Word: counterpoints
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Arnold Dolmetsch's reconstruction of old-time instruments is his research into early music. When he gave his first concert 45 years ago the oldest composition Antiquarian Dolmetsch played dated from the 17th Century. Believing that the past could offer more pungent novelties he studied tirelessly, rediscovered the formal counterpoint and chromatic modulations of the Renaissance. Deciphering manuscripts of Perotin le Grand (circa 1200) revealed a forgotten treasure of intricately constructed works. Moroccan musicians in 1929 taught Dolmetsch the secrets of traditional Andalusian music which influenced 11th and 12th Century European composers...
Punctuation and typography (the counterpart of his musical counterpoint and bizarre arpeggios) are as important and far more intelligible in the verse forms of Dwight Fiske than in those of E. E. Cummings. The Fiske version of the tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra starts as follows...
...Sever 5 Saturday, May 13 9.15--12.15 Latin Literature Sever 29 Monday, May 15 9.15--12.15 Classics, General Paper Sever 29 9.15--12.15 Literature, Modern Authors (Honors) Sever 29 Friday, May 19 9.15--12.15 Physics Jefferson 356 2.00--5.00 Music (Harmony) Music Building Monday, May 22 2.00--5.00 Music (Counterpoint) Music Building Wednesday, May 24 2.00--5.00 Music (Orchestration) Music Building Friday, May 26 2.00--5.00 Music (History and Appreciation) Music Building
...Sever 5 Saturday, May 13 9.15--12.15 Latin Literature Sever 29 Monday, May 15 9.15--12.15 Classics, General Paper Sever 29 9.15--12.15 Literature, Modern Authors (Honors) Sever 29 Friday, May 19 9.15--12.15 Physics Jefferson 356 2.00--5.00 Music (Harmony) Music Building Monday, May 22 2.00--5.00 Music (Counterpoint) Music Building Wednesday, May 24 2.00--5.00 Music (Orchestration) Music Building Friday, May 26 2.00--5.00 Music (History and Appreciation) Music Building
Courses in the Department of Music group themselves into three chief types, according to the men who give them; technical, appreciative, and scholastic. In the fast class are the materials of musical technique--Harmony, Counterpoint, and Composition. The instructors in this branch are Professor Piston and Mr. Merritt. Professor Piston is a man of great ability, in full command of his subject, and actually engaged in musical composition. No less capable as an instructor is Mr. Merritt, enthusiastic to the last degree, with an omnivorous musical appetite. The method of instruction in these courses is based on the French system...