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,
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Best BBQ In Los Angeles. YUM YUM YUM!!!
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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….
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Hitchcock’s Psycho at 50, the Sounds of Violence | By Jack Sullivan – WSJ.com.
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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
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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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