Texture 2 - Writing for families
However, in my brass ensemble writing, I'll write passages for a grouping of trumpets when the music calls for it, and/or as a contrast
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Michael Allen
Dec 3, 2017
Texture 4 - writing chamber music
Recently, I've undertaken some large engraving projects - I'm making clean versions of the Tchaikovsky ballets. This may seem a little...
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Michael Allen
Nov 9, 2017
Bass Doubling
I wrote something yesterday that was confusing even to me when I read it again today. Mea culpa. The offending sentence was: Wright notes...
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Michael Allen
Sep 24, 2017
Farnaby's Conceit
The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book comprises nearly 300 works composed for keyboard by notable English court composers from the time of Queen...
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Michael Allen
Sep 15, 2017
Breaking up the Romance
Too soon? I'm having too much fun with these titles. I promised to talk about the decision to transpose this movement of Robert...
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Michael Allen
Sep 14, 2017
More advice on Romance
One of the things I appreciated about teaching was that I learned things about my own playing by observing and articulating ideas to...
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Michael Allen
Sep 13, 2017
Schumann Romances
...orchestrated for brass. I've loved Robert Schumann's Opus 94 Romances since the 80's. I heard them first on a cello recital, and then...
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Michael Allen
Sep 12, 2017
Limoges - The Big News
Sadly, only a few of the sketches by Victor Hartmann that inspired Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition have survived. We must rely on...
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Michael Allen
Sep 8, 2017
Mussorgsky's Pictures
I'm always surprised that some still believe that Maurice Ravel's orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition is the 'original
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Michael Allen
Sep 2, 2017
Keeping the trombones out of the pub
I usually carry around a small notebook that has only one purpose - it is used to write down new project ideas when I hear them (or think...
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