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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"violins"”.
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Composition No. 1, quintet for two violins, viola, cello, and sampler
Composition No. 1 is a work for string quartet and interactive electronics. The work is around twenty minutes long and separated into five movements, all of them elided through the use of attaccas. The work's organizational principle is a progression of thematic material, starting with a simple …
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The Identification of Resonant Frequencies Emitted by Violins and Flat Top Guitars.
… emitted by 2 types of stringed instruments, violins and guitars, in a definitive way that provides measured data for results. A resonance testing apparatus designed to support the instruments for testing, produce forced vibrations of precise period and amplitude to excite an instrument, and …
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Quintet for two violins, viola, cello and piano, and string quartet no. 1 by Lazar Nikolov
Lazar Nikolov (1922-2005) was a representative of the so-called third generation of Bulgarian composers. Together with his closest friend, composer and conductor Konstantin Iliev, Nikolov founded the postwar avant garde in Bulgaria. He was among the first composers in Eastern Europe to abandon the …
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Nowhere Landscape, for Clarinets, Trombones, Percussion, Violins, and Electronics and “The Map and the Territory: Documenting David Dunn’s Sky Drift”
… landscape, for clarinets, trombones, percussion, violins, and electronics</p><p>nowhere landscape is an eighty-minute work for nine performers, composed of acoustic and electronic sounds. Its fifteen movements invoke a variety of listening strategies, using slow change, stasis, layering, …
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Competing with Cremona: Violin Making Innovation and Tradition in Paris (1802-1851)
… the ways in which the preference for old Italian violins, particularly Stradivari, is substantiated in Paris: 1802-1851). It examines historical documents of three institutions related to new violin making: violin evaluations by the Institute of France's Music Section: 1813-1827); musical …
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Computer recognition of musical instruments : an examination of within class classification
… given type - in this study four guitars and five violins. In recent years there have been numerous studies where between class classification has been attempted, but there have been no attempts at within class classification. Since timbre is the quality/quantity that enables one musical sound to …
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Morgon-Kara. (Original composition);
… timpani, tam-tam, bass drum, harp, piano, 30 violins (1&2), 10 violas, 10 cellos, and 8 double basses.
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Science and history explored by nuclear magnetic resonance
… also successfully applied for the analysis of violins and bows and a classification of the violins and bows as a function of the fabrication year was achieved.
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Rejoice!
… was composed for SSAATTBB, piano, and two violins in October 2011. The present version is a revised version for SSSAAATTBB and piano in December 2011.
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Concerto for Prepared Piano and Ensemble
… 2 percussion, solo prepared piano, 2nd piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, and double bass. The piece is divided into seven sections, beginning with an introduction—a tutti rallentando minus the soloist. The introduction is followed immediately by a cadenza, which introduces the sounds of the …
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Metamorphoses After Oboe: An Examination of the Evolution of Oboe Part Writing Through Music History
… oboe was quite loud, with the ratio of oboes to violins varying anywhere from 1:1 to 1:11.<sup>5</sup> In the Baroque ensemble, the violin and the oboes were partners in all things, often doubling lines or performing similar leadership functions for their respective groups; strings for violins …
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Investigating Forearm Muscle Activity Across Violin String Heights
… of a four-octave G-major scale on two identical violins with a low and a high string height. Surface electromyography was collected from six forearm muscles and bilaterally from the upper trapezius. While seated in a comfortable position, participants performed five trials of the scale on each …
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Paintings and Palaces, or the Lament of the Burger Flipper
… chimes, timpani in F (low) and C), eight or more violins in two parts, six or more violas in two parts, and eight or more cellos in two parts. The characters are Alejandro Jiminez, a dramatic tenor; the Manager of Burger Palace, a baritone; the Suits 1/Fast Food Workers, a choir (SATB) and the …
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My Eyes Have Seen the King
… flute, clarinet, horn, trumpet, first and second violins, viola (or third violin), cello, and percussion. In the absence of orchestra, the piano accompaniment may be used alone. This cantata consists of two instrumental pieces, six choral anthems, and four accompanied vocal solo interludes. It …
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Re-Composing Feminism: Australian women composers in the new millennium
… a neo-Riemannian analysis of Moore’s work, Violins and Skeletons (2010), illustrates how gender may shape compositional strategies, speculating upon the fraught relationship women composers have with the conventions of Western art music because their work implicitly functions outside of, or …
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A Sketch of Sound
… climax of the work, features high pitches on the violins and flutes, Two intervals are repeated throughout the piece, iii the seventh and the second. The seventh is used as an active element, while the second remains motionless. Rhythmic imitations among the same groups of instruments create echo …
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Thomas Jefferson: Life lines
… (alto, two tenors, bass) and five strings (two violins, viola, cello, double bass). Historical background for each epistolary excerpt and an explanation of the its corresponding music is found in the preface.
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Determining What's Next: A Slow Movement for Chamber Orchestra
… register with the flute, oboe, clarinet, and violins. This last statement peaks and the piece begins to slightly accelerate and make use of eighth notes in a polyphonic exploration in E minor. After this is established the tonality becomes blurred and cadences are delayed. The first violin and …
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Sprout
… high pitches on winds except for bassoons and violins while the pentatonic motivic texture is supporting it. The use of polyphony on brasses and strings keeps the thematic melody appearing one after another to symbolize the core of the entire work: the tenacity and endless life.
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A Checklist of Sacred Choral Music With Instrumental Accompaniment
… Substitution of instruments, such as flutes for violins, was expected when necessary. A music director can enlarge the amount of useable material by following this practice; for example, music for double choirs is not beyond the ability of a small group if the second-choir parts are given to …
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