MUTH 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Glossary Of Musical Terminology, Pizzicato, William Primrose
12 Mar 2016
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Especially opera, music for children, sacred chorale music, english folksong arrangements. First job: film composer for leftist documentaries, eg. john grierson"s night. Mail 1935: music evokes the sound effects of the film inventive in use of instruments, this film involved other great artists! Started composing at a young age around 5 (like a modern mozart!) Long time personal and professional partnership with tenor peter pears. Britten, copland, pears in america: pears: opera based, flourishing career, britten supported that. Pacifists: spent much of ww2 in america, but did return to england. Reflection 8: sul tasto: bowing the string over the fingerboard; creates an ethereal tone. Reflection 2 pizzicato: every other note is from dowland. Reflection 4 viola plays phrase 1a very slowly. Reflection 6 viola quotes the second phrase of flow my tears : literal quotes, unusual piano accompaniment based on phrase 1a. Reflection 8 sul ponticello icy, shivery, eerie left-hand pizzicato.
