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#counterpoint

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DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic

In the past few months, the Liberal Party made a remarkable comeback in the polls. Heading into 2025, the Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre were favored to win the most seats in Parliament. But a series of events … boosted the chances of the Liberals and Mark Carney, the new prime minister. - NYT

Cartoon by #TimCampbell for #Counterpoint
#canada #trump #carney #markcarney #cartoon
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km
"The Palestrina style is a specific vocal polyphony within well-defined limits and restrictions. The presence of a text means the introduction of an extra-musical element, and one which furnishes the rhythmic basis for the music to a large extent."

(Walter Piston in “Counterpoint”)

I wouldn't call song for an extra-musical element, music begins with song

#muuzikku
#counterpoint
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DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic

“Trump’s erratic policies threaten not only the United States but the entire world. By abdicating the responsibility of mature and responsible global leadership, #Trump is pushing not only America into the abyss but the rest of the world as well. Everyone, especially those who once supported this president, must now try to bring him to his senses; otherwise, they will also end up suffering the consequences”-PM
Cartoon by #PedroXMolina for #Counterpoint #tariffs

A cartoon depicts Trump standing on the edge of a cliff, holding a globe. The globe features the U.S. prominently, with a small representation of another territory teetering off the edge.
A cartoon depicting a red dragon representing China, holding a book and a flaming torch, standing on a globe marked "China." The dragon is sniffing the air while standing amid flames labeled "RETAILIATORY TARIFFS."
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DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic

“One of the main strategies of authoritarians is to sow division because they know that the more divided they keep a country, the easier it will be to continue abusing it. #Democrats must not forget this.

They must stop fighting among themselves and confront the common threat, set egos aside, listen to one another, and most importantly, listen to the people.

People must also understand that only by uniting and acting together can they preserve their freedoms and rights.”-PM

Cartoon by #PedroXMolina for #Counterpoint

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DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic

“While millions of families are affected by Elon #Musk’s whims, the President of the United States, far from steering him, instead decides to make a commercial from the White House itself to help promote Musk’s vehicles, whose sales have been detrimentally affected by his extreme political views. The word ‘ethics’ is noticeably missing.”-PM
#trump #tesla

Cartoon by #PedroXMolina for #Counterpoint

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DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic

Trump, our ‘Manchurian’ President

“In the 1920s and ’30s, some U.S. lefties thought Stalin was just the bee’s knees; their fellow Americans called them ‘Commie dupes’ and Lenin called them ‘useful idiots.’

Now it’s the Republicans who think this century’s Stalin is just the cat’s pajamas, and right wingers are the full-bore Commie dupes, with no hint of irony or self-awareness.

What has the Master Dealmaker gotten in return for his preemptive capitulating? Just a bunch of bewildered former allies, and a bunch of bewildered enemy Russians who can’t believe their windfall.”-KA

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DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic

This cartoon perfectly exemplifies where we are today 😬

“So far, whenever Trump has opened his mouth to speak about the Russian regime, he has done so to take its side, to attack its victims, to praise its style, demonstrating that it is a dangerous tool in the hands of an even more dangerous madman, and that cannot be hidden or tolerated.”-PM

#Cartoon by #PedroXMolina for #Counterpoint

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Georgiana Brummell
I think some of you may find this interesting. I myself am beginning to study all of this, as I am fascinated by the singing methods and knowledge of the time. It is a bit difficult doing it being blind and unable to read music, but fortunately, there are ways around that. My perfect pitch and good memory for lyrics also helps. Still, if anyone would like to work with me on this i.e. study together or even give some advice, I would appreciate it.

Below, you will find various links related to theory, harmony and counterpoint, and a comparison of older and modern methods of teaching and singing. While this relates to choirs and opera, it also relates to the theatre, particularly operettas and such.

Studying Music: Part I

https://dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/205086.html

My one criterion was that the methods and books used had to be from the time of Ivor Novello, preferably from his youth (born 1893). If I were to start in the early nineteenth century, which is where most of my preferred non-musical educational material is from, I would miss extremely important developments in classical music. Starting at the birth of his mother, Clara Novello Davies, in 1861, would be fine. However, since her own book, which I am using as my main text and guide, was written in 1928, I went with that of her son. In the following sections, you will find the books I am using. One thing I have not included, though it was a huge influence in Ivor's own writing style, was theatrical music, such as that found in operettas and Edwardian musical comedies. That is such a large topic for discussion that I feel it deserves its own separate post, as does Ivor's music, since it's an interesting blend of all of the above. But this is well outside the scope of traditional musical study.

In the next entry (the below link), we will delve into vocal training and why the singers of Novello's time sound so wonderful.

Studying Music: Part II

https://dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/205505.html

Finally, since I mentioned the exercises, here they are, for anyone who wants to try them. Note that these are the Preliminaries and Breathlock Physicals, not the vocal exercises. But I have provided the link to her book as well, for those who may wish to go further.

Clara's Exercises
https://dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/205596.html

#books #choir #ClaraNovelloDavies #counterpoint #exercises #harmony #history #IvorNovello #music #musictheory #opera #operetta #singing #studying #vocaltraining #voicetraining #theater #theatre
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