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I'm a junior composer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz4dpbk8YBs Here are my favorite composers: Bach Beethoven Mozart Tchaikovsky Prokofiev Rachmaninoff Shostakovich Gershwin Borodin Wagner Khachaturian Haydn Rossini Bizet Copland Bruckner Vaughan Williams Bartok Scarlatti Chopin Glinka Penderecki Scelsi
Who decides what music an orchestra plays?
orchestra director?
Tell me about community orchestras and professional ones
7 AnswersClassical1 decade agoDo woodwind/brass players like to see breath marks?
I imagine they know when to breathe. Maybe they're only used when a long passage is coming up that requires a full breath.
4 AnswersClassical1 decade agoJohn Foulds score score score score?
I'm looking to buy orchestral study scores of John Foulds music. Three Mantras, Dynamic Triptych, Music-Pictures Group III, Apotheosis. But I can't find them! Bear!
1 AnswerClassical1 decade agoWhich piano notation is correct?
In the example, short notes/chords are notated with sixteenth notes followed by sixteenth rests.
The second version has eighth notes with staccato instead.
Would these sound the same?
If so, which notation is better?
3 AnswersClassical1 decade agoYo, from what movie is this mystery theme?
I think it's from a movie, but it could be from a classical piece.
1 AnswerClassical1 decade agoWas Beethoven innovative or just disorganized?
I hear about all kinds of contributions Beethoven made to the sonata form.
Using more than two themes, starting in odd keys, etc.
But was this a result of being disorganized
"...pointing out Beethoven's messy penmanship and the many scratched-over revisions, using Stravinsky's neat and precise manuscript style as a comparison"
Or possibly from yielding to inspiration?
5 AnswersClassical1 decade agoSo, what do you think of my violin sonata?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouM4EnEcKpU
A link to the score:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ljdnwndyytx
I've been writing music for many years, but this is only my second serious composition. Any comments or constructive criticism will be appreciated.
4 AnswersClassical1 decade agoDo I report EVERY stock trade to IRS?
When I execute a market order in some illiquid stock, there may be as many as 5 different prices at which the stock is bought/sold within a matter of seconds.
Could I take the average of the prices instead of reporting each of these little trades??
This is not a retirement account.
5 AnswersInvesting1 decade agoDo I report EVERY stock trade to IRS?
When I execute a market order in some illiquid stock, there may be as many as 5 different prices at which the stock is bought/sold within a matter of seconds.
Could I take the average of the prices instead of reporting each of these little trades??
This is not a retirement account.
5 AnswersUnited States1 decade agoPieces with Percussion?
I want to hear more music with percussion.
Bass drums
Timpani
Side drums
Castanets
Tambourine
Spiderman
Wood blocks
Tam tam
Etc.
2 AnswersClassical1 decade agoWhat's the dynamic range for pizzicato?
In terms of Italian dynamic markings.
1 AnswerClassical1 decade agoWhat charming "little pieces" do you know?
They should be simply remarkable.
Here's my entry: Musical Snuff Box by Liadov
2 AnswersClassical1 decade agoWhy is Brahms' music so great?
3 AnswersClassical1 decade ago