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Romanticism--Old and New

Artikel 16.02.2023, 00:49

Romanticism--Old and New Lecture Recital Michael Mauldin, January 2001 The romanticism (with a little "r") of the Romantic period of music history (1830-1900) is the flowering of an ongoing thread that binds the musical periods--and all of us--together.   The piano music of the Romantic movement--that of Schumann, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt and Brahms--is an overflowing of a force that budded in the Renaissance, further developed during the Baroque (1600-1750) and Classical (1750-1830) ...

 

At Chaco

Artikel 12.12.2021, 01:57

AT CHACO Near the time Of my departure From New Mexico Just forty years ago My best friend Michael Decided it was also time For me to visit Chaco Canyon, That sacred place at which He’d celebrated the spirit Of the Anasazi, the light, The timelessness, the land they shared In many of his most beautiful Musical works.   As we made our way Down the makeshift ladder To the finely wrought stone circle Of the Great Kiva, Of which only the base remains, I was stunned ...

 

Breathless, by Robert Seufert, 2020

Artikel 06.03.2021, 23:24

BREATHLESS There are many ways to tell the truth, And many truths to tell. Two thousand years ago, Artists felt the heel of religion Thrust firmly on their necks. But a century or two ago They learned to breathe again. The air was sweet but dangerous, The mountain passes cold and thin. Most sought to find a heel again Another heel, within. But some—a few— breathed free. Their bodies became whole and sound, And their eyes grew clear at last. ...

 

Senior Pieces, Book 6

Artikel 06.05.2019, 00:59

The “senior pieces” all bear the names of those for whom they were written. Some are quite difficult and were not chosen by the students to be included on their senior recitals. Andante for Horn and Piano (Brennan Rose) (4:48) Remembrance for String Bass and Piano (Ivan Aidun) (2:37)  Silence (Soprano and Piano) (Ariacella DelGrande) (1:52)  Festival (Jared Civerolo) (2:05) Running (Ryan Harlow) (1:52) Mysterious River (Makenna Clov is) (3:25) Recordings of "Senior Pieces, ...

 

The Brave Green

Artikel 23.12.2018, 23:03

My walk in the foothills this morning was blessed with glowing, back-lit wildflower colors—yellow, gold, blue, purple, white, red, and even maroon, if you include the prickly pears. But in this challenging environment, my favorite color—in all seasons—is green. Brave green. On hard, dry dirt or from cracks in boulders, the force that wants to turn sunlight, earth and water into life is quietly persistent. Extravagant perhaps. Impractical perhaps. But determined. At this altitude in the foothills, ...

 

Walk To the Kiva

Artikel 30.08.2018, 17:53

On my walk to the kiva this morning, the damp-but-not-slippery ground felt firm, yet springy. Waiting brownly through the drought, the sudden-green grass reached into sideways-sunlight. A pine-tree dew-drop flashed its spectrum-coded messages. Half a mile through the trees, there was no traffic on the highway. In the stillness, except for an eagle's cry there were no sounds... but that of  the grass growing, the mist rising, and ancient songs and drums.

 

Beyond the Four Hills, Aesthetics Panel

Artikel 26.03.2018, 20:59

Beyond the Four Hills, Aesthetics Panel, by Michael Mauldin Foreword: Though musical gestures suggestive of shared physical phenomena populate all music, I won't discuss my use of them here. Rather, I share the narrative of how I became involved in trying to use my music to celebrate an environmental essence. I've lived and written music in New Mexico for 40 years. Most of the pieces were inspired by its rugged beauty, ancient cultures and “spiritual” landscapes. I was drawn by its space, its ...

 

Dawn at San Juan Mesa

Artikel 18.03.2018, 16:57

"This work was inspired by visits to an unexcavated Anasazi city on San Juan Mesa in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico. Within view of Sandia Peak in the distance (where KHFM has its broadcasting tower), I brought my young son, Kendall, here once when my 'Petroglyph for Strings' was on the air. I mused at the irony. Before his birth, that piece had begun at that place. But now I heard the music--fleshed out--and the laughter of a child in a plaza that once rang with the laugh ter of many children. Often I ...

 

Winter 2018 PAN PIPES News Sheet, Sigma Alpha Iota

News 18.03.2018, 16:46

Annual American Composers Update, SAI MICHAEL MAULDIN PREMIERES: "Silence," Peggy Pond Church, poet, Ariacella DelGrande, soprano, M Mauldin, piano, Albuquerque Academy, 4/22/17. PERFORMANCES: "Canon in F," "Seshukwa: Eagle Dwelling Place," Faculty Recital, Keller Hall, New Mexico School of Music, Albuquerque, 1/29/17, M. Mauldin, piano. Preludes 1, 2 and 4 of "Birds in Winter," Beste Toparlak, harp, Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Competition Winners Recital, Landmark Center, Indianapolis, March ...

 

All That Is

Artikel 04.03.2018, 17:04

ALL THAT IS Many times I've changed my interpretation of a piece of music after having performed it live for other humans a few times. Something inexplicably magical happens when there is the physical proximity and attention of others. It's almost as if the intention of the original piece literally--physically--comes back into existence when we perform and hear it. "The universe as a whole festers in a state of uncertainty and snaps into clear, actual being when observed by a conscious being — that is, ...

 
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