tommytimp Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Also, "Channel One Suite" was the longest piece of music played in a DCI show up to that point. But it isn't. They stop for fourteen seconds for applause between "movements" one and two. The DCI yearbook talked about Channel One as being "performed to a continuous, flowing drill," and then I saw it and I thought, "But, but ,but, they just stopped. It doesn't flow continuously at all." So, no. And Argonne had done a whole show based on Bernstein's Mass two years prior, so it wasn't the longest by synechdoche either. I think there's plenty of other stuff to lionize that 1976 show for(and I bow to Vickie Kingsmen's assessment of the drill points, which I hadn't realized). I just don't see it as mind-blowingly innovative on paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 But it isn't. They stop for fourteen seconds for applause between "movements" one and two. The DCI yearbook talked about Channel One as being "performed to a continuous, flowing drill," and then I saw it and I thought, "But, but ,but, they just stopped. It doesn't flow continuously at all." So, no. And Argonne had done a whole show based on Bernstein's Mass two years prior, so it wasn't the longest by synechdoche either.I think there's plenty of other stuff to lionize that 1976 show for(and I bow to Vickie Kingsmen's assessment of the drill points, which I hadn't realized). I just don't see it as mind-blowingly innovative on paper. "Mass" was a compilation of several different pieces of music with little musical thread connecting throughout, (though there are some motifs that repeat...I own the score.). "Channel One Suite" was still one piece of music, whether or not there was a stop on the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommytimp Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Hence the word "synechdoche." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornsUp Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 "Channel One Suite" was still one piece of music, whether or not there was a stop on the way. Channel One, by Bill Reddie, is three distinct segued movements. The same technique he employed for the BR band on West Side Story and Midnight Cowboy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Channel One, by Bill Reddie, is three distinct segued movements. The same technique he employed for the BR band on West Side Story and Midnight Cowboy. Yes, but I'm holding that it was still one piece of music, just as "La Sacre de Printemps/The Rite of Spring" or "The Firebird" is one piece of music despite having several "tableaus." We might all be getting hung up on semantics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesandCassius Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Yes, but I'm holding that it was still one piece of music, just as "La Sacre de Printemps/The Rite of Spring" or "The Firebird" is one piece of music despite having several "tableaus."We might all be getting hung up on semantics. 3:34 am Mike, huh? You sleeping OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHall Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 Michael, May I correct you? "Le Sacre du printemps" Yes, but I'm holding that it was still one piece of music, just as "La Sacre de Printemps/The Rite of Spring" or "The Firebird" is one piece of music despite having several "tableaus."We might all be getting hung up on semantics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Michael, May I correct you? "Le Sacre du printemps" Hey, remember how early it was when I wrote that. And I had to take an analysis course when I got my degree in composition that spent six weeks on that piece alone. Le/lu, de/du...Sometimes it's just easier to write "The Rite of Spring," but I've never liked that since a far more accurate interpretation would be "The Consecration of Spring. Uh, what was this thread about? 'Cause I just forgot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 3:34 am Mike, huh? You sleeping OK? Apparently not. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakyswotboy Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 What happened to the Kilties in 76? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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