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Listening to classic American popular songs
In the twenties, thirties, and forties, now-legendary American songwriters and lyricists created a repertoire of popular songs, songs that have captured the hearts of generations of music lovers. George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael and many others, along with such lyricists as Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart, and Dorothy Fields, produced extraordinary songs of signal importance to the American musical heritage. In this book Allen Forte shares his love of American popular song. He discusses in detail twenty-three songs, ranging from Gershwin's \"Fascinating Rhythm\" (1924) to Irving Berlin's \"Steppin' Out with My Baby\" (1947), guiding readers and listeners toward a deeper appreciation of this vital and engaging music. Forte writes for the general reader, assuming no background other than a familiarity with basic music notation. Each song is discussed individually and includes complete lyrics and simple leadsheet notation. Forte discusses the songs' distinctive musical features and their sophisticated, often touching and witty lyrics. Readers can follow the music while they listen to the accompanying compact disc, which was specially recorded for this volume by baritone Richard Lalli and pianist-arranger Gary Chapman, with Allen Forte, pianist-arranger for \"Embraceable You\" and \"Come Rain or Come Shine\". Learn about these favorite songs and more: \"How Long Has This Been Going On?\" \"What Is This Thing Called Love?\" \"Embraceable You\" \"Autumn in New York\" \"I've Got You Under My Skin\" \"The Nearness of You\" \"That Old Black Magic\" \"Come Rain or Come Shine\".
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A lban B erg ’ s P iano S onata , O p . 1: a L andmark in E arly T wentieth ‐C entury M usic
Eventually published in 1926, the Piano Sonata, Op. 1, was completed in 1908, the year after Berg terminated his formal studies with Arnold Schoenberg, and first performed in Vienna in 1911. Berg's decision to assign the first opus number in his compositional canon to this piece was highly significant, since it clearly indicated the status that he accorded to such extraordinary music. The Sonata is one of the most expressive instrumental compositions of the early twentieth century – comparable, for example, to works by Debussy such as L’isle joyeuse (1904) and Bartók's Sonata for piano (1926). The present article situates the work in its contemporary context, illuminating points of theoretical significance as they relate to the composer's ongoing creative development and distinctive musical language.
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Alban Berg's Piano Sonata, Op. 1: a Landmark in Early Twentieth-Century Music
Eventually published in 1926, the Piano Sonata, Op. 1, was completed in 1908, the year after Berg terminated his formal studies with Arnold Schoenberg, and first performed in Vienna in 1911. Berg's decision to assign the first opus number in his compositional canon to this piece was highly significant, since it clearly indicated the status that he accorded to such extraordinary music. The Sonata is one of the most expressive instrumental compositions of the early twentieth century - comparable, for example, to works by Debussy such as L'isle joyeuse (1904) and Bartók's Sonata for piano (1926). The present article situates the work in its contemporary context, illuminating points of theoretical significance as they relate to the composer's ongoing creative development and distinctive musical language.
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Olivier Messiaen as Serialist
Forte discusses works written during the period that Messiaen referred to as \"dodecaphonic,\" sometimes also referred to as \"twelve-tone\" or \"-tone,\" and the less precise term \"serial.\" He analyzes the technical aspects of some of the movements of Messiaen's \"Livre d'orgue,\" his major serial opus. Consideration is given to aspects of the composition such as rhythmic personages and the pitch-series, order relations among the rows of section one, and trichordal parsing, among other technical aspects. Musical notation and endnotes are included.
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Thoughts on \Music Analysis\
The history of \"Music Analysis\" will necessarily devote special attention to the remarkable qualities of the editorial dynasty that governed the sometimes erratic course of the periodical as it plunged forward towards the end of the century. It is undesirable for a journal that focuses on the study of music through the application of analytical techniques to extend its domain to invoke unfamiliar vocabularies and concepts that many readers may find difficult to comprehend.
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