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Giles Swayne www.gilesswayne.com/

It don’t mean a thing, if . . .
The evolution of rhythm, and its place in music.

Giles Swayne (composer-in-residence, Clare College, Cambridge) addresses some of the questions you have always wanted to ask about Western classical music e.g. What is a Tritone? Why is Bach a Good Thing? Where might you find a Hemiola? Is recapitulation a serious condition? If you like Wagner, are you a racist? What happened to Modern Music? Is a Minor Triad a group of tiny oriental gangsters? Are Interrupted Cadences painful? When Schönberg and Gershwin met, what did they
do? Is a Neapolitan Sixth a member of the Camorra, or an ice-cream? Why do we love Beethoven? When César Franck was run over by a bus, where was he going and does it really matter? What is the Meaning of Life? (etc)

Thirteen sessions, grouped into three terms. Each session consists of a 60-minute talk with musical illustrations, followed by an uplifting drink and 45 minutes of open discussion

Lansdowne Crescent
Ladbroke Grove
London
W11 2NN
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