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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,

Best BBQ In Los Angeles

elliott — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:39:58 +0000

Best BBQ In Los Angeles. YUM YUM YUM!!!

Need a Job? Help Is Wanted at the N.Y. Philharmonic – NYTimes.com

elliott — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:28:42 +0000

Need a Job? Help Is Wanted at the N.Y. Philharmonic – NYTimes.com. Wow, that is some serious money. Shoulda stuck with that ‘cello….

Hitchcock’s Psycho at 50, the Sounds of Violence | By Jack Sullivan – WSJ.com

elliott — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:45:36 +0000

Hitchcock’s Psycho at 50, the Sounds of Violence | By Jack Sullivan – WSJ.com.

Score for “Was War” for String Quartet now posted!

elliott — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:51:18 +0000

I’ve just posted the score to a movement for string quartet, entitled “Was War.” Check it out, print it, play it, enjoy it. http://www.ornette.com/scores/was-war-for-string-quartet

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.

Top 10 Composers Who Died Unnatural or Odd Deaths – Listverse

elliott — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:39:31 +0000

Top 10 Composers Who Died Unnatural or Odd Deaths – Listverse.

New Score Added!

elliott — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:42:27 +0000

I’ve uploaded the score to my composition, “Dead Man’s Money” for trumpet and trombone. It’s in pdf format on the “SCORES” page. Check it out, print it, perform it …

First Post!

elliott — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:13:20 +0000

To all of you who have given me guff for the incredible lameness, total ugliness, absolute geocities-circa-1992 terribleness of my self-made website, I’ve finally begun the online renovation. More to come. Comments very welcome.