Telemann, Paris Quartet III, first movement (animated balls+bars)

The first movement of Georg Philipp Telemann's third Paris Quartet, performed by Concerto Amabile, accompanied by an animated score.

FAQ

Q: Who is playing this piece?
A: This performance is from 1990; the performers are the members of the group Concerto Amabile (Kathleen Kraft, traverso, Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin, Elisabeth Le Guin, violoncello, and Phebe Craig, harpsichord) joined by viola da gambist Margriet Tindemans.

Q: This is lovely; where can I hear the rest of the movements of this piece?
A: This recording is from the Wild Boar CD "Concerto Amabile, George Phillip Telemann, 'Paris' Quartets 2, 3 & 6" (WLBR8801). I don't know whether the CD is available, but I'm going to find out; I will post information here when I do.

Q: I don't like that balls(/bars) display; can I see this with the bars(/balls) display?
A: Yes, I've done both versions; here's the balls:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyTL6ibt8eE
and here are the bars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qW0kI0zFzY
and if you can't make up your mind, here's one with both
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl5NhboiN1Q

Q: How did you get the animation synchronized with the recording?
A: First I entered the score into the notation program Sibelius. Then, I made a half-speed version of the recording (with the Amazing Slow-Downer software), and adjusted the notation to match (added the ornaments, shortened notes, mistakes made by the performers, etc). Then, while listening to the half-speed recording, I recorded a MIDI click-track. Finally, I fed the score and the click-track into some software I wrote, which adjusted the timings of score to match the click-track. The adjusted version of the score is what my animation software takes as input.

Q: Is there a way I could make the bar-graph scores myself?
A: The Music Animation Machine MIDI file player will generate this display; you can get the (Windows) software here:
http://www.musanim.com/player/
There are lots of places on the web where you can get MIDI files; I usually go to the Classical Archives site first:
http://www.classicalarchives.com/

Q: Could you please do a MAM video of _________?
A: Please read this:
http://www.musanim.com/all/MAMRequests.html
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Category:

Music

Tags:

• baroque
• chamber
• flute

[markusboyd3]

The brass sounds great! And you gotta love the germans :)

[smalin]

@markusboyd3  Brass?

[linaseoyonpark]

Did you divide strings and brass between balls and bars? (If you did, which are they?) It's quite unique... It's my first time seeing this sort of mixed version. It's quite lovely. Good work :)

[smalin]

@linaseoyonpark Brass?

[Hazelrat10]

Smalin how long would you say it takes to make one of these videos? (after you have the recording, of course)

[smalin]

@Hazelrat10 I did this one in less than a full day.

[einootspork]

I cannot get enough of the tone of that traverso. Pleasant and ever so slightly unusual.

[manthasagittarius]

@WhiteSpatula Oh yes, agreed. Foregrounds the thematic stuff nicely, and lets you see the "living" note as it swells/decays, in commensurate time. Detached, self-contained circle gives you a kind of independent dynamic option, maybe -- not only left-right and up-down, but also near-far (= big/little). Very clever.

[Bl00DN00B]

@smalin Brass?

[markusboyd3]

@smalin Ha im just mimicking linaseoyonpark :)

[ETSFB2690]

Gosto dos seus vídeos.,

[parpaillon1]

Belle pièce mais curieux ces barres et ces balles.

[Ferien7]

it's amazing to me how perfectly the composers of the baroque era weave the voices in their musical works. Correct polyphonic texture for Baroque music is tough to create given the rules behind composition and how to develop voices for the piece overall. In this work, for example, by Telemann, each voice seems to state exactly what it needs to, and at exactly the right time...This perfect accuracy, precision, and development is what makes this music the highest caliber in my opinion,

[WhiteSpatula]

I could never decide if I liked the bars or the spheres better... this hybrid version settled the score. I love them both! Bravo, my good man!