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MAURICIO KAGEL
There will always be questions enough
Mauricio Kagel in conversation with Max Nyffeler
GYORGY KURTAG
Free recordings of György Kurtag (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
Recording: Gyorgy Kurtag plays Jatekok.
Recording: Kurtag plays Perpetuum Mobile (from "Jatekok.)
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HELMUT LACHEMANN
Free recordings of Lachemann (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
ORLANDO DI LASSO
Free recordings of Lasso (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
GYORGY LIGETI
Transcript of the John Tusa Interview with Gyorgy Ligeti (also audio!)
1972 interview with Ligeti by Louis Christensen
1974 interview with Ligeti by Adrian Jack
1978 interview with Ligeti by Herman Sabbe
(First time published in Englsish!)
1987 interview with Ligeti by Dorle J. Soria
1983 interview with Ligeti by Istvan Szigetik
1997 interview with Ligeti by Pierre Gervasoni
(*First time published in Englsish!)
Ligeti Split, the composer as comedian
by ALEX ROSS
Ligeti-Adorno smackdown
by Alex Roth
Ligeti and the Minimalists
by Kenny Easwaran
Ligeti at Stanford and Berkeley
by Michael McNabb, Computer Music Journal, M.I.T. Press, 1994
Chopin, Pygmies, and Tempo Fugue: Ligeti's "Automne a Varsovie"
by Stephen A. Taylor
Analysis of Ligeti's second string quartet: Second Movement
by Arshia Cont (pdf link)
Aventures:Ode to the discrepancy between word and deed
by Stefan Beyst
German site on Ligeti with photos, score samples, and mp3 files
Score to Poeme Symphonique (for 100 metronomes)
Score of the Piano Etude No. 11
György Ligeti Etude pour piano Nr. 11
György Ligeti komponiert für die Universität Münster
About the Lontano Score
(pdf link)
Traditional Music and Composition. For György Ligeti on his 80th Birthday
by Max Peter Baumann, the world of music, vol. 45(2) - 2003 (pdf link)
Analysis of Gyorgy Ligeti's second string quartet: Second Movement
by Arshia Cont (pdf link)
Atmosphéres
by Jaime Martín (in spanish, pdf link proposed by the internet site "muscial time".)
Chamber Concerto: analysis of the 3rd and 4th movements
(in french) by Philippe Lalitte
Video: Poeme Symphonique pour 100 metronomes.
Video: Ligeti - Artikulation.
The author of this video scanned the pages of the visual listening score created by Rainer Wehinger in the 70's and he synchronized them with the music.
György Ligeti's Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
György Ligeti
web site
György Ligeti
web site 2
FRANZ LISZT
Free recordings of Liszt (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
A transcription and analysis of Melodie Ludowe (for solo guitar)
by Stanley Alexandrowicz
Witold Lutoslawski's Mi-Parti. A Musical Essay in Sound Textures
Lutoslawski's free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
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GUILLAUME DE MACHAULT
Video: Agnus Dei from the Messe de Notre Dame
Soloists of Solesmes
Virelais "Foy porter", Emma Kirkby.
Recording of Dame a vous
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
BRUNO MADERNA
Archivio B. Maderna
Università degli Studi di Bologna - Dipartimento di Musica e Spettacolo
Bruno Maderna: Catalogo Dei Manoscritti Musicali
(con rimando alle relative registrazioni audio e video, ai programmi di sala, ai testi letterari e ad altri materiali)
Bruno Maderna
web site of Maurizio Romito
Bruno Maderna
Serveur © IRCAM - Centre Georges-Pompidou
GUSTAV MAHLER
The Tale of Three Hammer Blows
by Stuart Feder
Religious Identity and Aesthetic Philosophy in Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony
by Caroline A. Kita (pdf link)
Mahler's sketches and drafts for the IV Symphony
(pdf link)
Free recordings of Mahler (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
LUCA MARENZIO
Free scores by Luca Marenzio in the Choral Public Domain Library
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
oliviermessiaen.net
currently hosted by the Boston University Messiaen Project.
Video: Olivier Messiaen organ improvisation.
Free recordings pnline recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespers (1610)
by Predrag Gosta
Choral Music Notes - Claudio Monteverdi Mass for four voices (1651)
Monteverdi free online scores / Werner Icking Music Archive
Free scores by Claudio Monteverdi in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
WOLFANG AMADEUS MOZART
Neue Mozart-Ausgabe / Digital Mozart Edition
International Music Score Library Project's Mozart page
Don Giovanni
by Luc Paganon (in french)
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
TRISTAN MURAIL
Tristan Murail in Conversation with Kirk Norren and Joshua Cody
(in english) by The Ensemble Sospeso, New York.
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Public Domain scores by M. Mussorgsky at IMSLP
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
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CONLON NANCARROW
Studies for Player Piano No. 1 and 36 (1948-1992) (audio)
Studies for Player Piano No. 9, 18, 12, 16, 6, 14, and 5 (1948-1992) (audio)
arranged by Yvar Mikhashoff (1941-1993.)
Electronic Realizations of Conlon Nancarrow's Study No. 37 for Player Piano
Conlon Nancarrow. Una introducción a la vida y la obra de Nancarrow
by Carlos Sandoval (in Spanish)
Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997)
by Julio Estrada (in Spanish)
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GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
CHARLIE PARKER
Bird Lives - A Charlie Parker Site
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
JOSQUIN DES PRES
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
The Serge Prokofiev Foundation
Free prokofiev's scores at the International Music Score Library
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
The chess games of Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev plays Toccata in D minor Op.11
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
HENRY PURCELL
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
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MAURICE RAVEL
mauriceravel.net
(a site dedicated to the composer)
Analysis of Ravel's Trio
by Richard Dowling
Recording: Ravel plays Pavane pour une infante defunte.
Recording: Ravel plays Miroirs, Oiseaux tristes, Piano roll, 1912
IMSLP - International Music Score Library Project's Ravel page
(free scores of Ravel)
Free online recordings of works of M. Ravel
(Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
SILVESTRE REVUELTAS
Silvestre revueltas en la UNAM
an internet site, National University of Mexico (in Spanish)
Silvestre Revueltas: totalidad desarmada
by Julio Estrada (in Spanish)
Recording of "Sensemaya", for orchestra
Recording of "Primera and Segunda Pieza Seria"
Kronos Quartet, Nuevo Nonesuch
Carlos Chávez y Silvestre Revueltas,la leyenda de una pugna
by Roberto García Bonilla (in Spanish)
Video: Vamonos con Pancho Villa (Let's Go With Pancho Villa -1936 Mexican film-, excerpt),
music by Silvestre Revueltas.
JEAN-CLAUDE RISSET
The perception of musical sound
by Jean-Claude Risset (pdf link)
SUD de Jean-Claude RISSET : portrait et analyse (Baccalauréat 2002)
Réalisée par le GRM, cette présentation en Shockwave permet d'entendre de l'oeuvre, d'en suivre la représentation graphique et les analyses de spécialistes de la musique électroacoustique.
Analysis of Partiels
by Philippe Lalitte
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ERIK SATIE
Satie's free printable scores to download + audio and midi
Satie's Scores — by the Mutopia Project
Free scores by Erik Satie in the WIMA
Public Domain Scores by Satie at IMSLP
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Free scores by Domenico Scarlatti at the Werner Icking Music Archive
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
The complete sonatas and many other works (over 500 files)
SALVATORE SCIARRINO
Salvatore Sciarrino
Serveur © IRCAM - Centre Georges-Pompidou
Salvatore Sciarrino page from Casa Ricordi site
The Idea of Salvatore Sciarrino
by Eric Valliere
Salvatore Sciarrino. Música arrancada al silencio
por Carmelo Di Gennaro. Scherzo nº 197, mayo 2005
GIACINTO SCELSI
Fondazione Scelsi web site
(in italian)
Gavin Thomas introduces the work of Giacinto Scelsi
Preserving the Scelsi Improvisations
by Frances-Marie Uitti."Tempo", October 1995
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
The mythical time in Scriabin
by Lia Tomás. Fifth Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, Berkeley 1994
Recording: Alexander Scriabin plays Etude Op.8 No.12
Welte-Mignon recording
IMSLP International Music Score Library Project, free Scriabin's scores
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
PIERRE SCHAEFFER
Pierre Schaeffer, inventor of Musique Concrete
Pierre Schaeffer interview
by Tim Hodgkinson, from recommended records quarterly magazine, volume 2, number 1, 1987
Recording: Etude aux chemins de fer.
Recording: Etude Noire.
ARNOLD SCHONBERG
Arnold Schönberg
web site
Arnold Schönberg
web page
Schoenberg's Paintings and Drawings
List of Links (compiled by Schoenberg's grandson Randol)
Video. Arnold Schoenberg: Father of Modern Music.
Truman Fisher introduces the works and innovations of composer Arnold Schoenberg,
including interviews with Gertrud and Lawrence Schoenberg and Rudolf Kolisch.
Documentary video: Arnold Schönberg in Vienna before 1900.
Video: Arnold Schoenberg Statement by Ernst Krenek.
Recording: Interview with Arnold Schoenberg.
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
Digital reproductions of score manuscripts and letters by Franz Schubert
Piano Sheet Music of Compositions by Franz Schubert (Out of Copyright Editions)
Free scores by Franz Schubert in the Choral Public Domain Library
Works by Franz Schubert at Project Gutenberg
Free scores by Franz Schubert in the Werner Icking Music Archive
Schubert's Sheet Music by Mutopia Project
Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung. Band
William and Gayle Cook Music Library,
Some Links to Franz Schubert Web Sites
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Musical Rules at Home and in Life
by Robert Schumann
Free scores by Robert Schumann in the Choral Public Domain Library
IMSLP - International Music Score Library Project's Schumann page
Schumann's Scores by Mutopia Project
Free scores by Robert Schumann in the Werner Icking Music Archive
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Karlheinz Stockhausen
official web site
Klavierstück X...
Ce site est consacré au Klavierstück X de Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Electronic Music for Kathinka's Chant as Lucifer's Requiem
by Karlheinz Stockhausen (in english). Translated by Jerome Kohl. Originally published in Perspectives on New Music-spring/summer 1985.( pdf link)
Lichter Wasser from Sunday of Light
by Karlheinz Stockhausen (in english, pdf link)
Stockhausen's free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
Le Chant de Kathinka de Karlheinz Stockhausen
by Marie-Hélène Breault, La Scena Musicale - Vol. 11, No. 2
Stockhausen: Electronic Music 1952–1960
Video: Stockhausen Interview.
Video: Stockhausen on 'sounds', 1972.
Excerpt from Karlheinz Stockausen's May 1972 lecture to the
Oxford Union on Four Criteria of Electronic Music.
Video (excerpt): Helicopter Stringquartett.
Video. Gruppen: excerpt.
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky Choral Music. A Guide for Analysts and Conductors
Music web site compiled and maintained by Andrew Kuster.
The Firebird
by Luc Paganon (in french)
Free scores of Stravinsky / International Music Score Library Project
Stravinsky's free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
Igor Stravinski
web site
A Documentary on Igor Stravinsky in 1965 issued by VAI.
Stravinsky Conducts The Firebird
Video: 'Lullaby and Final Hymn' from the
"Firebird Ballet Suite" (1945 version), Igor Stravinsky, conductor (1965)
Video: Julian Bream plays for Stravinsky, excerpt from the film: Stravinsky.
A National Film Board of Canada Release (1965 documentary film.)
RICHARD STRAUSS
Richard Strauss free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
Free scores by Richard Strauss at IMSLP
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GIUSEPPE TARTINI
Giuseppe Tartini at Prominent Istrians web site
Ornamentation in Giuseppe Tartini's Traité des Agréments
by Connie Sunday
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
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EDGAR VARESE
Art of the States: Edgard Varèse: Nocturnal (1961/1968.)
Density 21.5 mp3
John McMurtery, flute
VEP Project Documentary (Poeme Electronique.)
Varèse at the OHM- The Early Gurus of Electronic Music site
TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA
Free scores by Tomás Luis de Victoria in the Werner Icking Music Archive
Free scores by Tomás Luis de Victoria in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
Free recordings (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
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RICHARD WAGNER
Nietzsche's Remarks on Wagner's "Parsifal"
ANTON WEBERN
Symmetry as a Compositional Determinant. Webern's Variations for Piano, Op 27
by Larry J. Solomon
Analyse de Cinq pièces Opus 10 (1913)
by Thierry Alla (in french)
Video: Ricercar from The Musical Offering.
Free recordings of Anton Webern(Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
HUGO WOLF
Free scores by Hugo Wolf in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
Free scores by Hugo Wolf in the Werner Icking Music Archive
Free recordings of H. Wolf (Classic Cat, the free classical catalogue)
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IANNIS XENAKIS
Iannis Xenakis
web site
Centre de Création Musicale Iannis Xenakis
Edward Childs, "Achorripsis: A Sonification of Probability Distributions"
(PDF link)
Stochastic Synthesis: Origins and Extensions.
by Luque, Sergio. 2006. Masters Thesis, Institute of Sonology
Recording: Mycenae Alpha.
Recording: Metastasis
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ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY
Free scores - Alexander von Zemlinsky
Crayon or pastel on paper; 16 x
Alexander von Zemlinsky
par Benoit van Langenhove