a Theorist)

Counterpoint: the study of the art of voice leading with respect to motivic combination (and ultimately the study of the ‘contrapuntal forms’). Schoenberg, Harmonielehre.

To say that there are only two types of music theory would not only be rhetorically reductive in the extreme, but would also be an excellent example of falsehood. This issue of falsehood aside, let me at least make a categorical distinction,

The Classical Beat – Form and content

elliott — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:45:07 +0000

“There’s a widespread idea in the general culture that classical music is “smart,” and that it requires a certain amount of knowledge to appreciate. And yet the level on which it’s generally apprehended, as outlined above, is not particularly smart at all.” via The Classical Beat – Form and content. I actually don’t agree with a good [...]

“Was War” for String Quartet

elliott — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:15:26 +0000

Here’s a recording of my “Was War” for string quartet. Pretentious or not, the title is both English and German (meaning “what was”). I wanted to upload it to this page or my reverbnation page but the file is too large for either/both. (Grr!) Oh well. The score of this piece is available here: http://www.ornette.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/Was-War-for-String-Quartet.pdf If [...]

ReverbNation Tunewidget

elliott — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:32:03 +0000

No, this widget doesn’t have all my available tunes. That can be found here. But, for whatever it’s worth, here’s yet another way to click and hear a ditty or two.

Alan Gilbert takes over the New York Philharmonic : The New Yorker

elliott — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:48:24 +0000

Alan Gilbert takes over the New York Philharmonic : The New Yorker. This is an exciting development, and of course one that makes me wish I could spend more time in Avery Fisher, not to mention in NYC in general. It would be nice if the NYPhil could become a significant force in modern music again.

Esa-Pekka Salonen: L.A. has been in good hands – Los Angeles Times

elliott — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:16:16 +0000

via Esa-Pekka Salonen: L.A. has been in good hands – Los Angeles Times. Excellent piece on Esa-Pekka in today’s LA Times.

Download my scores at Sibelius Music!

elliott — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:56:02 +0000

I’ve started recopying and uploading to the Sibelius site. I really am loving this program and the site is a great way to find and download scores. A few up now, but and more coming soon. You can find my work here: http://members.sibeliusmusic.com/goldkind

Score to Symphony #1 Now Posted to Scores Page

elliott — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:25:57 +0000

Click above on “SCORES” for new scores (in pdf format), including the complete score to my First Symphony (3 Movements for Orchestra).

New Festival Screenings!

elliott — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:42:54 +0000

I know this blog is supposed to be about matters besides Infinite Space, but blogging about my gradual re-entry of old scores into Sibelius wouldn’t be all that interesting, right? So at least I have this good news to post. Infinite Space has been accepted to more festivals! In addition to its Palm Springs [...]