10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLISSANDI»
Discover the use of
glissandi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
glissandi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Even though they do not carry quite the technical difficulty of some other harpistic
challenges, glissandi must be approached with a sense of precision and control.
While there are numerous different types of glissandi, the most common ones ...
Yolanda Kondonassis, 2006
2
The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet
4 of Seconda Parte, viola) eventually develops into full-scale glissandi in all
instruments at the climax of the section (bb. 353ff.) and then again in the
recapitulation of the first part, transforming this formerly unnotated expressive
ornament ...
3
Xenakis: His Life in Music
At that point, the trombone launches into an extended passage of articulated
glissandi, with chordal punctuations by the brass (joined at m. 21 by the
woodwinds, in their first appearance). The soloist is three times joined by brief
glissando ...
4
Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and ...
Glissandi (1957) by György Ligeti was a short work of electronic music that used
the techniques of tape reversal and variable speed changes as its chief structural
guideposts. This work and Artikulation (1958) comprise the composer's only ...
5
Felix Godefroid's Role in the Development of Modern Harp ...
I. Innovative Use of Glissandi Enharmonic glissandi only became possible with
the invention of the double- action harp. Typically, glissandi on the harp are not
technically demanding. They are the embodiment of the graceful harp sound to ...
6
Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist
A simple single-note glissando is more difficult on the black keys than on the
white since it is hard to slide on keys that are that far apart: the black-key
glissandi in Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion were solved neatly
by one ...
7
The Roberto Gerhard Companion
Inbars 500–512 there is a similar texture with multiple glissandi, utilizing all
strings except double basses. The glissandi overlap and are played sul
ponticello. This provides a very unstable background atmosphere for a
Spanishlike fanfare.
Dr Monty Adkins, Professor Michael Russ, 2014
Xenakis has grouped individual short glissandi on the string instruments into
larger arching glissandi (glissandi of glissandi!)." At the same time the sounds are
grouped into three contrasting string sonorities and the three resulting timbre ...
Trevor Wishart, Simon Emmerson, 1996
9
The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music
In Syrmos (1959) for eighteen strings, Xenakis worked with a set of eight basic
sonic entities: held bowed notes, ascending bowed glissandi, descending bowed
glissandi, crossed (ascending and descending) bowed glissandi, geometric ...
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The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music
In Syrmos (1959) for eighteen strings, Xenakis worked with a set of eight basic
sonic entities: held bowed notes, ascending bowed glissandi, descending bowed
glissandi, crossed (ascending and descending) bowed glissandi, geometric ...
Roger T. Dean Research Professor of Sonic Communication University of Western Sydney, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLISSANDI»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
glissandi is used in the context of the following news items.
theartsdesk in Aix: Dreaming on
Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream opens with creepy glissandi emanating from the pit like nocturnal spirits. As they slither and spiral into the ... «The Arts Desk, Jul 15»
History sings in Amjad Ali Khan's strings
... Khan suddenly breaks into a wordless, nasal chant that clambers to a peak before slipping and sliding down in carefully measured glissandi. «Straight.com, Jul 15»
The arts diary: Mediterranean Voyage, Cheltenham Music Festival …
After the insinuating glissandi of Lutoslawski's Sacher Variation for solo cello slipped smoothly into a shifting melody in an Iranian mode, ... «Gloucestershire Echo, Jul 15»
Latin Accents at Shalin Liu
It opens with swagger and panache and great quick glissandi, followed by gritty sul ponticello scrapings. Piazzolla was to tango what Mozart ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Jun 15»
Concert review: Enrico Rava Quintet in the NAC Studio
He played many two-handed glissandi, plucked the strings, slammed his forearm on the keys a few times and skittered manically with his hands ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jun 15»
Prince of the Player Piano
... of his work, Nancarrow often based his pieces on simple, if unusual, melodic ideas, such as vigorous glissandi and repeating units of notes. «The New York Review of Books, Jun 15»
Cliburn JR: Quarterfinal Round 2
But that only slightly marred the wonder of his technique in the final presto, with upward scales that sounded like glissandi. » Read a review of ... «TheaterJones Performing Arts News, Jun 15»
Great Lakes fest off to strong start; so is Paul Watkins
Norman eschewed traditional melody in favor of barely audible whispers, shimmering tremolos, slippery glissandi, and clouds of simple chords ... «Detroit Free Press, Jun 15»
John Frayne: Harpist shared spotlight during doctoral recital
... which McLaughlin described with abrupt phases and sweeping glissandi, visually reinforced by Ann wearing spider legs around her midriff. «Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette, Jun 15»
Odyssey Opera has the measure of 'Powder Her Face'
... on the piano strings to the aforementioned fishing reels, seems a loving summation of the 20th century, its glissandi gently dissolving tonality. «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
