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Re: Bach’s Prelude in D minor, BWV 999 Among the instruments I play (I should really say 'try to play' because my left hand no longer functions properly) is the baroque lute, for which this prelude may (or may not!) have been intended.…
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week 4 @Eric Phillips Very impressive control in both hands, Eric! At no point is the difficulty (especially for the left hand) made apparent - you make it look effortless!…
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week 4 @Steve Price Interesting music which seems to work well on guitar, Steve. Are these your own arrangements? Btw, I read the entry for the composer in wikipedia - her life story reads like a Victorian…
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week Three @Steve Price It's really nice to hear these studies, Steve. As @Eric Phillips says, it's surprising they're not better known.
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week Three @Eric Phillips Very fine playing, Eric! I remember looking briefly at these studies a couple of years ago, after hearing Carlotta Dalia playing number 2 for Siccas Guitars.…
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week Two @Eric Phillips Fine start with this, Eric. You'll soon have enough of Pratten's music under your belt to program an entire concert! Did you happen to see her note in the score on how to avoid…
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week Two @don Great start with this very interesting piece, Don! (I was aware of its existence but had never actually heard it before.) Looking at the score, I see what you mean by it being difficult to count.…
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week Two @Tamieca And apologies for mis-spelling your name! (Now corrected.)
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week Two @Tamieca Thanks for bringing this interesting video to our collective attention, Tamieca! It certainly introduced me to a lot of very nice music that I'd not heard before.…
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week One @Eric Phillips Nicely played, Eric. I've been looking at some of Linnemann's music too, and I've experienced just what you describe - at first reading, it seems rather formless,…
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week One @David Krupka I see now that Elba died in 1941, three years before her father wrote that inscription. A sad conclusion to this little mystery!
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week One @Steve Price I did come across Mario's publication, which at seven volumes, is thorough if nothing else! (It's great to have resources like IMSLP available to us.…
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week One @Eric Phillips Yes, I can see that recruiting a narrator could be a bit of a problem. (Just imagine rehearsals!) But overlay of the text onto the video might be an effective substitute to actual…
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week One @Steve Price Very nice performance of this interesting piece, Steve! The canto sections, with their use of the octave, remind me of the slow section of 'Asturias' by Albeniz.…
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week One @Eric Phillips I agree with Don - the gnomes are sounding much friskier now! And the fairies are dancing up a storm. About the tremolo, it's interesting that Pratten uses the same triplet figure that…
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week One @Eric Phillips Btw, I'm not sure I could tolerate listening to either of those two albums in their entirety myself these days ...
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week One @Eric Phillips Undoubtedly, I'm sure! You see, Wakeman's piano teacher had studied at Guildhall, and she had a friend who knew Mrs. Pratten. So it's a direct line of influence,…
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week One @Steve Price You're doing a great job with this, Steve. I tried reading through it myself, only to discover that it's a lot harder than it looks on the page! (Definitely a workout for the left hand.…
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week One @Eric Phillips All I am is a proficient user of google! Btw, the two prog-rock albums I mentioned feature some narration. In 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth ' the narrator reads brief excerpts of…
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week One @Eric Phillips The use of the term 'Madame' did make me wonder whether there might be a second Giulia - a sister-in-law - but then the dedication to someone not her husband would seem odd.…
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week One @don A beautiful piece! Btw, who hasn't bought the same thing twice? I've done it with scores, books, CDs - and who knows what else. Sometimes buying a second copy is a lot easier than trying to find…
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Re: The Women Composers Challenge Week One @Eric Phillips Great start on this very interesting piece, Eric! About the text, my initial thought was that it is best left silent, but the performance (with narrator) you link is very effective.…
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Re: Promotion question for well-rounded musician @JR There must be something wrong with me. I actually like that music by 'boring dead guys'. (And a few dead gals too.) Yes sir, from Bach to Bowie, I like it all!
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Re: Promotion question for well-rounded musician @Martha Kreipke If 'all' I could do was play the series of notes that constitutes, say Giuliani's 'Grand Overture' or Rodrigo's 'Invocation and Dance', I wouldn't complain! But I do get your point.…
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Re: Promotion question for well-rounded musician @Trevor Bumgarner Personally, I'm not very much concerned with 'quality' if by that you mean the technical aspects of a production (lighting, sound, etc.). It's the content that matters.…
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