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There are some things for which one is never truly prepared, and losing a parent is definitely one of them. December 4, 2016 carved a wound in my heart. It has now slowly started to heal, but it will leave … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellanea
Tagged Bach, Beethoven, Bel Canto, Churrigueresque, Fallingwater, Fallingwater house, Finland, Finnish Embassy in Lima, Frank Lloyd-Wright, Guardian of the Horizon, Javier López Caipo, Le Corbusier, Lima Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Angelo, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Mozart, National Symphony Orchestra of Peru, Oscar Niemeyer, Renee Fleming, Sibelius Academy, Sistine Chapel, Sphinx Organization, Urban Planning
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Inspiration
What is inspiration? What is that spark that ignites our thoughts and makes it possible for us, creative artists, to produce a work of art where there was nothing before? A walk in the woods, a book, a movie, or … Continue reading
Quality in diversity
This post has the potential of being rather controversial, but let me start by saying that controversy is not what I’m after, I just want to share my views on a subject that has no right or wrong answers, but … Continue reading
Posted in Academia
Tagged Bach, counterpoint, educational outreach, harmony, hierarchy, instrumentation, Michael Jackson, Mozart, music genre, Music industry, music theory, orchestration, Queen, self-taught, Techno, The Beatles, top 40
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Musical expression
In 2010 I took part in the Darmstadt International Contemporary Music Festival for the third consecutive time. In the months leading to the festival I was asked to write an essay on musical expression. Five composers, all winners of the … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellanea
Tagged a clockwork orange, Bach, cognitivism, communication process, emotivism, expression, music, musical expression
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Staying in tune
The equal-tempered scale, where the octave is divided into twelve equal chromatic steps, has dominated western music for over a century. We have been made to believe that its use has been standard since times of Bach, but actually its … Continue reading
Posted in Composing
Tagged archicembalo, Bach, equal temperament, Gérard Grisey, Georg Friedrich Haas, harmonic series, just intonation, Lou Harrison, meantone temperament, microtone, Nicola Vicentino, pythagorean tuning, quarter tone, spectral music, Terry Riley, tuning system, well temperament, Well-tempered clavier
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