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From: kldawkin@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Kiwi)
Subject: Voice Leading Correction
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 05:07:31 GMT

Greetings all... I am writing a program in C that will general take
four-part voice-leading assignments (or Bach Chorales as the case may
be), and search them for various errors. At the moment I have it doing
the easy ones... like parallel and hidden fifths and octaves,
voice crossings, and voice spacings. There are a few more simple
ones I will shortly implement (Hey, it's only taken me a few
hours to get this far) but there are a few tough ones and I was wondering
if anyone has elegant solutions for them... for example,
the old "never double a leading tone" rule is awfully simple to understand
for us, but you try telling a computer exactly what a leading tone *is*
and *when* it's a leading tone, and things get a little more complex.
Also, unresolved leading tones are a problem, as are unresolved sevenths
and even incorrectly prepared sevenths and fourths and exposed
tritones... any suggestions for algorithms for finding these????

Thanks!

Kyle.

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From: lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)
Subject: Re: Favourite Organ Work Survey
Organization: City University, London
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 17:23:16 GMT

In article <1993Jan4.051617.16927@news.stolaf.edu> hakari@lars.acc-admin.stolaf.edu (The Conformist Contrabass Clarinetist) writes:
>
>
>My 2 favorites are Bach Fugue in g minor ("Little") and Saint-Saens Finale from
>Symphony No. 3...well, at least the organ parts of it...

Have you come across the Bach fugue on CD at all?
I first came across it in Deluxe Music Construction Set on the
Amiga and I really loved it! But I would like to hear it played
by a human as well.

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From: erwin@helsinki.ks.uiuc.edu (Edgar Erwin)
Subject: Re: Gorecki's 3rd Symphony
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 18:46:05 GMT

Dale Atems writes
> I listened to the first movement of Gorecki's 3rd symphony today on
> headphones in the local record store. It was hard to hear the quiet
> parts.  I'm not sure this is the sort of thing
> I'd want to listen to many times. There's very little going on here
> of musical interest, just a seamless polyphony of long slow lines
> intertwining, the resulting harmony completely static and diatonic.
> Dawn Upshaw's central solo was stunning, but nothing else held my
> attention for long.
>  
> Are the other two movements more of the same? I believe there was a
> thread here on Gorecki before Christmas that I largely missed. I was
> thinking of buying the record, but I can't justify shelling out the
> bucks if it's something I'll only listen to once.
> 

The first movement melody is in aeolian mode.  (Q: Does that count as  
diatonic?)  It fits well the Websters definition of aeloian ``giving forth or  
marked by a moaning or sighing sound or musical tone produced by or as if by  
the wind.''

The second and third movement are not just more of the same.  All movements are  
marked Lento, but the emotional intensity grows with each movement.  The vocal  
sections become longer and more interesting in the last two movements.  If you  
thought Upshaw was stunning in the first movement, you should hear the third.  

I don't think you should judge this piece based on the first movement, or on  
just one hearing.  When I first heard this piece I thought it was incredibly  
boring, but now I love it.  It does appear simple, but very beuatiful.  The  
first movement functions best as an introduction to the rest, preparing you to  
accept the simple treasures to come, and IMO the first movement could stand to  
be trimmed down a bit.

Ed erwin@lisboa.ks.uiuc.edu
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From: golub@nwu.edu (Robert Golub)
Subject: Opinions about Sony Copland collections?
Followup-To: rec.music.classical
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:12:25 GMT

Does anyone have opinions about the Sony sets of Copland recordings, both
in regard to performances and sound quality?

-Rob

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From: dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker)
Subject: Re: Do recordings of the following pieces exist?
Organization: Camosun College, Victoria B.C, Canada
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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:19:04 GMT

judd@wilkinson.cs.colorado.edu (Stephen Judd) writes:
: Are there some good recordings of the following:
: 	Scubert

Never heard of him (her?) :-)
[....]
: 	Brahms (Did I see correctly that people seriously dismiss Brahms
: 		as a composer?  Wow.  And please don't post responding
: 		to this comment!  Send email!)
: 		
: 		Sonatas, Op. 78, Op. 100, Op. 108

I particularly like the recording of the sonatas by Kremer and
Afanassiou (is that right?) on DG coupled with the Busoni #2. I am
aware that this is a minority opinion, and that they spread to 2 disks
because they take them so slowly, but the playing has a great beauty
and intensity which I find irresistable. And I *love* the Busoni.

--
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Email: (dbarker@spang.camosun.bc.ca)
Phone: +1 604 370 4452
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From: torenvl@ecf.toronto.edu (TORENVLIET GERARD LAWRENS)
Subject: Re: Looking for D. Oistrakh CDs
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 04:35:36 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.174532.18207@sequent.com> danielh@sequent.com (Daniel Hobbs) writes:
>I've seen claims recently that a number of David Oistrakh's recordings
>
>Does anyone know of any other reissues of this, esp. with domestic 
>orchestras.  Or other Oistrakh reissues, for that matter.

On their bargain basement "Priveledge" label, DG has released Oistrackh playing
Beethoven's violin concerto in D Major, Op. 61.  It is a Penguin Guide Rosette,
and for $9 Cdn., definitely a great buy.

Regards,
Gerard.

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From: balesej@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Eric J Bales)
Newsgroups: rec.music.classical
Subject: Re: Anyone heard of Huenter Kradaken?
Date: 5 Jan 93 15:40:27 GMT
Organization: University of Cincinnati

In article <mjenkins.726241604@cunews> mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson) writes:
>In <1993Jan5.105804.6014@ericsson.se> etlanar@yogi.ericsson.se (Alan Arthur) writes:
>
>>In article <1993Jan5.062622.19032@cheshire.oxy.edu> dementia@cheshire.oxy.edu (Daniel Steven Reinker) writes:
>>>Has anyone heard of this very obscure composer? I have heard his
>>>third symphony, which is also called "St. Peter and the Four Dragons"
>>>and would like to know if he has done anything else. (Assumedly
>>>he has done at least two more symphonies, but despite searching I
>>>have yet to find anything.)
>
>>If it is the composer that I am thinking of, he worked in Moscow, but was not from
>>there originally (not sure of birthplace, can anyone trace the name?) He died in the
>>late 1930's, and I believe he wrote seven symphonys, although there has been talk of 
>
>I think he was born in Vienna, but I could be mistaken. And if I'm not
>mistaken, he died in the 1941 during the war.

He was indeed born in Vienna, from what I remember, then moved to Moscow
right before the war.  After the third symphony, which was the last thing
he composed in Vienna, he started doing more traditional stuff.

I like his second, personally.

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From: prh2s@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Patrick Ray Harrison)
Subject: English Concert in U.S.
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 20:41:10 GMT



Sorry about the earlier posting--I had trouble with my editor. 
My question was this: does anyone know whether the English Concert
will be performing in the U.S. (in the NY-Philly-DC corridor, in
particular) this year? 

Patrick Harrison
prh2s@faraday.clas.virginia.edu

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From: danielh@sequent.com (Daniel Hobbs)
Subject: Looking for D. Oistrakh CDs
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 17:45:32 GMT

I've seen claims recently that a number of David Oistrakh's recordings
are being reissued on CD.  I'm looking for a recording of him playing
Mendolssohn's Violin Cto (Em ?? -- the famous one).  I found one last
year in H&B's catalog, but it turned out to be out of print.

Does anyone know of any other reissues of this, esp. with domestic 
orchestras.  Or other Oistrakh reissues, for that matter.

Thanks in advance.

Dan Hobbs

danielh@sequent.com


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From: ridgway@athena.mit.edu (Lee Ridgway)
Subject: Re: Couperin - recorded by Scott Ross ??
Keywords: Couperin Ross
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:10:50 GMT

In article <i3270.726417061@newsie>, i3270@zarina.dc.dk (Erik Kristiansen) writes:
|> In the biography by Wilfried Mellers on Francois Couperin 
|> he says that Couperin has been recorded by the harpsichordist
|> Scott Ross. Has anyone heard of it?
|> 
|> As to the recording done by Blandine Verlet: Which harpsichords
|> has she used? (original insts./copies/makers name?)
Speaking as a harpsichordist, I can't recommend Verlet's recordings. For my
taste, her playing is dull, without the rhythmic vitality (danciness) most of the
Couperin music requires. 

Kenneth Gilbert's recordings (Harmonia Mundi) are about the best complete set,
even though recorded a couple of decades ago. 

I have not heard of a Scott Ross set, although it may be possible. ROss, early in
his career, released some LPs, but none of these have made it to CD, as far as I
can tell. I recall hearing that he disavowed most of his pre-CD recordings.
From: terjer@ifi.unit.no (Terje Rydland)
Newsgroups: rec.music.classical
Subject: Re: My Christmas CDs
Date: 5 Jan 93 08:52:47 GMT
Followup-To: rec.music.classical
Organization: IfI, UNIT-AVH

In article <1993Jan4.235952.1065@fid.morgan.com>, apter@fid.morgan.com
(Steve Apter) wrote:
> 
> In article <p#82as=@rpi.edu> mccomt@aix.rpi.edu (Todd Michel McComb) writes:
> >In article <0igVwB3w165w@student.business.uwo.ca> Richard Smith writes:
> >>All given to myself, unfortunately. Nobody else even tries anymore.
> >
> >Same here.  I used to ask for CDs, but never got any.  This year I
> >didn't even ask.
> >
> >>Perotin                         Organum (Hilliard Ensemble) Gorgeous
> >
> >Indeed.
> >
> >T. M. McComb
> >
> 
> No no no.  Don't expect friends or family to buy CDs or books for you
> ("Hey, Beethoven's sixth, and CONDUCTED BY RICCARDO MUTI!  WOW!") unless
> the whole lot of you are severely dysfunctional.  You must break this
> pattern EARLY.  Here are some suggestions based on more than 40 years
> of experience with this knotty interpersonal difficulty:
> 
> 	1.  Lay in the foundation by talking up the "personal
> 	    nature" of gift certificates.  (This approach should
> 	    be used cautiously around loved ones who regard B.
> 	    Dalton as a "quality bookshop"; or indeed, as any
> 	    kind of bookshop.)
> 
> 	2.  Beginning no later than March, embark on a relentless
> 	    campaign of subliminal conditioning.  E.g.,
> 
> 		Mother:  "Are you joining us for dinner Wednesday?"
> 		You:     "Gee, I can't, I'm going to hear
> 
> 		    >>> Wagner's Ring, conducted by Furtwangler <<<
> 			^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> 		You to sleeping wife, in a whisper:
> 
> 		    ("Nancarrow's Player-piano studies,
> 		     "Nancarrow's Player-piano studies,	...")
> 
> 	3.  (Parents only)  Give *them* what *you'd* like to get,
> 	    then "borrow" it a few months later.
> 
> 	4.  (Wife/husband or girl/boyfriend)  Give *them* what
> 	    *you'd* like to get.
> 
> 	5.  Sigh wistfully whenever suitably planted advertisements
> 	    turn up "unpredictably" (e.g., among the stack of bills).
> 
> 	6.  Tell family member A what you hope family member B will
> 	    get for you.  Perform for all 2-ples in your clan.  (Those 
> 	    who worry excessively about "manipulation" should avoid this 
> 	    approach.)
> 
> PS:  Strategy 5 worked particularly well for me this year.  Boy, was
> I surprised.
> 
> 
> Dr. Steve

Thank you for the suggestions. I'll try them out this year.
I only got 1 CD for Xmas, but it was a really wonderful one with music
by 
	 Giuseppe Martucci and Ottorino Respighi on Hyperion. (Highly
recommended!)

In two days the January sale starts...

Terje Rydland
Dept. of Informatics, UNIT, Trondheim, Norway
Internet : terjer@ifi.unit.no
AppleLink: NOR0103
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From: dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks)
Subject: Re: Christmas Gifts
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:42:01 GMT

rwh@visual.com (Rob Holzel) writes:
| What I got:
| 
| Sibelius Symphony #1, Bernstein/VPO, DG

Oh dear.  This was happening in Boston Tower yesterday; my son and I
looked at each other and agreed "Bernstein".  Sibelius thrust down your
gullet.  Sibelius with an orgasm in every bar (_pace_ fans of Solti).
Fine, if you like your ice with peppers.

| After listening to each a few times, I have no complaints.  The Strauss
| and Sibelius are stunning.

As in "being hit on the head with a running snowblower".
-- 
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From: velde2@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Francois Velde)
Newsgroups: rec.music.classical
Subject: Re: Mozart, Tourettes and Spelling.
Date: 8 Jan 1993 09:53:51 -0500
Organization: Homewood Academic Computing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md, USA
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In article <1146@dscatl.UUCP> mgresham@dscatl.UUCP (Mark Gresham) writes:
>In article <1993Jan6.024458.20162@Princeton.EDU> roger@astro.princeton.edu (Roger Lustig) writes:
>>b) What evidence as to the involuntary nature of Mozart's obscene speech
>>exists?  I can think of no other behavior on his part that would suggest
>>Tourette's Syndrome.
>
>The symptoms of an extreme case of Tourette's would have prevented
>Mozart from being much of a success as a concertizing pianist;
>milder symptoms would have interfered in any case.  It would only
>be conceivable if the symptoms disappeared while performing (a la
>Mel Tillis and his stuttering).  But with Tourette's, that would
>be highly unlikely.

A few months back, the New Yorker had a lengthy article by Oliver Sacks on
a case of Tourette: the man was a highly skilled and successful *surgeon*
who lost all signs of the syndrome while he was practising, and returned 
to babbling, twitching and compulsive touching of things as soon as he left
the operating room. So no, I don't think Tourette by itself would have
interfered with his skills (it would have caused a problem with social
acceptance, if that is what you meant; i.e., he would have been locked
away at a tender age).

Anyway, I think that, since the only evidence are the obscenities in his
letters, there is not much of a case for Tourette.
-- 

	Francois Velde

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From: mccomt@aix.rpi.edu (Todd Michel McComb)
Subject: Re: Spanish organ music
Keywords: organ spanish
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 18:22:30 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.210903.21785@athena.mit.edu> Lee Ridgway writes:
>The Valois
>label has issued ten recent recordings of Spanish organ music, in
>celebration of Columbus's voyage in 1492. The name of the series is El Organo
>Historico Espagnol. The recordings cover the usual Spanish composers,
>played by a variety of excellent people (Montserrat Torrent, Odille Bailleux,
>Kimberly Marshall, etc.), on excellently restored historic instruments.    

The first volume of the ten is devoted to Antonio de Cabezon (who was the
subject of my original query some time ago) and performed by Kimberly
Marshall on three historic spanish organs.  I found this in the "misc organ"
bin at Tower yesterday.  The production is top quality (which looks to be
true of the series in general) and presents an interesting cross-section
of music.  Valois 4645 (the remaining nine in sequence, titles on request).
Recommended.

T. M. McComb

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From: JEFFS@UMRVMB.umr.edu
Subject: Bruno Walter's Beethoven
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 17:01:03 GMT
Organization: Univ of MO - Rolla

One of my Christmas acquisitions was a (used) 6 CD set of the Beethoven
symphonies conducted by Bruno Walter with the Columbia Symph. Orch. (CBS
Special Products).  Can anyone tell me when these were recorded?
Overall, the performances seem to be very good (except for some
occasional sloppy trumpet playing), but the recorded sound is inferior
to the CDs I have of Walter conducting Bruckner's ninth and Brahms
fourth, so perhaps the Beethoven recordings were made earlier? Any
information (and opinions) regarding these and other Walter recordings
would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Jeff Stevenson
From: 6145goldino@vms.csd.mu.edu (Owen Goldin)
Newsgroups: rec.music.classical
Subject: Re: Bruckner (was: Re: Best finale)
Date: 11 Jan 1993 14:49:25 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
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D. Barker writes:
>Childlike I'm not sure about, but I'd certainly agree that Bruckner is
>not Romantic (or romantic). As someone (I forget who) pointed out,
>man(kind) does not appear in any Bruckner symphony, except arguably
>the 9th. Bruckner is about nature and the cosmos. His music always
>brings vistas of mountain peaks to my mind.


A local (Milwaukee) poet (Jeff Poniewaz) hit the nail on the head: Bruckner
wrote music for your soul to go backpacking in.

And I would add that backpacking isn't for everyone.  You can't be in a hurry,
and you have to be able to slug things out.  You have to be receptive to
beauty, but not expect it to be framed, waiting for your moment of aesthetic
appreciation.  You have to let yourself wander, and let the wildness around
you be wild, unfolding of its own.

Owen
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From: tsui@csis.dit.csiro.au (Kenneth Tsui)
Subject: Gimell recording
Organization: CSIRO Division of Information Technology
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 23:15:31 GMT



Has anybody noticed any strange "ringing" artefact in some recordings of the
Tallis Scholars? I started noticing it when I listened to the Brumel disc
(CDGIM026?). Then I took out an earlier one (CDGIM999) which is a collection
from 9 recordings. The high frequency ringing is more pronounced in some than
in others. It's quite annoying because I really like the singing.

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From: apter@fid.morgan.com (Steve Apter)
Subject: Re: Ginastera Piano & Chamber Music
Keywords: Ginastera, Nissman
Organization: Morgan Stanley & Co., New York, NY
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 03:39:36 GMT

In article <hellerS.726338980@batman> hellerS@moravian.edu (sjh) writes:
>I was wondering if anyone has heard Barbara Nissman's 2 CD set of the
>complete music for solo and chamber piano by Ginastera on Newport Classics.
>It looks like a set worth getting. Ginastera is one of those composers who
>really went through some major changes in style. This set would then cover
>everything from the early Danzas argentinas, op.2, thru the etherial/demonic
>serialism of works like the Quintet. 
>
>If anyone has heard these performances please let me know.
>
>Steve Heller


I like them very much.  As you say, listening through this set in
chronological order gives the very definite impression of a man on 
the move.

There's also a terrific Elan CD containing string quartets by Ginastera,
Villa Lobos, and Reveultas.  

Ginastera's piano concerto was part of my initial encounter with 20th 
Century music, back in my teens.  I see that what looks like the very 
same performance -- on Desto, with Hilde Somer -- is back in the catalog.

I'm waiting for the operas ...

PS:  Make sure that the Newport disks are correctly printed -- a bad
batch, pristinely silver and labelless, were sent out at one point.
From: chem91@Elroy.UH.EDU ("Bill Harrison (713)-743-2789")
Newsgroups: rec.music.classical
Subject: Re: Gorecki harpsichord concerto
Date: 4 Jan 1993 15:13:54 GMT
Organization: University of Houston
Reply-To: chem91@Elroy.UH.EDU
NNTP-Posting-Host: elroy.uh.edu

>
>For fans of the contemporary Polish composer H-M Gorecki
>and/or those who regret that de Falla wrote just one chamber 
>concerto for harpsichord:
>
>	"Rhythm Plus"
>	Elisabeth Choinacka, harpsichord
>	Concerto Avenna, Varsovie
>	cond, Andrzej Mysinski
>	ADDA 581 233
>	  Gorecki:  Concerto for hpschd & strings, op 40.
>	  also, works by Ferrari, Horovitz, Mache, Knittel
>
>A small masterpiece.
>
>

I like it too...   But it's very(!) different from the 3rd symphony!!!  It
seems to be a hard disc to track down. 

Bill
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From: nad@cray.com (Ned Deily)
Subject: Re: Die Entf"uhrung aus dem Serail
Date: 12 Jan 93 22:43:44 CST

hsong@ardour.bellcore.com (G. Hugh Song) writes:

>Would you review various recordings of Mozart's "Die Entf"uhrung aus
>dem Serail (sp?)".
>Especially, I'd like to know which one is of grand opera style instread of
>chamber-music-scale style.

I don't know what you mean by "grand opera style" in the context of a
"Singspiel".  But, for a splendid cast in a wonderful performance, find
the Krips/Vienna Philhamonic version (LP was released on EMI Seraphim, I
assume it must have been released on CD by now).  Rothenberger, Lucia Popp,
Nicolai Gedda, and, best of all, Gottlob Frick as Osmin.  This will always
be one of my desert island Mozart opera recordings.  Even the dialog is
enjoyable.

--Ned
  nad@cray.com
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