Word: chromaticisms
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China generally has on the cover some doll-like beauty who has undergone the same sort of hideous chromatic transformation that one associates with Soviet color films or color television. This moldy bit of cheese-cake is undoubtedly intended to take the edge off the glaring headline of the lead...
The Six Pieces for Orchestra, written, incredibly, in 1909, reflect the expressionism Webern adopted from Schoenberg. They realize his credo, "Once stated, the theme expresses all it has to say; it must be followed by something fresh." At the same time, they embrace the musical principles of the Brahms from...
'A Blake Recitative' By Edwin Roxburgh (1937- ) received its first performance in the United States. For contralto solo (Miss Paquet) and small string ensemble, the work combined clearly defined theme and form with a lyric excitement and mobility. In that it exploited chromatic resources and non-traditional tensions, it was...
Loussier figured he could "produce jazz harmonies without disturbing the harmonies of Bach." He rounded up a bass fiddle and some drums, and started noodling his way through the Bach fugues and preludes, "looking for passages that could be swung." He found them-or made them-and the result was...
Bowl of Cherries (Kingsley-lnterna-tional). "The big city!" gasps yet another young Picasso from Pocatello as he stares in gaping amazement at Manhattan's skyline. "I've made it at last!" With his "life's savings" clutched in one hand and his life's work...