You might enjoy this poem: "Baby Wrens' Voices," by Thomas R. Smith
Musical Excerpts
Musical excerpts in this chapter, performed by Adam Matlock. In most instances, Adam plays the excerpt twice, the first time at reduced tempo. Page numbers refer to the recommended edition.
How to use excerpts: As you encounter each short musical score in the chapter, stop reading and listen to the excerpt using the videos on this page. Listen more than once if you do not recognize, in the music, the idea that Copland is presenting. Then continue reading.
Excerpts for Chapter 14
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Score for above; click to enlarge.
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Score for above; click to enlarge.
1) Bach—Well-Tempered Clavier
2) Debussy—Preludes for Piano
3) R. Strauss—Don Quixote See Copland, page 171.
4) R. Strauss -- Till Eulenspiegel See Copland, page 171.
4) Tschaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
5) A. Copland -- Appalachian Spring Orchestral Suite (derived from music for a ballet). With score, and helpful links to the sections, under READ MORE.
6) R. Wagner -- Lohengrin, Prelude
Additional, for Chapter 14 (free forms)
• A. Honegger -- Pacific 231 Under READ MORE, notice the composer's comments on the reception of this piece.
• Alan Hohvaness -- Mysterious Mountain What familiar forms can you find?
• Camille Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre (arr. Kevin MacLeod ~ "Danse Macabre - No Violin").
As the music plays, watch Earth's crustal plates drift for the past 540 million years, ending in their current locations. The Danse Macabre becomes a dance of the continents. Saint-Saëns, if he was describing anything, was certainly not describing this!
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