Art of composing

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Radio Center in cooperation with the National Association of educational broadcasters.

The Milliken School of Music presented recorded consideration of the art of composing featuring an

original composition by Elton Berg's doller assistant professor of music and conductor of the

Milliken concert band. Mr Briggs dollar was a young composer of great promise

some of whose works have been published. One of his more recent compositions an opera written

especially for television was produced with gratifying acceptance. Professor Briggs

dollar is called the featured composition transfiguration at the last of the program you'll hear it

played into entirety by the Milliken symphonic concert band on the piano Professor Briggs

dollar will play the melody the first and second themes and suggest the development of the piece.

First I'd like you to listen to a few measures from Transfiguration.

It sounds rather minor doesn't it. Now a bit of the second theme may be quite

different.

Second was different from the first wasn't it. What lies behind the

composition of music. How does a composer think of melody harmony

melody and rhythm. Well there are many ways and means of composing music.

Some composers work at the keyboard and others work away from the piano. The first

thing that enters the mind of the composer is the melody the melody can come to one while

walking while working or in periods of relaxation it comes perhaps

two or three measures.

Now where does such a thematic fragment lead the creative mind. Creative thinking

is like fertile soil that waits only for the seed of inspiration to make a whole creation out of a

fragment a whole essay out of a leading thought from such a

phrase grows an entire theme with suggested harmony.

A thorough working understanding of the form of music and the theory of harmony must be a part

of each composer to the point that he isn't bound to the fundamentals. We can make these elements work

for him. Contrast is very important to hold interest. It also changes

the mood so that when the original theme re occurs it appears in a refreshing manner

of the first theme in the minor gives one a feeling of labored suspense and of turmoil and

uncertainty.

At this point the departure of our second theme appears in a different key in a calm and

serene style.

One has been led to anticipated change by the harmony and slowing of the tempo of

the next section wants to have a style change in both rhythm and mood. Here we want to create

excitement and agitation for a final reoccurrence of the first thing.

The first makes its final appearance in the grandiose movement but this time not in the

minor but in a major key through the major key it is calculated to give rise to the

expected first theme here to the theme is developed section wise to put

emphasis on various fragments of thematic material.

The composition could end in this manner.

As you can hear this leaves one up in the air but from this point comes what musicians call the

coda. The closing section of the composition which is a series of evasive last

chords with substitution to heighten the final note.

In this composition the introduction was written last. The struggle and pain of the first

team in the minor mode the serene second theme and the conflict of return to the

first game which at last makes its appearance in the major mode to lift the listener

prompted the composer to entitle this composition Transfiguration.

So the introduction was composed with the thought of a fanfare and hymn.

Composer in order to write for instruments must be familiar with them so the

sounds of an instrumental organization playing is composition does not come as a disappointment to

him with the composer conducting the Milliken symphonic concert band

will play Transfiguration.

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The Milliken School of Music has brought your record in consideration of the art of composing featuring

original composition by Altenburg style.

Music in the making was produced by Milliken university under a grant from the Educational

Television and Radio Center. This program is distributed by the National Association of

educational broadcasters.

This is the end E.B. Radio Network.