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Mvt. 3: Avanti, from Symphony #1 by Elliott Goldkind by Elliott Goldkind on SoundCloud – Create, record and share your sounds for free

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Mvt. 3: Avanti, from Symphony #1 by Elliott Goldkind by Elliott Goldkind on SoundCloud – Create, record and share your sounds for free.

The Music of Elliott Goldkind » Scores

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

The Music of Elliott Goldkind » Scores. New score added, at top of list: “God’s Grandeur” for Soprano & Piano.  Setting of that wonderful G.M. Hopkins poem.  Download, sing, play, record, perform…

Website for “No Look Pass” is up!

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

The website for “No Look Pass” is now up.  This documentary is a great story about Emily Tay, a first-generation Burmese-American Harvard grad, professional basketball player, etc.  I say “etc.” because there’s so much more to her and to the documentary.  A fine film, directed by Melissa Johnson and scored by yours truly.  Check out [...]

Music, Philosophy and Time in Java and Ancient China: A Comparison

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

Music, Philosophy and Time in Java and Ancient China: A Comparison. An ethnomusicological study of time and cosmology as they manifest themselves in and by the musics of Java and Ancient China. MUSIC, PHILOSOPHY, AND TIME IN JAVA AND ANCIENT CHINA: a comparison Elliott Goldkind This paper was originally conceived as a comparison of time [...]

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

Sunday, September 5th, 2010

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

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

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

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

Monday, July 5th, 2010

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

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

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

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

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

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

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

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.

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