Michael Monroe

Pianist, Professor, Blogger - "tweeting about music is like twitching about architecture"

(not that twitching about architecture is a bad thing....)

[Michael Monroe @MMmusing]

To quote Sondheim: "I'm still here!" Check out my unique multimedia creations, many either visualizing or distorting (or both) the classics.

YouTube: https://t.co/9Z1wlpUUKA

Blog (16+ years): https://t.co/aDiD5V4osx

Random Sampler (spin the wheel!): https://t.co/B6miqG0sVi

[Michael Monroe @MMmusing]

Happy Birthday from The Alcotts:

https://t.co/VK5V1KfhQr

Blogged: https://t.co/QlDoZ4b72Q

Birthday Playlist: https://t.co/g4RhATDGTO

Charles Ives Concord Sonata Happy Birthday Alcotts

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...and, speaking of the "New World," a sort of mystical variation on "America the Beautiful" https://t.co/hdU68XJRd7

Blog post:
https://t.co/qRCNr1iOXv

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August has been busy on the blog. Two Dvořák posts: https://t.co/NYFkNtnsgs

https://t.co/LPCGhSZuPW

including fun content like this: https://t.co/ohGTc97WGb

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...and some Westernized Dvořák: https://t.co/HtPXsMD4gn

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HAPPY AUGMENTED SIXTH DAY!! To celebrate, I wrote a little waltz featuring MANY augmented sixth chords.
Hear here: https://t.co/ijuLvOnMqy

Read more about it here: https://t.co/Dyt1Rv343z

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When two students named Claire and Elise request a mashup of two famous Claire and Elise pieces, there's no saying no. https://t.co/dtA2Hz7wyC

Read more about it here: https://t.co/5oHH1pPJd2

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...or, perhaps you prefer it more in Dre's key and tempo: https://t.co/Spa7KcxdlA

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The mash-up of Chopin's Prelude in E Minor and Dr. Dre's Still D.R.E. you've been waiting for: https://t.co/jDs9eGD3zB

(even though you didn't know it)

Read more here: https://t.co/cXWo5ohQt2

[Michael Monroe @MMmusing]

Just before 5/4 is over, a new re-working of a Star Wars theme in 5/4 time: https://t.co/NBXqwtE4C3

Read a little more about it here: https://t.co/cNCIEgjy5g

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New interactive website for diving into the THREE dances Mozart combines in the Act One Finale of Don Giovanni. Get in there! https://t.co/2J5Avyh6ua

Read more about it here: https://t.co/13q0lLPOYN

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Strange new smash-up of Bernstein's "Officer Krupke" and Bizet's "Le bal." https://t.co/cWGdoa39EO

Read more about it here: https://t.co/ThQLWyDgJ3

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Oh, today is the 150th birthday for the great #Ravel. Made this a few years back: https://t.co/a3JNYBoScH

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@jeremydenk ...oh, here's a working link: https://t.co/CNZxHBpW8g

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@jeremydenk Au contraire. I've been trying to forget this melody for thirty years. I would pay to have it removed: Delius - To Be Sung Of A Summer Night on the River (II) - YouTube

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It's March, but very much still Winter (projected to be below 20 tomorrow.). Here's a full Winterreise for you from...the previous century. With full text/translations to follow along to: https://t.co/Yfubqpi8Gf Read a little more about it here: https://t.co/Pstfr4E92W

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@jeremydenk makes sense. (I'll admit that i'm less sensitized to parallel 5ths than some - which is a way of admitting I don't always notice them when I should!) It's definitely a striking, elemental theme. I tend to find the opening more neutral/mysterious - w/a lot of weird/wild soon after

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@jeremydenk not saying I disagree, but can you explain more what makes it weird. That flat-6 to 5 motion seems pretty conventional, analogous to very common Neighbor IV6/4 thing. Obviously, like many openings, the monophonic texture makes things a little vague. Not arguing, just curious...

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New "Christmas Eve" anthem...for Christmas Eve. Hear here: https://t.co/WPRIEnSmE3

Read more about it here: https://t.co/NgRV7OI2z7