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Offline the_ts

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The "weird" sounding pieces......
on: January 25, 2004, 07:24:00 AM
Im just started playing Toccata by Khachaturian, and it is one crazy sounding piece. Just wondering what your favorite "wierd" pieces are?
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Offline liszmaninopin

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Re: The "weird" sounding pieces......
Reply #1 on: January 25, 2004, 04:21:08 PM
Well, if by weird you mean atonal, I have quite a few:

1.  I haven't heard the whole thing, but I've practiced some of the beginning pages and so far I like Violette's Sonata 6.
2.  I like Ornstein's Sonatas 4 and 7
3.  I like Sorabji's Gulistan and In the Hothouse
4.  Prokofiev's Toccata op. 11

These are just a couple.
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Offline eddie92099

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Re: The "weird" sounding pieces......
Reply #2 on: January 25, 2004, 04:46:14 PM
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These are just a couple.


Or three couples to be precise. The music of the Second Viennese school is interesting (Schoenberg, Berg and Webern),
Ed
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Offline liszmaninopin

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Re: The "weird" sounding pieces......
Reply #3 on: January 25, 2004, 04:55:00 PM
What is a British couple?  I suppose that if I wanted to be literally correct, I would say two couples, as I have always thought a couple referred to two.

Yes, that music can be interesting at times.
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Offline eddie92099

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Re: The "weird" sounding pieces......
Reply #4 on: January 25, 2004, 05:03:57 PM
You said six pieces, so if we coupled them we would get three couples,
Ed
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Offline liszmaninopin

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Re: The "weird" sounding pieces......
Reply #5 on: January 25, 2004, 05:07:17 PM
Oh, I see (I was counting my numbers on the left).  Silly me.
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