When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom'd, referring to Walt Whitman's poem, programmtic heading of the middle movement of Sonata Op.11 No.3

When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom'd
When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom'd
When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom'd

New Objectivity states that music should be widely accessible, communicated clearly, and draw connections to the events and concerns of the time.
It opposed complexitiy, and promoted the use of familiar elements, borrowing from jazz and popular music, or traditional music.
New Objectivity thinking in music states that the style of a particular work should be based on the character and function chosen for it.

Soldier's Tale (1918)

According to Stravinsky, my choice of instrumentation was influenced by the discovery of American jazz. The Histoire Band resembles that of a jazz band. The percussion part must also be considered as manifestation for my enthusiasm for jazz. I borrowed its rhythmic style, not as played but as written.

Concerto for Piano and Winds (1924)
Movement I: Dotted rhythm intro and Allegro section of relentless driving rhythm
Movment III: Percussive use of piano in the starting

Symphony in C (1940)
Use of Symphony, Sonata form
Principal theme introduced at R5 by oboe accompanied with violin II and viola. Harmonic ambiguity when melody is C major, viola and violin II strong sugguest E pedal. Percussive effect of viola and violin II instead of their lyrical qualities. Antiphony 4 bars before R2

Symphony of Psalms (1930)
Movement I: Octatonic scale, changing meters and unexpected rests in the opening that creates metrical instability. Gregorian Chant at R4, its a plain song of Roman Catholic Church, uses only two notes, against the multiple ostinato patterns in oboe, english horn and bassoon. R9 percussive use of piano. Omission of violin, viola and clarinet to avoid an emotional sound palette. Moto perpetuo. Scoring of double reeds that resembles a renaissance consort.
Movment II: fully developed fugue with tonic-dominant statements and strettos.

That's all for Stravinsky! Plus Pulcinella (1919-1920)!

According to Grove Dictionary, neo-classicism is the movement of style in the works of certain 20th century composers, who, particularly between the two world wars (1918-1939), revived the balanced forms and clearly perceptible thematic processes from the earlier styles, to replace what was to them, the increasingly exaggerated gestures and formlessness of late-Romanticism.

According to Grove Dictionary, neo objectivity is the simultaneous emergence of socio-political and artistic trends that emphasized the democratization of all areas of life. It is a term coined by Gustav Friedrich Hartlurb. Haha, okay i still think its a funny name. Fried-rich Hart-lurb. Reminds me of lard.

According to Stravinsky, he say that Pulcinella is his discovery of the past, the epiphany through which the whole of his late works became possible.

According to Morgan, Pulcinella has the unmistakenable flavour of 18th century music, but the original was subtly transformed so that it takes on a new and unexpected Stravinskian character. He also said that the point for Stravinsky is not to go back to the past, but to revitalize certain basic traditional compositional assumptions in ways consistent with the comtemporary harmonic and rhythmic practices.

According to Hindemith, he say that the 19th century concertos are being erred by degrading concertos into uncontrolled virtuosity and symphonic tensions.

look at my retarded friend, Miss T. Haha! :D

tham says:
alright darling
tham says:
talk to you later in the day
tham says:
im coming soon ahhahaha
tham says:
*coming back
tham says:
have fun piano-ing
tham says:
or studying
tham says:
or whatever
tham says:
ugh
tham says:
i dono
tham says:
alright bye

Tuesday, Wednesday! :D
All the Best Lit friends! Hooray your exams finally finished today! :D

:D

I think what Pastor KK said today is very meaningful! He said, there was once this message he heard when he was young, that one day when we will be accountable for all the things we did before God, and there will be this video flashing everything that we did in our lives. And then has he grew up, he realised there was truth and untruth within this message he heard. The truth is that, one fine day, we will have to be accountable to God for our lives. The way we lived our lives, the sins we've committed and etc. But, the other truth is that the video will just be blank! :) because in God's abundant and gracious love, he erased our sins, he did not forget them, but he forgave them. :) :)

I just feel very comforted and touched by hearing this. I guess we'll never know how much God's love is. Breakthrough, comes with transformation.

And my mama did two good deeds today! Haha, so proud of her. And i went to the greenridge music centre haha to ask if they needed a piano teacher.

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and hooray!! :D :D :D

See you soon tham jie mOn! :D

It is the 5% of private life, not the 95% of public life that matters most to God. (:

Hindemith, Stravinsky and Milhaud! Okay, so far i've only gao-timed them. Haha. Sonata for Cello Op.25 No.3, Suite 1922, Ragtime 1921, Kammermusik no.1,2,4,7, Symphonic Metamorphosis after a theme of Carl von Weber, Ludus Tonalis, Zeitoper "News of the Day", Death's Death, Murder, The Hope of Women, Symphony Mathis der Maler, Symphony of Psalms(1930), Pulcinella Suite (1919-1920), Symphony in C (1940), Concerto for Piano and Winds (1924), The Nothing Doing Bar (1924), Suite Provencale (1936)

Gamelan, Java, Bali, Indian, Hindustani, Carnatic, Tabla, Sitar, Sarod, Sarangi, Veena, Violin, Mridangam, Ghatam, Kanjira, Morsing

Such a sweet sweet sweet sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet ending!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3


HAHAHAHAHA :D

I'm so slow eh. :/ the drama was produced like ten years ago, heh. And i only watch it now! :D eh, but i really think that guy is quite handsome. Ok, i should stop saying the same thing. :p And there's this song i like in the drama. Sometimes, come to think of it. Music really has this unspoken effect, somehow some tune can penetrate right into your heart and i don't know. Haha :)

I'm at SIM now! Haha :) and i'm blogging with their computer. How cool right. Hmm, something more exciting happened today, like that weird guy who kept scolding this aunty at a bus stop some where in china town. Singapore seems to be having more strange aunty/uncle nowadays, Haha li ting, remember that chilli aunty? :/

But on the whole, i really think eldery is a group of people we ought to care for. Think about it, when they were young, they live in a Singapore which is not as developed as it is now. And now that they are old, so many of them have to come out and do cleaner jobs. Sometimes i feel rather bad to have them clear the plates for me :/ thanks aunty/uncles!

And china town is really an authenic ethnic enclave. Really, i think it gives China foreigners a better sense of belonging. Haha! :) great job PAP! In the re-imaging strategies. And anyways, i really concluded that Cambridge is really rather exotic. The questions they set are.. and i really really think that transport problems will come out next year for human geography. So j1s who take h2 geog, please go study that. Heh :)

And the library should be about to close soon! :) still got one more paper to go! And i haven't decide which direction to take in the future. And, for the record, i actually bought books. Yes! :D i hope i do get a chance to read them. Haha! :D and i bought this cute sticker too. Yay! And christmas is coming soon!! And my jap drama, i really think it scammed me. It's something like the f4 meter garden, except that its all in jap, and i think the guys are better. Haha i don't know, just my opinion! But the point when she confessed to the guy's sister that she still really likes him a lot, i think it was just a little sad. That she have to act like she doesn't care and stuff like that. Tsktsk, i shall continue watching it tonight! Hehehehehehehehe :) :) and i kind of like that girl!

Can't wait to hang out with miss tham at her house to watch nodame! :D Yay all this will happen soon! In another two weeks time!! :D and for some of my classmates, they already ended exams! So good! :)

And this is such a long post. :D okay, ta! And hsm made me think more about music as a future option! Okay, not exactly an option. Not like i choose them, but they choose me. I'm still not sure leh, if i should continue this path.

And i think hearing the news everyday ok well almost everyday for the past two weeks before gp had help me to open my perspection of the world. So, the world is really really really really, that complicated. Sometimes, i wonder what Barack Obama is doing now as i type this post. Haha! :D

HELLO HENG!

I can't believe you started A's with only F-I-V-E papers and you already at your second last! HAHA. I had to survived through three terrible consecutive days of paper before I can finally say I'm at my 2nd last..

We can start enjoying our 12 days break to our last paper!

and you're going to watch HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3 with liting today! Oriana says she can't believe that you're gg to watch that movie for Zac Efron! HAHA :D

Oh... i dunno how to find your NON-EXISTANT tagboard leh! HAHA!

im your loveliest FRIEND(: MICHELLE!!! HAHA.

This is the day that the Lord had made, I will rejoice and be glad in it! :D

Yay! Okay, i kind of like those pictures, so niceeee. :) Indeed, this is the day that the Lord had made and I will rejoice and be glad in it! Everyday! And indeed, we live by God's grace on a day by day basis, and God's grace is like a never ending river. Happy econs today!

yay! :) this is my 80th post! Happy 80th post! :) and my tagboard is lost in somewhere in cyberworld. :( Actually, i think i'm really very noob. Other people around my age, know a lot of stuff happening around the world, not just know what's going on, but exactly the story of those stories. Sundays without piano lessons now are more relaxing! :) yay! bye to school for five days, band on saturday and piano on sunday! :D went to malaysia for lunch just now. Heh, the malaysia duck. And since it's a Sunday, i'm going to give myself a rest! For its a Sabbath right, a good rest with a little reading up on news! :)

Just now, when we were halfway through our meal, it starts pouring very heavily. Heavy heavy heavy rain!! And then i thought the waiter and waitress were very nice. Especially this guy, he only thought of sheltering the customer and forgot that he was getting nearly drenched. Maybe this is one of the way to show love and care for others too! :)

Okay, i'm not going to say how long more it is till As. Quickly come quickly go! :D :D :D and yes, this week had been an eventful week of staying at home. Math, geog, gp, math, geog, gp bla bla bla. But okay lah, two more weeks! And i think i'm going to pick up my reading again. The last book i read was.... The Da Vin Ci Code :/ okay, that's really outdated. Haha! I remember reading during lesson time in sec4! :D and i took such a long time to read it. Plus all my fines i accumulated in National Library because of my Berlioz books, tsktsk i think i'm born without the reading genes. Okay, what a long post. Isn't it? :) :)

It's such a nice weather to sleep! :D and take a stroll in the park. Hehe

Hello! I went to school to study today! :) i did vectors in the library at my favourite corner, and still dozedd off (again :/) after lunch! And i bought the 1.20 math thing. Haha, actually to think of it it is really rather ambitious to do finish the 19 dollars one. Haha! Ok, i think my doing-math-pace is improving! :D yay! And i did a little more news research! :) and i have a few thoughts!

The world is really not at peace :/ so many conflicts everywhere, we should really be glad that Singapore is like rather safe as compared to other places. The financial crisis, maybe its time for people to realise that it is not good being greedy. Hope wall street won't crash like it did in mep history :/ maybe a new wave of music will rise. Ok, haha i anyhow say one. But it sounds really bad :/ though i don't take econs. And and and, nothing much already actually. Today was more of politics news!

Shall finish up complex numbers later in the revision package. The whole world is at the last few pages of the package, and i'm still at the first few :(

And yay! Studying with Soh and Tham on monday, breakfast with Lee on tuesday before geography mock and after that will be asian consultation! mep mock on saturday!

And the ac games thing is really funny. Haha, just look at how many people there is. Haha! :D

What a long post! :D

Shout to the North and the South
Sing to the East and the West
Jesus is Saviour to all
Lord of heaven and earth


Today is the last day of school! Yes, as much as i really don't like waking up so early and rush here rush there for lessons, i kind of like school too. :) i think ac is special in this special way.. i really feel that the teachers here are rather different. as in, for some of them who personally taught me. it's nothing like that of bp. maybe because in ac, its like we put this whole education thing in His hands, and its something that i never experiecned before. and i really thank God for that.

These two years flewwwwwww past. really. so many things happened, i've learnt so much, and perhaps grown up a little too i hope! :D hehe. so now is the time to mug and mug and mug!

And class lunch was quite fun! :) i do like my class!

WOW! The world is soooooooooooooooo BIG!

Ok, my beloved hong kong drama is loading so slowly on my computer, that i decided to change a blogskin! HEHEHEHE :D yay! i feel more tech savy now. Hehe! :)

And to Miss Gan, hope your econs test is going to be fine! :D

ok, just three more minutes of the video, and then i'll start doing math. This is bad, i'm supposed to do math. And i didn't go to school today! Heh. The last friday of school, and i spent it at home. And i have been having strange dreams recently! Haha, dreams that makes no sense to me. But they're quite funny. And i watched project runaway yesterday. Hehe :D

And i've been eating a lot this week leh. Must be after the completion of all the mep stuff, everytime complete something the apetite just comes and we'll somehow go out and celebrate and eat a lot. Hurhur. Talk about the stuff we ate at pastamania, haha! Okay, the video is kind of killing away my mood to watch the video. Its taking up so much time pausing every now and then, strange video.

ok, YAY! :) in the end i played mazurka too! :) and i have this feeling that i exceeded the time limit. yay, its really really over! so fast leh, from like last year, until now. really over. and now left one month to As and one week left of school. hmm, i think i've learnt a lot these two years in jc. people do come and go in our lives.. i guess that's just life. and life really isnt that simple. and sometimes, its the really minute things that we take for granted, so many things. and we forget to give thanks for these things and instead feel disappointed by other things. and i shall start spending time on math again! and make it as good as A math standard. heh. :) and then i'll mug more geography too!

Goodbye, farewell Mazurka :( :( and i shall learn to embrace chaccone. Sigh, sigh sigh. Just when i started to feel quite a bit for mazurka, then have to drop it. All good things come to an end. Hur hur. Ok september will just be very musical! After practical, then i'll feel more relaxed. Quickly come, quickly go! :) i actually do feel sad that i have to drop it and hence i'm telling this to the blog. Hmm, i shall practise piano like never before! Heh.

LET'S KICK BUTT! :D

Billabong slippers (200?-2008)

Dearest billabong slippers,

Though you're quite lousy, so slippery and all, but you're quite comfortable after all! After the few years of friendship, i think its quite sad that you had to be thrown away in vienna. But nevermind, vienna's quite a cool place right. So you didn't really suffer much too. More like i suffered more!! Hope you're doing fine in vienna now. Sorry, have to separate both of you from one another. Sorry that doctor lee stepped on you! And to think i washed you till you were quite clean the day before you spolit. Oh wells.. Have fun in vienna! :D

slackfart days and busy bee days! i love slackfart days!! :D