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From opera in progress - ACT III Scene Seven: Exterior aspect of the grand temple of Olympian Jove, from which descends long, magnifient stairs divided in various levels. The beginning of the sacrificial procession to punish young Edipo with death. -- temporarily deleted to fix a few things!! --
From opera in progress - ACT III Scene One: A divided stage, on the one side Enrico is resuscitating the unwilling Aurelio and on the other side Argene is trying to prevent Aristea from attempting to join Aurelio in death. At the end of the scene a shocked recognition when Aristea and Aurelio meet each other center stage.
From opera in progress - sounds and score image for the contralto aria
From opera in progress
Illustrating some of the note and tuning choices to avoid a sense of dominant in changing harmonies in a key; using natural open string tuning as part of the influence (viola and 'cello open C string)
JI matrix showing location of diatonic scale, usual chromatic excursions, and expandable surrounding notes.
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From Moses, Facing Jordan oratorio PART V The Troubles
From Symphony #4 (Atlas) 0511 Intoduction to Movement 1
From the new L'elisir d'amore: 0515 #13 Cantiamo, Facciam Brindisi!
PDF Score for CantiamoFrom Moses, Facing Jordan: 0565 #26 Would That We Had Died