February 2009
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What did you do Saturday night?
This is what I did.
Fun. More here.
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Dillarrangements
J Dilla [James Yancey, 1974-2006] was and remains one of the most important voices in independent hip hop. Earlier this month, just days before the third anniversary of his death from a rare blood disease, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Carlos Nino released four orchestral arrangements of his music under the title Suite for Ma Dukes. Read more about the project at Stones Throw. [Image by Grace Oh]
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Transforming Bach
Leopold Stokowski’s score of the Toccata and Fugue in d minor for organ by Bach, from the Otto E. Albrecht Music Library at the University of Pennsylvania. The conductor’s markings indicate concepts for his famous orchestration of the piece [which the WCFSO will perform this weekend]. More detailed images documenting Stokowski’s process, including several pertaining to his...
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Fashioning fiddles
Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, featured on this weekend’s WCFSO concert, makes an appearance in this nicely constructed short by Anthony Edels.
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The rite sound
If you follow this blog or have ever heard me speak about music you already know that I’m fascinated with the process of influence and borrowing in concert music and art in general. And as an avid hip hop listener, I’m especially interested in the sampling and reprocessing of recorded music and sound as an artistic method.
So naturally I was delighted to discover not one but two hip...