LRC014
Twentieth-Century Studies for Two Violins
Book I, Book II
Book I A. Scales: 1. Ionian (Pandiatonic); 2. Modal (Dorian-Aeolian); 3. Modal (Phrygian); B. Scales: 4. Whole-Tone; 5. Pentatonic; 6. Synthetic; C. Non-Functional Chromatic: 7. Atonal I; 8. Atonal II; 9. Atonal III; D. Tonal Relationships: 10. Remote Tonal Shifts; 11. Polytonal Formations; 12. Abrupt Tonal Shifts; E. Vertical Sonorities: 13. Tertian; 14. Polychordal; 15. Nontertian; F. Serial Procedures: 16. Twelve Tone I; 17. Twelve Tone II; 18. Twelve Tone III
Book II G. Timbre and Texture: 19. Total Serialization; 20. By Proportion I; 21. By Proportion II; H. Rhythm and Dissonance – Miniatures: 22. Beginning Dance Lessons; 23. Clusteritis; 24. The First Kiss; I. Chance: 25. Conversations; 26. Free Pitches and Vocal Sounds; 27. By Arrangements; J. The Divine Repetitions: 28. Monotonia in C – Consonance; 29. Paraphrase of Monotonia in C – Dissonance; 30. Monotonia by Thirds; K. Graphics and Grand Finale: 31. Design I – Abstract; 32. Design II – AntiViolin; 33. Grande Finale – Return to Music; Appendix: Music for Two Violins – LRC 173b: Prologue, Monologue, Dialogue, Epilogue.
1970 (2001)
1:13:30
2(Vln)
Most of the educational material for the violin available today uses compositional techniques of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The graduating student who depends on this material to prepare him or her for professional work suddenly faces the necessity of performing not only music of those centuries but of the twentieth century as well. Because of this lack of methodic study in the era, he or she is generally ill-prepared to handle twentieth-century music, especially in regards to its rhythmic problems.
The purpose of the first 18 studies for two violins in Book I is to give advanced students a chance to practice and become familiar with certain techniques employed extensively by well-known composers of the first half of the twentieth century. The Book II studies focus on important compositional techniques employed by composers since World War II. Each group of three studies illustrates somewhat related techniques and can be performed in public recitals as a unit in itself.
The studies in Book I were written under a 1970 Summer Faculty Research Fellowship awarded by the Council-on-Research of Louisiana State University. The studies in Book II were written in 1979 as a follow-up of the 1970 studies (Book I).
Magni Publications
Score and Parts:
$100