Composition
Monday, February 11th, 2008
In a few previous posts I’ve mentioned books I’ve downloaded from archive.org. This has proven to be quite a valuable resource. I’ve found many interesting books in never-ending quest for musical quasi-knowledge. Here are some highlights:
Canonical Studies: The title says it all. I read somewhere that Bartok was rather fond of this book. It does [...]
Monday, January 21st, 2008
I’ve always been very interested in improvisation practices in classical music. It was obviously a very respected ability in the baroque era…it seemed a way of showing one’s level of musicianship and creativity. Many musicians like J.S. Bach and Sylvius Leopold Weiss were highly revered for their improvisational skills.
But how was this taught? It’s one [...]
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Here are a few blogs I’ve found which deal with similar topics to my own:
Improvisation and the Classical Musician is a blog by cellist Eric Edberg. A large part of its content is from a book he’s writing on, well…improvisation and the classical musician! A lot of great sources and links here.
A Monk’s [...]
Friday, November 30th, 2007
Something that has always eluded me is the ability to compose straight to paper, away from the instrument. I’ve always envied people who can do this and wondered how I can learn to do it myself.
Of course, I know the simple answer: ear-training, transcribing, etc… But in my studies, this was never really discussed. [...]
