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Composers
Biographies From Abe to Zuylen
American
Composers Forum
Linking communities with composers & performers,
in the making, playing and enjoyment
of new music
Radim
Zenkl - mandolin player, composer
and instructor
Brahms'
Rules of Musical Composition:
Here you will discover some interesting
insight into the great composer
Johannes Brahms's mind regarding
his philosophy and techniques
on composing and inspiration
Music
Composition FAQ - a short
guide with answers to frequently-asked
questions about musical compsitiong
and composing, covering how to
get started composing, composing
at the piano, creative principles,
dry spells, finding time for composing,
how to get motivated to write,
how to get your music copyrighted
and published, motivation, opportunities
for composers, the skills a composer
must possess, what to do when
if you get stuck, why it's important
to write down your music, why
you should not just write for
yourself to perform and more
1. Getting Started
2. Motivation / Dry Spells
3. Creative Principles
4. Helping Factors
5. Miscellaneous Concerns
Planning
a Two Minute Composition by
Matthew Hinson - an illustrated
guide to composing a short work,
covering such topics as inspiration,
large- and small- scale planning,
program music, using a pre-existing
work, analysing an extra-musical
object, using musical ideas as
starting points, harmonic direction,
texture, instrument registers,
ryhthmic comlexity vs. simplicity
and more
I
Write The Music Composition Directory -
I Write The Music.comThis is a
music resources site for composers.
Creative guides for creative musicians.
Introduction
to Musical Composition. Writer's
Block, Nashville Numbering System,
Divine Inspiration,Cut-Ups,Speed
Writing.
Writer's Block Rule #1 : There are no Rules.
So stop being a wimp and just do anything. It'll
lead somewhere and that is a good thing, irrespective
of whether the result is right or wrong. Either
way you win....
Solomons
Music Theory Resources Resources
for composers, music theorists,
and researchers of music, with
sound files, papers and compositions.
Karadar
- Composers biographies
Graphical
Timelines of Composers
Karadar
- Photo gallery comprising
of 2000 photos of composers, rare
scores, theatres.
Nightingale
music notation software for
the Mac.
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