Pieces range from one to four pages in length and progresses in difficulty in a well-thought out pedagogical manner that also utilizes various pedagogical approaches including middle-C,
chromaticism and extensions beyond the major scale.
The main challenge for the singers was intonation and the
chromaticism of pieces by Grieg and Rossini was insecure.
In musical terms, for Kramer this dialectic of Aufklarung and Uberraschungsurfaces in moments of intense
chromaticism that disrupt the diatonic framework of eighteenth-century composition but that are, simultaneously, an integral part of this framework.
Wiggins, however, uses a fair amount of
chromaticism and dissonance within these seemingly simple key areas, adding great interest and occasional wit to the interaction of horn lines.
At the end of an extensive analysis, in which he draws attention to Holst's pervasive
chromaticism and melodic distortion, Saylor comments perceptively: "Egdon Heath represents a much harder form of pastoralism, portraying a scene that transcends beauty to become something sublime and eternal" (p.
These include the numerous changing and mixed meters in "Prairie Spring," the severe
chromaticism of "Landscape II: Winter," and the competing tonalities between the voice and piano in "Landscape I: From the Train" and "Landscape IV: Sunset." The singer will need a strong sense of pitch.
Whatever the case, the composer's used of non-traditional (up till then) tonalities and the extensive use of
chromaticism, are both elements which influenced many composers who followed.
Crawford had a stint as a disciple of the cultish composer-philosopher Dane Rudhyar, and her first mature pieces, a series of searching and austere piano preludes, take the mystical
chromaticism of Scriabin as a point of departure.
Opening with Kodaly's Variations on a Hungarian folksong (The Peacock), the centrepiece of this concert is Stravinsky's glorious suite, The Firebird, with music that references both folk-song melodies and Stravinsky's trademark exotic rhythms and
chromaticism. Ticket prices range from PS10 - PS29.
That comes as no surprise, as his compositions reveal great inventiveness, ingenious incorporation of Italian music trends, imaginative use of
chromaticism, as well as masterful knowledge of the organ itself.
In Proserpine, Saint-Saens adopts Wagner's leitmotif techniques as well as some of his texture and
chromaticism, but without losing the traditional French traits of clarity, order, balance and proportion.
The category has produced works that unwaveringly pursue the Philippine genre tradition, always soundly constructed in terms of design and composition, with its dynamic rhythm and circumspect
chromaticism, and with images guaranteed to put the viewer on the side of the artist.