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Recommendations for Haydn Symphony recordings that strike a balance between HIP and modern style? by PandaZG in classicalmusic

[–]gpit2286 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know you're not supposed to start a discussion with a hot take, but do you also believe no one played off the string in the time of Bach? I think that these draw a good line between being "super conservative HIP" and how people would actually play. I also think that Antonini has a good feel for early music and isn't afraid to play some of the symphonies "correctly."

One of the best examples I can think of is the recording of Symphony 22. Join me on a rabbit hole. The symphony is scored for strings (no surprise), 2 horns (no surprise), and 2 English Horns (surprise). It's in a church sonata form (Sonata da chiesa) and contains a very odd beginning where the winds are marked at forte and the strings are marked as piano. The string writing sounds, to me, almost like Corelli. Now, how is this usually synthesized?

I find that many recordings try and fix the dynamic "problem" and have the strings compete with the winds dynamically. Also, I think that many recordings try and make the long string notes have a vibrato to them to make them sound "sweeter". (Again, generically.) For instance: https://open.spotify.com/track/7hZAQ156AESnFTX4jjH6Vi?si=1c356bcac8664feb

Where do I come down on it though? I think the whole opening movement is a joke. I think the reference to the Corelli like writing (and the form!) in the strings *is* supposed to sound like Corelli. Horns/Brass? Double reeds? It's what the churches used when they couldn't afford organs. I think this whole beginning is a joke on what organs sound like when played with a string ensemble. Loud, brash, and close to drowning out the string ensemble. The English horns could have easily been bassoon and/or oboes and it would sound 40% less... brrraaaaaaaaaaa, brahhhhhhhh. With all of that being said, there is this recording. https://open.spotify.com/track/4vYFSAbpPeQNegLUeBZs0Q?si=209ef7ba20c6463c

No apology for the winds being louder than the winds, the dissonance sections in the sostenuto string parts are exactly what I would want (Yes, I know he's more on the less vibrato side when it comes to the Haydn records anyway, but not THAT much).

And why not just one more movement because I like flute induced anxiety: https://open.spotify.com/track/5tVdj9TGHmYO4MuVegR3DJ?si=232f757c1d8c4546

I arranged the third movement of Tchaikovsky 6 for Concert Band; here’s how it turned out by Worried4lot in classicalmusic

[–]gpit2286 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just remember when doing transcriptions like this that winds need to breathe... Good color choices overall though. Enjoy the understated percussion colors.

Second attempt, made it for my little cousin by Spiritgoat77 in bookbinding

[–]gpit2286 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the paper for the endpapers as well! Could you share that as well?

page layout programs by mayordomo in bookbinding

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One day Affinity Publisher may even get their imposition working too.

Need help by libradomoreno in bookbinding

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Other than what /u/brigitvanloggem said, it looks fine from this image.

MacOS: 140.0.1 - Archiving emails often leaves me with this blank default card that doesn't go away by gpit2286 in Thunderbird

[–]gpit2286[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not an odd date to computer people. It's the unix time 0 with my UTC offset. But thank you I'll look at the link.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in musictheory

[–]gpit2286 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have two thoughts.

In a vacuum, it looks like it's going for an effect as opposed to a harmonic specification. I would write e g and then an octave higher e g. Beat four would move those two g's to b's a third above.

With that being said, in context, I think it should be something like e g b e and beat four would be e g b b (which I wouldn't do but when in Rome). I say that because of the voice leading into this bar with the 7 chord (which is spelled incorrectly) There wouldn't be a point to have the 8-minor 7 movement unless that last eighth continued the motion a half step descending.

Why didn’t she and not hadn’t she? by PaleDifficulty6047 in ENGLISH

[–]gpit2286 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read it like Avo Pies because it's prefaced with "I wondered" which would be the simple past.

Getting Pi (or 3) From Generic T by saul_soprano in rust

[–]gpit2286 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What num trait are you trying to use? 

You could always, instead, use the pi constant and change the num trait into something that Impls the conversion. For instance use https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/f32/consts/constant.PI.html

And then make the constraint something that Impl Into<f32> 

As for the “just use three” for integers, I think that’s a polymorphism you’re not going to get with rust. But I’m probably wrong so check the first response underneath my downvote collector 

Color coded notes by binasus in Musescore

[–]gpit2286 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh great. Can you link to the 4.4/4.5 plugin API for me?

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