Re: counterpoint quote

["L.A. Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>]

Thanx a lot Kevin!!
cheers
Luis


--- kkissinger@kevinkissinger.com wrote:

> Quoting "L.A. Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>:
> >
> > I remeber when i was taking some crash music
> courses
> > in the university listening to some beautiful
> pieces
> > of counterpoint (if i am not mistaken)at times it
> was
> > also just strings fading in and out slowly (sort
> of
> > what fripp does with his synth soundscapes)but
> this
> > were classical pieces.I remeber asking the teacher
> > after class the name of the composers but
> > unfortunately lost my notes on that,can anybody
> > recomend essential listenings of this?I am also
> really
> > interested in dreamy soundscapey classical string
> > music compositions.
> > thanx
> > Luis
> >
> 
> 
> What comes to mind is the "Adagio for Strings" by
> Samuel Barber,
> The "Gayane Ballet" by Aram Khachaturian (used in
> "2001, A Space Oddessy"),
> "The Planets" by Gustav Holst  (has some slow
> movements that are quite  
> ethereal), and,
> "The Unanswered Question" by Charles Ives
> 
> These works are pretty well-known -- you will likely
> recognize them  
> even if you don't know them by name.
> 
> Also, check out chant-based polyphony from composers
> such as  
> Palestrina and Byrd.  Though choral music the
> interleaving melodies  
> are quite haunting.
> 
> Anyway, this would be a start.
> 
> -- Kevin
> 
> 


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