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EARLY MUSIC NOW with SARA SCHNEIDER Broadcast Schedule — Summer 2020
EARLY MUSIC NOW WITH SARA SCHNEIDER Broadcast Schedule — Summer 2020 PROGRAM #: EMN 20-01 RELEASE: June 22, 2020 Treasures from Wolfenbüttel Starting in the late Renaissance, the court at Wolfenbüttel in northern Germany emerged as a cultural center. The dukes of the house of Welf employed high-profile composers like Michael Praetorius to increase their prestige, but lesser masters like Daniel Selichius made their mark as well. In this edition of Early Music Now, we'll hear from both composers, with performances by the Huelgas Ensemble and Weser-Renaissance Bremen. PROGRAM #: EMN 20-02 RELEASE: June 29, 2020 Those Talented Purcells This week's show focuses on Henry Purcell, and his lesser-known brother (or cousin) Daniel. We'll hear chamber music by both composers, plus selections from the semiopera they worked on together: The Indian Queen, from a 2015 release by The Sixteen. PROGRAM #: EMN 20-03 RELEASE: July 6, 2020 The Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia This week's program showcases an extraordinary recent release from the Portland-based ensemble Cappella Romana. This recording of medieval Byzantine chant composed for Hagia Sophia was recorded entirely in live, virtual acoustics, and soared to #1 on Billboard's Traditional Classical chart! These evocative sounds linger in the soul long after the music fades. PROGRAM #: EMN 20-04 RELEASE: July 13, 2020 Salomone Rossi: Revolutionary Jewish composer Salomone Rossi was a musician who served the Gonzaga court in Mantua. They valued him so highly that he was given a relatively large amount of personal freedom, while other members of the Jewish faith were restricted. -
The Mystery of Pipe Acoustics
The mystery of pipe acoustics FRANTIŠEK KUNDRACIK Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Department of Experimental Physics Introduction Students at school are not given a lot of information about sound formation in pipes. Explanation is reduced to the description of the standing sound wave in the pipe and importance of the sharp edge, which is struck by the airflow. The aim of this article is to answer in more detail three fundamental questions about the sound formation in pipes: 1. Why is the area around the edge so important and how exactly does a clear and continuous tone arise? 2. How can we influence a tone height by the force of blowing or by covering the end hole? 3. Why does the fujara have three holes and why are pipes with six holes also popular? 1. Formation of a continuous tone in a pipe Tone in a pipe arises because of the periodic reflection of pressure wave at the ends of the pipe. Unlike the reflection from the covered end, in case of the reflection from the open end (or from the end with a window) the wave reflects in anti-phase and part of it leaves the pipe. To get a continuous tone, we must constantly supply energy to the reflecting wave, just like we supply energy to a swing by pushing it. Unlike the swing where our reflexes are faster than its motion, the sound wave motion is too quick for our reflexes, which means that blowing air into the pipe has to be automated. -
Cds by Composer/Performer
CPCC MUSIC LIBRARY COMPACT DISCS Updated May 2007 Abercrombie, John (Furs on Ice and 9 other selections) guitar, bass, & synthesizer 1033 Academy for Ancient Music Berlin Works of Telemann, Blavet Geminiani 1226 Adams, John Short Ride, Chairman Dances, Harmonium (Andriessen) 876, 876A Adventures of Baron Munchausen (music composed and conducted by Michael Kamen) 1244 Adderley, Cannonball Somethin’ Else (Autumn Leaves; Love For Sale; Somethin’ Else; One for Daddy-O; Dancing in the Dark; Alison’s Uncle 1538 Aebersold, Jamey: Favorite Standards (vol 22) 1279 pt. 1 Aebersold, Jamey: Favorite Standards (vol 22) 1279 pt. 2 Aebersold, Jamey: Gettin’ It Together (vol 21) 1272 pt. 1 Aebersold, Jamey: Gettin’ It Together (vol 21) 1272 pt. 2 Aebersold, Jamey: Jazz Improvisation (vol 1) 1270 Aebersold, Jamey: Major and Minor (vol 24) 1281 pt. 1 Aebersold, Jamey: Major and Minor (vol 24) 1281 pt. 2 Aebersold, Jamey: One Dozen Standards (vol 23) 1280 pt. 1 Aebersold, Jamey: One Dozen Standards (vol 23) 1280 pt. 2 Aebersold, Jamey: The II-V7-1 Progression (vol 3) 1271 Aerosmith Get a Grip 1402 Airs d’Operettes Misc. arias (Barbara Hendricks; Philharmonia Orch./Foster) 928 Airwaves: Heritage of America Band, U.S. Air Force/Captain Larry H. Lang, cond. 1698 Albeniz, Echoes of Spain: Suite Espanola, Op.47 and misc. pieces (John Williams, guitar) 962 Albinoni, Tomaso (also Pachelbel, Vivaldi, Bach, Purcell) 1212 Albinoni, Tomaso Adagio in G Minor (also Pachelbel: Canon; Zipoli: Elevazione for Cello, Oboe; Gluck: Dance of the Furies, Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Interlude; Boyce: Symphony No. 4 in F Major; Purcell: The Indian Queen- Trumpet Overture)(Consort of London; R,Clark) 1569 Albinoni, Tomaso Concerto Pour 2 Trompettes in C; Concerto in C (Lionel Andre, trumpet) (also works by Tartini; Vivaldi; Maurice André, trumpet) 1520 Alderete, Ignacio: Harpe indienne et orgue 1019 Aloft: Heritage of America Band (United States Air Force/Captain Larry H. -
The Use of Multiple Stops in Works for Solo Violin by Johann Paul Von
THE USE OF MULTIPLE STOPS IN WORKS FOR SOLO VIOLIN BY JOHANN PAUL VON WESTHOFF (1656-1705) AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO GERMAN POLYPHONIC WRITING FOR A SINGLE INSTRUMENT Beixi Gao, B.M., M.M. Dissertation Prepared for the Degree of DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS May 2017 APPROVED: Julia Bushkova, Major Professor Paul Leenhouts, Committee Member Susan Dubois, Committee Member Benjamin Brand, Director of Graduate Studies in the College of Music John W. Richmond, Dean of the College of Music Victor Prybutok, Vice Provost of the Toulouse Graduate School Gao, Beixi. The Use of Multiple Stops in Works for Solo Violin by Johann Paul Von Westhoff (1656-1705) and Its Relationship to German Polyphonic Writing for a Single Instrument. Doctor of Musical Arts (Performance), May 2017, 32 pp., 19 musical examples, bibliography, 46 titles. Johann Paul von Westhoff's (1656-1705) solo violin works, consisting of Suite pour le violon sans basse continue published in 1683 and Six Suites for Violin Solo in 1696, feature extensive use of multiple stops, which represents a German polyphonic style of the seventeenth- century instrumental music. However, the Six Suites had escaped the public's attention for nearly three hundred years until its rediscovery by the musicologist Peter Várnai in the late twentieth century. This project focuses on polyphonic writing featured in the solo violin works by von Westhoff. In order to fully understand the stylistic traits of this less well-known collection, a brief summary of the composer, Johann Paul Westhoff, and an overview of the historical background of his time is included in this document. -
Fujarôčka Fujarôčka, Fujara
Fujarôčka,Fujarôčka , fujara Fujarôčka , fujara Fujara manual – basic playing handbook Výroba fujár a pastierskych píš ťal Jozef Mikulášek www.fujary.sk Nitrianska 13 920 01 Hlohovec tel.: 00421/33/74 251 27 mobil: 0908 537 007 e-mail: [email protected] 1 Introduction In this manual, I’d like to briefly introduce this unique instrument and try to show you the basics of playing, while offering some helpful advice on how to take care of your “fujara” [fooyara] or sheperd’s overtone flute. It is aimed primarily at beginners, though more advanced fujara-players might find it useful, too . Description of the fujara The “fujara”, or sheperds’ overtone flute, is a unique Slovak folk wind instrument. It is lovingly called queen among folk instruments, not only in Slovakia. It is made mostly from wood of the common elder, or Sambucus negra . This hardy wood type has excellent musical resonancy. It is also filled with a soft resin, making drilling it easier. The fujara evolved from a three-hole bass flute that had been used in smaller form since the 12 th or 13 th century. Fujaras are made in different sizes, ranging from 85 cm to 172 cm, but they can sometimes be both smaller and larger. The tuning of a fujara depends on its size and the circumference of its drill hole, but it is generally so that smaller instruments are tuned higher, and larger instruments are tuned to a lower register. The fujara consists of two main parts – the main flute airpipe and smaller airpipe. They are connected by a leather belt or “švihe ľ”. -
Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection
Guides to Special Collections in the Music Division at the Library of Congress Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON 2004 Table of Contents Introduction...........................................................................................................................................................iii Biographical Sketch...............................................................................................................................................vi Scope and Content Note......................................................................................................................................viii Description of Series..............................................................................................................................................xi Container List..........................................................................................................................................................1 FLUTES OF DAYTON C. MILLER................................................................................................................1 ii Introduction Thomas Jefferson's library is the foundation of the collections of the Library of Congress. Congress purchased it to replace the books that had been destroyed in 1814, when the Capitol was burned during the War of 1812. Reflecting Jefferson's universal interests and knowledge, the acquisition established the broad scope of the Library's future collections, which, over the years, were enriched by copyright -
Interstellar Music - by Mike Overly
Interstellar Music - by Mike Overly Let's imagine that you could toss a message in a bottle faster than a speeding bullet into the cosmic ocean of outer space. What would you seal inside it for anyone, or anything, to open some day in the distant future, in a galaxy far, far away from our solar system? Well, imagine no more because it's been done! Thirty-five years ago, NASA launched two Voyager spacecraft carrying earthly images and sounds toward the Stars. Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977, from Cape Canaveral, Florida and Voyager 2 was sent on its way August 20 of that same year. Voyager 1 is now 11 billion miles away from earth and is the most distant of all human-made objects. Everyday, it flies another million miles farther. In fact, Voyager 1 and 2 are so far out in space that their radio signals, traveling at the speed of light, take 16 hours to reach Earth. These radio signals are captured daily by the big dish antennas of the Deep Space Network and arrive at a strength of less than one femtowatt, a millionth of a billionth of a watt. Wow! Both Voyagers are headed towards the outer boundary of the solar system, known as the heliopause. This is the region where the Sun's influence wanes and interstellar space waxes. Also, the heliopause is where the million-mile-per-hour solar winds slow down to about 250,000 miles per hour. The Voyagers have reached these solar winds, also known as termination shock, and should cross the heliopause in another 10 to 20 years. -
Timeline: Music Evolved the Universe in 500 Songs
Timeline: Music Evolved the universe in 500 songs Year Name Artist Composer Album Genre 13.8 bya The Big Bang The Universe feat. John The Sound of the Big Unclassifiable Gleason Cramer Bang (WMAP) ~40,000 Nyangumarta Singing Male Nyangumarta Songs of Aboriginal World BC Singers Australia and Torres Strait ~40,000 Spontaneous Combustion Mark Atkins Dreamtime - Masters of World BC` the Didgeridoo ~5000 Thunder Drum Improvisation Drums of the World Traditional World Drums: African, World BC Samba, Taiko, Chinese and Middle Eastern Music ~5000 Pearls Dropping Onto The Jade Plate Anna Guo Chinese Traditional World BC Yang-Qin Music ~2800 HAt-a m rw nw tA sxmxt-ib aAt Peter Pringle World BC ~1400 Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal Tim Rayborn Qadim World BC ~128 BC First Delphic Hymn to Apollo Petros Tabouris The Hellenic Art of Music: World Music of Greek Antiquity ~0 AD Epitaph of Seikilos Petros Tabouris The Hellenic Art of Music: World Music of Greek Antiquity ~0 AD Magna Mater Synaulia Music from Ancient Classical Rome - Vol. 1 Wind Instruments ~ 30 AD Chahargan: Daramad-e Avval Arshad Tahmasbi Radif of Mirza Abdollah World ~??? Music for the Buma Dance Baka Pygmies Cameroon: Baka Pygmy World Music 100 The Overseer Solomon Siboni Ballads, Wedding Songs, World and Piyyutim of the Sephardic Jews of Tetuan and Tangier, Morocco Timeline: Music Evolved 2 500 AD Deep Singing Monk With Singing Bowl, Buddhist Monks of Maitri Spiritual Music of Tibet World Cymbals and Ganta Vihar Monastery ~500 AD Marilli (Yeji) Ghanian Traditional Ghana Ancient World Singers -
View/Download Concert Program
Christmas in Medieval England Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 8 pm First Church in Cambridge, Congregational Christmas in Medieval England Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 8 pm First Church in Cambridge, Congregational I. Advent Veni, veni, Emanuel | ac & men hymn, 13th-century French? II. Annunciation Angelus ad virginem | dt bpe 13th-century monophonic song, Arundel MS / text by Philippe the Chancellor? (d. 1236) Gabriel fram Heven-King | pd ss bpe Cotton fragments (14th century) Gaude virgo salutata / Gaude virgo singularis isorhythmic motet for Annunciation John Dunstaple (d. 1453) Hayl, Mary, ful of grace Trinity roll (early 15th century) Gloria (Old Hall MS, no. 21) | jm ms ss gb pg Leonel Power (d. 1445) Ther is no rose of swych vertu | dt mb pg bpe Trinity roll Ibo michi ad montem mirre | gp jm ms Power III. Christmas Eve Veni redemptor gencium hymn for first Vespers of the Nativity on Christmas Eve, Sarum plainchant text by St Ambrose (c. 340-97) intermission IV. Christmas Dominus dixit ad me Introit for the Mass at Cock-Crow on Christmas Day, Sarum plainchant Nowel: Owt of your slepe aryse | dt pd gp Selden MS (15th century) Gloria (Old Hall MS, no. 27) | mn gp pd / jm ss / mb ms Blue Heron Pycard (?fl. 1410-20) Pamela Dellal | pd ss mb bpe Ecce, quod natura Martin Near Selden MS Gerrod Pagenkopf Missa Veterem hominem: Sanctus Daniela Tošić anonymous English, c. 1440 Ave rex angelorum | mn mb ac Michael Barrett Egerton MS (15th century) Allen Combs Jason McStoots Missa Veterem hominem: Agnus dei Steven Soph Nowel syng we bothe al and som Mark Sprinkle Trinity roll Glenn Billingsley Paul Guttry Barbara Poeschl-Edrich, Gothic harp Scott Metcalfe,director Pre-concert talk by Daniel Donoghue, Professor of English, Harvard University sponsored by the Cambridge Society for Early Music Blue Heron Renaissance Choir, Inc. -
Bach and BACH
Bach and B-A-C-H Works by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Schumann and Jan Esra Kuhl INTERNATIONAL BACH COMPETITION 2012 WINNER IN THE ORGAN CATEGORY Johannes Lang, Organ Bach and B-A-C-H Johannes Lang, Organ Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) Praeludium in C, BWV 566 01 . (11'17) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621) Fantasia à 4, SwWV 273 02 . (12'59) Johann Sebastian Bach From “Art of the Fugue”, BWV 1080 03 Contrapunctus 14 . (10'10) Robert Schumann (1810–1856) From “Six Fugues on B.A.C.H., Op. 60” 04 2 . Vivace (Lebhaft) . (06'10) Johann Sebastian Bach Organ Sonata No. 6 in G major, BWV 530 05 Vivace . (04'08) 06 Lento . (10'11) 07 Allegro . (03'44) Jan Esra Kuhl (*1988) Variations on B-A-C-H (2013/2014) 08 . (06'25) World premiere recording Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564 09 Toccata . (06'01) 10 Adagio . (05'07) 11 Fuge . (04'49) Total Time . (81'08) Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben | Supporting Aspiring Young Musicians Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben has been generously providing support to aspiring young mu- sicians in Germany since 1962 . The foundation provides long-term, personalized assistance to the current group of 300 scholarship recipients aged 12 to 30 . Jointly established with the German federal government, the Deutscher Musikinstru- mentenfonds provides promising young concert artists with string instruments of the highest quality, which are awarded each year as part of a demanding music competition . The foundation’s Foyer Junger Künstler concert series gives the foundation’s “rising stars” many different opportunities to show off their abilities. -
Wooden Fife Kit
WOODEN FIFE KIT PARTS LIST: Musicmaker’s Kits, Inc - Unfinished Maple fife P.O. Box 2117 - 2 brass ferrules Stillwater, MN 55082-3117 - cork plug - dowel (3/8” X 18”) - 2 scraps sandpaper (651) 439-9120 (adhesive backed) email: [email protected] - Instructions INSTRUCTIONS _____1. The primary task of this kit is to sand and finish the fife. Sanding the inside of the bore is the most difficult job, so we have included a dowel and some self-adhesive sandpaper to make it easier for you. Peel the wax paper backing off the two pieces of sandpaper and wrap one around each end of the wooden dowel. One scrap is 100 grit (coarser) and the other is 180 grit (finer). _____2. Use the coarser end of the dowel to sand the bare wood inside the bore, moving the dowel back and forth in the direction of the grain (lengthwise). Blow out the sawdust now and then. Switch to the finer sandpaper at the other end of the dowel when you think the coarse paper has done its job. The smoother the bore, the easier it will be to play your fife. _____3. Test the brass ferrules to see if they slide over the ends of the fife. If not, carefully sand the ends of the fife until the brass fits easily all the way to the shoulder of the wood. _____4. Decorate the fife as desired. You may do some painting, wood-burning, lettering, carving and/or staining to suit your tastes. This is a fun project to customize. I think the instrument looks best when stained a deep reddish-brown color. -
Some Acoustic Characteristics of the Tin Whistle
Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics SOME ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TIN WHISTLE POAL Davies ISVR, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK J Pinho ISVR, Southampton University, Southampton, UK EJ English ISVR, Southampton University, Southampton, UK 1 INTRODUCTION The sustained excitation of a tuned resonator by shed vorticity in a separating shear layer 1 or the whistling produced by the impingement of thin fluid jets on an edge 2 have both been exploited by the makers of musical instruments from time immemorial. Familiar examples include panpipes, recorders, flutes, organ flue pipes 13 , and so on. Over the centuries, the acquisition of the necessary knowledge and skill for their successful production must have been laboriously accomplished by much trial and error. A more physically explicit understanding of the basic controlling mechanisms began to emerge during the great upsurge in scientific observation and discovery from the mid19th century, as this was also accompanied by the relevant developments in physics, acoustics and fluid mechanics. These mechanisms can take several forms, depending on subtle differences in local and overall geometric detail and its relation to the magnitude, direction and distribution of any flow that is generating sound. One such form includes many examples of reverberant systems, where separating shear layers 3,4 provide the conditions where this coupled flow acoustic behaviour may occur. It is well known 14 that whenever a flow leaves a downstream facing edge it separates, forming a thin shear layer or vortex sheet. Such sheets, which involve high transverse velocity gradients, are very unstable and rapidly develop waves 14 .