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From Thurston book 3, this is etude number 13: study on themes from Richard Strauss's opera "Salome."
This study was all about playing difficult scale passages in a sweeping post-romantic style. Strauss is one of my most favorite composers but I don't know Salome very well! I've heard the Dance of the Seven Veils but I haven't performed it, and I don't know any of the music from the rest of the opera! Shame on me.
BAH! I also played a wrong rhythm at the very end, and didn't notice it. That was the only take I have of the ending, too. So it's just wrong. Boo
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About the etude project:
I've been challenging myself to practice a different etude every day and prepare it to the best of my ability in one day. This has been very helpful, but I wanted to add an additional element of pressure/nervousness. So I started recording them to post here.
It's not a real performance- I usually AM playing with a metronome, and I usually record these in a couple of takes and put them together later. I'll try to do them in a single take when possible, but usually I'll break them up.
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Recorded on 4/19/2013.
This study was all about playing difficult scale passages in a sweeping post-romantic style. Strauss is one of my most favorite composers but I don't know Salome very well! I've heard the Dance of the Seven Veils but I haven't performed it, and I don't know any of the music from the rest of the opera! Shame on me.
BAH! I also played a wrong rhythm at the very end, and didn't notice it. That was the only take I have of the ending, too. So it's just wrong. Boo
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About the etude project:
I've been challenging myself to practice a different etude every day and prepare it to the best of my ability in one day. This has been very helpful, but I wanted to add an additional element of pressure/nervousness. So I started recording them to post here.
It's not a real performance- I usually AM playing with a metronome, and I usually record these in a couple of takes and put them together later. I'll try to do them in a single take when possible, but usually I'll break them up.
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Recorded on 4/19/2013.
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Salome is a weird one. We watched clips of a performance of it when we were finishing up the Romantic era. The specific performance we saw featured a naked dude on stage. The camera didn't focus too much on him though. XD
I had not known of this side of Strauss, I just knew of his horn concerti.
I had not known of this side of Strauss, I just knew of his horn concerti.
I think Salome and possibly Elektra fit better into "expressionist" than "romantic." So it's a good place to leave the Romantic era!
If all you know by Strauss is the horn concerti, you NEED to get to know his tone-poems! Ein Heldenleben and Till Eulenspiegel are especially important for horn :) Amazing pieces!
If all you know by Strauss is the horn concerti, you NEED to get to know his tone-poems! Ein Heldenleben and Till Eulenspiegel are especially important for horn :) Amazing pieces!
Well that's true, since there wasn't a "period" of expressionism the way there was a Romantic period. But after Romantic, things split into Impressionist, Expressionist, and Neo/Late Romantic. Then Schoenberg sent everything to Hell.
Start with Till Eulenspiegel- you won't be disappointed!
Start with Till Eulenspiegel- you won't be disappointed!
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