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- I give here a few thingies I have made using that excellent program MED. Because I
- have a classical education (I am a musicology student) there are only classical pieces in it.
- I will give some extra information on all four of them:
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- 1. ElGril.smp (El Grillo (=The Cricket))
- This is a piece by the Dutch(!) composer Josquin des Prez (ca. 1440-1521).
- It is made in honour of a king. The underlying text is:
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- "El Grillo e buon cantore" (The Cricket is a good singer)
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- The Cricket in this case is off course the king.
- The musical form is a frottola. A characteristic of a frottola (pl. frottole) is the burden
- at the beginning and the end. A frottola is always secular.
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- 2. menuet.smp
- This is from the suite in B-flat major by J.S. Bach (1685-1750). There is not really much
- to tell about this piece. (I left the Trio-section out).
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- 3. mmenuet.smp
- Another menuet bij Joseph Rheinsbuerger (1674-1729) (That's what it says in the sheet music)
- The key is G-minor.
- 4. VHH.smp
- This is the christmas song "Von Himmel hoch" arranged for unaccompanied choir by J.S. Bach. It is supplied with
- the Magnificat. Note the long notes of the song above a very contrapuntal and mobile background. It is (I think) one
- of his masterpieces but unfortunately virtually unknown.
- 5. couperin2.smp
- This is rondeau by Fr. Couperin, the famous 18th century harpsichord player. It is typically
- French because it is witty and light-footed. Musique c'est pour faire plaisir. This attitude towards music, by the way,
- has always been there in the French music up to the first halve of the twentieth century. Messiaen could be said the first not
- to have this attitude (His music and that of Boulez is totally ugly).
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- The files with the extension *.smp are complete songs. (smp just means I've used samples).
- The file couperin2.smp needs OctaMEDPlayer, all other files only need
- MEDPlayer.
- If you have any suggestions or good (I mean good more than 1 octave) samples please mail to the
- address mentioned below or write to me personnally.
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- E-mail:
- cwquak@ruu.nl.cs
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- Normal mail:
- Iede Snoek
- Leuvenumseweg 70 (from august 20th "v. Heemskercklaan 30")
- 3847 LD
- Harderwijk
- telephone: 03410-19696
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