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November Composer of the Month

11/6/2017

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Miklós Rózsa (1907-1995)
The Composer of the Month for November is Miklós Rózsa! 

Mr. Rózsa was a Hungarian composer who is most known perhaps for composing the music for such Hollywood films as the epic Ben-Hur, Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound, the classic noir Double Indemnity, and Billy Wilder's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.

Rózsa was one of the first "serious" composers, along with Erich Korngold, to cross over into the world of film music. For example, Rózsa's score for The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes originated as a highly virtuosic violin concerto that he wrote for famed violinist Jascha Heifetz. Though it is not performed very often today, his violin concerto is one of my personal favorite pieces of music!

Another notable piece by Rózsa is his Toccata Capricciosa for solo cello - a very technically challenging and exhilarating piece that has recently seen something of a revival in cello recital programming.
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    Composer of the Month:

    1) Find and listen to a piece by the composer written (or arranged) for your instrument.

    2) Find a piece by the composer that you really enjoy. Explain what you like about it.

    3) Write down three interesting facts about the composer.


    Scale of the Month:

    1) Be able to play the scale memorized by the end of the month. (Ask Hayley how many octaves you should learn.)

    2) Invent a 2, 3, 4 or 6-beat rhythm to play on each note of the scale OR invent a bowing pattern for the scale (using slurs, hooked bows, staccato, legato...the possibilities are endless).
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    3) Find a piece of music written for your instrument that uses the same key as the scale of the month OR compose your own.
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