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And if you going to the trouble of listening to Palestrina and Byrd,
you might as well add Heinrich Schutz, Claudio Monteverdi, Dufay, G.
du Machaut, to name but a few more early masters ...
Dennis
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 6:33 PM, L.A. Angulo <labaloops@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanx a lot Kevin!!
> cheers
> Luis
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> --- kkissinger@kevinkissinger.com wrote:
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>> 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
>> >
>>
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>> 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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