Word: counterpointed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...four ballets new to the U.S. by the company's leading Choreographer Frederick Ashton, one by rising young John Cranko. Ashton's Scènes de Ballet was danced before a De Chirico-like architectural backdrop, proved as angularly abstract as the Stravinsky score in an intricate counterpoint of shifting groups. High point was the saucy, mincing solo of young ballerina Nadia Nerina, dancing like a flirtatious marionette to the lilting wail of an oboe...
Lennie Niehaus, Vol. Ill (Contemporary LP). A distinctive-sounding octet, identifiable by its deep-pile texture, its gentle but unmistakable swing, the oddball humor of its sudden pauses and the curious mutter of its counterpoint...
This trend clashes with the continuing need for the basic musical theory courses which form the basis of concentration: Harmony, Counterpoint, and Orchestration. The number of concentrators in the department--65 at both Harvard and Radcliffe--is considerably smaller than that in the Fine Arts and the Literatures, and would therefore imply that relatively few students major in Music in order to get a broad liberal education...
...improvisers can go. Drummer Manne is not only a good rhythm man, but treats his skins, tubes and disks with an uncanny ear for contrasts of color and pitch. Pianist Freeman is an able partner, matching idea for idea, sound for sound. His style falls somewhere between the burbling counterpoint of Lennie Tristano and the swinging drive of Dave Brubeck. An adventure...
...read simple four-part chorale harmonizations. For those who fail, it provides free lessons. But there are no further provisions for those who wish to further their mastery of the piano or any other instrument. Playing ability remains at a relatively low level while a student studies advanced harmony, counterpoint, or composition. Private lessons, in addition to their expense, require time which a full schedule of liberal arts courses does not permit...