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TwoSetViolin drops B2TSM track
A new supergroup has arrived — B2TSM
New Music Box Music: Tom Sora's 20 Tones
Sora composed nine works for a 20-tone music box, and managed to take this extremely limited instrument to new and exciting places sonically.
In harmony with 12 12 12
Today is December 12, 2012.
The Music Animation Machine
I ran across this amazing music program the other day. The Music Animation Machine does exactly what the name says -- it takes music and converts it to animated graphics. But it does more than that.
cdza and the Human Jukebox
In this video, cdza asks the musical question, "Which would you rather hear? Classical, pop, or something else?" And people voted with their dollars.
Gaga About the Fugue
Italian composer Giovanni Dettori has composed a fugue based on a motif found in Lady Gaga's song, "Bad Romance." Composers have been using popular music for contrapuntal fodder for centuries -- sometimes to the disapproval of their audiences (or patrons).
Whose PI? Another classical copyright issue
Is the concept of assigning notes to the first 32 digits of Pi something that is unique and copyrightable? Can a 12-tone row be copyrighted (not the finished composition, just the row)?
A Random Act of Culture
What if you were shopping in a crowded Macy's and the person next to you suddenly started singing Handel's "Hallelujah" chorus?
Beethoven: The Darth Vader Variations
The subject of this theme and variations is "Darth Vader's Theme" by John Williams. The treatment is pure early Beethoven, and the result is great fun.
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