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My name is George Marshall
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In 2020 I completed my PhD in

Music Composition, on the
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P R ICE
R E N CE
FLO

5 FOLKSONGS IN
COUNTERPOINT

MUSICALLY A FASCINATING COLLECTION

OF CHAMBER MOVEMENTS FOR STRING
QUARTET. I LOVE THE POLYPHONY AND
COUNTERPOINT. MY FAVOURITE IS THE
SETTING OF "SWING LOW SWEET
CHARIOT".

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P E T T
E L T IP
A
MICH

PIANO SONATA NO. 2

TIPPETT TOILED WITH THE CONCEPT AND

PRINCIPLES OF SONATA FORM
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, THIS LED HIM
TO CREATE MUSIC WITH NOVEL AND
STRIKING STRUCTURES. PIANO SONATA
NO. 2 IS ONE OF THOSE FASCINATING
WORKS.
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H O V EN
B E ET
V A N
I G
LUDW

STRING QUARTET NO. 7 IN

F-MAJOR

WHEN YOU THINK OF BEETHOVEN AND HIS

SIGNIFICANT OFFERING TO THE WESTERN
CLASSICAL CANON YOU PROBABLY DON'T
THINK OF THIS STRING QUARTET.
HOWEVER, I FIND IT A MARVELLOUS PIECE
TO LISTEN TO. I LIKE THE OPTIMISM OF
MAJOR KEY BEETHOVEN TOO.

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B A C H
J.S .

THE WELL TEMPERED

CLAVIER I (BWV 846–893)

I COULDN'T NOT TAKE BACH.

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R T E R
T T C A
ELLIO

CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA

CARTER'S WORK OFFERS MANY GREAT

INSIGHTS AND TECHNIQUES INTO MUSIC
COMPOSITION (IMHO!). CONCERTO FOR
ORCHESTRA PRESENTS SEVERAL
TECHNIQUES (METRIC MODULATION,
WRITTEN RUBATO/TEMPI CHANGES AND
INTERVAL CONSTRAINTS ETC.).

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B O NIS
É L A NIE
M

SCÉNES DE LA FÔRET

THE ONLY PIECE OF THIS COLLECTION

THAT I HAVE ANALYZED ON
ANYOLDMUSIC.COM, I WAS TAKEN ABACK
BY THIS SUITE, ITS WRITING FOR THE
TRIO (FLUTE, HORN AND PIANO) AND ITS
HARMONIC LANGAUGE. I'D LIKE TO LOOK
AT MORE MOVEMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
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I S T I C
R É R
AN D

VARIATIONS
PSYCHOGÉOGRAPHIQUES
SUR «TANNHAÜSER»

MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO, I FIND THIS

PIECE A FASCINATING COMPOSITION
TECHNICALLY AND CONCEPTUALLY.
THE PIECE EXPLORE’S WAGNER’S
TANNHAUSER OVERTURE AS A STREAM OF
CONSCIOISNESS THAT LOSES ITS WAY AND
COMES BACK A FEW TIMES AND AT THE END

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A W S KI
U T O SŁ
L D L
WIT O

CELLO CONCERTO

A MAGNIFICENT COMPOSITION WITH

LUTOSLAWSKI'S LIMITED ALEATORY
TECHNIQUE ON FULL DISPLAY. LIKE
CARTER, THERE ARE FASCINATING
APPROACHES AND TECHNIQUES OF
COMPOSITION TO BE LEARNED FROM
LUTOSLAWSKI.
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I A M S
WIL L
JO H N

HARRY POTTER AND THE

PRISONER OF AZKABAN

I'D PROBABLY CHOOSE A DIFFERENT JOHN

WILLIAMS SCORE FOR EACH DAY OF THE
WEEK IF I COULD. I PICKED THIS ONE
HERE AS I ADORE HIS CONTRIBUTION TO
THE HARRY POTTER FILM SERIES AND THE
3RD (AND FINAL OF HIS CONTRIBUTIONS)
IS BREATHTAKING.

B I Z ET
R G E S
GEO

SYMPHONY NO. 2 "ROMA"

IF I TOLD YOU I HAD ONE SYMPHONY IN

THIS LIST, I BET THIS WOULDN’T BE IN
YOUR TOP 100 GUESSES. I CAN’T REALLY
EXPLAIN WHY I LIKE IT AND WHY I WOULD
TAKE IT. BUT I WOULD. IT HAS A CLARITY
OF THE CLASSICS BUT ALSO BOASTS
ROMANTIC TEMPESTUOUSNESS OUTBURSTS
TOO.
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5 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
PIANO TRIO NO. 2 (OP. 67)

FRANZ SCHUBERT
4 FANTASIA IN F-MINOR
(D. 940)

FREDERIC RZEWSKI
3 THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL
NEVER BE DEFEATED

2 LUCIANO BERIO
RENDERING

W. A. MOZART
1 PIANO CONCERTO IN D-
MINOR NO. 20 (K.466)

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