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Dance and Dance Music, 1650-1850: December 2012
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Dance and Dance Music, 1650-1850. Monday, December 31, 2012. Gavotte periods from French contredanse sources. In a post on my "Schubert blog" I wrote about the connection between the gavotte, the French contredanse, and the sudden uptick in use of the period theme (term after Caplin) in Viennese music in the 1770s: link to the post. NOTE: links updated 6-09-16]. The first two pieces come from a [ short treatise. In the early eighteenth century, as part of a broad shift away from the half note to the quar...
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Dance and Dance Music, 1650-1850: Rising lines in the Playford collections
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Dance and Dance Music, 1650-1850. Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Rising lines in the Playford collections. Although rising cadence figures are by no means unknown before the mid-eighteenth century, I was surprised to find that the volumes of John Playford's [English] Dancing Master. Were a rich source for music with rising lines. I have created a PDF essay with examples: link to Playford. Note: link updated 6-09-16]. And here is a sample, "From Aberdeen":. Other blogs: Hearing Schubert D779n13.
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Dance and Dance Music, 1650-1850: February 2014
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Dance and Dance Music, 1650-1850. Saturday, February 15, 2014. Improvised variations in the quadrille. Franz Hünten (aka François Hünten) published a Premier Quadrille de contredanses variées, suivi d'un galop. As his Opus 63. The date is about 1834; a facsimile is available on IMSLP. As a digital copy of the facsimile published in an anthology by Garland about twenty years ago. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Other blogs: Hearing Schubert D779n13. Ascending Cadence Gestures in Tonal Music.
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Dance and Dance Music, 1650-1850: More on "The Moon and Seven Stars" (Calvert manuscript book)
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Dance and Dance Music, 1650-1850. Monday, October 27, 2014. More on "The Moon and Seven Stars" (Calvert manuscript book). I was surprised to learn that "The Moon and Seven Stars" is a common fiddling tune. I was not surprised to find that the first C# in the final bar of the Calvert manuscript version is very likely a copying error. In notated versions readily available online, the end of both strains is identical: A-D-C#-D. See, for example, Seven Stars. Or listen to David Hansen.
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Hearing Schubert D779n13: March 2014
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Friday, March 14, 2014. Peter Franck on Canons (Imitation). This post has moved to my blog Dance and Dance Music, 1650-1850. Thursday, March 13, 2014. Additions to the literature on Caplin's form theory. This post expands on the previous one about William Caplin's form theory and the scholarly literature on it. A special issue titled "Contemplating Caplin": Intersections: Canadian journal of music/Revue canadienne de musique. Eastman School of Music) vol. 26 (2012). Tuesday, March 11, 2014. The scholarly...
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Hearing Schubert D779n13: Ge Ho, Dobbin
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Sunday, April 27, 2014. Ge Ho, Dobbin. This and four other "Kidson" posts have moved to my Ascending Cadence Gestures. Post with a Guide to this blog: link. Link to the blog Dance and Dance Music, 1650-1850. Link to the blog Ascending Cadence Gestures in Tonal Music. Ge Ho, Dobbin. Peter H. Smith.
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Hearing Schubert D779n13: January 2014
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Thursday, January 30, 2014. Figures below are taken from the English edition of Czerny's The Art of Preluding. The "shortest Preludes" all use a 7- 8 figure in the uppermost voice. Notice also that Czerny doesn't bother to express the other half of the old clausula vera. Formula ( 2- 1) in an inner part. The English edition of Czerny's op. 300 may be found on IMSLP: here. Monday, January 20, 2014. A menuet by Mozart, age 9. IMSLP has a facsimile. The design is 8 8, and a repeat sign should undoubtedly be...
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Hearing Schubert D779n13: November 2010
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010. Estonia and Schenkerian pluralism. In mid-October, I gave a keynote address during the 6th Music Theory Conference organized by Mart Humal and his colleagues in the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Here is the announcement. Site earlier this year, and here is a PDF. My title was "Themes, Hierarchies, and Lines: Schenkerian Analysis as a Subspecies of Linear Analysis." As that suggests, the talk summarized the argument of my MTO. Monday, November 8, 2010. Here is the PR...
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Dance and Dance Music, 1650-1850: Administrative
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Dance and Dance Music, 1650-1850. Monday, March 10, 2014. 17 October 2014: This blog, dormant since March 2014, is being revived. Some posts about dance musics in the period 1650-1850 on my original blog Hearing Schubert D779n13. Will be moved here. Posts relating to William Caplin's form theory and its literature will be placed here, as well. A new blog, Ascending Cadence Gestures in Tonal Music. Schubert, Dance, and Dancing in Vienna, 1815-1840. Link to PDF essay. Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Fun...
